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.
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Noah escapes the city with his family to a Long Island estate. Alison and her husband struggle to move past a tragedy. Noah and Alison meet in a chance encounter.
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Noah and Alison are forced to consider an inevitability.
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Noah turns to Alison to help him research the local culture for his novel.
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Noah and Alison grow closer on a day trip to remote Block Island.
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Alison and Noah are forced to confront new obstacles at home.
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Noah discovers there's more to Alison than he's been led to believe.
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With the summer coming to an end, the Solloways are returning to Brooklyn.
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A chance encounter with Alison leads to an uncomfortable truth.
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Noah and Helen face a revelation. Alison spirals towards a reckoning.
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Detective Jeffries makes significant progress on his case.