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SEASON
The Affair - Season 2 Episode 2: Episode 2
The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Bailey after the two meet in the resort town of Montauk on Long Island. No marriage is beyond temptation, and there is no refuting the connection set in motion when Noah and Alison meet by chance. What follows is far more than an intimate portrait; it’s a unique and thrilling narrative that unravels the dangerous truth layer by layer.
5 October 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
1979, Madison, Mississippi, USA
31 August 1967, Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
19 September 1978, Metairie, Louisiana, USA
October 12, 2015
This show, miraculously, is pulling itself away from the more murdery, subjective elements-though obviously, they still exist-and becoming this whole Upstairs/Downstairs dance that I really, really love to watch.
October 12, 2015
One thing The Affair has been good at since the beginning is not being afraid to expand what is possible within the tight confines of structure the show has established for itself.
October 12, 2015
Alison's and Cole's p.o.v.'s on Sunday felt and played largely the same, like the middle stretches of a slow, downbeat indie feature.
October 12, 2015
Episode 2, turns out, is a surprise on a number of levels.
October 12, 2015
Having the added benefit of Helen's and Cole's viewpoints adds greatly to the story, and throws a serious wrench into Noah's guilt. There is so much more to this story, and we've only just begun to peel away the layers.
October 12, 2015
It quickly becomes clear that episodes one and two are four perspectives of the very same day, which is sort of fun.
October 12, 2015
Showrunner Sarah Treem places his memories side-by-side against Alison's, which brings up a lot of interesting questions about what we've seen of him thus far.
