Fellow Travelers
WARNING : SPOILERS ahead for Fellow Travelers episode 6 .
Summary
Fellow Travelersepisode 6 need place in 1968 with Hawk and Lucy at least ten days into their married couple . Hawk ended up doing incisively what he tell Tim he would do at the end ofFellow Travelersepisode 5 , end their chances at a life story together and marrying Lucy mostly for the protective trope of being a straight , syndicate man . Up until episode 6 , titled " Beyond Measure",it appeared that Lucy was entirely oblivious to the hole-and-corner affairs that Hawk was have with other men , peculiarly Tim who unexpectedly bug out back into Hawk ’s life after a streak - in with the law .
One of the best fresh additions to the series inFellow Travelersepisode 6is Hawk and Lucy ’s son Jackson , who is a thoughtful yet disruptive youthful world who feel widely misunderstood and unappreciated by his Fatherhood . Hawk appear to be a stiffly conservative parent and husband within his traditional dynamic as the head of the Fuller family line . However , it ’s revealed that Lucy has know about Hawk ’s infidelity and closeted gayness for many years , set out with an unwilled spotting of Tim dropping off a romantic letter at Hawk ’s Washington D.C. apartment . This explain why Lucy break her typically spotless fiber inFellow Travelersepisode 6 .
Fellow Travelers installment 6 introduces Hawk ’s son Jackson , a ill-affected yet sensible teen who confronts his flavour about his pop when he encounter Tim .
Lucy Approaches Chet At A Party Because She Knows The Truth About Hawk
Lucy Knows That Hawk’s An Adulterer & Is Secretly Gay
Lucy uncharacteristically let herself wanton at the political party she and Hawk host at their wooded vacation home in rural Pennsylvania . She by choice relieve oneself sensual and provocative eye contact with Chet , who is celebrating fifteen years of marriage with his married woman at that very company . Chet is taken aback by Lucy ’s direct approach and terminate up succumb to her undeniable allure . While this is a clear number of unfaithfulness in Hawk and Lucy ’s spousal relationship , it is somewhat vindicate by Lucy ’s knowingness of Hawk ’s age of lies and fraudulence . Lucy also want to be assured that Hawk ’s disinterest in her is n’t because she has lost her attractiveness .
While it ’s not entirely clear what go on between Chet and Lucy , there was plain skanky play between the two matrimonial adult . As Hawk ignites the fireworks for all the political party guests out of doors , he pick up on the fact that Lucy and Chet both come after everyone else at the same time . It does n’t take long for Hawk , who knows all too well about the signs of unfaithfulness , to blame up on what just happened behind his back . This throw Hawk a preference of his own medicine , which he rightfully deserves for what he has put Lucy through , especially devote the fact of his secrecy about Tim hedge the police at the cabin .
Hawk gives Tim a seemingly transparent caveat before their family relationship intensifies in Fellow Travelers which may be a part of his seductive game .
Lucy Has Chosen To Be In Denial About Hawk’s Double Life
Lucy Has Tolerated Hawk’s Extramarital Affairs For Years
Lucy establish signs of being in denial about Hawk ’s extramarital social function or brook them to the dot where she has become unmoved by them . Lucy expose to monger that she had an affair while she was in Europe , which happened at some point during their union . Hawk does n’t have much of a reaction to the news that might have take aback him or torn their syndicate aside , which is another tell - story sign to Lucy of his consistent infidelities . Even one of Lucy ’s friends inFellow Travelersepisode 6 raised mistrust about Hawk ’s flat in D.C. that he refused to let go of for old age .
Since Hawk and Lucy ’s marriage was largely a result of a courtship instigated by Lucy ’s father Senator Smith , it ’s possible that Lucy does n’t roll in the hay Hawk as much as she do it her lifestyle , repute , and public image . As someone who was elevate within the cosmos of American political elitism , Lucy ’s idea of a good spousal relationship might be one that equip her aesthetic needs more than her emotional ones . While Lucy has certainly been wronged by Hawk ’s knavery throughout their marriage , Lucy show through her years of denial and inhibition that Hawk ’s share to her family double is more authoritative than his faithfulness in their marriage .
Matt Bomer ’s Hawk is a charming political hopeful with a great secret in Fellow Travelers whose prized keepsake disclose his self-aggrandising character flaw .
Lucy Cares About Having An Idyllic Family More Than Hawk’s Faithfulness
Lucy Found Out About Tim After She & Hawk Had Got Married
Lucy greet the exercising weight of her kinsfolk name as the daughter of a well - respected Senator , which explain why she chose to endure and hold in the truth about Hawk for so long , even to him . Hawk is the unadulterated husband and father on paper and fits the image of the idyllic American buttoned-down patriarchal bod that Lucy has on the face of it always wanted . The trouble is that Hawk truly is n’t who he says he is , which has become glaringly obvious to Lucy over the grade of their wedding .
While Lucy remains unaware of just how much Hawk has deceived her about his on-key ego , she ’s pick up on the fact that the man she married is mostly a construction but not on the dot a total manufacture . Lucy is sadden that Hawk is in passion with somebody else but is fundamentally conflicted that the somebody is another gentleman . Lucy has all the power and trial impression she would take to stop Hawk ’s political career and work him suffer the effect of his knavery and betrayal . Doing so , however , would efficaciously destroy her picture - perfect family , something that Lucy would never volitionally do .
Senator Smith made a shocking and tragical decision in Fellow Travelers episode 5 after being given an ultimatum to choose between his career & his son .
Lucy Burns Tim’s Letter To Protect Hawk’s Role As A Husband & Father
Lucy Shows Empathy For Tim But Can’t Allow Him To Destroy Her Family
If Lucy were not so pendent on Hawk as a husband , founding father , and allegory of an idyllic conservative American class , a part of her would probably want Hawk to pursue a life that would offer him the most fulfillment . When she see Tim inFellow Travelersepisode 6,Lucy confronts him not out of homophobic hatred but because of the terror he presents to her family and her world . This is why Lucy burned the varsity letter that Tim had intended to give to Hawk which was meant to reassure his love for him . Tim ’s letter was evidence of Hawk ’s betrayal of her but more so a weapon that could be used to destroy her syndicate .
Lucy and Tim sexual love Hawk for different reasons but both are aware of how dangerous and selfish he can be . The most shocking part of Lucy ’s realization of Hawk ’s layers of illusion is how well he play the part of the man she think she hook up with . It ’s a chilling accuracy about Hawk that is easily covered up by his innate charm and his seemingly transparent heart . The Sojourner Truth that Lucy learns about Hawk through Tim inFellow Travelersepisode 6 are much deep than his unfaithfulness and his closeted queerness alone .
