Sorry that’s not really how I wanted to come off but I can see that. It’s just...that glaring incomplete sentence is still there! And it’s not a small, technical error, it’s just a completely missing word/thought. Maybe AVC policy not to correct stuff like that though, I dunno. I think that’s what you’re referring to…

I’ll stop wasting my time on you now that you’ve made it clear you’re not posting with any real interest in a conversation. Let me just throw this in too: you really like making baseless claims. You just made two...well, one was just bad conjecture but still. ; )

I’ll stop wasting my time on you now that you’ve made it clear you’re not posting with any real interest in a conversation. Let me just throw this in too: you really like making baseless claims. You just made two...well, one was just bad conjecture but still. ; )

I respect that. For me I’m interested in the themes though, not so much the plot.

Sure, no I can agree that the majority of Ben’s preparation was beyond the pale. To this I would go back to my admission that plot is definitely not The Affair’s strength at this point. But just as far as Joanie’s motivation is concerned, I find the treatment here very tunnel-visioned.

Not at all: I’m just saying if you want to seriously discuss this, you should do more than snipe. Substance, substance (you have to back-up your claims, but you don’t have to if you don’t want to really discuss this).

Oh I can admit to being more generous on this but only as a counterweight to Gwen being, I think, unreasonably stingy in this regard. I mean, she hasn’t even mentioned this as a possible explanation. I completely agree on the show’s irregularities though, definitely. As far as on purpose, well, at least a better…

In case people don’t want to look at other posts: the reason Joanie acts like Joanie does, which Gwen seems to be refusing to note, is explicitly stated in this episode: she wants to die, she’s acting impulsively, and she’s definitely not concerned about what name she’s signing or planning the best way to catch a…

First, thank you Gwen for your continued work. Now, about the article—Cole did come into possession of it. It sounds like you forgot that part, that’s okay. I thought Noah might even be the one to give it to him but we’ll see.

Willingness to empathize or suspend belief can’t be bought? That’s laughable—just look at what’s on top of the box office right now. And awfully written? I spend time here specifically answering some of Gwen’s specific points about what she perceives as bad writing. You have submitted no evidence for your claims, so I…

So I know that I’m in the minority here as a fan of Joanie’s story, but it seems you’re actively trying to dislike the show/Joanie at this point. To me it was clear from the start that this season is about the effect trauma has on descendants. That was always a component of Alison’s story and something she worried…

Yes, come on now Zach, surely you didn’t miss that?

Just gonna leave a small quip here: to say that you don’t see where else this show could possibly go but uniting Noah and Helen is really...em, perhaps too many happy endings? I don’t know, I’m sorry if that sounds mean.

Yeah this one was a bit rough for sure. Understatement maybe. I told my wife one of the reasons I continue to watch it is for my unending respect for the creators of In Treatment. She said, “that’s loyalty.” I really don’t get why everyone doesn’t understand what they’re doing with Joanie though, it was evident to me…

Oh and a quick note about the funny fake movie titles: yes very much agree, particularly on The Maze, which is a James Bondish series apparently. Fortitude is actually the name of a real show so...weird.

With all due respect I do think you’re giving the show just a tad less credit than it deserves (not that much though). Mostly I find each contrivance and roll-your-eyes moment you mention is actually the show doing something on purpose that we’re not seeing yet. And...I hope you can see that. Like your fears about…

I didn’t have so much of a problem with the Montauk contrivance because that’s why they made Joanie a coastal engineer and...stuff happens later that makes it more important and somewhat resonant, but I’ll wait until then to comment. I thought Janelle’s segment was a great primer on people who don’t understand…

100% agree. What inspired my initial post was watching a scene where the actor-man is laying bare the themes of Descent (and thus the themes of The Affair S1-S3 or so) to Noah. It’s like the writers are lecturing us on all that we should have picked up, which is kind of obnoxious. But then I realized that it might not…

Thank you for your thoughtful reply, also.  :)

Sure, that’s a possibility. But even then, you still have the statement that the wife was married and divorced at the same time. That’s a false statement no matter how you spin it—sure, one person might think it was one way and a different person another way, but what they think or how they retell the past differently…