'Mare of Easttown' Episode 4 Recap: 'Poor Sisyphus'
HBO Sisyphus is one of Greek mythology's more memorable tales: the man who cheated death twice but couldn't escape his comeuppance when it finally came for him. As the title of this week's instalment suggests, Mare is feeling very sorry for herself after the showdown which closed out the previous episode, staring at the ceiling as her family leave for work. After trying to frame Carrie with a packet of heroin, and the regrets over her relationship with her son before he killed himself, Mare is finally having to face her daemons as her decisions catch up with her. Down at the police station,...