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The Affair - Fifth and Final Season (Spoilers Possible)

Annabellethecat66 — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 23:21:47 GMT

I just found this. Don't go here if you don't like spoilers:

https://tvline.com/2019/06/04/the-affair-season-5-premiere-date-showtime/

@Tique https://www.thewrap.com/the-affair-anna-paquin-final-season-alison-cole-daughter-season-5/

Here's what I was talking about. Did you know they were going to do this?

Re: The Affair - Fifth and Final Season (Spoilers Possible)

Mz iMac — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 23:46:50 GMT

Not surprised by Helen's new love interest. She was testing the waters last season.

Re: The Affair - Fifth and Final Season (Spoilers Possible)

Tique — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 23:44:41 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 they revealed some of this a while ago. It's somewhere on a thread here. When I first read about the daughter being featured in a "many years have passed" scenario, my initial thought was I wouldn't bother with the last season. However after you invest so much time into a series, it feels wrong not to see it thru to the end. I have low expectations; hope I'm surprised.

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Tique — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 11:41:52 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 @Mz iMac I went back to read the Season Four Affair thread because I do that when there was an active discussion. It saves me from needing to go back and watch old episodes. So pleased to discover on the last thread, I included the links from the previous seasons.

One of the things that distinguished "The Affair" was showing different peoples' viewpoints of the same event. Wonder if that will continue. I don't necessarily think it was a mistake to kill Alison but do wish she was appearing in flashbacks. As for Cole - never thought of him as a major character nor was I ever impressed by him so his limited/no appearance is fine with me. I did like Luisa.

Re: The Affair - Fifth and Final Season (Spoilers Possible)

Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 16:28:04 GMT

@Tique @I agree.

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MarnieRez3 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:09:57 GMT

@Annabellethecat66

Wow...I didn't realize these changes were coming. I've been with this series from the beginning: through the original murder mystery; through the completely dark and very boring season where Noah was doing time in prison; through the Cole/Luisa romance and through the Vic pancreatic cancer storyline.

Nothing, nothing, nothing in this show stunned me more than Alison being murdered. Shocking. Shocking. Shocking.

There are times when I swore I would never watch this show again because it got so disjointed and boring and absurd. I loved the idea of showing different viewpoints, but it got awfully confusing, especially the timeline of who killed whom, who fathered which baby, etc.

But...the brilliant Fiona Apple theme song, those compelling watery credits and the powerhouse acting keeps bringing me back.
Maura Tierney is so good, Ruth Wilson was just astounding, Mare Winningham...where has she BEEN all these years...Sanaa Lathan, Joshua Jackson, Omar Metwally, and on and on..

So, I'll watch the final season. But, it's been a treacherous and often dissatisfying ride, broken up, thankfully, by some of the best acting on TV.

Re: The Affair - Fifth and Final Season (Spoilers Possible)

MarnieRez3 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:13:04 GMT

@Tique
I feel the exact same way you do...to quote you, "it feels wrong not to see it through to the end."

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 22:02:21 GMT

@MarnieRez3 Your post was well written. I enjoyed reading it.

You are a welcomed ( as are all newbies) poster. You express yourself well.

Thanks for the insightful post.

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MarnieRez3 — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 23:34:13 GMT

@Annabellethecat66

Thank you so much for your kind words! I am copying you...you always write detailed, interesting and thoughtful posts.

Enjoy the show tonight! ❤

Pretty soon we will be writing about "The End of the Affair..." 😃

Re: The Affair - Fifth and Final Season (Spoilers Possible)

Tique — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:32:58 GMT

I had forgotten how miserable Helen always seems to be. I know this was a sad time in her life but it wouldn't have mattered. She's never happy.

Re: The Affair - Fifth and Final Season (Spoilers Possible)

Annabellethecat66 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:18:27 GMT

I watch so many shows (so many shows so little time) I have trouble remembering where they ended.

I remembered the 'basics' (i.e. the neighbor being pregnant, husband dying).

For some reason (go figure) I didn't have trouble keeping up (who's who and who's point of view are we watching). Normally, I'm way out in left field and a punt is about to happen (sorry, I'm in a baseball mood).

If you guys think this show is a downer and you like downers you should watch Poldark. That show guarantees you someone (or more) will die in the course of the season...The clothes always look like people are in constant mourning.

Anyway, I guess we can see why (as if we didn't already know) why everyone looks elsewhere for their enjoyment (as opposed to effervescent Helen).

Enough said. I think I'll go cut my head off now. Ha!

