The Affair
The emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah, a New York City schoolteacher and budding novelist with a wife of twenty years and four children and Alison, a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy.
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Noah, a happily married New York City schoolteacher and novelist, and Alison a young waitress recovering from personal tragedy, begin an affair in Montauk, Long Island that has far reaching consequences for both of them.
1.1
7.012-10-201459mNoah escapes the city with his family to a Long Island estate. Alison and her husband struggle to move past a tragedy. Noah and Alison meet in a chance encounter.
2.2
6.919-10-201452mNoah and Alison are forced to consider an inevitability.
3.3
7.126-10-201452mNoah turns to Alison to help him research the local culture for his novel.
4.4
7.802-11-201455mNoah and Alison grow closer on a day trip to remote Block Island.
5.5
7.809-11-201456mAlison and Noah are forced to confront new obstacles at home.
6.6
7.416-11-201451mNoah discovers there's more to Alison than he's been led to believe.
7.7
7.923-11-201458mWith the summer coming to an end, the Solloways are returning to Brooklyn.
8.8
6.907-12-201456mA chance encounter with Alison leads to an uncomfortable truth.
9.9
8.414-12-201460mNoah and Helen face a revelation. Alison spirals towards a reckoning.
10.10
8.421-12-201456mDetective Jeffries makes significant progress on his case.
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