I checked out the early premiere of The Affair last night on
Showtime Anytime & it sucked me right in although I still don’t know what
is going on. The show is an hour &
essentially broken up into 2 sides of 1 story, each are a half hour & I
don’t know if the entire series will go on this way or not but I liked it. The confusing thing is that each of the
characters are being questioned by, I’m guessing a detective, because it sounds
like someone has turned up dead or missing or something but we don’t know that
yet. We do know that time has passed
only because of a comment made by one of the characters (Allison) but I’m
guessing not too much time because neither her nor Noah look any older in their
interviews than they do in the scenes explaining the past.
So Allison & Noah meet in Montauk when Noah, his wife
& 4 kids arrive at the diner Allison works at for lunch & their
daughter starts choking. Allison is
their waitress & assists with the choking situation. We learn later that Allison is married to
Cole & they lost a child 4 years ago though we don’t know how yet. Allison & Cole live in Montauk…Noah &
family live in NYC & are in Montauk to stay for the summer with his
in-laws.
Allison & Noah have a chance late night meeting & he
walks her home…shortly after that Allison & Cole are having sex outside
& Noah watches (she’s knows he’s watching) though all of the events of this
evening are seen differently from each side so I can’t really say more because,
well, we don’t actually know the truth.
I gather that depending on who we favor during the affair that has yet
to begin will gauge how we view the entire story…how she sees it or how he sees
it. Personally, so far, I see a bit of
both because his story seems a bit stretched for effect & hers seems a bit
understated to make herself look better but who really knows? I think this show is cast very well with
Maura Tierney, Joshua Jackson, Dominic West & Ruth Wilson playing the main
characters. I look forward to seeing where this story will take us & how
the affair will unfold & what happened to whomever is dead/missing/whatever
but the more I think about the show I’m wondering if it will be like True
Detective with a new cast every season?
I mean, how many seasons can you drag out 1 affair?
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