{"id":235468,"date":"2021-04-26T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T03:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/shocking-secrets-emerge-as-murder-investigation-begins-recap\/"},"modified":"2021-04-26T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T03:00:29","slug":"shocking-secrets-emerge-as-murder-investigation-begins-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/shocking-secrets-emerge-as-murder-investigation-begins-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#Shocking Secrets Emerge as Murder Investigation Begins (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Shocking Secrets Emerge as Murder Investigation Begins (RECAP)<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

[Warning: The below contains spoilers for Mare of Easttown<\/em><\/strong><\/b> Episode 2<\/strong>, \u201cFathers.\u201d]<\/b><\/p>\n

In last week\u2019s recap, I mentioned how Mare of Easttown<\/em> shares similarities with other gloomy crime dramas and specifically referenced True Detective<\/em>. However, following the second episode, there is another show Mare<\/em> draws a more obvious comparison to, and that\u2019s Broadchurch<\/em>, the popular British serial that also revolved around a murder in a small, close-knit community.<\/p>\n

There are clear surface similarities: a female police detective tasked with interrogating close friends and acquaintances, the male investigator brought in to help from out of town, the way everyone in Easttown is connected and hiding secrets, there is even the noticeable vernacular (except the Dorset accents have been replaced by the distinct tones of Delaware County). And, like Broadchurch<\/em>, Mare<\/em> brings all of this together to create a compelling mystery rich in character.<\/p>\n

This episode picks up where we left last week with the discovery of Erin\u2019s (Cailee Spaeny) body. With one girl still missing and now another dead, Chief Carter (John Douglas Thompson) has no choice but to bring in outside assistance, much to detective Mare Sheehan\u2019s (Kate Winslet) reluctance. In steps Colin Zabel (Evan Peters), the hotshot young cop with a great track record in solving missing person\u2019s cases. There is an initial iciness to this new partnership, but Colin starts to crack through by the end of the episode as he proves he isn\u2019t here to take over; he\u2019s here to bring an objective perspective and help Mare.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as if Mare couldn\u2019t use the help, even though she\u2019ll never admit it. Not only does she have the unsolved Katie Bailey case hanging over her and all the public backlash that comes with that, but now she has a dead 17-year-old girl who was well known to the neighborhood. Mare now has to navigate running a murder investigation while maintaining her relationships with the Easttown locals, many of whom she considers friends, or, at least, who consider her a friend.<\/p>\n

When she breaks the tragic news<\/a> to Erin\u2019s father, Kenny (Patrick Murney), she does so in as comforting a way as Mare can, even bringing along Kenny\u2019s cousins for emotional support. But she still has to do her job as a cop and ask this distraught father where he was last night. In Kenny\u2019s mind, only one person is responsible for killing his daughter, and that\u2019s Dylan (Jack Mulhern), her ex-boyfriend. Kenny tells Mare that Dylan never wanted a child and resented Erin for having the baby.<\/p>\n

\"Evan<\/p>\n

HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dylan, however, pleads his innocence, claiming never to have talked to Erin the night before and that he was back home from the party in the woods by midnight. Even though Dylan is later caught on camera alongside his new girlfriend Brianna (Mackenzie Lansing), who assaulted Erin, there isn\u2019t anything specific to charge him with, though Mare threatens to dig into his past and uncover all his secrets should he not comply with the investigation.<\/p>\n

Brianna isn\u2019t so lucky, as Mare makes a public show of arresting her at work in front of her parents and a restaurant full of customers. This doesn\u2019t go down well with Brianna\u2019s father, Tony (Eric T. Miller), who spends the rest of the episode stalking Mare around town and making thinly veiled threats. He even launches a milk bottle through Mare\u2019s window, though that isn\u2019t enough to distract her from chowing down on a hoagie \u2014 she just brushes the broken glass off her shoulder and keeps eating.<\/p>\n

But this is an example of how difficult it is to conduct a murder case with people you know personally. There is more emotion attached. Mare is judged harshly no matter what she does. It\u2019s why she\u2019s so furious at Siobhan (Angourie Rice) when it\u2019s seen that she\u2019s in the video helping Erin after Brianna\u2019s attack. That Mare didn\u2019t know about her own daughter being a potential witness only reflects negatively on her. This is why Colin being new to Easttown is a blessing, even if Mare doesn\u2019t quite realize it yet.<\/p>\n

