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The Affair (2014)

Drama

The emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah, a New York City schoolteacher and budding novelist with a wife of twenty years and four children and Alison, a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy.

IMDb rating
7.9 (51,985 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
fuboTV · Paramount+ · The Roku Channel · Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.90 avg 10 episodes 8.1 → 8.4 56 min avg

  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.1 · 1,587 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 1,153 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 1,030 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 989 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 926 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 900 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 888 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 843 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 983 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 986 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #1.18.11,587
2Episode #1.27.71,153
3Episode #1.37.51,030
4Episode #1.47.5989
5Episode #1.57.8926
6Episode #1.67.9900
7Episode #1.78.0888
8Episode #1.87.6843
9Episode #1.98.5983
10Episode #1.108.4986

Season 2 (2015)

8.04 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 58 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 7.9 · 828 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 717 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 667 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 682 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 663 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 646 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 669 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 640 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 777 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 683 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 618 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 912 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #2.17.9828
2Episode #2.27.7717
3Episode #2.37.8667
4Episode #2.48.0682
5Episode #2.58.0663
6Episode #2.67.9646
7Episode #2.78.2669
8Episode #2.87.9640
9Episode #2.98.4777
10Episode #2.108.0683
11Episode #2.118.0618
12Episode #2.128.7912

Season 3 (2016)

7.42 avg 10 episodes 7.4 → 6.3 56 min avg

  • Bad finale
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.4 · 778 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 648 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 639 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 596 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 624 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 545 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 540 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 554 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 645 votesEp 10: 6.3 · 902 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #3.17.4778
2Episode #3.27.5648
3Episode #3.37.2639
4Episode #3.47.5596
5Episode #3.57.7624
6Episode #3.67.5545
7Episode #3.77.3540
8Episode #3.87.6554
9Episode #3.98.2645
10Episode #3.106.3902

Season 4 (2018)

8.07 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 8.6 59 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.6 · 633 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 554 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 548 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 547 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 855 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 561 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 563 votesEp 8: 9.2 · 1,074 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 849 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 731 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #4.17.6633
2Episode #4.27.4554
3Episode #4.37.6548
4Episode #4.47.2547
5Episode #4.58.5855
6Episode #4.68.0561
7Episode #4.77.7563
8Episode #4.89.21,074
9Episode #4.98.9849
10Episode #4.108.6731

Season 5 (2019)

7.36 avg 11 episodes 7.4 → 9.1 63 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 7.4 · 676 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 571 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 517 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 526 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 515 votesEp 6: 6.0 · 712 votesEp 7: 6.8 · 556 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 509 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 644 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 670 votesEp 11: 9.1 · 1,422 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #5.17.4676
2Episode #5.26.7571
3Episode #5.36.9517
4Episode #5.47.0526
5Episode #5.56.8515
6Episode #5.66.0712
7Episode #5.76.8556
8Episode #5.87.6509
9Episode #5.98.3644
10Episode #5.108.4670
11Episode #5.119.11,422

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