The Affair
Paramount+The emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah, a New York City schoolteacher and budding novelist with a wife of twenty years and four children and Alison, a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy.
Season 1
Noah, a happily married New York City schoolteacher and novelist, and Alison a young waitress recovering from personal tragedy, begin an affair in Montauk, Long Island that has far reaching consequences for both of them.
Season 2
Alison attempts to move on from tragedy and build a lasting relationship while contending with the judgment of others and her own self-doubt. Her lover Noah tries to balance the temptations of success, the family he left behind, and the woman he loves. Noah’s former wife Helen attempts to piece her life together while navigating divorce proceedings, caring for her children, and her parents’ noxious influence. Cole, Alison’s former husband, struggles to overcome past heartbreak and start a promising new life. Yet the long-term ramifications of the affair continue to shape these lives, and will lead to an event that changes everything once again.
Season 3
It's three years later, and Noah, Alison, Cole, Helen and their families are trying to move on with their lives. But the past keeps coming back to haunt them, and the trauma of what they've been through cannot soon be forgotten.
Season 4
Season four finds Noah, Helen, Alison and Cole in their own orbits, alienated from each other, spinning further and further away from where they all began. Every character is involved in a new relationship, forcing them each to decide if they're ready and willing to leave the past behind for good - a season about new beginnings, tragic ends and the ever-elusive possibility of forgiveness.
Season 5
The fifth and final season chronicles the aftermath of last season's horrific events and finds the characters coming to terms with the consequences of their choices – as they make the realization that if they really want to change their futures, they must first face the past. Helen begins the season involved in an intoxicating new affair. Noah meanwhile has to swallow his pride and his jealousy and step in to take care of his family in her absence. But just when things seem to have stabilized, a chance encounter with someone from the distant past sets in a motion a sequence of events that brings them both to their knees.
Cast (476)
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Directors
Jeffrey Reiner
Director
John Dahl
Director
Ages 57-62
Colin Bucksey
Director
Ages 68-73
Ryan Fleck
Director
Ages 38-43
Rodrigo García
Director
Ages 55-60
Laura Innes
Director
Ages 57-62
Anna Boden
Director
Ages 38-43
Steven Fierberg
Director
Carl Franklin
Director
Ages 65-70
Toa Fraser
Director
Ages 39-44
Mark Mylod
Director
Ages 49-54
Jessica Yu
Director
Ages 48-53
Allison Anders
Director
Ages 59-64
Sam Gold
Director
Silas Howard
Director
Michael Slovis
Director
Eva Vives
Director
Ages 38-43
Stacie Passon
Director
Ages 45-50
Scott Winant
Director
Mike Figgis
Director
Ages 66-71
Agnieszka Holland
Director
Ages 65-70
Sarah Treem
Director
Michael Engler
Director
Writers
Sarah Sutherland
Writer
Sarah Sutherland
Story
Sarah Treem
Writer
Sarah Treem
Story
Katie Robbins
Writer
Katie Robbins
Story
Jaquén Castellanos
Story
Jaquén Castellanos
Writer
Alena Smith
Writer
Dan LeFranc
Story
Dan LeFranc
Writer
Sharr White
Writer
Sharr White
Story
David Henry Hwang
Story
David Henry Hwang
Writer
Anya Epstein
Writer
Ages 44-49
Kate Robin
Writer
Abe Sylvia
Writer
Abe Sylvia
Story
Itamar Moses
Writer
Itamar Moses
Story
Melanie Marnich
Writer
Lydia R. Diamond
Writer
Stuart Zicherman
Writer
Kristina Woo
Writer
Mike Batistick
Writer
Hagai Levi
Story
Ages 51-56
Eric Overmyer
Writer
Ages 63-68
Donal Lardner Ward
Writer
Ages 50-55
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
US, IL
Production Companies
Showtime Networks, Higlewater, Sheleg