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Actually, a brownstone is typically 3-5 floors and constructed the old fashioned way, with thick plaster walls and ceilings, so if someone were sleeping in an upstairs room with the door closed they might not hear anything form downstairs. But Sherlock being Sherlock probably wouldn't consider that ambient sound waking Kitty would constitute a wake-up call.

I don't know about real life detectives, but the detective who lies to a suspect is a common habit of TV detectives. But when did Noah's recount of events suddenly morph into the detective's point of view? Noah wasn't present for the conversation with the mechanic or the phone call from Steve. He said they had known each other for twenty years.

I saw the play tonight. Ruth Wilson was spectacular. She is a fine actress and no trace of Alison in her character. Gyllenhaal was also wonderful.

Ruth Wilson will be appearing in a show on Broadway : http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/theater/after-the-affair-ruth-wilson-hits-broadway-in-constellations.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region

We don't know that no one is using, only that it's not part of Allison's recollections-either because she doesn't know or because she choses to leave it out. I agree Scotty and Whitney are likely candidates.

Not sure about this, but according to German-English dictionary, lieb means lovely. It's liebe which means love. The title could actually mean something like "War is not prettyl".

Shakespeare's romance plays are not love stories but the magical tragicomedies: The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Cymbeline, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. According to Wikipedia, "The romances call for spectacular effects to be shown onstage, including storms at sea, opulent interior and exterior scenery, dream settings and the illusion of time passing. Scholars have argued that the late plays deal with faith and redemption, and are variations on themes of rewarding virtue over vice." I think Shakespeare clearly meant us to feel Romeo and Juliet were "in love" because their speeches together often comprise a single sonnet which is unique to them in this play. But, of course, they are star crossed: their love cannot survive in a hate filled world where marriage serves to unite families for political advancement rather than to unite two souls. Whether Alison and Noah are in love or just have the hots for each other and fabricate the love story to excuse their affair is another matter.

Since I don't believe that Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi are lazy or superficial writers (based on "In Treatment"), I'm wondering why the affair takes place in the present and the interrogation in the future, rather than a more conventional affair in the past and investigation in the present? There are so many insightful comments on this page, I'm hoping someone will weigh in.

It seems the birth scene was really the actress giving birth.

I think Dr. Latham is meant to be Grantly Dick-Read (or an ardent follower of his ideas) who published "Childbirth without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth" The book was a national best seller and Dr. Grant-Read lectured on the topic all over the world.. His pioneering book discusses anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and birth, pain of labor, how fear plays a part and how to dispense with it, diet in pregnancy, the judiciousness of breastfeeding and rooming-in, the partner’s roles in pregnancy and birth and the mess obstetrics was making of the processes of pregnancy and birth. He honored the wisdom of natural birth and advocated ceaselessly for it, probably endangering his reputation in the world of obstetrics.