Back tonight, Season 2 reviews -
it appears that The Affair will sail over that sophomore slump that has felled so many other Showtime dramas.
Whatever reservations I had about Season 1 were eliminated after watching the first two of the new episodes
The combined performances here are exceptional. That work is helpful in glossing over some of the character flaws.
On the plus side, The Affair is ambitious and meticulously executed, a grown-up series that allows its characters to be flawed and unhappy in a very real, sometime profound way. Even so, those late-season speed bumps and this opening salvo don’t elicit quite the same level of passion that the show initially provoked.
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