Miniseries · Showtime
Fellow Travelers
Love is dangerous.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Matt Bomer
Hawkins 'Hawk' Fuller
8 eps
Jonathan Bailey
Tim Laughlin
8 eps
Jelani Alladin
Marcus Gaines
8 eps
Linus Roache
Senator Wesley Smith
8 eps
Noah J. Ricketts
Frankie Hines
8 eps
Allison Williams
Lucy Smith
8 eps
Chris Bauer
Joe McCarthy
5 eps
Erin Neufer
Mary Johnson
4 eps
Will Brill
Roy Cohn
6 eps
Christine Horne
Jean Kerr
6 eps
Matt Visser
David Schine
5 eps
Chelsea Russell
Stormé
5 eps
Keara Graves
Miss Addison
4 eps
David Tomlinson
Eddie Kofler
2 eps
Jameson Kraemer
George Bauers
1 eps
Brittany Raymond
Kimberly Fuller
3 eps
Dan Lett
Joseph Alsop
1 eps
Rosemary Dunsmore
Estelle
1 eps
Mike Taylor
Leonard Smith
3 eps
Jane Moffat
Helen
4 eps
Joel S. Keller
McLeod
2 eps
Edie Inksetter
Maggie
2 eps
Mike Vitorovich
Francesco Palmiero
1 eps
Craig Arnold
Bill
1 eps
Robert Bazzocchi
Daniel Cherney
1 eps
Kevin Hare
Raymond
1 eps
Krista White
Female Bartender
1 eps
Scott Wickware
Major General Reber
1 eps
Jude Wilson
Jerome
3 eps
Chris Owens
Barker
2 eps
Thom Marriott
Karl Mundt
4 eps
Elizabeth Eveillard
Triage Nurse
1 eps
Jimmy Makris
Bouncer
1 eps
Benjamin James
Frank the Cop
1 eps
Simon Reynolds
Ray Jenkins
1 eps
Etienne Kellici
Jackson
2 eps
Teagan Sellers
Young Kimberly
2 eps
James Allodi
Father Lawrence
1 eps
Colin Glazer
Jerry Sickler
1 eps
Franklin Ojeda Smith
Donald Gaines
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Fellow Travelers actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Fellow Travelers reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A chronicle of a decades-long volatile romance between two men — from their first meeting during the height of the 1950s Lavender Scare to the AIDS crises of the 1980s.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Make It Easy
In 1986 San Francisco, Hawk seeks redemption and faces Lucy. Marcus and Frankie receive distressing news concerning Jerome. Tim makes a wrenching decision that will change Hawk’s life forever.
- Directed by Uta Briesewitz
S01E07
White Nights
After a family tragedy, Hawk has exiled himself to Fire Island where he drinks himself to death. In 1979, Tim visits Hawk to console him and things take a dark turn. Meanwhile, Marcus and Frankie are drawn into the explosion of gay rage prompted by the verdict in Dan White’s murder trial.
- Directed by Destiny Ekaragha
- Written by Ron Nyswaner, Brandon K. Hines
S01E06
Beyond Measure
In 1968, Hawk and Lucy have a settled life, two children, and a country house — where anti-war protestor Tim is forced to hide. Marcus puts aside his career to care for his aged father.
- Directed by Uta Briesewitz
- Written by Dee Johnson
S01E02
Bulletproof
Hawk distances himself from Tim as he begins questioning his faith. Journalist Marcus loses his job after a dispute with Roy Cohn.
- Directed by Daniel Minahan
- Written by Dee Johnson
S01E03
Hit Me
Hawk and Tim go on a road trip that turns quickly sour. Marcus and Frankie’s encounter with a racist bouncer nearly tears them apart. In 1980s San Francisco, Tim withholds forgiveness.
- Directed by Destiny Ekaragha
S01E04
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. In 1980s San Francisco, Hawk meets Marcus and Frankie’s adopted son.
- Directed by James Kent
- Written by Anya Leta
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07
White Nights
- Directed by Destiny Ekaragha
- Written by Ron Nyswaner, Brandon K. Hines
S01E05
Promise You Won't Write
- Directed by James Kent
- Written by Katie Rose Rogers, Robbie Rogers
S01E04
Your Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire
- Directed by James Kent
- Written by Anya Leta
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ron NyswanerExecutive Producer
- Daniel MinahanExecutive Producer
- Dee JohnsonExecutive Producer
- Matt BomerExecutive Producer
- Robbie RogersExecutive Producer
- Anya LetaProducer
Writing
- Ron NyswanerWriter
- Brandon K. HinesWriter
- Dee JohnsonWriter
- Katie Rose RogersWriter
- Robbie RogersWriter
- Anya LetaWriter
Direction
- Daniel MinahanDirector
- Uta BriesewitzDirector
- James KentDirector
- Destiny EkaraghaDirector
Music
- Paul Leonard-MorganOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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