The Affair

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Season 3
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 12, 2014
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 58 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 58
  3. Negative: 12 out of 58
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  1. jgzeger
    Nov 27, 2016
    6
    Unable to recover from the ludicrous final episode of Season 2, The Affair flounders and fails to come up with a good answer to the question, "Why am I still watching this?"
  2. OlivierPiel
    Nov 20, 2016
    4
    very disappointing first episode of the third season. But as season 2 was already a significant step down from a refreshing and naturalistic portrayal of adultery towards soap opera, we shouldn't be surprised.
    Lazy clichés galore: university campus teeming with liberal arts students pompously debating in front of candlelit dinner and jazz and a free-thinking French visiting professor    very disappointing first episode of the third season. But as season 2 was already a significant step down from a refreshing and naturalistic portrayal of adultery towards soap opera, we shouldn't be surprised.
    Lazy clichés galore: university campus teeming with liberal arts students pompously debating in front of candlelit dinner and jazz and a free-thinking French visiting professor faking an excruciating accent and peppering her discourse with French 101 class vocabulary (that is so 1960! I was just expecting some Camus quote at some point) to the stalking Chicago cubs prison guard (but I guess no one could foresee they would win the world series).
    The acting of the main actors is really wasted on this lazy script. A shame    … Expand
  3. Winterflower
    Oct 14, 2017
    6
    White for the most part still fun to watch, it's amazing how many bad decisions they made for this season, that feels completely improvised and messy. I'm not optimistic about the future and I'm glad that season 2 ended in a way that we fans can say it's the true ending and ignore what's to come.

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#71 Best TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Joseph Falcone
    Nov 21, 2016
    70
    Fueled by a bevy of strong central performances led by the always impeccable Dominic West, consistently clever writing, and Marcelo Zarvos’ deft musical accompaniment, The Affair continues to defy expectations with a fervent third outing.
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  2. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Nov 18, 2016
    70
    Each individual hour of The Affair holds your attention, and perhaps it’s best to just keep watching before deciding whether the overarching narrative is cohering in a satisfying way.
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  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Nov 18, 2016
    70
    It’s better to simply note that The Affair succeeds by becoming a tangled mess--but that mess has considerably less appeal this time. The only way through, of course, depends on Tierney’s unerring performance as Helen.
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