That’s why the series’ setting is in its title. Mare of Easttown knows that its greatest selling point is its sense of place. She needs help, but cannot seem to find it. That math of her life just simply doesn’t add up. There is no drug addiction or death to be found (though Erin’s mom is conspicuously absent), only one ill-conceived night with a local dickhead that unfortunately ended up with a well-conceived pregnancy. On the contrary, the circumstances of her plight are depressingly normal. Through it all, Erin must endure the constant high-level anxiety of not knowing how to pay for a crucial procedure that will fix DJ’s frequent ear infections.Įrin is not the kind of character we often get to see on television, because her struggles aren’t particularly sexy. All the while she is tormented by Dylan’s new girlfriend Brianna (unquestionably the biggest asshole). She then is forced to hand DJ off to his father Dylan (who is an even bigger asshole). Erin, a teenage mother, has to live with her father, Kenny (who is a huge asshole). We then get to see Erin prove just how much she loves the wee baby DJ by the absolute day-to-day terror she must deal with to keep him safe and fed. She is the second Easttown resident the viewer meets, as she begins her day by telling her baby DJ “Sometimes I wonder if you even realize how much I love you.” Though Mare of Easttown plays by the crime drama rules and gives the TV gods the spilt young blood they demand, the real tragedy of episode 1 is everything that comes before the murder.Įrin McMenamin (Cailee Spaeny) is ostensibly the second lead character of “Miss Lady Hawk Herself” alongside Miss Lady Hawk Herself (Winslet’s Mare Sheehan). The sight of that blue fingernail polish hurts even more because we’ve come to truly care for the person who painted it on. There’s something different about this deathly tableau this time though. Mare of Easttown episode 1 does not feature this exact scene, but it’s sure to come in episode 2 because the series’ first hour concludes with the pale, limp body of Erin McMenamin (identified by her blue fingernail polish) laying in a Chester County creek. Detectives hover around the naked form with the same disappointed curiosity that one does for a cardinal that crashed into a window. The body in question will have belonged to a beautiful young person, often a woman, cut down in their prime. From Broadchurch to True Detective to beyond, the first episode of any given crime drama will feature the discovery of a dead body. That’s because crime dramas on television have developed a consistent, grim rhythm. But you already knew that.Įven if you’ve not seen episode 1, “Miss Lady Hawk Herself”, you just intrinsically know that the HBO series starring Kate Winslet as an Eastern Pennsylvanian detective features a murder. There’s a dead body at the end of Mare of Easttown’s first episode. This article contains spoilers for Mare of Easttown episode 1.
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