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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 (52,125 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
fuboTV · Paramount+ · The Roku Channel · Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.90 avg 10 episodes 8.1 → 8.4 56 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 1,590 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 1,156 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 1,034 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 993 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 930 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 903 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 890 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 845 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 986 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 986 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #1.18.11,590
2Episode #1.27.71,156
3Episode #1.37.51,034
4Episode #1.47.5993
5Episode #1.57.8930
6Episode #1.67.9903
7Episode #1.78.0890
8Episode #1.87.6845
9Episode #1.98.5986
10Episode #1.108.4986

Season 2 (2015)

8.03 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 831 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 720 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 670 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 685 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 666 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 650 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 672 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 643 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 781 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 687 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 620 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 914 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #2.17.9831
2Episode #2.27.7720
3Episode #2.37.7670
4Episode #2.48.0685
5Episode #2.57.9666
6Episode #2.67.9650
7Episode #2.78.2672
8Episode #2.87.9643
9Episode #2.98.4781
10Episode #2.108.0687
11Episode #2.118.0620
12Episode #2.128.7914

Season 3 (2016)

7.42 avg 10 episodes 7.4 → 6.3 56 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 781 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 651 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 642 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 599 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 627 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 546 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 541 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 556 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 647 votesEp 10: 6.3 · 903 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #3.17.4781
2Episode #3.27.5651
3Episode #3.37.2642
4Episode #3.47.5599
5Episode #3.57.7627
6Episode #3.67.5546
7Episode #3.77.3541
8Episode #3.87.6556
9Episode #3.98.2647
10Episode #3.106.3903

Season 4 (2018)

8.07 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 8.6 59 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 633 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 555 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 549 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 548 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 856 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 562 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 564 votesEp 8: 9.2 · 1,074 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 851 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 733 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #4.17.6633
2Episode #4.27.4555
3Episode #4.37.6549
4Episode #4.47.2548
5Episode #4.58.5856
6Episode #4.68.0562
7Episode #4.77.7564
8Episode #4.89.21,074
9Episode #4.98.9851
10Episode #4.108.6733

Season 5 (2019)

7.36 avg 11 episodes 7.4 → 9.1 63 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 681 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 576 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 520 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 529 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 517 votesEp 6: 6.0 · 715 votesEp 7: 6.8 · 557 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 510 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 646 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 672 votesEp 11: 9.1 · 1,425 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #5.17.4681
2Episode #5.26.7576
3Episode #5.36.9520
4Episode #5.47.0529
5Episode #5.56.8517
6Episode #5.66.0715
7Episode #5.76.8557
8Episode #5.87.6510
9Episode #5.98.3646
10Episode #5.108.4672
11Episode #5.119.11,425
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