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REVIEW: Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" - Episode 1.08 "Make It Easy"
In 1957, Hawk and Tim reunite at Senator McCarthy's funeral and try, one last time, to find a way to be together, but the pressures of impending…
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Brett Hense
REVIEW: Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" - Episode 1.07 "White Nights"
It's 1979 and Tim, now a social worker in San Francisco, travels to Fire Island where he suspects Hawk is drinking himself to death after a family…
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Brett Hense
REVIEW: Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" - Episode 1.06 "Beyond Measure"
It's 1968 and Tim's an anti-war protester sought by the FBI. Hawk and Lucy have a settled life, two children and a country house - the perfect spot for…
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Brett Hense
REVIEW: Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" - Episode 1.05 "Promise You Won't Write"
Roy Cohn's obsession with David Schine leads to the televised Army-McCarthy hearings and national scandal as McCarthy's allies attack Senator Smith…
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Brett Hense
REVIEW: Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" - Episode 1.04 "Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire"
As the government's purge of homosexuals continues, Hawk faces a polygraph test about his sex life and publicly courts Lucy while involving Tim in a…
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Brett Hense
REVIEW: Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" - Episode 1.03 "Hit Me"
Hawk and Tim go on a road trip that turns sour when Tim realizes Hawk is using the trip to dig up dirt on Senator Smith's enemies.
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Brett Hense
REVIEW: Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" - Episode 1.02 "Bulletproof"
When the State Department begins investigations into suspected homosexuals, Hawk distances himself from Tim, who questions his faith. Hawk's colleague…
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Brett Hense
REVIEW: Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" - Episode 1.01 "You're Wonderful"
In 1950s Washington, Hawkins Fuller is a war hero moving up the ladder at the State Department and avoiding emotional entanglements. Everything changes…
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Brett Hense
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