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The Affair
the industry
Nov. 5, 2020
By Devon Ivie
counterpoint
Dec. 20, 2019
The Affair Creator Says She Worked Closely With Ruth Wilson on Sex ScenesShe also says Showtime failed to let her handle conflict on set more effectively.
By Jordan Crucchiola
Ruth Wilson Left The Affair After Showrunner Frequently Coerced Sex Scenes Wilson felt showrunner Sarah Treem pressured her into doing “titillating” scenes.
By Devon Ivie
The Affair Series-Finale Recap: The Stories We TellA poignant, nostalgic end feels right for a show that was always about looking back, and trying to remember the best possible version of the past.
By Liz Shannon Miller
Maura Tierney Says Good-bye to Helen, Noah, and The Affair “I’m not sure exactly how or why, but it ended up being about Noah and Helen. And that didn’t feel weird to me.”
By Maria Elena Fernandez
The Affair Showrunner Explains Why That Ending Felt Like ‘The Right Thing to Do’“This is not a show that brings people to justice. This show is about the long-term effects of the choices we make.”
By Kenny Herzog
The Affair Recap: Putting Out the FiresThe second-to-last episode ever goes back to a time before murder mysteries, secret abortions, phantom guards, and robot gardens.
By Liz Shannon Miller
The Affair Recap: A Bad-Boy ProblemAs Noah gets his Me Too moment, the women in his life grapple with their already-complicated feelings about him.
By Liz Shannon Miller
The Affair Recap: Telling on YourselfNoah is surrounded by people who are giving him good advice, and he doesn’t just ignore it, he actively rejects it.
By Liz Shannon Miller
The Affair Recap: Face OffNoah may be on the verge of getting canceled, while future Joanie has found a true enemy to fight.
By Liz Shannon Miller
back into the ocean
Oct. 3, 2019
How Climate Change Became The Affair ’s Most Consequential Character Showrunner Sarah Treem explains the thinking behind the final season’s dire forecast for what life looks like in 34 short years.
By Kenny Herzog
overnights
Sept. 29, 2019
The Affair Recap: The Past Is PresentAn entire installment devoted to Joanie’s visit to Montauk ends with a big realization about her mother, and perhaps some level of healing.
By Liz Shannon Miller
overnights
Sept. 22, 2019
The Affair Recap: Real Tough MothersA scattered episode gives us yet another new perspective, and confirms that nothing good happens when someone on this show drives a car.
By Liz Shannon Miller
The Affair Recap: Noah, Know ThyselfThe production of Descent has unleashed the opportunity to dig into the fact that, yeah, Noah sucks.
By Liz Shannon Miller
The Affair Recap: The Beginning of the End Gets GrimThe fifth and final season begins by focusing not on the lingering memory of Alison, but another departure from this mortal coil.
By Liz Shannon Miller
Recapping the Mystery of Ruth Wilson’s The Affair Departure Her character was unexpectedly killed off and she (and her co-stars) can’t discuss what happened. Why?
By Devon Ivie
now where were we?
Aug. 23, 2019
Catching Up on The Affair ’s 4 Seasons of Wild Drama The Showtime drama has never lacked for twists and turns, so here’s a refresher on where each character stands going into the fifth and final season.
By Liz Shannon Miller
The Affair : Once More Into the OceanMaura Tierney’s performance anchors the Showtime drama as it navigates its fifth and final season.
By Jen Chaney
The Affair to Jump Into the Future With Anna Paquin, Climate ChangeShe’ll play the now-adult daughter of Ruth Wilson and Joshua Jackson.
By Jackson McHenry
car accidents
Aug. 28, 2018
The Affair ’s Maura Tierney Was Hospitalized After Being Struck by CarLuckily she escaped with no major injuries and only a few paparazzi photos.
By Anne Victoria Clark
The Affair Is Ridiculous But I Still Can’t Quit ItThe fourth season took a ton of absurd, soapy turns. But trying to divorce it was impossible.
By Jen Chaney
party reports
Aug. 17, 2018
By Nicole Weaver
series finales
July 26, 2018
The End of The Affair Will Come After Season 5 It’s a planned conclusion, not a cancellation.
By Jordan Crucchiola
close reads
Feb. 22, 2017
By Jen Chaney
The Affair Season Finale Recap: The Most Important JobThe Showtime drama hits rock bottom with an utterly terrible finale.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
The Affair Recap: Man in the MirrorAt last, The Affair answers the season’s big question about Noah.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
The Affair Recap: The Awful TruthCole’s love for Alison may lead to his undoing.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
The Affair Recap: Welcome HomeNoah and Helen are a match made in hell.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
The Affair Recap: Memory LaneIn a moving episode, The Affair tackles class divisions in a truly fascinating way.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
The Affair Recap: Trip to Block IslandWhere do Alison and Noah go from here?
By Angelica Jade Bastién
The Affair Recap: As Good As It GetsThe love between Alison and Cole is like gravity — there’s just no denying it.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
The Affair Recap: Out of the PastAlison Lockhart is Montauk’s very own madwoman in the attic.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
The Affair Recap: A Haunted ManTime doesn’t heal all wounds on The Affair . It magnifies them.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
So What Happened on The Affair Last Season? The story lines to keep in mind as the third season begins.
By Jen Chaney
The Affair Has Even More POVs and Mystery in Season ThreeNoah Solloway is still maddening and this show is still absorbing.
By Jen Chaney
vulture lists
Nov. 16, 2016
12 Onscreen Relationships Destroyed by a Man’s Novel When a literary guy decides to start working on a manuscript, watch out.
By Charles Bramesco
accentuate the positive (and the negative)
Jan. 6, 2016
Ranking American Accents of TV’s Foreign Actors We gave leading dialect coaches a list of foreign-born actors portraying Americans on TV. Here’s their breakdown of the imitation game.
By Lisa Liebman
The Affair Finale Recap: Who Killed Scotty Lockhart?Noah and Alison are bound together in inescapable ways. Their love is a fragile, dangerous thing.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
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