![]() ![]() The same pattern has been true of Dawn Bailey over losing Katie, Lori with Ryan's confession, and the whole Sheehan family over the deaths of both Kevin and Helen's husband. It’s like, when are we hiding the ball too much? Because there’s a satisfaction in being able to play that game, I think.”įor all of its twists, turns, missing girls, and shady men, Mare of Easttown is really about grief: the ways we bottle it up and then lash out when it becomes too much. “ There certainly have been times where I’ve seen people write about stuff, how it was shot… It becomes a little bit of a thing in the edit. “ I have to admit, that happened more than I even thought,” Zobel says with a laugh. The theories got pretty wild online, with fans picking apart every frame for clues. With the mystery now solved, we can clearly see all the red herrings that Mare laid out along the way, from Erin’s ex Dylan to Deacon Mark. But I always felt like just making the choice was enough.” “ I remember thinking about whether or not we needed to actually go up into the attic and be up there. ![]() ![]() We only saw her go up the stairs from afar before it cut to black, but Zobel reveals “ there was discussion at different times” about the camera following Mare all the way up. The finale ended on a hopeful note as well, with Mare at long last dealing with her son Kevin’s death by pulling down the attic stairs and going up there for the first time since she found him hanging there. Bolstered by wrenching human performances, the ending avoided going off the rails - a la the crash-and-burn hysteria of “The Undoing’s” atrocious conclusion - and even proved more moving than a show with this many fake-outs has any right to be. ![]() For as preposterous as the truth may sound, sans context - “the kid is the killer?!” - Episode 7, “Sacrament,” managed to tie up far more of its loose ends than I ever expected, and in ways that proved more and more satisfying on subsequent viewings. The murder-mystery and human drama went hand-in-hand for Mare, and they ended up balancing out “Mare of Easttown,” too. It’s perhaps a shock to the audience, but of no moment to Mare, who arrives at the fishing excursion just in time to catch John trying to murder the only person, so far as we know, with the ability to implicate him in Erin’s murder. Chief Carter is still frantically trying to track Mare down to tell her about the mystery photo, which winds up being a classic “ bae caught me sleeping” selfie with none other than John Ross, the actual father of Erin’s baby. The episode opens with a seamless transition from last week’s episode as Mare trudges toward the riverbank convinced she’s there to take Billy Ross into custody for the murder of Erin McMenamin. But full credit to Mare for finding a way to make that feel fresh, thanks to the depth of this little community that's been developed over the previous six episodes. Like so many other sad murder shows, the finale began with a pretty clear suspect, followed by the reveal of the true killer, resulting in an even greater tragedy. It's been a long sad journey already with Mare of Easttown, so no surprise that the finale delivered similar vibes. Mare is based on a police officer friend who Ingelsby grew up with, the filmmaker said. He said he drew inspiration for the town and its characters from his hometown of Easttown Township in Pennsylvania, where the show was also shot. Rather, he said it is meant to tell the story of " a crime that felt like it could generate the most conflict within a small community." Ingelsby and Lori Ross actress Julianne Nicholson dive into what the emotionally cathartic ending of the Mare means.Ĭreator and executive producer Brad Ingelsby told Town & Country Magazine in April that the show is not about a true crime story he was interested in. A consulting grief specialist on the show gave him the inspiration. This, series creator Brad Ingelsby says, wasn't the final moment he originally had planned for Mare of Easttown. In the closing shot of the episode, after she tied up the loose ends of her various relationships, Kate Winslet's Mare climbed a ladder up the attic. The series finale of Mare of Easttown wrapped up the sad mystery of who killed Erin McMenamin with about 20 more minutes of show left to go. ![]()
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