Mare of Easttown
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The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a mans heart.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy, Camus wrote.
Finding beauty in tedium might be the only way to keep oneself sane.
Think of what Wendell Pierces Bunk Moreland told McNulty, more than once: Youre no good for people.
Some of it even by themselves!
Their obsessiveness pushes them away from people, because theyre so committed to the job.
They cant hold down relationships, because theyre so committed to the job.
They cant trust anyone, becausetheyre so committed to the job.
No argument from me!
Mare has done bad things.
Does that make her entirely a bad person?
If so, would that somehow make hermoreequipped to catch another bad person?
What does that diversion mean?
That at least on some level, Mare still has the ability to feel shame.
We see a chastened Mare from the very beginning of Poor Sisyphus.
Drew doesnt count; she loves that kid maybe too much.
And sex with Richard doesnt count; sex isnt always the same as intimacy.
Whatever bond Mare and Lori have might be the most important relationship in the formers life.
When Mare says to Colin, Trust me.
Lets try another one: Who is DJs father?
Its not Frank or Dylan, both of whom test negative.
Is it Deacon Mark?
the actor is really showing somethingsolid, which I admittedly didnt anticipate.)
Again, what Mare did to Carrie is wrong.
Especially because loss feels like its catching in Easttown.
Hes targeting sex workers, and hes holding them at what looks like a run-down restaurant: Bennies Tavern.
Colin is on the right track that these two cases are connected, but where does that leave Erin?
And, speaking of Colin: Where does his adorably bashful asking out of Mare leavethem?
Mare is nothing if not brutally direct.
Maybe what Colin said earlier got to her: This is my Mare.
How do you determine the order in which six people take a dump in one car trunk?
How do you even position your body to do that?
What the hells a family meeting?
explains so much about the Sheehans.
Related: You know things are bad when Helen calls Mare by her full name: Mary Ann!
Do you ever give yourself a break?
Richard asks Mare, and hey man, that lady ended up withtwodates for Saturday night!
Shes doing something right!
Where are Erins journals?
If it were DJs birthday, why hide that pendant?
Mare and Helen are definitely going to have a conversation with Siobhan about Anne, right?
but Mare describing the latter as that woman doesnt bode well for the future of this relationship.
Helen hiding ice cream in a bag of frozen vegetables?Genius.
Let the healing begin!
Mare starts therapy, and honestly?
Stick with it, lady,you need it.
