Was sex like this 60 years ago? The problem of seeing current bodies in period fictions. 'Fellow Travelers' has received rave reviews, but its leads' sculpted bodies and elaborate sex scenes have some viewers wondering what year they're really in.

Over eight episodes, the miniseries created by Ron Nyswaner ( Philadelphia ) shows how the lives of homosexuals changed since the “lilac terror,” as the persecution of gay men during the Cold War.