Ending!!

My understanding is that she was ready to leave her husband for him, but he was not willing to leave his children, so she left him at the airport. Her removing the earrings and crying told me she had ended their relationship.

That's my take anyway.

"Who cares? He's a cheeseburger." -- Stewie Griffin

I like the ambiguity of the ending. Did she leave him at the airport? Or did he leave her by staying in the bathroom long enough for her to split?

I think they answered the question of what more do you want by choosing that they didn't want any more than they had. She to have her children with Alessio and he to be with his family.

I feel she just decided she had enough of being second to his family and even though it hurt her she was willing to make his choice for him and end it. Her long time boyfriend said he would give her time to sort it out, so I would guess she stayed with him. I felt his part was vastly absent by not showing how she had been lying to him while we saw what the other wife's reaction was. I so badly wanted to see there reconnection if there even was one. One last point I don't feel she ended it because of her boyfriend or her lover but for her lovers kids.

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These answers are all so interesting and it's amazing how many different view points there are.

I don't agree about his avoiding her by staying in the bathroom. He was smiling and though his smile faded, I don't believe for a second that he was not planning to rejoin her. For me, his smile showed how happy he was with her and the fading of the smile signified the reality of having to going home, and return to his real, unhappy, life and not this fantasy with Anna. That's my interpretation of it.

As for Anna, I think she was going back to what was stable. Two hours a week was just not enough and that's more than a little understandable. Besides, I really think Alessio seemed to love her unconditionally anyway. I don't think I could say the same about Domenico.

I do believe Domenico cared about her, but it was more of an escape for him. His life was chaotic and stressful, he was having to face financial problems and a wife who resented their financial state. His time with Anna was freedom from all of that.

Anna on the other hand wanted to be wanted. Alessio was very placid and she needed, or rather thought she needed, intensity. An affair with a married man gave her that fervor that she believed she needed.

In the end, it was a learning experience for her. She had to learn that though love can be passionate, passion is not always love.

Spare me your 6th grade Michael Moore logic! ~ Secretary Heller; 24, Day 4, 7:30:00 a.m.

I agree that she was trying to be done with it, as her actions demonstrated.
However, if we are to follow what occurred previously, I would find it likely that he texted her at some point.

How she handled it from there is anyone's guess.