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“#’Mare of Easttown’ Finale Sticks the Landing<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Welcome to our new weekly column<\/em> Can\u2019t Miss Episode of the Week! Every Saturday we\u2019ll be spotlighting a different episode of television from the previous week that we thought was exceptional and a must-see. Check back every Saturday to see if your favorite show got the nod \u2014 or to learn about a new one!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In an age of bingeing, it\u2019s exciting when a show becomes a cultural event, when everybody watches week to week, and each new episode becomes fodder for passionate water-cooler talk the next day. One show that did that recently was HBO Max\u2019s The Undoing<\/em> last October, but when it came time for the series<\/a> finale, it failed to live up to the hype. So, when HBO recently came out with a new murder mystery drama that took viewers by storm, we all had to wonder, would Mare of Easttown<\/em> pull an Undoing<\/em>, or would they stick the landing? Well, the series finale (it was intended as a limited series, but we\u2019ll just have to see if it goes all Big Little Lies<\/em> and The Flight Attendant<\/em> on us with an announcement for a second season) aired on Sunday May 30, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief, because it was a massively satisfying ending.<\/p>\n

Mare of Easttown<\/em>, if you haven\u2019t been watching it, is a gritty drama that takes place in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, and follows detective Mare Sheehan (played by Kate Winslet with a pitch-perfect Delco accent) whose life has been marred by personal tragedy. And while yes, a couple of major cases (which it turns out, are not related) dominate the series, what grounds this otherwise generic dark and twisty \u201cmurder durder<\/a>\u201d show are the characters, and the specific world they inhabit. The finale leans into those elements, and is a big part of why it\u2019s so successful.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true, unlike The Undoing<\/em>, that the answer to who murdered the teenage mom Erin (Cailee Spaeny) is actually a big twist, and one that the show smartly saves for later in the episode. The majority of the finale, however, focuses on Mare doing the work to heal herself and her family. She\u2019s arguably gone through more than any one person can bare, what with dealing with her son Kevin\u2019s (Cody Kostro) suicide, the breakup of her marriage, and, more recently, watching her partner (and almost romantic interest) detective Colin Zabel (Evan Peters) get shot and killed right in front of her. But here\u2019s what\u2019s different about Mare now from how she was at the beginning of the show: She wants<\/em> to get better. This episode, we see her continue to work with the therapist the department set her up with, who suggests that now that both cases have been solved, maybe Mare can finally confront her grief over losing her son.<\/p>\n

\"Mare<\/p>\n

(Credit: HBO)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The scene that best exemplifies how far Mare has come on her emotional journey is where she is sitting having a meal with her daughter Siobhan (Angourie Rice), her ex-husband Frank (David Denman), his fiance Faye (Kate Arrington), and Mare\u2019s mother Helen (Jean Smart). In the season premiere, Mare was at odds with her family over Frank\u2019s getting remarried, but in this scene, Mare is actually sitting and laughing with Frank and Faye. It\u2019s real evidence that she\u2019s trying to move on from the past. She even has an open and honest discussion with Helen in this scene, about why they\u2019ve had a rocky relationship. It seems Helen\u2019s been doing some thinking of her own, because she apologizes to Mare for not always being the best mother.<\/p>\n

The murder mystery, it turns out, was just a catalyst for the show to dig into these characters\u2019 lives, and make us care about them. It\u2019s what makes the show more than just a series of plot twists, but something for all of us to come together over, and keep talking about long after it\u2019s over. The final shot of the entire series will likely remain in viewers\u2019 minds for a long time, as we watch Mare climb up the attic stairs to finally confront the place where her son killed himself. In just one image, the show manages to convey exactly what it\u2019s all about. Now that\u2019s cinema.<\/p>\n

\"Julianne<\/p>\n

(Credit: HBO)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Other observations that we thought made this episode stand out:<\/strong><\/p>\n