What’s the first rule of Noah’s fight club? Did you all realize that this is the penultimate episode of this season? But the way things were getting dealt out in this installment suddenly makes sense. Credit: Phil Caruso/SHOWTIME Quite a reveal at the end, was it not? But lets back up in the beginning. We begin with a Helen perspective. Our favorite lady left standing is, it must be said, a bit of a mess....

She is not super-jazzed about seeing him. That ought to just the courts, right? She tells him he has to be out in the morning. Credit: Phil Caruso/SHOWTIME And yet there he is in the morning, making eggs and staying relentlessly cheerful. Hes like, hey, lets go to Block Island! Shes like, how about signing these divorce papers instead? (This whole thing stressed me out way more than it should have....

Helen and Noah act out in very different ways. Tonights episode poses a few big questions: How well can you ever really know someone? Can fathers and sons become reacquainted? Credit: Jeff Neumann/Showtime Can husbands and wives? When is it okay to be your true self? What happens when a lifetime of pretending to be someone else catches up to you? He wants to introduce them to his new girlfriend: Margaret, Helens mother....

Id like to begin this recap with some honesty especially since you wont find any such thing fromthesecharacters. This episode just straight-up bummed me out. What the heck,The Affair?Why are you doing this to us? Credit: David Giesbrecht/Showtime At this point I dont trust anyones narratives. (Except Cole, of course. We begin with Helen, who clearly has decided to blow up her whole life. After discovering Noah at the lake, she packs him up and takes him home to Brooklyn....

Such auction buzz is often followed by elaborate marketing campaigns and discussions around adaptation rights. She ended up receiving a startling 13 bids on the book. Barer explainedThe Age of Lights unique cross appeal. Credit: Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images This book is going to amaze you. The acquisition comes at a time when even the most hyped new novelists are struggling to break out. Barer sees the problem as a cultural one, a broader consequence of the volatile political climate....

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Complete strangers team up to win a million dollars. Phil does not make it easy! The same is true with season 29. Credit: Trae Patton/CBS Twenty-two individuals will visit nine countries, 17 cities, and clock 36,000 miles. Only this time, they will partner with complete strangers. He gives three quick directional instructions, and eager contestants fly off in a flurry. Many do not know their east from their west. The wise ones follow Scott an L....

Teams melt down when they are unable to unlock drawers or find north. Before our teams travel to the Scandinavian country, they have to find the Mercery House in Zanzibar. Its the home of Farrokh Bulsara, also known as Freddie Mercury. Credit: Trae Patton/CBS instead of, Another one bites the dust. Its LOCK or KNOCK time. Sounds easy, right? This isThe Amazing Race. Of course its not easy. Most of the teams choose the lock DETOUR....

Which three teams make it to the finals? Weve reached a crucial time inThe Amazing Race. They can practically taste victory at this point. Credit: CBS Sadly, someone has to come in fourth place. We begin with a hop, skip, and jump from Vietnam to Seoul, South Korea. All the teams are pretty much even once they disembark the airplane, so strategy comes into play. Props to these guys for conducting some light research with fellow travelers returning home....

I guess thats understandable when you have eighteen strangers traipsing the globe together. Some are great, some are neutral, and most are stoked to be in the competition at all. Liz and Michael are dominating. Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS London and Logan arent going to get caught up in all the BS. And Sara is ticked that Shamir is still talking bout his junk. Its a new dawn, people. That means a new route....

Which team is defeated by the Double U-Turn? Liz thinks Mike is a jack wagon. Mike thinks Liz is a know-it-all. Credit: CBS I start chanting, Fight! but Phils smooth encouragement whispers in the last-place finishers ears. Its a good thing they made up, because time is a-wasting. Thanks to a super cool Travelocity app, teams can book their flights with ease. How do I know? Because CBS spends 10 minutes of show time showcasing this phenomenon....

Two teams suffer from being directionally challenged. Thats right the teams are headed to Greece! Some may even experience a U-TURN. Credit: CBS (Whats the opposite of Opa?) International driving has never been a strong suit for Liz and Mike. Mike is convinced he is going in the correct direction. Liz isnt so sure and relentlessly begs him to turn around so they can follow the others. Scott and Brooke are on The Boys bumper....

There’s a new team on top of the leaderboard. They support their partner and laugh hysterically, and a few have even extended a word of encouragement. But thats neither here nor there. Credit: CBS All bets are off in week seven. The teams feel the physical and emotional toll on their bodies. Pack your backpacks, people. Were going to Venice! Two buses leave at the crack of dawn. Matt and Redmond choose to Bring It (duh)....