
Mare of Easttown premieres April 18th on HBO (Starring Kate Winslet)
Mare of Easttown
- By Quendrith Johnson
- Photo Courtesy of HBO
When you get three gentle spoiler alert cautions for Kate Winslet’s new HBO project Mare of Easttown that premieres on April 18, you know it’s a must-watch series. Winslet is ferocious as omber-haired Easttown, PA, Detective Mare Sheehan. With a deeply unsettling slaying to solve, obvious personal failings, rampant unrest in her own extended family and no make-up, Mare is somehow so achingly relatable. Caught between mother (Jean Smart) and daughter (Angourie Rice), lead Kate Winslet is so adept at sounding like she’s a cop from Pennsylvania that you almost forget her Oscar glory. Ironically Winslet’s Titanic heiress was also from Pennsylvania, but from upper-crust Philadelphia. Water sounds like “wudder,” as fringe-element sleuth Mare tears open American working class Easttown to dig for the truth. Joined by other talented cast members Evan Peters, Guy Pearce, and Julianne Nicholson, to name a few, Mare will plumb the depths of despair and self-discovery through a string of crimes and personal tragedies that threaten to engulf her family tree, burn down her self-image. That’s just the facts, ma’am, because the reality baked into this drama is trigger-worthy. Created and written by Brad Ingelsby, with all seven episodes directed By Craig Zobel. Don’t miss this crackling firecracker series Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet, April 18th on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
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