Season

Season 2

by Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney, Joshua Jackson, Josh Stamberg and 4 others

Alison attempts to move on from tragedy and build a lasting relationship while contending with the judgment of others and her own self-doubt. Her lover Noah tries to balance the temptations of success, the family he left behind, and the woman he loves. No

(19 total)

Characters

Noah Solloway (7)Dominic West (7)Sharr White (6)Anya Epstein (4)Alena Smith (4)David Henry Hwang (4)Helen Solloway (2)Sarah Treem (2)Ruth Wilson (2)Maura Tierney (2)

“At some point fate takes over a story and even the author himself loses control.”

— Alena Smith, Yvonne, Joanna Gleason, imdb.com

Tagged: Writing, Authorship, writing process

“Why do you get to fuck up and I don’t?”

— Anya Epstein, Helen Solloway, Maura Tierney, imdb.com

“She was sex...the very definition of it, the reason the word was invented.”

— Sharr White, imdb.com

Tagged: Sex, Sexy, Goddess

“You fell in love with her darkness.”

— David Henry Hwang, Athena Bailey, Deirdre O'Connell, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Darkness

“Sex became a way of feeling things without talking to anybody.”

— David Henry Hwang, Alison Bailey, Ruth Wilson, imdb.com

Tagged: Sex, Feeling

“No one can make you fucking happy.”

— Anya Epstein, Max, Josh Stamberg, imdb.com

“Just because you love somebody does not mean they have to love you back.”

— Abe Sylvia, Cole Lockhart, Joshua Jackson, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Reciprocation

“I felt like I had been asleep for years in this fog of grief...and then there’s this person that makes me feel alive.”

— Sharr White, Alison Bailey, Ruth Wilson, imdb.com

Tagged: Grief, Love

“The world does not revolve around your pain.”

— Alena Smith, David Henry Hwang, Luisa Leon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, imdb.com

Tagged: Pain, selfishness

“Noah: Did you fuck my wife? Max: Your ex-wife.”

— Abe Sylvia, Sharr White, Noah Solloway, Dominic West, imdb.com

Tagged: Adultery, Wife

“Being alive is essentially a very lonely proposition. You have to mostly carry your pack alone. Nobody gets as much help as they need.”

— Alena Smith, imdb.com

Tagged: Loneliness, support

“Do you know how long it has been since someone dared mix high art with good old-fashioned fucking?”

— David Henry Hwang, Alena Smith, Rodney Callahan, David Naughton, imdb.com

Tagged: Art, Fucking

“Maybe nothing's a mistake. Maybe it's all just fucking meaningless, all these decisions that we make ourselves sick over and these choices we think are so important. Well, don't take this the wrong way...but I never want to see you again.”

— Sarah Treem, Noah Solloway, Dominic West, imdb.com

Tagged: Meaninglessness, Futility

“I never cheated on you. I came close. I never did. I had this stupid idea that you and I could make a new start together and all the pain we caused everybody else, it was for a reason because we were meant to be together. You were my one true love. I knew it was naive and people thought I was crazy,…”

— Sarah Treem, Noah Solloway, Dominic West, imdb.com

Tagged: Cheating, Pain

“Omar Bradley basically won the war for us. So do we judge him for his absence for his family and his infidelity, or do we just let that slide, because what does it matter at the end? The guy stopped Hitler. There's a certain type of man that history reveres. We see it over and over. Jefferson, Hamil…”

— Anya Epstein, Noah Solloway, Dominic West, imdb.com

Tagged: Cheating, Psychology of Men, Drive, Complex Moral Portraits

“What do we make of this guy? Does the fact that he had sex with a movie star outside marriage, does that somehow negate all of his achievements? Or do those traits that made him cheat ego, intensity, drive do they also lead him to achieve?”

— Anya Epstein, Noah Solloway, Dominic West, imdb.com

Tagged: Why Do Men Cheat?, Ego, How Do We Judge People?, Human Judgement, Complex Moral Portraits

“I think of God the same way as I think of love. I think if you think that God exists, then He does, because your faith and your actions bring His presence into the world, and the same is true of love. If you believe in its power and you conduct your life with respect of its of its sanctity, then it'…”

— Sharr White, Noah Solloway, Dominic West, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, God, Theology, Religion, Faith Creates New Realities

“I believe love is a kind of faith. And when two people both believe, something very powerful happens.”

— Sharr White, Noah Solloway, Dominic West, imdb.com

Tagged: What Is Love?, Magic of Love

“This is not to excuse anything you've done. I want to be really clear about that, but when your first book failed I was relieved. I was heartbroken for you. I mean, I hope you know that, because you were so disappointed, but part of me hoped it meant you would finally give up on writing and just be…”

— Sharr White, Helen Solloway, Maura Tierney, imdb.com

Tagged: Seeing You For You, Career and Marriage