Mare doesn\u2019t seem to accept help in general<\/a>, both at work and in her personal life, which comes with its own problems. Not only does her ex-husband Frank (David Denman) live behind her, but she\u2019s also caring for her grandson, Drew (Izzy King), who suffers from various tics and behavioral problems. And if it\u2019s not hard enough looking after a troubled child, there is the looming threat of Drew\u2019s mother trying to gain full custody, something Mare\u2019s own mother (Jean Smart) tries to keep secret.<\/p>\n

These family issues shed some light on Mare\u2019s background and what happ<\/a>ened to Drew\u2019s father, Kevin. This information is brutally brought to our attention during Brianna\u2019s interrogation when she calls Mare a \u201cbitch\u201d and tells her, \u201cThere\u2019s no wonder your son killed himself.\u201d Losing a son in such a way explains a little about Mare\u2019s personality and attitude. Her aloofness and unwillingness to open up and accept help stems from a sort of self-protection, bottling up her feelings and disengaging with the reality of the situation.<\/p>\n

Mare pretty much states this outright when she meets with a doctor regarding Drew\u2019s ailments. She explains how her own son suffered from similar tics as a child, which then developed into further problems, something she and Frank could never fix or figure out. Eventually, it got to a point where Mare just mentally checked out. And now Kevin isn\u2019t here anymore. The doctor suggests that Mare talks to someone to help cope with the grief of losing her son, but Mare essentially scoffs at the idea.<\/p>\n

\"Kate<\/p>\n

HBO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Instead, Mare loses herself in her work, even against her mother\u2019s advice that she should take a little time for herself. She does eventually take a short break to attend Richard\u2019s (Guy Pearce) book celebration party. It doesn\u2019t exactly go to plan, though, as Richard is tied up with adoring fans, and Mare is left alone, spitting out ill-tasting hors d\u2019oeuvres and stuffing them in a napkin down the back of a sofa. It\u2019s only by the grace of Richard\u2019s deeply apologetic rambling that she decides to stick around. \u201cYou\u2019re not getting laid tonight,\u201d she makes clear.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kenny decides to take justice into his own hands and ambushes Dylan. With a gun pointed at the back of Dylan\u2019s head, Kenny orders him to drive out to a dark country backroad. Dylan desperately begs for his life as he\u2019s told to step out of the vehicle, pleading that he had nothing to do with Erin\u2019s death. But Kenny isn\u2019t thinking straight, he\u2019s consumed by revenge, and as Dylan makes a run for it, Kenny lets off two shots in Dylan\u2019s back, presumably killing him, though it\u2019s not confirmed.<\/p>\n

But is Dylan the killer? It doesn\u2019t seem likely. It\u2019s way too obvious for a show like this. And what Mare<\/em> does well, the same way Broadchurch<\/em> did, is introducing an ensemble of characters that could all be potential suspects. The characters all seem to have connections to Erin, some small, some more significant, whether it\u2019s the deacon of the church that Erin helped out as a kid, or her former math teacher, Frank. And it\u2019s Frank in the spotlight at the cliffhanger of this episode.<\/p>\n

Early in the episode, Mare asks Frank, who is a high school teacher, if he knew Erin. He says he taught her algebra for a brief period and that she was a quiet girl who he could sense had troubles at home. But he didn\u2019t really know her<\/em>. However, a bombshell from Erin\u2019s best friend Jess (Ruby Cruz) throws into question Frank\u2019s claims. Jess reveals that Erin told her a secret, that Dylan isn\u2019t the real father of her baby, and while Erin never told her who the real father is, she has strong suspicions it\u2019s Frank.<\/p>\n

If Mare thinks it\u2019s challenging to juggle a murder investigation with real-life relationships, things will only worsen when she finds out her ex-husband is potentially involved. But she doesn\u2019t know yet, as Jess chose to tell Mare\u2019s best friend Lori (Julianne Nicholson) first, rather than bring such a loaded accusation to Frank\u2019s ex-wife. However, given how connected everyone is in Easttown, one imagines it won\u2019t be long before this news does the rounds.<\/p>\n

Mare<\/em> will unlikely ever make you say, \u201cWow, I\u2019ve never seen anything like this before,\u201d but there is almost a sense of comfort in these crime drama tropes when they\u2019re done well. And so far, Mare<\/em> is doing them very well by building a well-realized ensemble of characters and dangling some intriguing questions for us to chew on like a delicious hoagie.<\/p>\n

Mare of Easttown<\/em>, Season 1, Sundays, HBO<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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