A struggling novelist and a young waitress strike up an extramarital relationship that promises to forever change the course of their lives.A struggling novelist and a young waitress strike up an extramarital relationship that promises to forever change the course of their lives.A struggling novelist and a young waitress strike up an extramarital relationship that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 6 wins & 24 nominations total
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- TriviaThe Lobster Roll restaurant actually exists in Montauk, but is closed in the winter.
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Complex and disturbing and alluringly thought provoking.
Setting: Picturesque, folksy, idyllic, New England seaside tourist/fishing village town. Plot: Male (Dominic West) novel writing work/summer vacation with wife and children, meets and gets drawn into the life of married local woman (Ruth Wilson).
Appreciate the complexity, undisclosed undercurrents, the conflicted psychology of the main characters, all the while, aware of the cloaked elephant in the room.
Story told similar to True Detective's style with the detective's interviews of the affairees shown remembrances, somehow relating to whatever is going to happen. One half is his side, the other half, hers.
Lots of sideways glimpses of character and intentions, challenging what you thought you understood.
Appreciate the complexity, undisclosed undercurrents, the conflicted psychology of the main characters, all the while, aware of the cloaked elephant in the room.
Story told similar to True Detective's style with the detective's interviews of the affairees shown remembrances, somehow relating to whatever is going to happen. One half is his side, the other half, hers.
Lots of sideways glimpses of character and intentions, challenging what you thought you understood.
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- myloveincruz
- Oct 30, 2014
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