[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for “The Affair” Season 4, Episode 9.]
One of the most basic rules about “The Affair,” established years ago, is this: The viewing audience will never know the complete and real truth about what’s seen on the show. There are always hints as to whether various versions of events can be trusted, but hoping there will be one solid answer to the questions that come up is forever foolish, because on this show, there is no such thing as an objective fact.
Thus, following the events of last week’s episode, it might be natural to be very, very worried about “Episode 9,” and what might unfold between Alison (Ruth Wilson) and her relatively new lover Ben (Ramon Rodriguez) — since, after all, “Episode 8” revealed that a few days after the events of this episode, Alison would be found dead.
“Episode 8” was told from the points-of-view of Cole (Joshua Jackson) and Noah (Dominic West...
One of the most basic rules about “The Affair,” established years ago, is this: The viewing audience will never know the complete and real truth about what’s seen on the show. There are always hints as to whether various versions of events can be trusted, but hoping there will be one solid answer to the questions that come up is forever foolish, because on this show, there is no such thing as an objective fact.
Thus, following the events of last week’s episode, it might be natural to be very, very worried about “Episode 9,” and what might unfold between Alison (Ruth Wilson) and her relatively new lover Ben (Ramon Rodriguez) — since, after all, “Episode 8” revealed that a few days after the events of this episode, Alison would be found dead.
“Episode 8” was told from the points-of-view of Cole (Joshua Jackson) and Noah (Dominic West...
- 8/13/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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