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@sidsid6380 7 месяцев назад

That ending when he told his daughter that was the man he loved with the tears falling from his face ruined me. i was sobbing.

@michellebarry1555 7 месяцев назад

Same 😭

@rabbitfishtv 7 месяцев назад

I was also knocked over by Roy Cohn’s quilt: “Bully, Coward, Victim.” Such a recognition that he did unspeakable harm, and that he, like all the main characters in this show, was a victim of homophobia, and much of the evil he committed was because of that homophobia and how it curdled him. He’s an extreme version of Hawk, in that way, except without the tempering of love that was also part of Hawk’s nature.

@hannah-wj9ot 7 месяцев назад

It was actually the real quilt . The showrunner talked about getting real quilts from the Names Project , including the one of Roy Cohn.

@rabbitfishtv 7 месяцев назад

@@hannah-wj9ot Thank you. That’s so interesting. I tried to find out who made it, but I haven’t succeeded. The text, “Bully, Coward, Victim” was used as the title of a Roy Cohn doc.

@karaz8280 6 месяцев назад

same! Seeing the "bully, coward, victim" stole the air from my lungs, a) because it's so poignant yet so simple and b) because it's the perfect description of not only Cohn, but also Hawk

@marklouis1890 3 месяца назад

@@hannah-wj9otWow that's interesting

@mauritious1 7 месяцев назад

As devastating as the end was, (I was ugly-crying through that whole episode😭), I also found it so so beautiful that, that was how the series ended for Tim. That is how we(and Hawk) remember Tim, as a fighter, as a passionate man, not someone who was dying. I felt like that was a beautiful tribute to him :')

@nuutstop481 7 месяцев назад

I think Tim is the only one who makes Hawk vulnerable. He was and still is bulletproof but his heart is taken by Skippy.

@mohammedsaifaldeenabdelrah7902 7 месяцев назад

It's crazy to see in the flashbacks for this episode that for a little bit, tim was so desperate to the point where he was basically ready to be Hawk's little secret even after he got married. Some could argue that it was because he loved Hawk immensely, but part of me can't help but think that it's most likely also because he went out there and saw that even with Hawk being a menace, he didn't exactly have the option to roam around freely (considering how gay people were treated back then) and just like date people and try to move on. It's even sadder because I think till this day a lot of queer men wouldn't mind doing this sort of thing, because we instinctively believe that once we meet someone who's halfway decent that that's the best we could do, and we end up compromising huge parts of our character.

@AStoryWorthTelling 7 месяцев назад

100% this series just got it so right!

@leslust 7 месяцев назад

Tim reached out to hawk first, I think he pretty much was willing to be his little secret and because he loved him very much. Tim’s greatest loves being god and hawk.

@freddyjafar1490 7 месяцев назад

Yup queer men will stay with the most deplorable of partners simply because the alternative is often not any better especially in certain places

@robinwilliams7873 6 месяцев назад

Being an old lady (64), I lived through much of this movie, including the AIDS epidemic. I lost a friend and two cousins, and many acquaintances. One cousin died in another state and everyone knew why, but even after the funeral it was never spoken aloud to my knowledge. When my other cousin, Gary, was dying he was very close by in the home he grew up in. I wanted to see him, though we hadn't been close, as he was older than me. I just wanted him to know that there were some of us out there who were not afraid to be with them (the patients), to hold their hand, to wipe a brow, to plant a kiss. But my father told me that his sister, my aunt and cousin's mother, did not want any family around. They even held an extremely private memorial. Many years later, when I was helping to care for my aunt, she told me that my sympathy card was the nicest one she'd recieved. I had written my old wishes there, along with lots of personal thoughts. She also said she very much regretted not letting people in because of her fear of her son being shamed. She told me that Gary could have used all of the friends he could have gotten. She even told me of exactly what happened when he died. I never held anything against her because she was a lovely, stong woman who'd had four sons, two of which were gay. To this day, I still have a friend with HIV, and he's doing great. The world turns, we learn lessons, but we must never forget. Thank you for your honest thoughts on this series. I've been taken through many emotions and memories, but I wouldn't have missed it.

@nomadine85 7 месяцев назад

The way he held that homophobe’s hand while telling him after he refused to shake hands with the love of his life is just so satisfying

@yessica4932 7 месяцев назад

CLUTCHED IT vice-grip style too *chefs kiss*

@nomadine85 7 месяцев назад

@@yessica4932 Yes! I was so proud

@patiencekillz 7 месяцев назад

this show has been my roman empire since it started airing 😭😭😭 i’m still not over it

@user-lw1gz5ij7t 6 месяцев назад

I think Lucy felt a connection to Tim because they both loved a man who could never fully love them back. And at the end she realized it was never Tim who was the threat or reason why Hawk didn’t love her. So, when she went to see Tim, she was letting go of her resentment of him. And I think the reason Hawk turned Tim in is because he had finally accepted the depth of his feelings for Tim and what that meant about who he (hawk) was. And Hawk was afraid he wouldn’t be able to resist Tim and would end up blowing up his life and the lies he had worked so hard to create. He turned Tim in to get him completely out of his life.

