Hagai Levi who gave us the brilliant In Treatment left the show midway through season 1…He could already tell that the original conceit was going to morph into a mess he wouldn't want to put his name to.

Affectionate to Noah? Surely you jest. He recently sexually assaulted Helen, and treated her with utter contempt both during his incarceration, and after his release. In addition, she recently discovered the truth of Alison's presence at the accident scene, which Noah neglected to tell her, all the better to…

No, Treem at least knows that he'S loathsome. It's Noah she's confused about. The absence of a fake tan and comb over coupled with Dominic West's ' masculine appeal' seems to have led her astray…

This finale was bitter sweet for me. I'll miss Helen, and the rest of this gang of miscreants but finally thanks to Noah Solloway I've been liberated from The Affair. It enthralled me for far too long, against my better judgement, and I'd find myself thinking about the characters between episodes which made my family…

If you read between the lines you have this master manipulator who in his own words sees himself as irresistible, and able to make people do whatever he wants. He marriage to Helen was calculated and her control is illusory, Noah was always in charge. Just as he blames her for his present misery, she has always been…

Alison's version of events is usually self serving. She's impulsive, and automatically sees herself as victimised. She had a lot to lose if Scotty exposed Joanie's paternity. It might not have been premeditated but a timely shove as the headlights approached is not unthinkable. She was tempted to add peanut butter to…

In season 1 Max asks Noah if he's seen his father. He says Noah always feels better after speaking to him. Yet another ridiculous contradiction on this show. You'd think the writers would watch previous episodes very closely to best serve continuity but plausibility isn't a high priority for them.

I think it's because Alison and Noah are kindred spirits: pushing Scotty in front of an oncoming car was as ambivalent an act as Noah's mercy killing of his mother. Alison has shown no evidence of guilt or remorse for her contribution to Scotty's death. In the words of Oscar the new oracle: ' She has no heart'.

Helen: I'm an abused woman who grew up with narcissistic parents and then went on to marry another narcisist. I allowed my ex husband to persuade me to drive even though we were both inebriated. When he instructed me to walk away from an accident that has haunted me ever since, I did so believing that he still loved…

I've read countless comments accusing Helen of being a spoilt snob. Which is not to say her upbringing hasn't rubbed off on her but the accusation always carries with it, the implication that somehow she deserves her suffering because of it. Ironically Helen seems to be the only one who ever works, and that glossy…

There's something satisfyingly ironic about The Affair's treatment of Helen. One of its perpetual concerns about her character, is the wealthy home in which she was raised. Whilst Alison's and Noah's childhood circumstances are used as a ploy to mitigate their actions, Helen's relative privilege is used as a constant…

Helen's arc has gone very dark this season. I think the writer's have always wanted to punish her character for her privileged upbringing. As if she had anymore choice over her childhood circumstances than Noah did. Nina unleashed decades of pent up resentment in that outburst. Ironically no one but Helen ever seems…

Hard to believe that the writer's pit called that brutal assault on Helen a 'vital moment of release,' Who are these people?

Perhaps I 'know' Noah better than his ex wife ever did because I've seldom believed anything his character had to say. I don't think this deranged storyline was planned from the beginning. Hagai Levi would never have put his name to it. He grew up on a religious kibbutz, so his script would pay close attention to a…

It's fairly inconveniant for the writer's room that viewers can verify an incongruency by checking back on the recaps. There are so many inconsistencies, it feels as if the writers keep backing themselves into an unfortunate corner, and then in the next season have to find a way out. All that nonsense around 'the…

Aw it's just so touching. So profound. There I was, thinking it was that bolt of electricity that coursed through his body when Alison first placed her nervous little waitress's hand on his shoulder that caused all the trouble. After all, they've shown it to us over and over; as if to emphasise what the mere touch of…

Sarah Treem has stated that the more stressed the situation, the less reliable the memory. In my experience, really significant and by extension emotionally taxing situations have a way of focusing the mind in a very pointed way. I can think back to a shared experience with someone, and it plays out in our minds as if…

Helen is still in the dark about the baby, and Alison's involvement in the 'accident'. It is their dirty little secrets that keep things hot for Noah and Alison. Sarah Treem says that season 2 is all about consequences. Season 3 is meant to be about redemption. I think Sarah Treem always meant for 'true love' to…

It was very late at night, on a quiet road during the off season. They probably underestimated the risks. More intriguing is Noah's sudden gift of prophesy. All those visions that he has. He is a truly strange character, Perhaps both he and Alison will turn out to be certifiable! haha!

Noah let us know his true thoughts about his marriage to Helen when he told Alison after the big 'baby reveal',that he didn't want to be trapped in a 'miserable marriage.' He wanted to be brave and choose happiness. With her. The more twisted, needy and conniving Alison is, the more Noah desires her. Joanie and the…