The Affair does its best In Treatment impression while another time jump keeps these characters busy.
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How repetition can control us, paralyze us in fear, or even push us to evolve.
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That child of theirs is also hardly a newborn when we check in with everyone.
That was the entire show.
Water always finds its own level.
He pleads to Nixons therapist, I want to know if its possiblereally possibleto be both.
A good man and a great man.
Soon Noahs protagonist is finding himself with the same tortuous, flawed question that hes stuck with.
Who is he to step outside of that?
The only problem is, theres no real answer here.
Were supposed to be running in circles (repeating ourselves) over these questions.
Regardless of that, what Alisondoesend up going through is arguably even more draining than an all-out shrink session.
Watching Alison back pedal is an excruciating experience, especially when shes always been denying herself happiness.
Every appearance of his makes him feel more like a time bomb thats about to go off.
Its only fitting that this transformation is the one thats set him on the path towards marriage.
The series has done much work to show how different Cole and Noah are.
Cole seems to be more the man than ever for Alison now.
Hes even living in the city!
Noahs half might even shed more light on whats been going on with her in this past year.
But at least now he seems to be pointed in the right direction.
Hes got himself all figured out.
Now its just a matter of the jury figuring it out as these flash forwards barrel ahead.
Noah innocently asks his therapist at one point, So, who am I?
Indeed, who are weall?
Rating:
4 out of 5
