Mare of Easttown
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Thousands of years later, of the various Christian sacraments, confession and forgiveness remain of particular importance.
For the preceding six episodes, weve seen Easttown as a bleak, suffocating place.
Parents and children who cant seem to stand each other, and neighbors turning on one another.
Erin is still dead.
Colin is still dead.
Freddie is still dead.
Kevin is still dead.
Carrie is still slipping back into her addiction.
The Ross family is still torn apart by incest, lies, and abuse.
Im not sure Lori and Mares friendship will ever fully be the same again.
But as a slight tipping of the scales?
As a brief glimmer of a better future?
Yes, and yes.
Can I muster much empathy up in my heart for John Ross, though?
Im gonna also go withno.
It was always John.
Are any of Johns and Loris actions forgivable because they were trying to protect Ryan?
Any of their lies, their obfuscations, their mistruths?
Then the reveal that Lori lied to Mare?
Getting together with Richard, at least until he leaves for another one-year visiting professor gig: good!
Growing closer to Siobhan: good!
Continuing to go to therapy: good!
But Mare is Mare.
This is the same woman who went into Mr. Pottss house without a gun and a badge.
Mare could never have left this alone.
Its not in her nature.
Maybe theres still time for Ryan to become a different person.
Cameron Mann is just devastating in that scene with Julianne Nicholson.
His crying delivery of Its Mare, she knows!
Shes on her way here!
Remember, though: hope, confession, forgiveness.
Chief Carter says to Mare that she might not be all right, But youre gonna survive.
Frank and Faye get married.
Beth gives Freddies home to Katie and her daughter.
Moira opens the door to Mare, and Lori accepts the hug that is offered.
Did John buy it pretending to be Billy?
Or did John have Billy buy it to give to Erin?
Another detail that I still cant work out: When did the Jess/Sean/Dylan partnership happen, and why?
Mann made a solid impression in this final episode, and his Hey, DJ.
Hello, was particularly poignant.
No ones gonna miss a fuckup like me.
We had this connection.
face should have a long life on Twitter.
Erin and John used prepaid burners!
Did they buy them from Lester Freamon?
Am I too sentimental for wishing there were a scene where Mare went to Colins grave?
Siobhan is really on her way to Berkeley?
Thats not how college admissions work!
And we never even saw her finished documentary!
Amusing to me how the healthier-and-happier version of Mare just looked … more like normal Kate Winslet.
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