The Affair
For å kunne skrive eit godt og dekkande innlegg om Showtime-serien The Affair, så burde eg ha starta å skrive notat når eg såg første sesong i 2017. Tre år seinare, når eg no er ferdig med den femte og siste sesongen til serien, er det mykje som har gått i gløymeboka.
Det eg sit igjen med og kan formulere vidare er hovudtrekka til serien, og ei total vurdering.
The Affair byrjar med at familiefaren Noah innleiare eit forhold med servitøren Allison på ferietur til Montauk. Utruskapen set i gong mange dramatiske og ofte dystre retningar av hovudhistorie og sidehistoriar.
Noah er også ein aspirerande forfattar, som får sin første suksess med ei bok som baserer seg på erfaringane hans frå denne ferieturen.
Allison har både ei trist fortid å slite med, og ein psyke som blir sentral for serien å utforske. Og både Noah sine nærmaste og Allison sine nærmaste blir prega av at dei er utru.
Det var nok ei spenning som blei formidla i byrjinga av serien som gjorde at eg blei fenga, og ville halde fram med han. Å sjå kva karakterane, og spesielt den korttenkte Noah ville finne på, blei kroken som fanga meg. Men etter kvart som serien måtte utvikle seg for å ha ei historie og fortelje, så blei det opp igjen med mykje av det tunge materiale. Spesielt siste sesong er prega av å dystre vendingar. Det gjer at mitt ferskaste inntrykk er at serien er ein tung serie.
Når eg ser tilbake, samlar tankane og prøver å lande ei anbefaling eller ikkje, så blir det ikkje det. Serien har for mykje negativitet, og dreg det ut over for lang tid. Undervegs i sesongane hadde eg behov for pause, på grunn av at det skjedde for lite og at episodane blei for like. Likar du å dvele ved tunge stunder i seriar, så kan The Affair passe for deg. Eg fekk totalt sett noko ut av serien, men hadde ikkje byrja på han i dag om eg visste korleis han ville utvikle seg.
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Dominic West (I) • Maura Tierney • Julia Goldani Telles • Jadon Sand • Joshua Jackson (I) • Ruth Wilson (II) • Jake Siciliano • Catalina Sandino Moreno • Omar Metwally • Leya Catlett • Kathleen Chalfant • Abigail Dylan Harrison • Josh Stamberg • Victor Williams (I) • Colin Donnell • Darren Goldstein (I) • Kaija Matiss • Sanaa Lathan • John Doman • Mare Winningham • Michael Godere • Danny Fischer (III) • Richard Schiff • Anna Paquin • Emily Browning (I) • Irène Jacob • Christopher Meyer (VI) • Nicolette Robinson (II) • Max Fowler (I) • Stephen Kunken • Claes Bang • Deirdre O'Connell (I) • Teresa Yenque • Reagan Grella • Savannah Grella • Brooke Lyons (I) • Zenobia Shroff • Brendan Fraser • Jennifer Esposito (I) • Ramon Rodriguez (II) • Adam Shapiro (III) • Zuhair Haddad • Russell Hornsby (I) • Quinn VanAntwerp • Clay Hollander • Michael Pemberton (I) • Lavinia Jones Wright • Jonathan Cake • Karina Logue • Michael Braun (XII) • Mozhan Marnò • Lyriq Bent • Joanna Gleason (I) • Peter Friedman (I) • Danny Mastrogiorgio • René Ifrah • Mark Margolis (I) • Mykal-Michelle Harris • Jaidyn Triplett • Nick Fondulis • Julian Works • Megan Duffy • Alexandra Jimenez (I) • Alfredo Diaz (I) • Jo Yang (I) • Marisela Zumbado • Howard W. Overshown • Jose Velazquez (III) • Germain Arroyo • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Tim