TMC
11-04-2019, 03:41 PM
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-brilliant-final-episode-of-the-affair-shocks-with-its-biggest-twist-a-happy-ending
"Just as much as The Affair liked its fancy prestige TV ivory tower, it was also a bonkers, wild, sometimes implausible soap opera, and the finale—written and directed by Sarah Treem, the show’s co-creator—also had to convincingly end a show featuring a bunch of frequently infuriating characters with a history of doing utterly insane things," says Tim Teeman. "The series finale mostly did all this brilliantly (this hardcore fan laughed, cried, and cheered); and the things that fell short oddly echoed elements of the show that always fell short."
ALSO:
The Affair's almost-feature-length final episode offered a ton of valuable life lessons (https://tv.avclub.com/the-affair-winds-up-in-montauk-with-some-valuable-life-1839586335)
Few come even close to matching The Affair's ambition in terms of the difficult adult issues it addressed (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/arts/television/the-affair-finale.html)
The Affair co-creator Sarah Treem offers a deep-dive into the series finale that she wrote and directed (https://tvline.com/2019/11/03/the-affair-recap-season-5-episode-11-series-finale-explained/)
Maura Tierney on the series finale: "I thought it was a really interesting choice. I hope it came out as good as it felt" (https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-affair-series-finale-maura-tierney.html)
Tierney says Treem kept her abreast of the "ongoing process" of the series finale (https://ew.com/tv/2019/11/03/the-affair-series-finale-maura-tierney-sarah-treem/)
"Just as much as The Affair liked its fancy prestige TV ivory tower, it was also a bonkers, wild, sometimes implausible soap opera, and the finale—written and directed by Sarah Treem, the show’s co-creator—also had to convincingly end a show featuring a bunch of frequently infuriating characters with a history of doing utterly insane things," says Tim Teeman. "The series finale mostly did all this brilliantly (this hardcore fan laughed, cried, and cheered); and the things that fell short oddly echoed elements of the show that always fell short."
ALSO:
The Affair's almost-feature-length final episode offered a ton of valuable life lessons (https://tv.avclub.com/the-affair-winds-up-in-montauk-with-some-valuable-life-1839586335)
Few come even close to matching The Affair's ambition in terms of the difficult adult issues it addressed (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/arts/television/the-affair-finale.html)
The Affair co-creator Sarah Treem offers a deep-dive into the series finale that she wrote and directed (https://tvline.com/2019/11/03/the-affair-recap-season-5-episode-11-series-finale-explained/)
Maura Tierney on the series finale: "I thought it was a really interesting choice. I hope it came out as good as it felt" (https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/the-affair-series-finale-maura-tierney.html)
Tierney says Treem kept her abreast of the "ongoing process" of the series finale (https://ew.com/tv/2019/11/03/the-affair-series-finale-maura-tierney-sarah-treem/)