Mare of Easttown (2021) - TV Series Review
Name - Mare of Easttown No. of Episodes - 7 Runtime - 55 mins each Creator - Brad Ingelsby Director - Craig Zobel Platform - HBO Max, Disney + Hotstar There are very few shows which perfectly encapsulate the feeling of living in a small town, knowing each and every member of the said locality, and the subsequent feeling of both a closeness as well as claustrophobia and exasperation. Mare of Easttown follows Mare Sheehan, a detective investigating the murder of a local teen, which causes old secrets of the inhabitants of the small Philadelphia town to spill over. Mare is a character with a lot of baggage, which slowly gets revealed as the series progresses. She also is a person haunted by a similar case she had been unable to solve for over a year leading to people in the community doubting her detective skills. Her personal troubles include a divorce, her son lost to suicide, an ex-heroin addict daughter-in-law fighting for the custody of her grandson. All of the above issu...