The Affair (2014)

The emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah, a New York City schoolteacher and budding novelist with a wife of twenty years and four children and Alison, a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after The Affair

• Masters of Sex (2013) — Colin Bucksey directed both
• Scenes from a Marriage (2021) — Hagai Levi created both
• Transparent (2014) — Two steps away in the credits
• Revenge (2011) — Colin Bucksey directed both
• Big Love (2006) — Rodrigo García directed both
• How to Get Away with Murder (2014) — A loose match in how its finales land