@sherrimast8525 2 месяца назад

And Hawk painfully regretted it for the rest of his life. He could never give himself fully to the marriage (closet) because his heart and soul was with Tim. He fully loved Tim back and would have been with Tim if life had been on their side at the time. For me, the scene of Hawk bottoming for Tim had kind of vow vibe to it. As for Lucy, he never loved her - her and the marriage was his closet. And that closet was killing him as we saw over the decades. Her resentment to Tim was misplaced, she knew early in their marriage about both Hawk being gay and about Tim. And what did she do, decide to bring a baby into the situation. And to me, there were no two people more manipulative than Lucy and her father, Senator Smith, I hated what they did to Hawk. I didn't like the playing of her and Tim having this competition. It didn't matter WHO Hawk married, it was that he got married. It was that he decided to live the life of a straight man. Lucy had no relevance to any of this - yes, she was collateral damage but certainly she wasn't what was stood between Hawk and Tim. I never understood Hawk and whether his marriage to her ended, he didn't love her, kids were no longer in the picture and they were both lonely within the marriage. For me, it was a good jumping off point for Hawk to move more towards authenticity. To make Skippy proud! :)

@anettep6678 7 месяцев назад

I cried so much during the last scene. Totally lost it when Hawk started crying. So flawed, but Matt Bomer put it very well when he said that only in his 60s does Hawk start to find himself (and at what cost). Edit: I also think the hospital scenes contrast Hawk's relationships so well. He went home after Lucy gave birth, but with Tim he stays. Lucy recognized that when she saw Hawk's cot. He would have stayed, and it might have destroyed him to see Tim dying (like with Jackson). Imo that's one of the reasons why Tim asks him to leave.

@cggage 7 месяцев назад

I have such memories of that era. So many people were lost. I am glad this was aired. I just hope young people realize what it was like and how hard and long we fought to get where we are today. Don't ever drop your guard. We see here in the USA the rise of authoritarianism and attacks on civil rights, all in the name of religion, money, and power-grabbing. Young people - this is yours to lose! Protect it for yourselves and the generation that comes after you.

@marthahammel8543 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely agree about needing to continue the fight for each individual’s rights….trans kids and adults are now being denied needed services and medical attention, women losing rights over their bodies, libraries having to remove important books that are too “controversial.” Sickening.

@cggage 6 месяцев назад

@@marthahammel8543 Yes, it was all so foreseeable. Some pundits (especially those in the USA) have called this the "Far Right's Last Gasp." Millennials, Gen-Z, and now Gen-Alphas, are not flocking to our MAGA Republican party. Why would they? They offer nothing while vilifying family and friends in the LGBTQ+ community. And, as you can see in interviews, the majority of the MAGA crowd have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. A few more packs of Lucky Strike straights and they will be hacking their last soon enough. I have a question: Which will come first - attrition or the demise of American Democracy? I hold out hope. All that is needed to bulldoze this malarkey into the dustbin of history is to get young people out and vote. That is my mission this year. We're never going to change the minds of the cultists on the Far Right. They are a lost cause. Therefore, we must get the young people to realize just how critical their vote is. I hope that is happening. I hope they understand this. As far as trans people go, it was inevitable they were going to be attacked. Some Grand Poohbah in one of the major church hierarchies said a few years back, "We lost the battle on same-sex marriage." Well, of course, they did. These hate groups, under the guise of religion, must have an enemy around which to rally their sheep and keep the cash flowing into their coffers. Without a perceived threat, their apathetic followers would go through life, blissfully unaware, reveling in their ignorance of the world. Of course, the attacks are ludicrous. The LGBTQ+ community isn't all that large to begin with and the trans community is but a sliver of the overall community. What possible threat are they? Remember the "bathroom laws?" Absurd. There has never been a recorded attack on a young schoolgirl by a trans person in a public restroom. Not one. So, that begs the question, where did trans people pee before these knee-jerk laws came into effect? The whole reaction to trans people is an eye-roll.

@Rey.89 6 месяцев назад

The moment Tim was at the hospital (when he saw Jackson) broke my heart the most in this episode (beside the ending which was devestating). It seems that Tim decided to give up from Hawk and even Hawk destroyed his future and his heart, he was still so kind that put the life of Lucy and the child first😢😢 He wasn't going to punish an innocent child for Hawk's sins.... I can't believe after all the things Hawk did to him, he was helping him in 70s!! His heart was so pure for this world.... He was the definition of "Beyond Measure" 😭💔

@Anneee27 7 месяцев назад

hawk is still bulletproof. but i think he just feels empty right now. because at what cost? he is losing the important people around him. it's quite sad. jackson, lucy and tim.

@AStoryWorthTelling 7 месяцев назад

Such a complex character for sure!

@ilariaquaranta9672 7 месяцев назад

In the end, Tim is the stronger: he came out, he fought, he loved and was loved. I feel more sorry for Hawk, I think is the weak: he lived in lies, he didn't let himself free to love, he lost his son, his wife, the love of his life.

@AmyC531 6 месяцев назад

@@ilariaquaranta9672 It's such a devastating little scene I haven't seen anyone comment on, but when the other AIDS patient is talking to Tim in the hospital about his boyfriend, and Hawk is lying on his side on the cot, staring straight ahead...you can practically see the heartbreak of realizing everything he missed out on. And knowing that, even though these men were dying, it was worth it because they had lived the happier, more fulfilling lives as their authentic selves. In short, that's when it truly hit him that his life could have gone a different - better - way, if he had just been brave enough.

