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Drugs, Drinking, and a Meltdown: Season 2, Episode 4 of ‘The Affair’

Losing Control

This week, Showtime’s drama focused on the consequences of Noah and Helen’s marital breakdown—with drugs and alcohol on one side, and a sad journey into the night on the other.

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As Helen, Maura Tierney just supplied Affair fans with the standout scene of the second season so far.

Drunk and slugging wine by the gulpful, she kicks off her shoes, strips down, and throws family laundry baskets to the four winds, to the tune of Lucinda Williams’s “Changed the Locks.”

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