After admitting that he was the one who killed Scotty (Colin Donnell), Noah's (Dominic West) future has become murky for "The Affair" season 3. He is facing time in prison, while the two women partially responsible for the accident, Helen (Maura Tierney) and Alison (Ruth Wilson), walk free.
As far as the author was concerned, he alone should take the blame for that fateful night Scotty died. Noah confessed in court that he was driving his car home after leaving Cole's (Joshua Jackson) wedding. According to him, it was so dark that night that when he briefly took his eyes off the road, he hit something. That was when he discovered Scotty, who was totally drunk he never saw the car coming toward him.
Noah's confession was full of half-truths. While it was correct that the road was dimly lit that night, he was not the one driving the car. He and Helen switched places when he said he was not fit to stay behind the wheel. It was Helen who hit Scotty when she took her eyes off the road to look at Noah. Now that Noah is facing several years of imprisonment, Helen's guilt must be consuming her. The fact that they were on the brink of a reconciliation would also weigh heavily in her mind.
Alison should also be held liable for what happened. It was her who pushed Scotty toward the road that night. She told Noah that Scotty tried to rape her when she refused to help him become a business partner in The Lobster Roll. What happened next was an accident. Noah told her to keep it a secret and omitted her involvement during the trial.
Meanwhile, Tierney told Variety an interesting tidbit about the upcoming season. She. The actress, who just won Best Supporting Actress for TV in the recently concluded Golden Globes awards night, said that there would be a lot of changes, especially on the structure of the show.
"The show is going to change next season — the structure of the show is going to change in an exciting way," she said.
