The Affair on Showtime

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 8/7/18 at 6:17pm

Was anyone else surprised by the turn of events that occurred during the last (8/5/18) episode?

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/7/18 at 8:36pm

Yes and no.   I anticipated the reveal midway through the episode.  But expected it would be kept for the season finale.

 

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 8/9/18 at 2:03pm

This totally caught me by surprise. Not to spoil things... I read that a certain actor commented about salary disparities earlier this year and now poof...

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/9/18 at 3:10pm

I can't seem to develop any interest in continuing to watch this series.  All the characters are such awful people, I don't care what happens to them at all.  It's like watching the world's longest Mamet play, but without the annoying stylized dialogue.

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 8/9/18 at 4:47pm

I think it is a show that could have a different cast every season. I feel like the main characters have gone through their arcs and have no where else to go. If there is a theme in the show it is that people do not change all that much. I liked the character of Ben. Perhaps he could lead a new ensemble next time around.

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 8/13/18 at 2:27pm

I was deeply saddened by the events in Sunday's episode. No spoilers from me. Although I was pretty much done with the show last season, I kept watching. Now I kind of wish I hadn't. I didn't expect to get hit so hard emotionally with how this has played out. ;-(

ETA: Kudos to Ruth Wilson and Ramon Rodriquez for throughly engaging performances in this episode. 

Updated On: 8/13/18 at 02:27 PM

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 8/13/18 at 5:01pm

I didn't quite get why both stories were entitled Alison. I guess the first version is how we all wished the story would have developed and the second was what really happened. Thoughts?

[scripps]

Posted: 8/13/18 at 6:42pm

I believe both parts were Alison's perspective, only the first half was something akin to a daydream of Alison's of how she hoped her confrontation with Ben that evening would play out. No such luck there.

After so much attention was lavished on the Krishna statue's weight, I assumed that it would play a part in Alison's disappearance. Forgive me if I chuckled when they panned to it on the floor!

 

Updated On: 8/13/18 at 06:42 PM

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 8/13/18 at 7:42pm

I took the first part to be Alison's dream of how things were and the second part to be the reality. Guess we'll find out more on Sunday.

It was very clever to do it this way, with two Alison points of view. 
 

 

Updated On: 8/13/18 at 07:42 PM

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 8/17/18 at 2:16pm

Ruth Wilson is not allowed to say why she left the show.  ;-(

https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/08/17/ruth-wilson-im-not-allowed-to-talk-about-why-i-left-the-affair/23504300/

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 8/17/18 at 2:49pm

The buzz was that the men were getting paid more and she wanted equal pay. Too bad Ben turned out to be such a creep. They could have followed his story next season.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/19/18 at 1:55pm

THEORY "SPOILERS":

Am I the only one who thinks the final reveal will be that everything we've been watching from the time Alison first meets Noah is all in Noah's literary imagination: Noah's novel inspired by his meeting Alison complete with rewrites of scenes, explaining in part why things are so different from different characters' perspectives?  Further explaining the two Alison chapters with two very different Bens of last week's episode?

I fully expect that Noah has never had a "real life" affair with Alison, that Alison is alive and well and that the last scene might be a book signing for "The Affair" with Noah signing Alison's book and our left wondering what might happen between them.  
Either that or that all of this has happened in Noah's brain within a few seconds of his first meeting Alison at the Lobster Roll?

 

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 8/19/18 at 7:26pm

Well, that scenario would out-Dallas Dallas for desperation screenwriting. It would definitely make me regret giving the show another season.

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 8/20/18 at 12:59pm

Glad the scenario above did not play out. With Alison gone, I have no interest in the next season.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 8/20/18 at 2:50pm

Well, it was just a theory.

But I agree.  After last night, where, if anywhere is this show likely to go?  And why should we care at this point?

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 8/20/18 at 3:43pm

I thought the final episode of this season could have served as a final episode of the series. They should bring it back with a fresh cast and new plot.

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 8/20/18 at 7:33pm

Agree. That should have been the end of The Affair.

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 8/21/18 at 3:32am

It felt like everything had come full circle....