Matheson (I) • Janel Moloney • Michael Gross (I) • Dina Meyer • Geoffrey Arend • Sarah Ramos • Guy Burnet • Neal Huff • Eric Nelsen • Megan Ketch • Lynn Cohen (I) • Dana Drori • Tessa Auberjonois • Lyrica Okano • KeiLyn Durrel Jones • Karine Plantadit • Tyrone Marshall Brown • Robert LuPone • Kelly Deadmon • Carolina Ravassa • Charise Greene • Lynn Chen (I) • Ajna Jai • Elliot Villar • Regina McKee Redwing • Patrick Bauchau • Juliet Lopez • Xander Franco • Ava Ulloa • Roman Fanelli • Christopher Avila (III) • Dawson Randell • Sean Kleier • Fernando Martinez (VIII) • Ellison Randell • Kim Sykes • Ella Dershowitz • Sunit Gupta • Jacob Goodhart • Laura Leyva (I) • Annie Funke • Maren Lord • Natalie Roy (I) • Lance Roberts (II) • Megan Russell (VI) • Chris Meyer (III) • Donovan Scott (VII) • Jocelin Donahue • Tony Plana • Sam Oz Stone • Annika Marks • Austin Cauldwell • Pallavi Sastry • Adam O'Byrne (I) • Noa Tishby • Perrey Reeves • William Christopher Stephens • Elise Kibler • Jordan Carlos • Lois Smith (I) • Hope Olaide Wilson • Sabina Gadecki • Jessica Hecht (I) • Joshua LeBar • Christopher Wallinger • Shaun O'Hagan • Courtney Reed (I) • Jeremy Shamos • Anastasia Barzee • Phoebe Tonkin (I) • Breeda Wool • Kandiss Crone • Mason Jennings (III) • Jeff Pierre • Tracie Thoms • Jessalyn Wanlim • Kailani Coba • Jeffrey DeMunn • Ron Canada • Aurora Leonard • James Naughton • Brandon Smalls (I) • Amy Irving (I) • Brittany Ishibashi • Tate Ellington • J.T. 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Rodriguez • Opal Alladin • Pressly Coker • Tom Galantich • Claire Glassford • Shevy Katan • Ariel Kiley • Danny Ramirez (VII) • Deema Aitken • Danielle Lee Greaves • Manon Balay (I) • Vincent Reina • David Goldman (IV) • Adrian Gonzalez (III) • Kate Hamilton (II) • Irene Ng (I) • Jeff Pomerantz • Sofiya Akilova • Laurence Blum • Aaron Coleman (I) • Eden Riegel • Kate Simses • Elizabeth Twining • Starla Benford • Sandra Daley (I) • Hunter Emery • Elia Monte-Brown • Giselle Monterroso • Tijuana Ricks • Wakeema Hollis • Keilly McQuail • John Parla • Marquis Rodriguez • Mirirai Sithole • Sarah Wilson (XX) • James Lorinz • Gian-Murray Gianino • Edan Heymann • Franck Mercadal • Nick Sullivan (I) • Kate Rene Gleason • Alita LaShae • Nancy Ma • Misty Monroe • Stephen Sullivan (I) • Symonne Harrison • Elisabeth Hower • Shaw Jones • Justin Morck • David Starzyk • Richard Wharton (I) • Dylan Bluestone • Anna Friedman (II) • Moise Morancy • Paulina Singer • Meghan Wolf • Topher Mikels • Pedro Morillo Jr. • Tony Roach (III) • Elizabeth Stanley (IV) • Natalie Wetta • Julienne Hanzelka Kim • Emilie Chesnais • Timothy Sekk • Brenda Ballard • Peggy Ann Blow • Sophina DeJesus (I) • Finnegan George (I) • Max Lawrence (I) • Jolene Andersen • Christopher Chen (II) • Nicole Delgado (I) • Dominique Fishback • Julie Jesneck • Lohrasp Kansara • Gina Vitori • Emma Beloserkovsky • Jonathan Chang (V) • Johanna Day • Austin Ku • Cade Lappin • Charlie Le Grice • Cynthia Nixon • Diane Kagan • Sevans Martinez • Steven Fierberg • Tom Titone • Mitch Eakins • Jacy King • Matt Walton (I) • Heather Ayers (I) • Tyler Clark (II) • Josh McClenney • Odiseas Georgiadis (II) • Marjorie Johnson (I) • Cindy Katz (I) • Alexis