@sheshereisntshe297 6 месяцев назад

Yhup. I was kinda mad about Hawk coming out on top and surviving, rich with a family of his own and a top job, while poor Tim, good, kind, and more importantly, unapologetically true to himself, dies a horrible death. But Hawk is the one who looses. All that sacrifice he made to live the life of luxury and status in the end, left him alone. His wife left him, one child dead, another starting her family and will be less there for him. And most saddening, the love of his life, whom he manipulated, lied to, used, and ultimately sacrificed will never be with him. He will live the rest of his life with the torment of the “what-ifs”, the misery of loosing the one you love, and the guilt of hurting Tim over and over again, wondering if Tim would have never gotten AIDS if he had just chosen to be with him.

@stephaniel2850 5 месяцев назад

Exactly - at some point being that bulletproof has got to just start feeling like the world's worst survivor's guilt 💔

@TihetrisWeathersby 7 месяцев назад

Matt Bomer is everything, I remembered having a huge crush on him in White Collar

@AStoryWorthTelling 7 месяцев назад

They both are just everything you could want 😍

@user-zi2hc3yb9l 7 месяцев назад

Fell in love with Matt Bomer all over again ❤

@myrongoble9753 7 месяцев назад

When Roy Cohn’s AIDS Quilt panel appeared, with its “Bully…Coward…Victim” caption, did anyone else ponder how much that might’ve also applied to Hawk…?

@AmyC531 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely. And I think it occurred to Hawk, too.

@rabbitfishtv 7 месяцев назад

Yes!

@mehrinahmad8468 7 месяцев назад

Of course they were both similar n hawk knew it aswell

@hustler212 7 месяцев назад

I hated him throughout the series. And every now and then when Tim and he used to get back together... I got really scared for Tim. One thing that I remember thinking was - "Hawk made Tim his Skippy and just... Left him, when Tim could have been someone's Tim"

@myrongoble9753 7 месяцев назад

I struggle to understand Hawk. I sympathize with his tears during the closing scene, but he really was a devious, manipulative, self-serving narcissist who used both Tim and Lucy to meet his own selfish needs.

@janbaxter4354 7 месяцев назад

In the mid 90’s I worked with people living with HIV/AIDS. This show really touched a nerve, especially the hospital scenes and the quilt scene , it brought back lots of memories. Saying all that I LOVED Fellow Travellers.

@PepperSpeaksOut 7 месяцев назад

I'm genuinely shocked that you two haven't seen Fire Island (2022) yet. I _highly_ recommend it.

@klavenqt 6 месяцев назад

As a young queer person still living in an uneducated and toxic environment, this show means a lot. It has been few weeks now and I still can't forget about Marcus's line about us being innocent. I was 18 when I fully acknowledged it and it strucks me so hard in my 20s when I should've believed in myself for telling it then. I didn't know then how innocence plays a significant role in our lives. I wanted to explore and at the same time, be educated. Time will come and the world won't end in my eyes. I think it is also important to acknowledge that other parts of the world are still behind, fighting, and suffering from all this hate. I hope the show reaches the far fringes of the world and be reminded of love and innocence.

@user-zi2hc3yb9l 7 месяцев назад

The final betrayal of Hawk was so brutal.. can't imagine how being betrayed that cruelly by the love of your life might feel like..and hats off to Tim that he could forgave and continued to love the man after all these..I wish Hawk would have just left Tim alone after the military..Hawk invited Tim and then punished Tim for his own fear,,, that was just too much to take.. and to think about it without Tim he wouldn't have survive Jackson's death..in a way Hawk was an extreme version of Cohn

@yessica4932 7 месяцев назад

idk man i think the guy who hunted hundreds of gays in government on a mass scale with all his self-loathing might've been a just a little more extreme but alright

@Deshard62 7 месяцев назад

Even though Matt Bomer is an incredibly talented actor, I doubt he had to dig deep to find the tears for the last scene- so heartbreaking as it was clear that Hawk loved Tim but couldn't say it until it was too late for Tim to hear it. I've thoroughly enjoyed your commentary through the eight episodes and it's genuinely touching and reassuring to those of us in the old guard that lived through the 70s, 80s and 90s and lost friends and loved ones to watch young people like you two discover our shared history of loss and growth. Well done.

@cazb5777 7 месяцев назад

Yes, you're right. I saw an interview where Matt Bomer said that his reaction to seeing the quilt was completely authentic. He is a great actor, but didn't have to "act" at all for this final scene 🥺

@AmyC531 6 месяцев назад

@@cazb5777 Ooh, do you remember which interview that was? I can't remember seeing that but I'd love to read it.

@cazb5777 6 месяцев назад

@@AmyC531 I'll look for it again & if I find it I will come back here to tell you for sure!!!!

@nomadine85 7 месяцев назад

When he tells him he’s positive and he starts saying you’re innocent that’s when I started crying and I’m tearing up even typing this

@jl5749 7 месяцев назад

you sweet innocent babies saying you don't think you'll need a fan for this episode...you've never needed the fan more

@beatricethomas7802 7 месяцев назад

This was a heart wrenching show.💔😭 The final scene with the quilt really hit hard. One, the material used for the fish shape under Tim's name (in red)was the shirt Hawk wore while visiting Tim. Two, Matt Bomer said in an interview that his reaction to the quilt was a genuine reaction. It was the first time he saw it. I remember thinking his reaction was so emotional to be just acting, turns out it was real for him. I cried too. Even though Hawk and Tim were fictional, this story happened to so many real people so it makes it even more emotional. Good job guys on reviewing this series. So glad you are going to do "My Policeman". Time to go to Patreon🤌👍🏻❤

@AmyC531 6 месяцев назад

Wait, which shirt?

