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EPISODE
SEASON
The Affair - Season 2 Episode 5: Episode 5
When Noah Solloway and Allison Bailey meet in resort in Montauk, the two cannot explain the connection but sooner than later becomes intimate partners even though they are separately married.
10 February 1987, Brooklyn, New York, USA
23 March 1966, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
7 February 1972, Powder Springs, Georgia, USA
March 18, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
16 May 1959, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
27 August 1974, Long Island, New York, 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
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 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.
November 02, 2015
Helen shuts this all down, incredibly coldly and with deadly accuracy.
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
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 other half of the episode was devoted to Cole, and it was refreshingly low-key and straightforward.
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'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."
