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The new HBO crime drama
Mare of Easttown opens with shots of a small town tableau. Soon after, we see a beleaguered Kate Winslet hitting a vape.
Wait a minute now, I thought,
are we in a tight-knit community where nobody is quite what they seem … and is this detective trying to solve a crime while she’s wrestling with her personal demons???
The sad TV detective trope is well-worn by now. Sometime in the last 15 years, it was decided that if we’re going to see a character solve a crime on television, they better come with some serious baggage. (I like to imagine that the directive came from a fat cat studio exec chomping on a cigar and shouting “Sadder! Make ‘em sadder!”)