Created and Written by: Brad Ingelsby
Directed by: Craig Zobel
Directed by: Craig Zobel
Starring: Kate Winslet
Streaming on Disney+Hotstar.
It's a murder mystery show. It follows a similar structure, of all shows. We see a world in Ep-1, a murder by the end of Ep-1 and we see all possible characters in the world by Ep-2. By the next few episodes, they create a doubt on some of the characters - they lie about stuff, but not probably because they are the killers, but because they messed something else up which they don't want the cops to know about it. The doubts keep clearing as we go, and finally there's someone amongst the characters who turns out to be the killer. More suspects. Broadchurch, Unbelievable, and most murder mysteries have the same structure.
The good part about Mare of Easttown though is the character exploration of Mare. Her coldness, perhaps her way of overcompensating for being called weak as a woman by sexist men back then. The ending of Ep-3 is my favorite scene of the whole show - it shows us to the extent where Mare can go to have her family with her, to take custody and not let go of anymore people - the way she lost her son. It plays in the grey area, and also acts as an 'all is lost' moment in the show. Zabel's character, I felt was nothing more than a tool for a terrific cliffhanger. It perhaps explores Mare as a person a bit too.
Although one thing I would've done differently is, they arise terrific mystery on the Priest and Dylan in Ep-5, which I felt was too late. They could've done with one of them, in an earlier episode and clear it before moving to the next suspect. That way, Broadchurch was more even. This little unpredictability is interesting, but it felt a bit all over the place at times. Kate Winslet was terrific, her emptiness within, and the way she reacts and responds conveys that she'd have had a past.
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