Mare of Easttown
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Is it a prestige cable crime drama if a young woman doesnt die in the first episode?
Im sorry to be so cynical, butMare of Easttownbegins with an upsetting amount of familiarity.
One young woman disappeared a year ago in Easttown, Pennsylvania.
To the day, another girl is found dead.
And now Easttown has two, with detective Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) in the middle.
Mare is a difficult woman, no doubt.
The chip on her shoulder is a mountain range, and every person seems to irritate her.
The woman who hascancerand whose daughter hasdisappeared into thin airis somehow the focus of Mares ire and defensiveness.
), excels here, imbuing all of Mares physicality and facial expressions with some degree of annoyance.
Can a person limp or vape exasperatedly?
You wouldnt assume so, but Winslet does it.
Would I pay to watch a game of HORSE between Affleck and Winslet in their respective basketball-playing Ingelsby characters?
Yes, I would.
Is anyone who lives here happy?
A year before, Katie Bailey disappeared.
She doesnt exactly say Mare Sheehan fucked this up, but the implication is heavy.
Mare, for her part, is defensive rather than sympathetic.
Still, Chief Carter isnt backing down, since Dawns interview is putting so much pressure on the force.
Go back to the file.
She reacts to Beths admission that she wishes Freddie were dead without judgment.
Its kind of strange, then, to see how much Mare changes after interacting with her family.
What key in of person accosts the mother of a missing child?
What would have happened if Siobhan hadnt stepped in?
Its impossible to say.
Can Mare solve the mystery this time, or will Erin join Katie in weighing upon Mares conscience?
That would certainly fit thematically.
Maybe a Chris Messina inSharp Objectstype?
He looked like a ferret is actually a pretty good description, no?
Remember when the impossible happened was the newspaper headline celebrating the 25th anniversary of Mares high-school basketball triumph.
Sounds like a tagline for that new Disney+ showBig Shot.
Jeffrey Dahmer in Ryan Murphys miniseries about the serial killer.
Peters has the range, etc.
Things are bleak, and its no wonder that the opioid crisis seems to have firmly taken hold here.
to Officer Trammell before he drives Freddie to the local shelter.
Meanwhile, Winslets best line delivery: Her utterly unenthused Oh.
Congratulations, to Frank.
