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The Affair [Showtime]

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    #152
    irishchris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,171 ✭✭✭irishchris


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    So happy this is back. It's just a pumped up soap opera really but I can really lose myself in it. As a straight man, Dominic West makes me weak at the knees, even more so in this series, I'm worried.

    Episode one of season 3 was good but episode two is a bit of a let down for me


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    #153
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Noah was being a bit of a dick, even more so than usual especially with Helen, whats the story? Is he back with her?


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    #154
    johnpatrick81
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    The characters and situations were very cliched but I found it strangely engaging. Can't see it reaching the quality of the previous 2 seasons though.


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    #155
    The Black Oil
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    Not inclined to analyse the show in detail, in general. What does everyone think so far? Seasons 1 and 2 were pretty full on relationship destruction, etc. I hope they don't overuse the time jumping back and forth thing too much. I still feel sympathetic to some of the characters. Presumably Richard Schiff will be back due to Alison's need to find a lawyer.

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    #156
    johnpatrick81
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    I think it might lose the run of itself in this season. I am still enjoying it, but it's becoming more and more detached from the original idea. The twist now with Brendan Fraser might be a step too far, and the new French character is clichéd beyond reason. Will see how it pans out but I'm already losing interest.


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    #157
    lukin
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    Are we really supposed to believe that all these women find Noah so irresistible? This student who is young enough to be his daughter wants to ride him in the last ep.FFS like.


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    #158
    fin12
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    I've watched the first 3 episodes and I'm enjoying it don't think episode 3 was as good as episodes 1 and 2. I don't like Coles wife either.


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    #159
    pickarooney
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    lukin wrote: »
    Are we really supposed to believe that all these women find Noah so irresistible? This student who is young enough to be his daughter wants to ride him in the last ep.FFS like.

    Well his daughter is dating a 49 year old, so...

    To be honest, if I were that way inclined I'd most likely be into Noah. He's a very attractive and articulate man with a touch of the dangerous asshole.


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    #160
    Ormus
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    lukin wrote: »
    Are we really supposed to believe that all these women find Noah so irresistible? This student who is young enough to be his daughter wants to ride him in the last ep.FFS like.

    Yeah what could a young, impressionable girl possibly see in a good looking, successful writer, minor celebrity, literary and real life authority on "amour fou", who has a bad boy reputation and is in a position of authority over her?


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    #161
    krustydoyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭krustydoyle


    The thing I love about this show is that I hate all the characters in it..


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    #162
    pickarooney
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    Yeah, there's not a single one in it you wouldn't hit a puck in the snot I'd you had the chance.


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    #163
    johnpatrick81
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    That's so true! Trying to think of 1 that's not hateable.....nope!


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    #164
    The Black Oil
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    I'm sure all visiting French professors yap away about love on a park bench, on campus, when their students drop by.

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    #165
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,329 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    krustydoyle wrote: »
    The thing I love about this show is that I hate all the characters in it..

    Even Joni seems like a bit of a cünt


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    #166
    Missyelliot2
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    Daroxtar wrote: »
    Even Joni seems like a bit of a cünt


    :D:D:D LMAO


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    #167
    The Black Oil
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    By season 10 Alison and Cole will still undertake the occasional ride.

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    #168
    johnpatrick81
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    Last episode was pretty weak, not sure where this is going. Seems the series is gonna be a "whodunnit"


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    #169
    Foggy Jew
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    Was that Noah's wayward daughter who ran him off the road?

    It's the bally ballyness of it that makes it all seem so bally bally.



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    #170
    pickarooney
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    I thought it was at first, then it looked like Brendan fraser in a cap and then it seemed like it was nobody at all and he ran off the road himself.


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    #171
    Foggy Jew
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    I thought it was at first, then it looked like Brendan fraser in a cap and then it seemed like it was nobody at all and he ran off the road himself.
    Holy Moley! I never copped that the actor playing the part of the bad prison guard was Brendan Fraser!!! I'm reeling in shock!

    It's the bally ballyness of it that makes it all seem so bally bally.



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    #172
    BetsyEllen
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    Daroxtar wrote: »
    Even Joni seems like a bit of a cünt

    Hahahaha this cracked me up

    OK so did Noah imagine that the prison guard was in the car behind him?
    As he seemed to bash into the back of him pretty badly but then when it showed the car after the crash, the back seemed untouched?


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    #173
    Foggy Jew
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    I think poor old Noah is a bit away with the fairies. Euphoric one minute - the hot tub scene (not that I objected to the sight of Dominic West's ass), despondant the next.... As Joe Duffy would say 'He's not well'.

    It's the bally ballyness of it that makes it all seem so bally bally.



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    #174
    murpho999
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    Just watched episode 3 of season 3.

    Don't like how this is going at all. I don't want this to turn into a thriller.
    Also the French character and her relationships with her students is totally ridiculous.

    They also portray Noah as having had a cardiac arrest, which is very serious, but he's out within a few days feeling fine.


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    #175
    johnpatrick81
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    Aye I've bowed out. I'll forget about season 3. First 2 were really good.


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    #176
    The Black Oil
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    There was something about the ingredients of the first 2. Not as keen this year. I don't mind Noah's PTSD arc, though.

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    #177
    Goya
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    Foggy Jew wrote: »
    Holy Moley! I never copped that the actor playing the part of the bad prison guard was Brendan Fraser!!! I'm reeling in shock!
    Aye, love it when actors go against type. I think he's great as the male Kathy Bates in Misery/prison guard.

    I think this season is great so far... if at times veering into self parody with the sex. At the point now where an unrelated man and a woman only have to be in a room alone for sex to be a guarantee.


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    #178
    fin12
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    Has episode 6 been shown in the US?


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    #179
    pickarooney
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    fin12 wrote: »
    Has episode 6 been shown in the US?

    No. Next Monday.


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    #180
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    pickarooney wrote: »
    No. Next Monday.

    Ok thanks.


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    #181
    Goya
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    Just watched episode 6. Crikey, that was dark.

    Although there was a nice (and unexpected) tender moment. Particular quality in the writing/acting this episode. Although I'm not sure how the French lady contributes to it, but time will tell I'm sure.


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