The Affair [Showtime]

JP Liz V1

Showtime has ordered to series The Affair, which is described an intense and intimate exploration of two marriages and an indiscretion that disrupts them – with all of the complex consequences that result. The cast features Dominic West (The Wire) and Ruth Wilson (Luther) — as the adulterers — and Maura Tierney (ER) and Joshua Jackson (Fringe), as their respective partners

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Naked West and Jackson yes please

mafaa

'The Affair': Showtime's human story about different points of view - premiere Oct 19th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqvJSTNqNks

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPTtrScW3-E

evilivor

I watched this last night and was bewildered by it.

Bewildered but intrigued - the bifurcated narrative is interesting and it looks great. Might be an autumn slow burner.

pickarooney

This was a cracker of a pilot. Looking forward to more of it.

pickarooney

Still liking this a lot. Who do we think

has died

…?

Tazium

Pilot was great, if it had ended just after Dominic West's part it would have been excellent. I found the second part unusual. Not sure if I liked the repeat of the story from the other side, felt like it wasn't different enough. But I think it has some great potential. Like it so far, second episode also good.

The Black Oil

Tried the first episode, which has got a certain quality to it. Patient storytelling. Bit of an unsettling vibe, something unfolding. Characters seem well-placed in this story's world.

den87

Is this available on the Showtime website, to watch in Ireland?

Wexy86

Just watched the first two episodes. I'm intrigued, it's a slow burner but I'm enjoying it. It sort of bothers me how different their conversations are from each perspective and that in his eyes she was carrying heels on the beach and in her eyes she was wearing flats...maybe men and women do interpret conversations differently!

At first I assumed

it was her husband Cole who died but due to the lack of emotion I don't feel it's him. Maybe the father in law?

The Black Oil

I've kept up with it, 1.04 being the latest. We

are still in the dark as to who died. I've a feeling the detective's got a good nose, though.

More importantly, who doesn't want to be a lighthouse nerd?

JP Liz V1

RENEWED

evilivor

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

RENEWED

I was surprised when I heard that.

It did spark up a bit in Episode 5 but I do wonder how they are going to keep it going for multiple seasons.

The Black Oil

Noah's hardly in a position to preach

to his daughter re 'actions have consequences'.

Tazium

Building tension nicely I think. Good show, well worth the watch.

pickarooney

While I enjoy watching this I was hoping it would be wrapped up in ten episodes

Tazium

The show didn't need the

drugs arc

I was disappointed with the most recent episode although I'll carry on with the season.

The Black Oil

pickarooney wrote: »

While I enjoy watching this I was hoping it would be wrapped up in ten episodes

Cliffhanger on the way, you reckon?

1.07

Major Rawls was fairly unhappy with that Vanity Fair profile, eh? And the lies come crashing down. Glad the blackmail plot didn't proceed.

evilivor

The Black Oil wrote: »

Cliffhanger on the way, you reckon?

1.07

Major Rawls was fairly unhappy with that Vanity Fair profile, eh? And the lies come crashing down. Glad the blackmail plot didn't proceed.

Good episide this week.

pickarooney

Yeah, nice bit of progression. Is 'Descent' Noah's second book?

The Black Oil

Stressors continue to be felt on the home front, then.

fisgon

Only heard about this after the Golden Globe nominations of last week and started watching it a few days ago. The two leads are superb, I think, Dominic West and Ruth Wilson, both English actors playing American characters. It made me smile to think about other characters they have both played in the past, McNulty and Jane Eyre getting it on!

The show itself is slow, and subtle and draws you in. I like the split narrative, it shows the way we only remember what suits us, our memories totally based on our own perspective and can differ easily from someone else who experienced the same thing. The Alison character especially, in the two halves of the narrative, is so different, polls apart.

All in all really enjoying it. The Long Island setting is really effective, creates a kind of claustrophobia of a small town, and all of the petty hatreds and rivalries that it involves. Intense and relentless and perfectly paced.

The Black Oil

Well, they packed a fair bit into 1.09. This was Ruth Wilson and Maura Tierney's episode.

pickarooney

Well now, did he actually do it?

The Black Oil

Thought it was a fairly logical finale given the character arcs, fractured relationships and the deep unresolved grief.

Some gun play was bound to come into the picture given that sex/music montage at the start! Alison seemed to get fairly burnt in this one.

fisgon

I thought that they were going to be a little clearer with the major plot point in the series ie. Scotty's death. We still have no real idea when or how he died, and the series is now over. Obviously setting things up for series 2, but still, a bit light on detail with this, there is this big important chunk of the story that hasn't even been touched on.