@user-zi2hc3yb9l 7 месяцев назад

While Tim was alive, Hawk's version of the 3 magical words were "promise you won't write. I won't" (i think so) But I am glad Hawk could finally say out loud that he loved Tim, even though Tim wasn't there to hear it😢 the last quilt just broke me 😭😢

@haleyheaviland8107 4 месяца назад

The only thing that got me through this episode was knowing that I could go watch your review afterwards and laugh so that I don’t go to bed completely heartbroken or at least not crying alone. Christ that was beautiful and heartbreaking.

@theillytellez3761 6 месяцев назад

Being a younger queer and having the chance to watch this... I didn't know about the show, but... I feel really humbled. I didn't know the aids crisis had been this bad, and I think we forget what those before us went through. Even now homophobia and transphobia keep claiming lives, but I want to believe every generation is changing something. I'm crying as I'm writing this. Thank you for teaching me about my own history

@DoubleBlack2.0 4 месяца назад

This was such a beautiful comment. You cried writing it, I cried reading it. We love the baby gays. 🤗 But also, I’ve been queer for almost 30 years now and this show is even teaching *me* a lot. Inspires me to get more involved in my local queer community!

@jasonstamp10 2 месяца назад

If you wish to learn more about some important moments in queer history and just how bad the AIDS crisis was, I would recommend these films: - The documentary called The Times of Harvey Milk - The feature film Milk about Harvey Milk's life if you can't find the documentary - The documentary We Were Here - The documentary How To Survive a Plague - The HBO film The Normal Heart (based on the book by Larry Kramer)

@AmyC531 7 месяцев назад

Really glad to see you land on the significance of the top/bottom thing, not only as it relates to Hawk and Tim and their power dynamic as a couple, but what it says about how Hawk sees himself and his masculinity and his place among his own 'people'. While it, of course, doesn't last with 50s Hawk, in this ep we get to see Hawk in both the past and present moving in a direction of embracing who and what he is - of being a gay man, not just a man who fucks other men. (And yeah, it's hot too.)

@AmyC531 7 месяцев назад

Also I totally called it that Hawk was going to bottom for Tim at some point. When he was getting his HIV test and the nurse asked if he was the "active or passive" one, he said, "Active. Always." and I knew the unnecessary "always" meant there was going to be an exception. It's just sad to think that's probably the only time he ever did that in his life, since Tim was absolutely the only man - the only person - he trusted enough to be that vulnerable with.

@mehrinahmad8468 7 месяцев назад

Exactly @@AmyC531 hawk didn't make eye contact on 2 questions 1. Drugs 2. Active n passive

@ShelbyBaby27 3 месяца назад

Also, remember that Hawk was caught on his knees giving head to Kenny by his dad and thrown out of house. Such a trauma associated with being in the "submissive" position. Just like the D.C paperweight, Kenny and Tim are who Hawk felt the safest being himself..

@sherrimast8525 2 месяца назад

@@AmyC531 To me, Hawk bottoming to Tim was an act of true love - the vulnerability. He welcomed being sheltered by Tim, it just deepened their connection and intimacy. And I can not get over the lighting and the window and all that symbolism in that moment. A vow kind of vibe. It was beautiful and Hawk looked blissful!

@mandipandi303 6 месяцев назад

Fact about this episode, the AIDS quilt square they show for Roy Cohn at the end is his actual square. It, and other real squares, were lent to the show. The series is better than the book IMO, but the book is still well worth a read. I sobbed watching the finale. I think that Hawk turned Tim into the M Unit because he knew if he was around Tim every day, he was going to slip. Hawk was coming to terms with being in love with Tim, and Hawk was too ambitious to risk losing his career and standing. Tim is a bad liar who doesn't have a beard, and the idea of Hawk being tied to rumors was likely unbearable to Hawk... never mind the possibility of them getting sloppy and possibly being caught. It's amazing to see his growth because Hawk knows what he says to his friend at the gala, though not completely outing himself, will certainly start rumors. Especially when Lucy doesn't go to Italy with him and starts the divorce. I believe Lucy went to the hospital hoping to find that the feelings between Hawk and Tim were different now or were very one-sided from Tim, so her marriage with Hawk can "go back to normal". I think when she sees Hawk has been sleeping at the hospital, she realizes her and Hawk's marriage is over. It would've made her understand that Hawk was devoted to Tim in a way he never had been to her. If the government had taken HIV/AIDS seriously from the beginning, it would've saved hundreds of millions of lives worldwide. I'll die still angry about it. I grew up with friends and their parents with HIV/AIDS. Women and children disproportionately die of AIDS globally. The "family values" crowd either didn't give a shit about us or actively cheered our deaths. Disgusting, vile, hypocrites, and if there's a hell, I hope they burn in it. My whole family worked in federal government during the McCarthy era (some thankfully against McCarthy's side, but most my family were for him). This series hit me really hard.

