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* {{Adorkable}}: Colin Zabel.
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** Do ''not'' lie, yell or [[mention her son]] around Mare.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Mare and Richard have a OneNightStand, which features some shots of the two of them half-naked. Though this is pretty much guaranteed with Creator/KateWinslet and Creator/GuyPearce.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Mare and Richard have a OneNightStand, one night stand, which features some shots of the two of them half-naked. Though this is pretty much guaranteed with Creator/KateWinslet and Creator/GuyPearce.
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* Adorkable: Colin Zabel.
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* BerserkerTears: Kenny breaks down in a rage and starts to fight his cousin, before collapsing into tears, after hearing about [[spoiler: his daughter's death.]]
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* BadassBoast:
** Mare gives one to Dylan when interrogating him about Erin:
--> '''Mare:''' I'm gonna start digging through your life and I'm gonna find out everything. '''''Every thing'''''. And if you're lying to me, it's gonna be very bad for you.
* BearerOfBadNews: Being a police officer, Mare has to break it to family members that their relative is dead. Judging by her somber expression, it never gets any easier for Mare.
--> '''Mare:''' ''(exhausted and sadened)'' Let's just fucking do this.
* BerserkButton:
** Do ''not'' lie, yell or [[mention her son]] around Mare.
* BerserkerTears: Kenny breaks down in a rage and starts to fight his cousin, before [[DeathWail collapsing intotears, tears]], after hearing about [[spoiler: his daughter's death.]]
** Mare gives one to Dylan when interrogating him about Erin:
--> '''Mare:''' I'm gonna start digging through your life and I'm gonna find out everything. '''''Every thing'''''. And if you're lying to me, it's gonna be very bad for you.
* BearerOfBadNews: Being a police officer, Mare has to break it to family members that their relative is dead. Judging by her somber expression, it never gets any easier for Mare.
--> '''Mare:''' ''(exhausted and sadened)'' Let's just fucking do this.
* BerserkButton:
** Do ''not'' lie, yell or [[mention her son]] around Mare.
* BerserkerTears: Kenny breaks down in a rage and starts to fight his cousin, before [[DeathWail collapsing into
* BluntYes:
--> '''Colin:''' Are you friends with these people?
--> '''Mare:''' Yep.
--> '''Colin:''' Are you friends with these people?
--> '''Mare:''' Yep.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Brianna is this to Erin, even though Erin has to speak to Dylan, as they're co-parenting a child together.
* {{Fanservice}}: Mare and Richard have a OneNightStand, which features some shots of the two of them half-naked. Though this is pretty much guaranteed with Creator/KateWinslet and Creator/GuyPearce.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** The newspaper article of the basketball championship.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** The newspaper article of the basketball championship.
* GloomyGray: Due to the dark material and the cold winters, the landscape is filled with a grey palette.
* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: Mare blames herself for her divorce, not finding Katie, and Kevin's [[spoiler: suicide.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Brianna and her father Tony are violent, hot-tempered people with zero redeemable qualities.
** When the mother of his baby is being attacked, Dylan stands there and doesn't stop it.
* {{Jerkass}}: Brianna and her father Tony are violent, hot-tempered people with zero redeemable qualities.
** When the mother of his baby is being attacked, Dylan stands there and doesn't stop it.
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* MustHaveCaffeine: Mare is frequently seen drinking coffee.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: When a milk carton is thrown through Mare's window, she dusts off the glass from herself and goes back to eating her hoagie.
* MustHaveCaffeine:Mare Wawa coffee is frequently seen drinking coffee.drunk by the characters.
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* RedOniBlueOni:
** Colin is joyful, generally optimistic, by-the-book (Red Oni).
** Mare is more stoic and hot-blooded (Blue Oni).
** Colin is joyful, generally optimistic, by-the-book (Red Oni).
** Mare is more stoic and hot-blooded (Blue Oni).
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* StunnedSilence: After Brianna has mentioned Kevin to Mare, Mare is so shocked and blindsided that [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness her whole demeanor changes]], and her brutal interrogation is replaced by silence. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Colin is so stunned ]] that he gets in another police officer to come in.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Brianna, Dylan. Considering what they did to Erin.
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* TrashTalk: Brianna delivers some seriously ''cruel'' taunts to Erin.
* TraumaButton: When Brianna mentions [[spoiler: Kevin's suicide]], Mare
* TraumaButton: When Brianna mentions [[spoiler: Kevin's suicide]], Mare
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* CloseKnitCommunity: To the detriment of its residents.
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* HatedHometown: Easttown isn't well liked by anyone there, much less Mare.
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* UngratefulTownsfolk: Almost all of the town has turned their back on Mare after she hasn't solved Katie's disappearance.
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* TheAlcoholic: All the Easttown residents are seen consuming alcohol frequently, especially at the end of the day.
* CommonalityConnection: Mare and Richard both suffer from [[GloryDays peaking too early in life]], and suffer to reconcile their current selves in the face of people's expectations.
