Mare Of Easttown(HBO, 7 Episodes)
Starring Kate Winslet, Jean Smart, Guy Pearce, Julianne Nicholson, Angourie Rice, David Denman, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, and John Douglas Thompson
Directed by Craig Zobel
At around mid-point, or maybe less,a very important character of this gloriously articulate murder-mystery series was suddenly shot dead. My WTF anger and dismay at this turn of events was so palpable I could have broken my television screen and walked off with a scream.
Mare Of Easttown is that rare series which sucks you so deep into the life of the characters you feel their conduct is your responsibility. At one point in the storytelling a young father walks towards his infant baby’s cradle. He has lately gotten to know that he is not the baby’s biological father. As the young man trundled to the cradle I held my breath. What was he going to do?When he picks up the baby and cradles it , I heaved a sigh so loud my neighbours must have woken up.