Is Ruth Wilson leaving The Affair after season 4 episode 8?
We don’t want to beat around the bush here at all, as Wilson is going to be saying farewell to this series eventually. Yet, tonight may not be the final episode for her on the series; knowing The Affair, we do think that there will be an opportunity to get further closure on her character of Alison.
During tonight’s road-trip episode featuring Cole and Noah, it was established that Alison drowned her set days before they kicked off their search for her. For a while there were questions as to whether or not she was murdered, but that seemed to be ruled out by the end of the episode. (Granted, you never quite know for sure with this show, as there could be some other twist that we do not foresee right now.)
In losing Ruth Wilson, the Showtime drama is losing a powerful, talented performer who had some of the most challenging material on the entire series. Alison was someone who had torment in her life from an early age and we saw that play out over the years. She was, in some ways, hanging by a thread and looking for something to cling to. Ever single betrayal and moment in her life led to this event of devastating sadness. This was not a death caused by the events of just one episode.
Moving forward now, what The Affair has to figure out is how to make this death the turning point of the entire series for every single character. This is a show so interwoven that one move will set off and ripple effect and impact almost everyone else in ways that are not easy to see coming. We certainly expect that to reverberate through almost every little moment from here on out. There are still two more episodes this season, and that should give us some time to prepare.
In addition to this article, be sure to watch the video below about Alison / Ruth Wilson’s impending exit below. You can also subscribe for some additional updates. We will say this: It’s possible Wilson continues on as some sort of spectral figure on the series, but we don’t think that this is particularly valuable. This season should be the end of her journey.
What did you think about the way that tonight’s The Affair wrote out the character of Alison, and will you miss her on the show? Share right now in the attached comments!
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Marsha
August 8, 2018 @ 3:41 am
devo :(
Rose Decaro
August 7, 2018 @ 12:15 am
They better find something very interesting to put back into the part of Allison because the show is now corrupted ;(
Perhaps they should have made her part a little bit more interesting so that Ruth Wilson would not have wanted to leave the show – her part was starting to get very stagnant… I kind of saw this coming …
SS
August 6, 2018 @ 7:39 pm
So why was Alison killed off? The answer is actually very simple: Ruth Wilson wanted to leave the show.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Sarah Treem, The Affair’s showrunner, explains: “Ruth wanted to leave the show.
That was a request, so that was decided basically before we started writing. It wasn’t a discovery of any kind. That was very deliberate. And actually, we shot all of her work first. Her whole storyline was shot before we shot anything else.”
Rachel
August 6, 2018 @ 6:24 pm
She probably wanted off the show. It’s still amazing television with the remaining characters and I’m really enjoying Helen’s transformation. I bet I know who killed her.
Craig
August 6, 2018 @ 4:14 am
You can’t really blame the writers, as Ruth Wilson asked to be written out of the show.
Carol Sword
August 6, 2018 @ 3:31 am
Put Allison back on The Affair. She is the main character and The Affair will never be the same. They should make this Sunday night’s show a dream like other shows do. It is totally insane to kill off Allison. Come on writers you can do much better than that. Making this a dream sequence is probably not something the show writers want to do but I say PLEASE do it so that The Affair can continue. It is a five star plus, plus show until tonight’s episode but, again, make it some crazy dream sequence somehow and write on….keep The Affair going with Allison alive and involved.
ted loftin nobles
August 6, 2018 @ 3:15 am
I think it’s horrible that Alyson was killed off tonight, if it’s true that she has been. She was the best character on the show, in my opinion. I am not even sure I want to continue watching it without her character. And as far as that goes, I was very unhappy when she and Noah split up. Leave it to Showtime to screw up a good show, just like they did when they killed off Nick Brody on Homeland ! Boo Hiss !
Mike
August 6, 2018 @ 3:14 am
I will no longer continue to watch the affair nor that Allison has been killed off. It was her complicated and completely psychotic personality that made the series worth watching. Bad move.
Linda
August 6, 2018 @ 3:13 am
Can not imagine this show without her, she is by far the most interesting character. So sorry the writers could not let she and Cole re-unite for the followers of the show. It would have been a positive move for Alison’s character and Cole’s to find that everlasting love put back together to raise their daughter. Can not believe she is gone!