@feuillyfairy5114 6 месяцев назад

thank u so much for this journey! I started to follow this channel bc of fellow travelers. and then I found a lot of joy watching u see my favorite gay shows. I'm queer and I'm from Russia. At the end of 2023 the government has declared "the LGBTQ+ organization" (whatever this means) to be extremists. Transgender transition was also banned during this year. It's the hell of a ride. A nightmare for the community (and it hurts to watch about the lavender scare) So I'm really thankful for the simple chance to spend some good time with laugh, love and support. Thank you !!!!!! p.s.: I have a dream to see patreon content. But unfortunately there is no way bc of the sanctions against Russia (thanks for our fucked up government)

@nomadine85 7 месяцев назад

I cried so much in this episode even my wife came over and had to hug me

@cursedy__ 6 месяцев назад

This show was a really important experience for me and I’ve been telling everyone I know to watch it (with a warning) because it’s just so important. Thank you for sharing your reactions with us

@Jujudamio 7 месяцев назад

in the end hawk lost all of his boys

@sonicsean34 7 месяцев назад

I saw it as more he had made a choice to commit to his new family but he was already failing and neglecting them because of his love for Tim, so he choose to prioritise the baby. (That he didn’t try a healthy “sorry Tim, I have to chose my kids” breakup instead of the nuclear option is just Hawk all of nothing failing)

@perfectajo 7 месяцев назад

Just FYI: For the Golden Globes, the category Fellow Travelers is nominated in is “Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film.” There’s no distinction in that category between comedies or dramas, so you definitely read a typo!

@edabillano106 7 месяцев назад

I'm glad to see the smile on your faces at the end of this series. It was difficult to watch at times. But, as you said we need our history and feel free to talk about it. The ending scene brought me back to when the AIDS Quilts made to San Francisco during it's national tour. I felt the same way when I saw it again in this show. It was heartbreaking to see all the gay men & women that was lost. Plus, seeing the ACT-UP movement appear at the end. Cried again. Thanks guys. Well done.

@AlexSanchez-jv4ib 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for showcasing this series… I had already watched this with my Husband… I’ve watched along with multiple reactions online… And still you have me crying at this ending 🥲

@elinedefaux 6 месяцев назад

I don't blame you for crying. Cause HOLY SHIT. That coversation Marcus had with Jerome. The last time Tim and Hawk saw each other and the way it ended with him seeing his name on the aids quilt and then saying to his daughter that he was the man that he loved. Also their prommise you won't write is basicly as close as an I LOVE YOU we could get

@sherrimast8525 2 месяца назад

Hawk didn't necessarily say the words but I think that breathless kiss he gave Tim spoke volumes!! ❤

@ShayNola 6 месяцев назад

I cherish the show and the fact-based history and storytelling. Although the world has evolved, it remains the same. I hope for the future that everyone is equal and loved. The first time I watched the show, I cried and cried again. Thank you, Josh and Alex.

@nomadine85 7 месяцев назад

I think another aspect that made me ugly cry so hard about this ending is that while Tim told Hawke that he was his all consuming love, we only hear Hawke say that about Tim after he has died. We hear him come out to his daughter after he has died. It made me cry because in a way it was like Tim didn’t get to live long enough to witness Hawke fully own who he is. And as someone who almost never says the words out loud (it makes me uncomfortable) but rather implies it or shows it, that hit me quite hard somehow.

@palm2004 7 месяцев назад

Devastating, all the feels and at times a hard watch but what a fantastic show. Well done lads - great reactions. What an emotional rollercoaster

@sonyak.2325 7 месяцев назад

This must be my favorite show in terms of re-watching with reaction channels, especially the ones that offer LGBTQ+ opinions and perspectives because no matter how many I watch, there's always something valuable to add. Thank you, guys, for an amazing journey! Fellow Travelers is 100% on top of my personal 2023 TV series list, and I am delighted to see it get as much recognition and love as it deserves ❤

@claudiafuller7900 7 месяцев назад

If you’re looking for a slightly happier thing to react to, “Big Eden” (2000) is a wonderful gem of a film, made in Canada and featuring a super supportive rural community and queer Native American representation!

@AmyC531 7 месяцев назад

With Matt Bomer's White Collar co-star, Tim DeKay! (**spoiler alert** they did his character so dirty, tho)

@frankmahovlich5099 5 месяцев назад

"Big Eden" is a favorite of my husband Ron and mine, starring Arye Gross who was a regular character on the first couple seasons of Ellen DeGeneres' TV sitcom. Might give it a watch again on Valentine's day.

@christophthaler1246 7 месяцев назад

Do you remember I think on episode 4 I guess, Hawk told to Jackson 'I love you beyond measure'. And the same way he loved Tim.

@alejoaleman 2 месяца назад

Tim was the one who used that term to explain to Hawk how he had come to understand the concepts of God and love as something "beyond measure" after that Hawk uses the phrase to tell how much he loves Jack......

@sherrimast8525 2 месяца назад

@@alejoaleman That took place in episode 6 at the cabin when Hawk, Tim and Jackson were together. Off the course a bit, but that scene with the three boys, made me think of how good of dad's both Hawk and Tim would have been with their own family. And Hawk saying that to Jackson "beyond measure" just highlighted the influence Tim had on Hawk.

