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So, if the two narratives are not honestly-differing private memories, and are not two different self-serving accounts to the detective, what are they?

 

Good question! I'm worried that the show is going to go the "alternate universe" route. I'm sure there are holes in this theory, but I feel as if the hints are adding up:

 

• The fact that, as mentioned above, the narratives don't seem to work as either private memories or self-serving testimony.
• Noah's speech to Alison in Episode 2
• Alison's reference to "Sliding Doors" in Episode 7
• This interview with Joshua Jackson, in which he ALSO references "Sliding Doors" (hmmm) and teases about there being similarities between The Affair and Fringe: http://blogs.wsj.com...out-the-affair/   He also says this:

 

There’s a pretty subtle thing that happens early in the season of “The Affair” that people will probably notice, and maybe file away, but I’m not sure that they’ll really think to themselves, “Hmm. I should be paying attention to that,” that becomes the central story at the end of the season.

 

At first I thought this was a reference to Noah's Episode 2 speech. Then I thought it was referring to the interaction between Scotty and Whitney. Now I'm not sure.

 

Again, I can't really back this theory up with confidence, but I have a feeling... Maybe I'll take this over to the speculation thread.

[S01.E08: 8]

So the reason Scotty was "going to the city" frequently was to see Whitney, right? And Whitney isn't bulimic, she's pregnant, right? And all of this ties directly into Scotty's death, right? Until tonight's episode, I had all kinds of complicated speculations about this show, but now I'm starting to think that it's all pretty simple after all.