The Affair

Previously on The Affair...

Mom got another call from her realtor.

- So? - It was a very high offer.

We're not selling the ranch.

The ranch has been in the family for seven generations.

So Oscar had a relationship with the victim.

They were friends.

Do you remember being worried at the time?

No, but I should've been.

Ran into Oscar waiting for the mechanic.

I keep telling the town they got to do something

about those potholes out in Ditch Plains.

- Ditch Plains? - Thanks for stopping by, man.

Hey, I was just... All right, man, come on!

- Hey! - Whoa!

Just leave now, please.

I thought we were friends, man.

What were you doing in Ditch Plains this morning?

I was wondering if you still need a hand. _

Why don't you spend a couple more hours here with us today?

- If it's all right with your folks. - Yeah, great, thanks.

All right, first lesson... Take those into the barn.

- Want some company? - Not really.

I'm gonna go find a pool boy that lets me shower with him.

Mr. Solloway, do you know a place called the end?

- No, what is it? - So you've never been?

Never.

Okay, I'll get another one.

Sam, over here!

- Hello, handsome. - Hey, Max.

- What's up, man? - Yeah.

- Come on, I got a table. - Yeah, good, good.

Just hop in for one second.

One second.

- What? - Just real quick, real quick.

- What are you doing? - I'll tell you, I'll tell you.

Just one second.

Hey, just, uh... let's pull down here.

Hey, Noah, can you spot me $40?

I'm short.

- Sure. - Thanks.

Here you go.

Seriously?

Not in here, bro.

Just got to try it.

- All right. You? - No, thanks.

Let's go.

Come on, man.

Thanks.

Remind me to thank your wife for this, will you?

- Why? - Because it's lovely.

And it was kind of her to let you come out and play.

She doesn't keep me in a cage, Max.

I occasionally get to make my own decisions sometimes,

you know?

Besides, I haven't been out. I've been writing.

Writing? Yeah, how's the book coming?

- Great. - Good.

It's pouring out of me, actually.

For once, I feel like I'm in touch with something real.

- You don't care. - No, I don't care.

You didn't even read my first book.

Hey, listen, I love you,

and I read the dedication.

What? To Helen?

To Helen. Helen Butler.

Good God.

College was a long fucking time ago, huh?

- 25 years. - Don't say that out loud.

How did you ever bag that beautiful piece of princess?

Bigger mystery's how you managed to bag Val.

- Sorry, man. - Nah.

How you doing without her?

Let me tell you something, Solloway,

my separation from Val is possibly the greatest thing

that's ever happened to me...

Well, you know, besides my kids...

- Probably. - Um, hey, guys.

- Do you mind if I sit here? - Sure.

Not at all.

I'm meeting friends here, but they haven't shown up yet.

Well, listen, we'll be your friends.

- I'm Max. - Hi, Max.

Hi. This is Noah.

Hi.

Well, it's nice to meet you both.

I'm Alison.

Well, Alison, you probably noticed my friend here

is slightly more handsome than I am,

but I am considerably less married.

I may have noticed that.

Oh, hey, can I get some champagne, please?

When I give the sign, fall back.

You got Moet? Thank you.

You're hilarious.

Just believe me... this is not working.

Stop.

Let me use your phone for a minute.

Give it to me. These texts are great.

No way. I got to go home.

- You don't have to go home. - I do have to go home.

Hey, I'm gonna go to this party.

- Just come with me. - No.

- Hey! - I love you, I love you.

Look, guess what.

- I'm gonna go get that girl. - What girl?

The girl with that dress.

- She's gone. - No, she's not.

- She's gone. - How do you know she's gone?

- When did you see her last? - Noah, you're being ridiculous.

Okay, you know what? Let's go.

Hey, hey! No, no.

I love you. Go home, go home.

Bastard. I love you too.

I'll call you... in, like, a year.

- Careful now. - Yes.

Yes?

You know, sometimes I worry

you're just a really great dream.

Well, don't wake up now.

So I was thinking about next week.

Next week, I'm gonna have to go back to the city.

I don't want to talk about next week.

Maybe...

Once everything's settled down back home,

I could take some time off

and apply for a couple of artist residencies...

You know, the places where they give you a cabin

for a little while,

and I could come out here for a few weeks,

maybe a month...

Finish my novel,

be with you every night.

So I'd be your mistress.

I hate that word.

Well, what would you prefer?

Concubine.

Concubine.

Wait a second. Are you leaving already?

Cole's getting back this morning.

I told you that.

Oh, I must've missed that somehow.

- You and he still... - What?

Nothing. Never mind.

- Behaving like married people? - Forget it.

It's none of my business.

- Where's your dress? - In my bag.

You brought a change of clothes?

Of course I did.

I can't go home smelling like you.

Well, that's what the shower was for.

Well, you should change, too, before you go home.

And fuck my wife.

Sorry.

At least let me drive you.

All those drunks still on the road...

Find me later.

Where the hell is she going?

Hey.

What the hell, man?

How's Max?

What?

Your best friend... how is he?

Oh, yeah, he's, um...

He's, uh...

Max is...

Max is a disaster.

Hmm.

Noah.

Noah, honey.

Oh, Jesus Christ, Helen. What?

Noah, wake up. Come on.

- What? - We can't find Martin.

Great.

No, just tell him his mother

would prefer it if he left a note next time.

Yeah. You too.

He is at the ranch.

Biked over there early.

Mystery solved.

- So he just went by himself? - I didn't take him.

Well, what was he thinking?

He's 14, Helen. He probably wasn't.

Daughter...

Question...

If you wanted to get some cocaine around here,

how would you do it?

What? I don't do coke.

- Why are you even asking? - It's for my book.

I need to know how someone in Montauk

would score some drugs.

"Score some drugs." Wow.

Come on, help me out.

You must hear things.

I have not and never will have cause

to answer that question, Dad.

I'm taking the kids to lunch.

I was checking to see if you wanted to come.

Where you going?

I don't know. Lobster Roll probably.