@cazb5777 7 месяцев назад

Guys, thank you so so much for these reviews. Very few of my friends have watched Fellow Travelers (despite my constant nagging & begging) so it's been wonderful to join you & the whole community of viewers here on your channel. Watching your reviews has helped me to process the feelings that this show evoked in me. This show has made me cry my eyes out but I'm so glad that it has brought to light a part of American history that so few people were aware of. I'm from England but learned about the Lavender Scare in the late 80's. when I was a student. I really hope that this show will be an eye-opener to so many younger people who are now free to express their authentic selves. without fear of persecution (or prosecution!) These freedoms were fought for by brave men and women... I also think of people who live in countries that are not yet safe for Queer people & my heart goes out to them. Thanks again to you both 💞💞

@user-qu8zs7vs1x 6 месяцев назад

Aside from the quilts right next to Tim's, which were made specifically for the show, all the other quilts are real quilts from the AIDS quilt project, so what we're seeing are real commemorative quilts made by hand for AIDS victims. I found that detail so heartbreaking. I think the finale had some flaws and there were some loose ends (I think the series would have benefitted from having 2-3 more episodes and I wish the goodbye between Hawk and Tim had been different and/or that we had an indication that Hawk was with Tim until the very end - to show him finally the loyalty that he never showed him when they were younger). But even with the flaws, I still think this series was incredible, and I will definitely rewatch it.

@anitalevy-sisk4014 20 дней назад

You two are really terrific. And Fellow Travelers? Theives...they've stolen my heart.

@beeptoid 7 месяцев назад

Thank you, Josh and Alex. What you provide is very important to the community. Sometimes your reactions are more meaningful than the content. Thank you for sharing it with us.

@nomadine85 7 месяцев назад

At the end you said that you expected a kind of summary history after card text kinda thing. That did happen, in a way, just not how we are used to. By expanding the quilt over the decades up to 2012 it basically said visually something along the lines of this many people have still been dying of this neglect, that many individual stories have been cut by this disease, this is the biggest quilt that has been created (it’s actually in the guiness book). It does tell us that, in a more cinematic way, rather than spell it out, just like it has been throughout the show

@dianefurlong2911 7 месяцев назад

Even though this was a challenging watch, it was so beautifully done. Thank You Alex and Josh!

@Anneee27 7 месяцев назад

when i saw that scene of the betrayal i had to really think about everything. because this meant the betrayal had already happened before the episodes that focused on the 60's and the 70's

@AStoryWorthTelling 7 месяцев назад

Yeah it really is a shock twist!

@hannah-wj9ot 6 месяцев назад

It's why he was so hesitant to meet up with Hawk in the 60s or why he knew Jackson and why it seemed like he has almost a relationship with the child.

@DoubleBlack2.0 4 месяца назад

14:25 Absolutely, 100%. It’s a HUGE deal and I completely lost my mind when I saw this scene!

@ShelbyBaby27 3 месяца назад

Straight woman here: I cheered during that milk scene! You better top him, Skippy!! TOP HIM!! 😂😂😂 My take: Hawk's father caught him on his knees giving Kenny a blow job and threw him out of the house! Such a trauma associated with being in a "submissive" position. It's why Hawk enlists in the army (he had no where to go) and you can't be gay in the army. It's why he's such a dominant top and has a need to control things (if only he had locked the door). Hawk hadn't loved or let himself be loved since Kenny until he met Tim. Similar to Hawk giving head during Christmas time, it shows Hawks' growth in feeling safe with Tim to explore himself.

@kellifranklin4432 7 месяцев назад

Still desperately holding out hope for Good Omens!

@AStoryWorthTelling 7 месяцев назад

it's on the list!

@Natala00 7 месяцев назад

@@AStoryWorthTelling YES! I will subscribe just for a chance that you will be watching Good Omens. It is so funny and sweet.

@keiira8810 6 месяцев назад

is there a vote for the list anywhere? wanting good omens so badly@@AStoryWorthTelling

@alexie5201 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for reacting to this masterpiece of a story❤It was interesting to hear your thoughts on this show. The ending was sad and beautiful at the same time. I'm gonna miss this series and your reactions to it.

@user-yb4ld2zq2u 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Alex and Josh,as always,watching you guys makes my day (especially the fan😂😂😂)Me vibing to Ginuwine-Pony and Justin Bieber-Ghost in the same episode 😭😭😭. As a non-lgbtq whose watched the show,I learned to be more empathetic and understanding of the LGBTQ community. I've always loved this community because of the authenticity and the 'homophobia intolerant attitude' that it embodies but now having had the context and deeper history of this community has made me even more compassionate and accepting of the community. And every time I watch any lgbtq content,I slowly develop the courage to be myself,to accept and love myself because seeing the lgbtq community in their uncensored authenticity inspires me to be myself. And Matt and Jonathan,👌 👌 👌,they weren't just actors acting,they were the epitome of representation. Hands down 🙌🙌🙌

@ivyyap1513 7 месяцев назад

This show was hard to watch, but I am so glad it exists. Thanks for your invaluable commentary! P.S. Alex, bet you're glad you had the fan ready!

@nickhannam9716 17 дней назад

Love your videos ❤❤ fellow travelers is the most beautiful story. It was so profoundly what the community needs to see. I'd love to see you react go the series "its a sin" .. another show that really hit me in the feels in a way I can't even describe in words. As a queer man who was diagnosed with HIV in 2019 and almost losing my partner at the time to the virus as we hadn't been tested and truly felt so to speak "untouchable" or "invincible" .. we'd both been promiscuous for the decade we were together and never once got tested as we never thought "it would happen to us" which sounds so stupid and naive saying it now, series like fellow travelers and its a sin just hit me in such a different way .. living in this day and age where I had the means and ways of getting medicated and being able to become undetectable within the first yesr of my diagnosis is something alot of people don't realize or take gratitude in enough. Had I had my coming of age in the late 70s, 80s and early 90s my life could and would have looked alot different and I probably wouldn't have been able to sit here and watch your videos, or live my life period, so when I see these stories being told on television like this it just hits a cord in me that I don't think I'll ever be able to fully explain. Either way I'd love to see you guys watch it's a sin! I think you guys would adore it