Though both Ruth Wilson and Dominic West were nominated for a Golden globe, I thought the show really revolved around Ruth Wilson's performance. She is really mesmerising in this, playing the whole range of grief, lust, despair, desire. An intriguing concept, mainly brilliantly realized.

evolving_doors

Just started watching this last night! not bad.... has a certain Usual Suspects feel to it so it keeps you tuned. The 2 different version of events was very good too... I just blindly accepted version 1 until I saw the second version.

Interesting premis..

That father in law is a real **** .

Can anyone tell me

why the waitress kind of snuck away the thing the little girl spat out when she was choking? What was it

?

The Black Oil

According to this review over at AV Club, it was a

marble.

evolving_doors

The Black Oil wrote: »

According to this review over at AV Club, it was a

marble.

Aye but it was funny just the way she picked it up and put it away like she was concealing it for some reason....

The Black Oil

I had a quick look again. I wonder if it's because it reminded her of her own past circumstances. I can't remember how much of that's dealt with in 1.01, so I won't say anything more until you're caught up.

evolving_doors

The Black Oil wrote: »

I had a quick look again. I wonder if it's because it reminded her of her own past circumstances. I can't remember how much of that's dealt with in 1.01, so I won't say anything more until you're caught up.

Ya it's so easy to give so much away as they're holding so much back in each episode (of the 2 Ive seen anyway!)

JP Liz V1

It starts on Sky Atlantic the 13th of May at 9pm

lukin

Was flicking between this and the champions league last night. Didn't seem to be too bad but it's not really the type of show I would watch.

Butterface

It's an interesting way to film it for sure, but I just feel there is something missing from it. I find that I don't really care all too much for either of the main characters.

BoJack Horseman

Did anyone notice a sound issue on Sky Atlantic?

Dialogue was fine, but background/activity sound was tinny/echoey?

callaway92

Caught the first two episodes on Sky Atlantic and while thoroughly enjoying it, I also found it a bit weird. I like it's originality though.

They have the third episode on tonight so I'll keep going with it!

Nalz

callaway92 wrote: »

Caught the first two episodes on Sky Atlantic and while thoroughly enjoying it, I also found it a bit weird. I like it's originality though.

They have the third episode on tonight so I'll keep going with it!

+1

Found the kids annoying and stressful and the sex scenes a bit weird, but still want to know whats going on!

The Black Oil

Richard Schiff joins season 2. Good casting.

http://deadline.com/2015/05/richard-schiff-cast-the-affair-stephanie-erb-ray-donovan-1201433375/

Lovely Bloke

I think they saw "a good thing" and decided on a second season, a bit like Broadchurch, but The Affair has botched it before the end of the first season.

I enjoyed the whole thing, apart from the final confrontation, which seemed contrived, rushed and off-kilter to me. I think they re-filmed the final episode to engineer a cliffhanger after they'd been renewed for a second season. It just didn't fit.

The Black Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJnZeTsIMLg

First glimpse of season 2.

The Black Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKDB4fqUMtk

Another tease...

callaway92

Took my time finishing season 1 (just finished tonight). Loved it!

northgirl

The Black Oil wrote: »

Another tease...

looking forward to this now

moby2101

northgirl wrote: »

looking forward to this now

+1
Really good couple of years of quality TV from the U.S...this is probably one of the best since 'BB and MM finished...season 2 looks very promising

Cardinals

Hi,

Does anyone know when the new season will begin for sure? I keep checking the imdb source, but the dates keep changing....

pickarooney

The fourth of October.

Lovely Bloke

moby2101 wrote: »

season 2 looks very promising

Looks a bit "Revengy" to me.

"I don't want her anywhere near my kids" - what a cliché line.

_Whimsical_

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Looks a bit "Revengy" to me.

"I don't want her anywhere near my kids" - what a cliché line.

I agree, I enjoyed watching season 1, there was some fantastic acting and Alison really brought gritty human drama to life inside a slightly tired, cliched old tale of an affair mixed with a "who done it". I was very disappointed with the ending, it just didn't fit for me, going into a flashy series 2 looks like it's just promising a perpetuating of the same old story that should've been tied up in season one.

The Black Oil

Another promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxC0wZIhZak

The Black Oil

2.01 seems to have leaked. Will hold off watching, for now.

Lovely Bloke

Watched Ep1 last night, was grand, seems to be a new "mystery".

Jaysis, Toby looks really old too.