The mysteries of sexual attraction aren’t the only enigmatic forces at play in Showtime’s intensely intimate new drama The Affair (Sunday, 10/9c), which adopts a provocative he-remembers/she-remembers approach to an extramarital fling during a Long Island summer. By the end of the absorbing first episode (all that Showtime has made available for review in advance of the 10-week season), with the actual affair still in the offing, we’re not quite sure who, if anyone, we can believe.
As the story unfolds in parallel flashback, the memories don’t quite match up. So who made the first significant eye contact? Who’s the provocateur? And perhaps the greatest puzzle is why each is telling this very personal, intimate story to the authorities, in a framing device reminiscent of True Detective. So there are plenty of unanswered questions in the first, hypnotic hour.
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