@colinbaxter4732 7 месяцев назад

I watched the Finale a couple of weeks ago. But seeing you two react made me do “The Ugly Cry”… AGAIN!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 You two Bitches!!! 🤪🤪🤪 Thanks guys!!! 😂😂😂 (Such a POWERFUL & IMPORTANT Show! 🕊️❤️‍🩹🕊️ #WeSurvive)

@rafaelt1960 7 месяцев назад

The conversion between Skippy and hawks wife is giving "Does he love you" by Reba 😂😂😂 and it's the same amount of drama haha

@Timeandthehour61 7 месяцев назад

Can you review The Normal Heart? . Matt Bomer is one of the leads. It is however another story about HIV and the tragedy - can you take another?

@AmanCreatesArt 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for taking us on this journey with you! As a follow-up that’s a bit more uplifting but still historical, try watching “Man in an Orange Shirt.” 🧡

@philipeugenio2233 6 месяцев назад

It affected me to the core. It hits home. Such beautiful exposition of life for lgbts. So real and raw.

@mehrinahmad8468 6 месяцев назад

Again with ur jaws dropped in that scene it was Soo funny. I think hawk bottoming was his realization he can't his desire for tim

@ilariaquaranta9672 7 месяцев назад

Alex, may I say I love the way you reacted to the scenes? This last episode is so touching and sad but also, in a way I can't explain, it brings hope. Hope for AIDS therapy, hope for LGBTQ people to be free and come out, hope for living true lives, even if you are an old woman or an old man, cause it's never too late for the truth. Hope for love, wathever it is.

@arithasu9069 7 месяцев назад

Guys I hope you watch the view show Matt and Jonathan appeared for FT promotions in that Jonathan read a fan letter he received a morning prior from a lady who happens to be the daughter of a man she says lead a life like Hawk. Pls do watch it.

@Jeneri1 6 месяцев назад

Hahaha "work" 😂 my brain first thought it was aimed at the woman and raising a baby wasn't work, and I got super defensive by pure reflex, but then Josh started gesturing and I lost it! 🤣🤣❤🍽

@chrxstxna13 2 месяца назад

Was fully yelling at my screen during their last scene together for hawk to say i love you too. He never did say it to Tim's face.

@user-km6fk8tt9n 5 месяцев назад

It’s interesting how you put the comparison of My Policeman and Fellow Travellers with regard to the long suffering wives. As Linus Roache, Played The Older/Present day Tom in my policeman and Lucy’s Father Senator Smith in Fellow Travellers. Also Linus is William Roache’s son he has played Ken Barlow on coronation street for eons now. Lol….in case you didn’t know. This whole series was as you both said a hard watch but well needed. As most members of the community don’t look in to the history much of the LGBTQIA+ and we need to remember those before us and appreciate what we have but what we also still yet need to achieve. It broke me when I watched it. And I see you both were too….So well done on these I enjoyed watching your reactions to these episodes. And you both hit the nail on the head with the points you spoke on. Great job..🎉

@thatgirlnextfloor 7 месяцев назад

Such great performance from Matt and Jonathan. they absolutely gave such life to these fictional characters that has me feeling all the feels. also what an educational show that really showcases some of the very important parts of queer history. historical fiction ftw!!! speaking of historical fiction, Mary and George series soon! I hope you also react to that series too hehe

@Absurdist1968 7 месяцев назад

And so now we watch the Golden Globes on Sunday to see if the show and Matt can pull off wins. It's a stiff pair of categories, but it may happen! And as if I haven't be4aten my tear ducts into submission with this one, now I'm off to watch _Good Grief._ Thanks for the commentary and keep up the good work.

@salemoh9759 7 месяцев назад

The end was so amazing, ah my heart 🥲

@nixy88s 7 месяцев назад

Great show and great reactions as well ❤ thanks

@roberthurley6860 6 месяцев назад

That very last scene really caught me off guard. I've seen that quilt in DC. It literally takes your breath away. There is no other way to describe it.

@curiosophy4241 7 месяцев назад

Ohh thanks too for a wonderful full series reaction loving ur channel

@mocha2717 7 месяцев назад

No comments.. I just cried😭😭

@dimaaah2972 6 месяцев назад

WHY AM I CRYING AGAIN?!?! 😭

@matchbox64 4 месяца назад

I didn’t know tops were less susceptible than bottoms… I learned something new today 😮

@beeptoid 7 месяцев назад

PS: Your comments are well Thought Out out and well said xxx❤

@frankmahovlich5099 5 месяцев назад

My husband Ron and I are senior gays (elder gays?), whatever, we've been a couple for 39 years and will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary this November. Just want to say thank-you for your channel & reactions & commentaries (joyful, empathetic, thought-provoking, saucy, etc.) I'd like to recommend a documentary to watch for a little more gay history. It is called "Limited Partnership" (2014) and chronicles an American man's & Australian man's 1975 marriage in the USA and their 40 year fight to have it recognized by the government so the Australian man could remain legally in the states with his husband. It may not be something that fits your channel to post here but I believe you both will learn and enjoy it.

