The Affair: 206

November 12, 2015 6:46 PM - Season 2, Episode 6

A medical emergency casts Helen and Noah's litigation process in a new light, causing Helen to make a long overdue decision. The dynamic of Noah and Alison's relationship shifts as troublesome discoveries are made.

Special appearance by Sebastian Junger

posted by triggerfinger (2 comments total)

I'm trying to figure out now if there's any point in trying to guess who killed Scotty, with the shifting sands of character development. At first I thought it might be Cherry, just on Law and Order principles: she was introduced around the right time, and the mother bear killing one of her young to somehow rescue the others seemed likely. This season I started out thinking it was Helen, maybe based on some plot developments that reminded me of a very famous crime thriller I won't mention for fear of giving spoilers on that book. But I noticed someone asked Maura Tierney if it was Helen and she said "Oh no, ha ha," and she probably didn't need to answer that question.

I'm not a stickler for fair play in mysteries-- I don't think it really exists anyway-- but if it turns out there was no point whatsoever in quessing, I'm going to be kind of annoyed.
posted by BibiRose at 6:27 AM on November 14, 2015

Interview where Tierney implies it's not Helen.
posted by BibiRose at 6:29 AM on November 14, 2015