‘Fellow Travelers’ review: A secret 30-year love affair begins amid the 1950s Lavender Scare
“You have a beautiful family, a beautiful life,” says one old friend to another. “I hope it was worth it.”
In “Fellow Travelers,” the Showtime limited series adapted from the 2007 novel of the same name, “it” means living in the closet, which has been professionally beneficial for the sleekly handsome Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer) — it’s the 1980s and he’s about to take a diplomatic posting in Milan — but devastating on his soul.
We flash back 30 years to the ‘50s, when he meets and seduces the
