Fellow Travelers - 1x07 "White Nights" - REACTION!

[@HarryAllen9]

Back with the second last episode of this incredible show 😭 this video is a long one with a LOT of pausing/talking, so if that is not for you, kindly keep scrolling heheheh

[@hannah-wj9ot]

25:20 My theory will always be that Hawk was fishing for permission to leave his family from the only person he thought could give it to him.

[@Moffel83.]

Hawk's "Let me die... Please let me die" will never not make me cry. Matt Bomer's acting in that breakdown scene was unreal 😢 As others have already said, you should watch "The Nomal Heart". It explores the early Aids epidemic in the US (also starring Matt Bomer in an award-winning role). For the British experience (because it wasn't just an American tragedy) "It's a Sin" is a heartbreaking watch. It explores the early Aids epidemic in the UK. Pride (about gays and lesbians supporting the miners during the miners strike in the 80's in the UK) and Milk (about Harvey Milk) are also great movies to show some more about some of the historical topics (and the treatment of queer people in general) shown in Fellow Travelers. It's heartbreaking what people make other people go through 😠

[@irinavalerieva]

There is a movie, "Milk", starring Sean Penn. It's about Harvey Milk.

[@treesny]

Even closer to the source: the documentary "The Times of Harvey Milk" (1984) directed by Rob Epstein. I strongly recommend seeing that first.

[@nclsadler]

I’ve loved and appreciated your Fellow Travelers reactions and commentary so much!! I watch the whole thing every time!! Your thoughts are so wise and insightful! ❤️

[@irinavalerieva]

I could add another movie recommendation, "The Normal Heart". Matt Bomer is in it, plus a few other amazing actors. Also "Philadelphia", in case you haven't seen it. The main writer is the same as on "Fellow Travelers".

[@sinceslicedbread7422]

I really love the way you thoroughly expand on all the themes that run through this brilliant, limited series. Never change.😊

[@ling_a_bling]

i've been waiting for this!! you have got to be my fav reactor of this show - i love how you discuss the characters and their stories with nuance :))

[@Richie___Rich]

Love love love your videos and all the pausing and talking. Never change. Also, the way my heart DROPPED the first time I found out what happened to that character :’) this episode is so heartbreaking … but what episode of this show isn’t lol

[@joegotham27]

That finale is beyond brilliant, beautiful and heartbreaking

[@PSPguy2]

So much happens in this episode!

[@ShelbyBaby27]

One of the things that makes me tear up is like Hawk, Jackson felt safe to be vulnerable around Tim. That Tim is "Dad's special friend" because to meet an adult who listened and not judgemental was indeed special. Then he never saw Tim again. Lucy's ultimatum is understandable, but it may have pushed away the person who truly understood their son. Maybe his death is inevitable, but there is an elseworld where instead of Hawk writing "Skippy, I need you", it's "Skippy, Jackson needs you"..🥺

[@bluefriend62]

Another brilliant reaction and discussion. Others have already mentioned, I also highly recommend: The Normal Heart (2014) Based on the Larry Kramer play on the start of the AIDS crisis in New York. Brilliant cast. Milk (2008) Biopic about Harvey Milk And I also recommend The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) Excellent documentary on Harvey.

[@dkatzism]

Harry: "How does a poet make money?" Answer: By having another job. :(

[@SymonFirst]

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[@treesny]

There's an interesting error that Hawk makes. He says that in the word "homosexual" the prefix "homo" means "man" (from the Latin). But I have always understood that it actually means "same" (from the ancient Greek), just as the prefix "hetero" comes from the Greek for "different / other." Was this deliberately wrong on the part of the writer(s), or a slip?

[@irinavalerieva]

@treesny Maybe it's just a writer's mistake? I've noticed another inconsistency: in the 1970s Hawk knows Tim's address in San Francisco (it's written on the Fire island postcard) but in 1986 he asks Mary for the address (she says the same one while they talk on the phone).

[@treesny]

@@irinavalerieva Thanks for pointing that out! I do think that writers are perfectly entitled to a few slips over an 8-hour series... 🙂 (Side note: if you've ever seen Mike Leigh's wonderful "Topsy-Turvy," he has admitted with chagrin that he made one huge error: he has W.S. Gilbert use the city name "Oslo," when at that time -- the 1880s -- it had been changed to "Christiana"; it didn't revert to its earlier name until the 20th century. We should all be so lucky as to make so few mistakes!)

[@ShelbyBaby27]

​@@irinavalerievaI wouldn't consider that an inconsistency. If you hadn't spoken to someone in 7yrs would you trust that their address, etc hadn't changed?

[@ShelbyBaby27]

It's not a mistake, but merely to point out how Tim is more knowledgeable than Hawk now. In the past Hawk was always educating Tim and now the student has become the teacher 😊

[@ShelbyBaby27]

Regarding Marcus and Frankie, there's something that isn't addressed heavy handedly and that's colorism. They are both black gay men, but their complexions greatly change their experiences. Notice how all the drag performers at The Cozy Corner are fair/light-skinned? Notice how Marcus is the one who is beat up by police and jailed while Frankie who was in the center of the riots looks untouched? The lighter you are, the more "acceptable" you are vs being darker skinned. Frankie's ability to be unapologetic stems from him finding his community and voice early with minimum engagement of the straight community, which is the polar opposite of not just Marcus but Hawk too.....