Episode 1
1
Noah escapes the city with his family to a Long Island estate. Alison and her husband struggle to move past a tragedy. Noah and Alison meet in a chance encounter.
TV series
The Affair
2014TV-MA5 seasons6.7 / 10
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.
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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.
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Episode 2
2
Noah and Alison are forced to consider an inevitability.
Episode 3
3
Noah turns to Alison to help him research the local culture for his novel.
Episode 4
4
Noah and Alison grow closer on a day trip to remote Block Island.
Episode 5
5
Alison and Noah are forced to confront new obstacles at home.
Episode 6
6
Noah discovers there's more to Alison than he's been led to believe.
Episode 7
7
With the summer coming to an end, the Solloways are returning to Brooklyn.
Episode 8
8
A chance encounter with Alison leads to an uncomfortable truth.
Episode 9
9
Noah and Helen face a revelation. Alison spirals towards a reckoning.
Episode 10
10
Detective Jeffries makes significant progress on his case.
Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026
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