The HBO mini-series plunges the viewer into the daily life of a small town of 10,000 inhabitants, Easttown , Pennsylvania. Atypical place, where the worst secrets are jealously guarded. The story is presented from the perspective of Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet, 2021 Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries). Investigator disillusioned by the recent suicide of her son. She must solve the murder of a young mother, Erin McMenamin (Cailee Spaeny). This investigation will lead her to discover the secrets hidden by this small town with deceptive appearances. A TROUBLED NARRATIVE CARRIED BY KATE WINSLET. 
Under its air of simple police series, Mare of Easttown hides a beautiful feat of actress and an original choral narrative that stands out from classic police series. The story is not entirely focused on solving the crime. One has the impression that sometimes it takes a back seat and is even a mere pretext to bring out the worst secrets of the seemingly close-knit community. One of the successes of this mini-series lies in the play of actress Kate Winslet who in addition to distilling a gentle game that makes her go through the funny, the depressed or the cantankerous woman. She had to learn to speak with the accent of the Pennsylvania region since the series is entirely filmed there. The author, Brad Ingelsby (co-writer of the film The Fires of Wrath) is also from there. Beyond her work on the accent, she also spent a lot of time upstream in the police station of the city to immerse herself in this universe of local investigations often present in American series. The final rendering of her work is more than bluffing, we really believe that she has practiced this job all her life. A DISTORTING MIRROR. Mare of Easttown sometimes moves away from the traditional detective series where everything is square. On the contrary, here, we find behind the scenes of a small American town well in all respects. It feels like all the characters have a heavy liability that resurfaces over the episodes. The difficulties of Mare's character play the role of a distorting mirror for the other protagonists. His own difficulties including his tormented relationship with his daughter Siobhan (Angourine Rice, The Nice Guys). The cohabitation with her mother Helen Fahey (Jean Smart, 24 hours chrono) who subdues her a little. All these obstacles mixed together bring out the dark sides of the other characters (lies, betrayal). The closer she gets to them, the more their flaws come to light. 
This bias makes it possible to associate the private lives of the characters and the investigation that Mare leads. It is conducive to twists and turns which prevents the series from running out of steam. Here we perceive the importance of upstream development work , which in some series is often neglected. Mare of Easttown leaves nothing to chance, each event fits perfectly into the diegetic universe. 
The series released in April 2021 on HBO and broadcast on OCS is now available on Blu-ray since September 14, 2021. We learned in September that a second season was currently under discussion.
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