https://www.vulture.com/2019/08/the-affair-final-season-five-review.html

Season 5 of the Showtime drama revolves around Noah's novel about his affair being turned into a movie starring a high-profile actor. "The Affair seizes on this self-referential conceit to occasionally poke fun at itself and its own story structure," says Jen Chaney. ALSO: The Affair has been much as about emotional deceit as it has been about sex (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/the-affair-returns-for-a-final-season-of-old-hurts--and-a-glimpse-of-the-future/2019/08/22/06cb8d34-c453-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html).