@dennisbrunell2414 6 месяцев назад

Thank You! For telling our story 😢❤

@chrxstxna13 2 месяца назад

Something about Tim seeing Jackson the day he was born, when he was a child, to then finding out about his death...I don't know how to properly articulate it but it is maybe a representation of how much life tim and hawk went through together/how they always kept in touch. I just thought that flashback to the hospital the day jackson was born was intersting and i know theres a deeper meaning but i cant exactly figure it out.

@ceebee23 7 месяцев назад

what a trip this was ... long difficult ... but in the end emotional fulfilling

@bhavna1051 7 месяцев назад

IT'S 11:50 in India and am stupidly waited for the reaction and ... am waiting for you CRRYYY just as I did. 😫😫😫

@AStoryWorthTelling 7 месяцев назад

Oh we definitely cried! A LOT!

@tennisCharlzz 7 месяцев назад

@AStoryWorthTelling I think Josh (like Hawk) is hiding some naughty thoughts! That plate spinning turn to double fisting was not something I expected Josh to do! We're waiting for the sequel with Alex and Josh called Fellow Streamers! :D

@rabbitfishtv 7 месяцев назад

Another song in this episode by a great gay musician who died of AIDS: Arthur Russell, “Love Is Overtaking Me.”

@ValeriG_94 7 месяцев назад

This show was literally a rollercoaster of emotions until the end and it was done soooo perfectly. Good representation, perfect casting, full of historical narration but not boring or too hard to handle. Just, perfect. We're all fellow travelers at the end; we must love each other, support each other and live BEYOND MEASURE 🤍

@lacynut 7 месяцев назад

Enjoyed your responses immensely! Since this has been a history lesson going back seven decades, I was wondering if you might take it back even more than a century, with a viewing of the first gay-themed feature film, the silent movie “Different from the Others” from 1919. I also highly recommend Rosa von Praunheim’s bio-pic of Magnus Hirschfeld, “The Einstein of Sex” (it’s on RU-vid).

@naomiwhitehead4392 7 месяцев назад

When I tell you I was a MESS 😭😭😭 my partner came home from work just as the credits rolled he thought I was having a breakdown 😩😩😭

@mahdinafshar1014 7 месяцев назад

The way that Tim's looking at the baby That could've been for him and the love of his life

@sherrimast8525 2 месяца назад

When Hawk and Tim were with Jackson at the cabin in episode 6, the scene made me think of how they would have been good dad's if they had a family. I know the kids and Hawk would've much happier.

@johnfrancismaglinchey4192 4 месяца назад

I’ve been through the AIDS epidemic in the deep end,,,,, and indeed often witnessed conversations like this,,,, There was a lot of Death,,,, but there was always a huge amount of humanity and humour,,,,, humour was as important as anything else we had in the wards while we fought the war ,,often out of sight.

@rafaelt1960 7 месяцев назад

I was completely ugly crying at the end😭 every time I see sth like that I always think, that could be me in the 80s... I would have definitely died in the first 2 years of the pandemic

@riaminx 7 месяцев назад

I love this!!!!!! ❤

@TihetrisWeathersby 7 месяцев назад

I know you guys have a mountain of recommendations but I think Eyewitness 2016 would be a good gay series to react to

@AStoryWorthTelling 7 месяцев назад

Its on the list! X

@TihetrisWeathersby 7 месяцев назад

@@AStoryWorthTelling Ah thanks

@AnxietyRat 7 месяцев назад

Yeah, there's not very many people here on RU-vid who have reacted to it... But I really enjoyed it when I watched it! Was pretty upset that it got canceled.

@TihetrisWeathersby 7 месяцев назад

@@AnxietyRat Agreed, I didn't really see much room for a season 2, Lukas and Philip got a happy ending at least

@shirlenemunyao9877 7 месяцев назад

@@AStoryWorthTelling yeeeeeeeessssss finally..

@dickstueland4009 5 месяцев назад

I experienced much of the treatment when I lived in Fargo , North Dakota. 1980. People were extremely guarded. I did see my sixth grade and second grade teachers at a gay bar. That was 1982. He swore me to secrecy. They would have been fired at the next z school board meeting.

@jenosleftshoulder 20 дней назад

what an ending.

@MiJoOc76 7 месяцев назад

Wonderful series reaction!… Now do “Maestro”

@sawervogue 7 месяцев назад

Watch Saltburn next

@hustler212 7 месяцев назад

This series showed it perfectly why gay actors should play gay roles. Not once did I felt detached throughout the series. And I felt the authenticity in the performance. 😊

@treesny 4 месяца назад

Well, I agree that having openly gay actors in the four lead roles of FT was/is great. I do however want to call attention to director/writers like Andrew Haigh (who is himself gay) who has cast many "mixed" (i.e. gay/straight) male couples in his work, including Weekend, Looking and now All of Us Strangers, with terrific results; in particular, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in AOUS have incredible chemistry, as did Chris New and Tom Cullen in Weekend, and Jonathan Groff and Raul Castillo (among others) in Looking. I think it's terrific that we live in a time where so many gifted gay actors have the opportunity to play parts to which they can bring their own specific life experience, and at the same time I'm wary of making any fixed rule... And I should add that the creator/writer/showrunner of a TV series has a pivotal part to play in making an authentic show. "But ya gotta know the territory" -- Meredith Willson, "The Music Man." Thank you.

@tevineleven11 6 месяцев назад

I really should've made a prediction of Hawk bottoming on the last episode; i had a feeling it was gonna happen right from the beginning but I didn't say anything