诺亚（多米尼克·威斯特 Dominic West 饰）和妻子海伦（毛拉·蒂尔内 Maura Tierney 饰）结婚多年，两人育有四个可爱活泼的孩子，长久以来婚姻十分幸福美满，诺亚自认为是一位称职的丈夫和负责任的父亲，他和海伦都以为，平静的生活会持续的永远。某日，一位名叫艾莉森（露丝·威尔森 Ruth Wilson 饰）的美丽女子出现在了诺亚的身边，她的美丽和聪慧让诺亚陷入了一段背德的恋情中无法自拔。 　　艾莉森亦是有夫之妇，她的丈夫科尔（乔舒亚·杰克逊 Joshua Jackson 饰）是一名牛仔，经营着一座农场。艾莉森和科尔之间的关系本来就问题多多，再加上她和诺亚之间的意外之恋，将两个家庭推入了万劫不复的境地。At once deeply observed and intriguingly elusive, The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher and budding novelist with a wife of twenty years and four children. Alison is a young waitress and wife from Montauk at the end of Long Island, trying to piece her life back together in the wake of a tragedy. The provocative drama unfolds separately from multiple perspectives, using the distinct memory biases of each character to tell the story. Created by Sarah Treem.