The Affair: Season 4

Vic has a very, very selfish desire to have a child, and I'm saying this precisely because he's going to die. That is, how long does he have left without treatment, with terminal pancreatic cancer - six months maximum? He doesn't even know that he's going to find Helen deeply pregnant. And she will be left alone, with 5 (!!!) as a child, she will be forced to look for work again, perhaps even give up a certain lifestyle. Yes, she has rich parents, but they are smart and you never know what they will do. It would be more reasonable to freeze the sperm for future use, hire a surrogate mother, and discuss the child's growing up plan with his parents so that they, for example, raise him. With the support of Helen, for example.

And Priya, Vic's mom, behaves as if she wants to punish Helen, an outsider in their family, to make everything different from what she expects. Yes, I understand that this is a clash of cultures, most likely, she just doesn't give out her true emotions and it's really terribly hard for her, but it was really disgusting. Although, of course, Helen should have been patient for a day, to say it whenever, but not this evening.

Ben is a beast, Cole was right after all, I'm so sorry for Alison..

@NatiKaraseva: In the second part, Alison says that she is tired of seeing things the way she would like to see them. The first part is how it could be, how Alison would like to see it. And the second part is how it really was. And in the second part, Ben is no longer such a subtle and understanding guy as in previous episodes. When Alison wanted him to be different.

I've read the comments here, and I'd like to add a few words on my own. The series is very subtle from the beginning when it comes to discussing interpersonal relationships and current trends. Many people here write that EVERYTHING WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEAR WITH BEN. I don't know what you're talking about! A handsome, pleasant young man with sad eyes, who does not treat Alison as an object for coping with sexual needs. He shares the same professional field with her, was ready to listen to her, share her pain and worries. As for the army, well, you know, actually, thanks to his military bearing, he helped Alison avoid death at the hands of her client's husband, a man who is a hero by all accounts in our world. That's all - "I didn't serve, I'm not a man", "a real man", "defender". The positive image is the same. Few people reflect on the topic of pacifism and avoidance of violence. As soon as Alison found out that he was married, she immediately backed off, and here, by an unfortunate coincidence, she ran into his true and hidden self-well, who expects every nice guy she meets to be a potential killer? It won't take long to go crazy like that. Domestic abusers, you know, also don't start bludgeoning their future wives on the first date.

In Allison's version, Cole's painted face looks more like the truth, because it's hard to believe that those guys left a few lines and that's it.