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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 (52,332 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
fuboTV · Paramount+ · YouTube TV · The Roku Channel · Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 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 · 1,597 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 1,157 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 1,037 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 995 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 932 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 904 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 892 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 847 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 989 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 988 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #1.18.11,597
2Episode #1.27.71,157
3Episode #1.37.51,037
4Episode #1.47.5995
5Episode #1.57.8932
6Episode #1.67.9904
7Episode #1.78.0892
8Episode #1.87.6847
9Episode #1.98.5989
10Episode #1.108.4988

Season 2 (2015)

8.03 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 834 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 723 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 673 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 688 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 669 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 654 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 675 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 646 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 784 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 690 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 625 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 919 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #2.17.9834
2Episode #2.27.7723
3Episode #2.37.7673
4Episode #2.48.0688
5Episode #2.57.9669
6Episode #2.67.9654
7Episode #2.78.2675
8Episode #2.87.9646
9Episode #2.98.4784
10Episode #2.108.0690
11Episode #2.118.0625
12Episode #2.128.7919

Season 3 (2016)

7.40 avg 10 episodes 7.4 → 6.3 56 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 783 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 653 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 645 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 602 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 630 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 548 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 543 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 558 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 650 votesEp 10: 6.3 · 907 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #3.17.4783
2Episode #3.27.5653
3Episode #3.37.2645
4Episode #3.47.5602
5Episode #3.57.7630
6Episode #3.67.5548
7Episode #3.77.3543
8Episode #3.87.5558
9Episode #3.98.1650
10Episode #3.106.3907

Season 4 (2018)

8.05 avg 10 episodes 7.5 → 8.6 59 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 636 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 557 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 551 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 550 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 861 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 563 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 567 votesEp 8: 9.2 · 1,079 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 852 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 737 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #4.17.5636
2Episode #4.27.4557
3Episode #4.37.6551
4Episode #4.47.2550
5Episode #4.58.5861
6Episode #4.68.0563
7Episode #4.77.6567
8Episode #4.89.21,079
9Episode #4.98.9852
10Episode #4.108.6737

Season 5 (2019)

7.35 avg 11 episodes 7.4 → 9.1 63 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 685 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 577 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 523 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 530 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 520 votesEp 6: 6.0 · 716 votesEp 7: 6.8 · 559 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 513 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 651 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 674 votesEp 11: 9.1 · 1,430 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #5.17.4685
2Episode #5.26.7577
3Episode #5.36.9523
4Episode #5.47.0530
5Episode #5.56.8520
6Episode #5.66.0716
7Episode #5.76.8559
8Episode #5.87.6513
9Episode #5.98.2651
10Episode #5.108.4674
11Episode #5.119.11,430
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