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One thing that I really appreciate about Mare of Easstown is the urgency with which characters share information. In these murder mystery shows, the audience is often aware of crucial details weeks before the characters decide to open up to one another. That can become frustrating the longer it drags on. Mare is refreshing in that regard, and this third episode, in particular, wastes no time spilling its secrets to anyone in earshot. Following last week’s revelation that Frank (David Denman) might be the real father of Erin’s (Cailee Spaeny) baby, Lori (Julianne Nicholson) quickly...

One thing that I really appreciate about Mare of Easstown is the urgency with which characters share information. In these murder mystery shows, the audience is often aware of crucial details weeks before the characters decide to open up to one another. That can become frustrating the longer it drags on. Mare is refreshing in that regard, and this third episode, in particular, wastes no time spilling its secrets to anyone in earshot. Following last week’s revelation that Frank (David Denman) might be the real father of Erin’s (Cailee Spaeny) baby, Lori (Julianne Nicholson) quickly...

Mare of Easttown shares similarities with other gloomy crime dramas and specifically referenced True Detective. However, following the second episode, there is another show Mare draws a more obvious comparison to, and that’s Broadchurch, the popular British serial that also revolved around a murder in a small, close-knit community. There are clear surface similarities: a female police detective tasked with interrogating close friends and acquaintances, the male investigator brought in to help from out of town, the way everyone in Easttown is connected and hiding secrets, there is even...

HBO’s darkly engaging crime story “Mare of Easttown” finds executive producer and star Kate Winslet playing two roles, though not in the Mark Ruffalo “This Much I Know is True” sense. One role is the tough, tight-lipped eastern Pennsylvania police detective coping with buried personal trauma, a year-old missing-persons case and the grisly murder of a teenage girl. The murder, which implicates seemingly half of Easttown, lifts the lid off this Rolling Rock variation on “King’s Row” and “Peyton Place.” Winslet’s other role here is that of a...

New HBO show means I (almost) automatically will check it out, and the Mare of Easttown premiere did not disappoint! The premisce isn't particularly original, but it's well acted (how could it not be, with Kate Winslet as the lead, and a cast that also happens to include Julianne Nicholson, Evan Peters, and Pam from The Office's own ex-boyfriend: David Denman), well written, and the plot is intriguing enough that you'll want more by the time the episode closes. Prestige drama indeed, and while I wait for Succession to (finally) come back, I'll happily watch this kind of series. In fact, af...