The Affair

Previously on The Affair...

It says here Lucifer is the card of temptation.

Something is coming.

Something powerful, wild.

I'm Noah, by the way.

I'm Alison.

I'm sorry.

I-I didn't know your wife's birthday.

Some guy came around here looking for you.

Who?

I don't know who he was.

Waited for a while and then put a note on the board.

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Do you have a secret, Detective?

One you don't even want to tell yourself?

How would I know if I did?

I think you do.

I think everybody does.

Listen, I had no idea she was married when I first met her.

How would I have known? She never mentioned it.

Are you sisters?

In-law. We're married to brothers.

He wants to fuck one of us.

I'll reschedule the meeting with Harry.

No, don't.

Dad, you're on child care this morning.

Tell me about this book of yours.

So how is it different?

He kills her...

in the end.

You can't rush me.

But I want to be in charge, okay?

Kiss me.

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I thought you did a really nice job, little man.

I just had a couple of thoughts.

Uh, well, there's no, uh, thesis statement

in the first paragraph.

Well, what are you trying to say exactly...

that Mark Twain did intend Huck Finn to be racist or not?

Okay, well, you need to say that.

Also, first paragraph,

uh, you're confusing metaphor and simile.

Simile's the one with "like."

Mr. Solloway, would you mind?

I just have a few more questions.

Listen, Trevor, I got to go.

I'll call you back tonight.

Okay. I love you too.

Okay, bye.

- That your kid? - Yeah.

I have a couple myself... twin boys.

I barely ever see them.

My wife got full custody in the divorce.

Ferry to Block Island is now leaving.

All right, man, 2 coffees, 4 bucks.

- Thanks. - Thank you.

Sir.

You forgot your change.

- Thanks, man. - No problem.

Oh, sorry.

Alison.

- Oh, hi. - Hi.

- How are you? - I was just thinking about you.

- Oh. - No, I went to the market.

I picked up a little something for you.

How sweet of you.

Bye.

Bye.

Where to, Professor?

Well, I want to see the lighthouse.

I've heard that's really something.

And there's a historical society.

Might have some interesting material.

Well, maybe we should start by buying you a new shirt.

Okay.

Hey.

"Dirty Squid"?

Seems appropriate.

Thanks. Thanks for that.

What about this?

Yeah, I like it.

Try it on.

Hey, do you have this in a... uh, in a small?

I don't think it's...

No, but we have this in a small.

- Oh, yeah, that'll do. - Okay.

The dressing room's just right around there.

Okay.

After you.

Hey. Can you come in here for a second?

- I need help with my dress. - Sure.

- Tie around? - Mm-hmm.

How do I look?

How's it going in there, Miss?

Do you need any help?

No, I'm fine. Thank you.

It says here, when it was built in 1875,

the light was the strongest on the East Coast,

and it's one of only 12 lighthouses in the country

still equipped with a first-order Fresnel lens.

Impressive.

No, no. The Fresnel lens is incredible.

Fresnel was this French physicist

who had the idea to take a glass lens

and cut grooves in it in concentric circles.

And each groove acts like a prism

that refracts the source light

and concentrates it into a beam

that can be seen much further away

using a much thinner piece of glass.

And the first-order lens, which is what this is,

is the biggest one 'cause it's got a prismatic dome on top.

You can see it from, like, 30 miles.

I'm sorry. This shit really interests me.

I can tell.

I'll just stop talking.

No.

It's great to hear.

Get anything of what I said?

No.

But it doesn't matter.

I understand that you're describing something

that you love.

It certainly is beautiful.

Three?

Yes.

Three?

You see, this is why I didn't want to tell you.

- I knew you'd make fun of me. - No, I'm sorry.

You're right.

But three, like the number that comes after two?

Okay, okay.

You know that's basically a virgin, right?

You do know that?

What do you want from me? I told you.

I met Helen the first year of college.

I've never been unfaithful.

What about high school?

I didn't fuck anyone in high school.

What, because you were on the chess team?

No, 'cause my, uh...

my mother was sick.

With what?

She had M.S.

She died when I was 17.

Wow.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah, thanks.

It was pretty all-consuming.

I couldn't bring anyone home, and...

I felt guilty whenever I was away, so...

I slept for most of high school. That's what I did for fun.

How about you? How many?

Thousands.

Are they both dead?

No.

My grandmother's still alive.

She's in a home on the North Shore.

I wish she was closer, but I couldn't afford

to put her anywhere in the Hamptons.

But, you know, I get to see her once a week,

so it isn't too bad.

She has Alzheimer's.

Man, that's the worst.

No, it's not the worst.

But it's not great.

And your mom... where's she?

I never really know.

She's like the wind. She goes where she wants.

She does what she wants.

Well...

here we are...

my favorite spot on the island.

They're called the Mohegan Bluffs,

'cause in the 16th century,

when the Mohegan Indians tried to invade the island,

the native Niantic pushed them back over this cliff

and to their death.

- Jesus. -