Happy Monday TV fans! After watching Showtime’s The Affair last night, I realized that sometimes you spend so much time being strong for everyone else, that you almost forget to take a moment to let the grief and pain in. Even if it is just for a moment, sometimes you need to allow all of your feelings to rush straight to the surface. Whether this leads to crying or yelling, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you take the time to allow yourself to dive into your own feelings. This doesn’t make you weak or selfish. It just makes you human and it’s important that we process our feelings every now and again. Please note major spoilers are ahead if you have not gotten a chance to watch the latest episode yet. In last night’s episode, “408,” Cole, Noah, and Anton set out to find Alison and solve this mystery once and for all. While these three bond along the way, nothing can prepare them for the discovery they are about to make. My top 5 moments from The Affair season 4 episode 8 are:
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“I want you to understand the hole that you left in her life.”
Part one of the episode is from Cole’s perspective and he teams up with Noah and Anton to find Alison. After speaking to Alison’s mother, Athena, Cole learns about Alison’s father and decides to pay him a visit. Noah insists that they take a polite approach so that they open up to them, but Cole cannot sit there and listen to Alison’s father judge her, especially when he talks about her “episodes.” Cole reminds him that he hasn’t been there for her entire life and that he doesn’t know anything about Alison. Cole refuses to let Alison’s father take advantage of her, remembering how Alison always felt like it was her fault that her father wasn’t around. I have to say that I was also rooting for Cole in this moment, as it seems like her father was only out to use Alison, but we will need to wait and see if there is more to the story.
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“What are you two doing together?”
So I never thought that I would see Noah and Cole working together on anything, but their love for Alison brought them together. Anton added some comic relief as well, which gave the episode a lighter feel at first. Even though the episode takes a dramatic twist, it was hilarious to see both Noah and Cole point out what works for the other in terms of getting women. While Noah refers to Cole as a “classic moper,” Cole takes things further when he explains that Noah will make promises that he can’t keep. Anton refuses to let them ruin the mood and schools them both when he “sexiles” Noah from the hotel room after he meets up with the owner’s daughter. After barely escaping another disaster when her father pounds on the door, these three enjoy some male bonding, which helps keep their minds off the inevitable…at least temporarily.
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“We need to know that it’s the real her…you do it.”
Cole and Noah are shocked when they find out that a body has been discovered. Cole is barely able to process his own grief and refuses to look at the pictures to identify Alison’s body. He wants to be brought to her actual body, but is warned that she drowned and was left underwater for several days. When they finally approach the room, Cole cannot handle this and Noah courageously offers to identify her. Cole’s reaction to Noah’s confirmation is beyond heartbreaking. I have to admit that I was hoping that it would not be Alison and that we still had a mystery to unfold, but there is still more to the story. Even though Cole cannot stand Noah, he genuinely appreciates that he was able to do this for him, as they are both connected forever to the memory of the woman they both loved so much.
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“I don’t buy it.”
After receiving the heartbreaking news that Alison is dead, Cole refuses to believe that it is a suicide. I have to say I agree with Cole, as it’s unlikely that Alison would leave Joanie especially when it seemed like she was finally getting her life back into some type of order. While Cole tries to blame Ben, he has an alibi and explains that Alison broke up with him. Cole is still not buying it, but I am starting to think that perhaps her father or his new wife had something to do with it. We know that Alison was not about to hand her kidney over, especially after Athena tells her that she was raped by him. Is it possible that they tried to take matters into their own hands? While I’m not certain that this is true, it seems like Alison had such a great conversation with Helen and was finally ready to start changing her narrative. So what changed when she returned from California?
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Part two: Noah.
I was surprised to see “Part Two” pop up on the screen, as the episode was almost over at this point. There was so much going on that I almost forgot that the show was divided into separate parts. However, this part was absolutely necessary and extremely moving. The majority of the episode focuses so much on Cole’s own grief, as he desperately tries to find out what happened to Alison. Noah was strong for Cole the entire time, but when he goes to the diner with Anton, he finally has a moment to himself. Noah sees a woman in a waitress uniform that resembles Alison and all of his memories and feelings come rushing back. When Anton goes to the restroom, Noah begins quietly sobbing at the table and I was crying right along with him. While Noah may have confessed to Cole that his relationship with Alison was over, that doesn’t mean that he didn’t have something real with her. The two of them shared a connection for many years and he clearly cared for Alison very much. Noah did his part for Cole, but in this quiet and temporary moment, he is able to finally release his grief. This moment was heartbreaking and I empathized with Noah completely. Will Noah be able to pick up the pieces now that Alison is gone? Will we finally find out what happened to her? Stay tuned!
I hope you enjoyed the list and feel free to post your own theories and thoughts on The Affair below in the comments section. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!
Best,
Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl
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