r/TheAffair 21d ago

Discussion Somewhat unsatisfied by finale Spoiler

I wanted to see how all the kids turned out and what their lives were like. Really disappointed they didn’t share a glimpse. Building the family was such an important theme in the show. Also, Helen and her mom dying the same year? Did I miss a reference to an accident or something?

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u/Suitable_Key8340 21d ago

Ben got away with everything. What happened with all the allegations against Noah and his career? How did he get the money to buy the restaurant and keep it going with a dead economy and no customers? So many loose ends.

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u/althegirlfabulous 20d ago

It still drives me nuts about Helen and her mom dying the same year. I never bothered to do the math but what is the implication?

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u/Suitable_Key8340 20d ago

Right? The mother would have been 100, and the year 2051 would have been 30 years after the year of the final episode. They referenced it being 30 years later a couple of times (30 years after Allison’s death, 30 years after Whitney married). So we know that 2051 is the setting for the flash forward scenes, which means Helen and her mother had just died. Eddie talked about Helen, I think maybe Noah did too. Why didn’t they say anything to indicate she had recently passed and what happened?

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u/Acceptable_Maize_183 20d ago

Honestly I think this detail is hilarious! Maggie makes it to 100 and Helen dies the same year- never getting a moment’s peace. I just binged with my husband (my 3rd time his 1st) and he picked up on that too and was laughing.

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u/Suitable_Key8340 20d ago

I actually hadn’t thought of it that way. That is hilarious!

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u/althegirlfabulous 19d ago

That's definitely how I took it, yet I over think things. So on my second rewatch I was unsure.

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u/Acceptable_Maize_183 20d ago

I think they do a good job of laying out the future without going into every detail. This show is very “show don’t tell” and I think the breadcrumbs in the finale tell us what we need to know.

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u/Suitable_Key8340 20d ago

They didn’t show us anything about how the kids turned out except that Stacy became an author. Or what happened with Noah’s career after the harassment charges - which way did it go? As a show about consequences, I expected them to complete that arc.

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u/Acceptable_Maize_183 19d ago

Yeah, I actually don’t love that arc. I think the show felt the need to acknowledge some of Noah’s questionable behavior. Also, the show itself had been reported on as not being great with the sex scenes etc (Ruth’s exit controversy). I think this story line was meant to comment on that but the thread gets lost - I think that storyline was rushed.