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MarnieRez3 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:28:23 GMT

@Tique
@Annabellethecat66

Yes, Helen is so anxiety-ridden and such a self-centered person, she is exhausting to watch! (I also cannot stand Whitney, her daughter, who is the Poster Child for Over-endulged Offspring!)

Annabelle, I'm laughing out loud at your description of Poldark. I've never seen it, but now I DEFINITELY don't want to see it...it sounds like a complete "downer!" Your post is funny, kitty! 😁💜

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mom2four0418 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:18:51 GMT

@Tique wrote:
I had forgotten how miserable Helen always seems to be. I know this was a sad time in her life but it wouldn't have mattered. She's never happy.

Maura Tierney is fabulous in this role!

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coffee drinker — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:35:20 GMT

Talk about not knowing what's going on!!! Am I the only one who feels this way??? Watched all the seasons and the beginning of Season 5 last night really threw me for a loop. "Think" Joanie was a married woman with 2 kids. How'd she get that old when others in the show remained basically the same age. If this last season is going in this direction, I may not watch.

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TurnerGal — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 21:25:04 GMT

I guess they fast forwarded 30 years so they can solve the mystery of what happened to Alison. I will stick with it to the end, I am a glutton for punishment. They wrecked one of my favorite shows last season.

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Kitty Galore — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:28:31 GMT

@coffee drinker wrote:
Talk about not knowing what's going on!!! Am I the only one who feels this way??? Watched all the seasons and the beginning of Season 5 last night really threw me for a loop. "Think" Joanie was a married woman with 2 kids. How'd she get that old when others in the show remained basically the same age. If this last season is going in this direction, I may not watch.

@coffee drinker That's exactly what I thought last night ! Sometimes it's hard to figure ad they to dot go back and forth telling obe characters story then another, but I can follow . Last night was strange. The show was so good seasons 1 and 2 , even 3 , but it's time to end now especially with Allson gone , I hated that they had her character killed or was it suicide 😉. It changes the whole show fir me. I think Helen is a downer, is a great Actress, but she sure has aged from last season IMO. I will wAtch till the end though.

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mom2four0418 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:31:13 GMT

@coffee drinker wrote:
Talk about not knowing what's going on!!! Am I the only one who feels this way??? Watched all the seasons and the beginning of Season 5 last night really threw me for a loop. "Think" Joanie was a married woman with 2 kids. How'd she get that old when others in the show remained basically the same age. If this last season is going in this direction, I may not watch.

The points of view from Noah and Helen are present day. The point of view from Joanie takes place 20 to 30 years from now. They will no doubt tie it all together in future episodes. There were several articles recently about the plots, so I wasn't surprised last night.

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Pearlee — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:56:05 GMT

The Joanie and Noah scenes don't take place much farther in time than last season. Have posters who have an issue with the Joanie scenes never heard of flashbacks (or in this case flash forwards)? The program is switching back and forth in time, from near-present to a couple of decades in the future.

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Annabellethecat66 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:00:57 GMT

@MarnieRez3 Poldark is based on a book. I'll go over there and talk about it.

I've never cared for Anna Paquin. I mean she's a great actress (she was amazing, really amazing in True Blood....I loved it.

I just pictured someone different in the role, but....anyway......

I guess, here we go again. It's beginning to look like she's yet another tortured soul. Just what this story needs.

Watching this show leads one to think everyone is 'a tortured soul'....Ha!

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Annabellethecat66 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:13:28 GMT

@coffee drinker I was thinking the same thing (about age).

If I knew these people I'd find out what their secret is to looking the same and bottle the stuff, go on QVC and make a zillion dollars! Ha!

Allison's daughter seems like a real treat to be around. OMG! I could see the cloud over this poor woman! So we're supposed to believe she married a cheerful, loving man and she's a pain in the tukus....

That's some house they live in, isn't it. Even the pill bottle prescription magically appears....I want some of that!

Of course they had to get the nipple shot in. What was the purpose of that? Did we need to see these two in the bed either? I'm not a prude, I just felt like it was thrown in there (I remember they did some of that last season).

I've noticed these (and other writers) rather than using their brain of other ways of showing her feelings like "let's just get this over", they quickly felt the need to show us in all the glory. It seemed like it went on and on. Ugh!

I've often felt that there were shows that a 15, 16 and so on year old might watch (and maybe learn a little about human interaction and complicated people) were it not for the writers feeling the need to throw in such blatant sex. (I'm trying to state it so it's a little less tacky).