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EPISODE
SEASON
The Affair - Season 2 Episode 5: Episode 5
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
November 02, 2015
But what makes this episode so great is how it addresses nagging questions I had about the emotional dynamics of the characters with a heartbreaking sincerity.
November 02, 2015
Helen's blunt assessment of her now ex-husband - provided for Alison's benefit - is full of barbs, but this is the line that lingers with me: "And then you become the enemy, just because you know who he is."
November 02, 2015
The other half of the episode was devoted to Cole, and it was refreshingly low-key and straightforward.
November 02, 2015
One of the most compelling things The Affair is doing with the expanded perspectives in season two is how it is using them to play with the timeline.
November 06, 2015
I guess, based on this episode, we could call The Affair a romance. But like, the grossest romance possible. A romance between this weird orbit of people who have no business together.
November 02, 2015
The rich dialogue is still the best reason to check the show out every week, and this episode was no exception to that rule.
November 02, 2015
Helen shuts this all down, incredibly coldly and with deadly accuracy.
November 02, 2015
But just as we've already established that Noah's relationship with Helen will always be complicated, so will Alison's relationship with Cole.
November 02, 2015
The scene of Alison stopping in the mirror on her way out of the cabin to look intently at herself, trying to determine what other people see when they look at her, is brilliant.