Bronkovic • Phil Cappadora • Kimberly Huie • Sebastian Quinn • Beatrice Tulchin • Jasmine Batchelor • Paul Bomba • Justin Adams (VII) • Eric B. Anthony • Max Emerson • Alex J. Joseph • Avianna Mynhier • Christian Navarro (I) • Brett G. Smith • Alyssa Cheatham • Mireille Crocco • Aleta LaFargue • Kate Skinner (I) • J.J. Phillips • Gonzalo Vargas (I) • Chet Anekwe • Norman Towns • Morgan Wolk • Joel-Ryan Armamento • Wyatt Hinz • Sawyer Shipman • Victoria Vance • Raleigh Dean Craighead • Mick Hazen • Jeté Laurence • Elizabeth Loyacano • Gabrielle Lee (I) • Kay Aston • Richardson Cisneros-Jones • Jakeim Hart • Peggy Dunne • Maz Siam • Marcus Callender • Rich Chew • Charles Techman • Kaili Vernoff • Nick Sakai • Doug Trapp • Francis Lloyd Corby • Ana Tuazon Parsons • Liz Eldridge (II) • Eric M. Myrick • Danielle K. Thomas • Brian Dykstra (I) • Jason Furlani • Kate Levy (I) • Lou Liberatore • Tessa Hope Slovis • Nikita Tewani • Jaymes Jorsling • Amber Borycki • Phoebe Dorin • Dakota Shapiro • Abigail Kate Thomas • Dana de Celis • Lindsay Perry (VI) • Frank De Julio • Allison Mackie (I) • Eliot Millman • Deborah Rayne • Kyle Schliefer • Remy Ortiz • Sophie Mae Reppert • Ashley Rideaux • Kelsey Fowler (II) • Ali Saam • Satomi Hofmann • Genson Blimline • Jane Fergus (I) • Katie Flahive • Rachel Nicks • Samantha Sherman (I) • Santos (IV) • Paulina Alvarez (I) • Mariachi Mexico en America • Kaytlin Borgen • Terryn Westbrook • Olivia Baptista • Lauryn Kennedy Hardy • Donna Wandrey • Ngozi Jane Anyanwu • Robin Skye • Alexander Stine • Bettina Bilger • James Cavlo • Susan Deming • Jojo Nwoko • Don Castro (I) • Tyler Evans (I) • Melissa Navia • Lisa Randleman • Tracy Shayne • Danny Zuhlke • Thai Douglas • Katya Martín • Grasie Mercedes • Mark Hattan (I) • Kerry Flanagan (II) • Ryan Forsythe (I) • Haley Rawson • Brian Oblak • Daniel Polo (I) • Daniel Gibson (X) • Matt Van Orden • Didi Costine • Charlotte Rothwell • David Gibson (XXXIV) • Nick Epper • Sarahjane Gibson • Danielle Thorpe (I) • Cameron Deyell • Wendy Pearson • Quinn D'Andrea • Alexandra Mountsier • Elizabeth Brown (XXIV) • Kaylah Sharve' Baker • Elizabeth Gaba • Devon Lawrence (III) • Tehillah Alphonso • Rebecca Yim • Nina Nelson (III) • Lyric Lincoln • James Sloane • Ryan Alvarez (I) • Shirley Jordan (I) • Maci Ferrigno • Meadow Ferrigno • Phil Oddo (I) • Dylan Bibb • James Thomas Bligh • Marko Caka (I) • Vincent Cucuzza • Patrick Devaney (I) • Christine Duke • Olivia Rose Eierman • Courtney Leigh Goodwin • Odette Warder Henderson • Kenneth Kopolovicz • Mary Beth Kraese • Keith Mackler (I) • Amie Markowitz (I) • Craig Markowitz • Karen Morris (XVI) • Thomas Murphy Sr. • Annmarie Murphy • Ashley North (II) • Robyn Payne (I) • Pete Spano • Joseph Anthony Sudol • Norman Aaronson • Sergei Ashurov • Tricia Brouk (I) • Jorga Caye • Michael DeBarge • Emily McKinley Hill • Sini Hill • Arielle Ingrassia-Smith • Chris Lylez • Bettina Skye • Tracy Thayne • Jamie Theurich • AJ Velasquez (II) • Roger Brenner (I) • April Szykeruk • Evelyn Twarowski • Olivia Twarowski • Alex Ziwak • Hélène Cardona • Susie Stewart Rubio • Iba Amar • Emmett Ferguson • Dean Francois • Lauren Frandsen (I) • Michael I. 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