Collider | ‘The Affair: Season 2’ Review

The Affair

In its first season, Showtime’s emotional drama The Affair relied on a gimmick: it was a love story, but also a whodunnit, told from alternate perspectives. Episodes were split into two: one half would feature the plot from the perspective of Noah Solloway (Dominic West), and the other half would look at things (many of them overlapping) from the point of view of his love interest Alison Bailey (Ruth Wilson). The story was one built on the idea of an unreliable narrator, but through that, the show was able to explore how emotions shade perspective.