Whenever I look at the comments here for The Affair, I get the feeling that the vast majority of you dissatisfied folks are Helens and Coles.

Good points.

Sorry, it wasn't my stand-up material. You'd have to pay to hear that.

Yes, yes he was. He's got a full-on heroin addiction. Didn't you see him in the van, or the way he demanded to her "TELL ME YOU HAVE IT!"?

Why are they tropes? I feel that word is being misused a great deal here. And of course characters like that don't necessarily make for 'good television'… but neither do the intelligent, strong, thoughtful, always reasonable, yet 'just right amount of feminine' super women you appear to want to see everywhere,…

I feel like you're seeking exposition from the type of show that doesn't feel a need to provide it. I never saw the kiss as sexual, and have what I think are very good reasons for her actions.

You do understand she did that so he wouldn't be shaking, feverish, sweating, and convulsing on the witness stand, right?

Well, at the risk of delivering a non-apology apology, I'd be disappointed if your feelings were hurt, but do feel that opinions are exactly what SHOULD be condescended to in the marketplace of ideas. Not people, surely… but their 'opinions'? Surely. Suggesting that they shouldn't makes Aristotle cry in his grave.

You really found that to be sexist? She was my favorite character on the show, and I thought the actor played her downfall incredibly and poignantly. In fact, the manner in which she delivered her "I am… " line after the witness said "nobody's afraid of me" will go down forever to me as one of my favorite tiny…

When I hear others say "people on the internet saw that coming ages ago", what I actually hear is "TV shows are far more enjoyable when you don't read internet comments about them."

I've long been curious if I'm alone in the following: From the very first episode, I have not experienced even a moment of mirth from the 'Bachman' character. I have nothing against the actor, but the character is one that I cannot abide… to the point where I watch the show only begrudgingly, hoping upon hope each…

What do you know? Respectfully, not too much… on this topic.

Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near versed in the Federal/State rules 'governing' the American criminal justice system, but throughout the series I had the feeling that ultimately, at least one of the cases would continue moving up the latter, finally landing in the Federal Supreme Court.

I made the religion/death cult comment from an EDUCATED perspective, having read both the Koran & the Bible in their entirety, and some parts more than once. Others way more than once. On what did you base your suggestion that it's in ANY way incorrect?

Actually, small point, but you can't begin a response with the word 'actually', and then go on to prove that the supposition I made was wholly correct.

Making a huge assumption that you're like me in your late 20's or early 30's… but were we this annoying & insipid to the previous generation? I really struggle to think so… though perhaps we would have been if Facebook and Twitter were limb extensions back then.

What's missing, as Richard Dawkins often says, is that the twitter armies don't understand that we're not born with the right not to be offended.

Hehe… somebody watched 'Master of None' this month.

I could not possibly agree with Fey (an ABSOLUTELY INOFFENSIVE COMEDIAN) more. The culture of outrage has really turned grotesque before my very eyes in the last 10 years. What bothers me most is how these Professional Offendees are deafeningly silent on the ACTUAL outrages in the world… like African warlords…

Do you happen to know if it's in HD there? I'd migrate over if that's the case.