Ruth Wilson had a different vision for how her Affair character would exit the show

Vulture

Wilson was asked by Vulture last night if she had any say over her character's fate. “No, I had no say over how the character’s arc was going to end, or how she would die and leave," Wilson replied. "I always hoped that she would … I always had the image that she would walk into the sunset with her son with no man,” Wilson said, adding, “That’s what I hoped for her. But no.”