* DeathByOriginStory: Kevin's suicide is a formative influence on Mare and her family.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mare, Erin, Kevin.
* LadyDrunk: Mare is always shown getting drunk after work. Helen also drinks quite a bit.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: More like ''anniversary'' of disappearance. Katie's one-year anniversary of her disappearance triggers Colin's entrance to the department. When [[spoiler: Erin's body is discovered at the end of the first episode,]] it kicks start the idea of a serial killer.
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* TheUnFavourite: Siobhan clearly doesn't like her mother and greatly favors her father.
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--> '''Mare:''' She beat the sh1t out of Erin in a forest full of kids. Let 'em watch.
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--> '''Mare:''' She beat the sh1t shit out of Erin in a forest full of kids. Let 'em watch.
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--> ''Colin:'' Have a good night, Mare. Good night, Mare. Why don't you have a good "nightmare."
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--> ''Colin:'' '''Colin:''' Have a good night, Mare. Good night, Mare. Why don't you have a good "nightmare."
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* BerserkerTears: Kenny McMenamin breaks down in a rage and starts to fight his cousin, before collapsing into tears, after hearing about [[spoiler: his daughter's death.]]
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* BerserkerTears: Kenny McMenamin breaks down in a rage and starts to fight his cousin, before collapsing into tears, after hearing about [[spoiler: his daughter's death.]]
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* AccidentalPun: Colin farewells Mare.
--> ''Colin:'' Have a good night, Mare. Good night, Mare. Why don't you have a good "nightmare."
--> ''Colin:'' Have a good night, Mare. Good night, Mare. Why don't you have a good "nightmare."
* BerserkerTears: Kenny McMenamin breaks down in a rage and starts to fight his cousin, before collapsing into tears, after hearing about [[spoiler: his daughter's death.]]
* CharacterTic: Kevin and Drew both shared rapid blinking tic, worrying their family that what happened to Kevin could plaque Drew too.
* HandshakeRefusal: Colin first greets Mare with a handshake. She ignores it.
* LeaningOnTheFurniture: Mare does a variation of this pose when she stuffs food into a chair.
* OhCrap: Brianna's face when Mare arrests her.
* PrecisionFStrike:
** When Becca is asked to describe Brianna:
--> '''Becca:''' Total fucking bitch. (''covers her mouth'') Sorry um...She's like a... like a really... like... [[{{Bowdlerise}} bad person.]]
** When Becca is asked to describe Brianna:
--> '''Becca:''' Total fucking bitch. (''covers her mouth'') Sorry um...She's like a... like a really... like... [[{{Bowdlerise}} bad person.]]
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--> ''Mare:'' She beat the sh1t out of Erin in a forest full of kids. Let 'em watch.
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--> ''Colin:'' '''Colin:''' Should we maybe do this outside, or away from the staff and the guests watching?
-->''Mare:'' '''Mare:''' She beat the sh1t out of Erin in a forest full of kids. Let 'em watch.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Mare has to deal with her son [[spoiler: committing suicide]], her husband divorcing her and quickly getting engaged, figuring out what happened to Katie Bailey, dealing with the public backlash from her inability to solve the case, then [[spoiler: Erin McMenaman's body is discovered.]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: Mare has to deal with her son [[spoiler: committing suicide]], her husband divorcing her and quickly getting engaged, figuring out what happened to Katie Bailey, dealing with the public backlash from her inability to solve the case, then [[spoiler: Erin McMenaman's McMenamin's body is discovered.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Mare ignores proper police protocol and arrests Brianna in front of everyone at the restaurant where she works.
--> ''Colin:'' Should we maybe do this outside, or away from the staff and the guests watching?
--> ''Mare:'' She beat the sh1t out of Erin in a forest full of kids. Let 'em watch.
--> ''Colin:'' Should we maybe do this outside, or away from the staff and the guests watching?
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* RealityIsUnrealistic:
** Many local police officers were consulted in preparation for the show and stated that real police investigations are much more mundane than what is often shown.
** Many local police officers were consulted in preparation for the show and stated that real police investigations are much more mundane than what is often shown.
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* DeathGlare: Mare does this quite a bit. Especially with Brianna.
* GenerationXerox: Brianna is just as ruthless and awful as her father.
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* OnlySaneMan: Mare, compared to the residents of Easttown.
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* NotSoDifferent: Mare and Colin, though have different approaches, both want to find the killer/s.
* OnlySaneMan: Mare, compared to the residents of Easttown. Colin, when he sees how tact Mare is to everyone.
* OnlySaneMan: Mare, compared to the residents of Easttown. Colin, when he sees how tact Mare is to everyone.
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* TheStoic: Mare is in this state following the suicide of her son, coupled with the disappearance of Katie Bailey [[spoiler: and later Erin.]] When she is communicating with victims though, she is genuinely sympathetic, and puts up a lot of barriers, living in a town where everyone knows everyone.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: When Mare goes to Richard's celebration.
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* WhamShot: The shot of [[spoiler:Erin dead and naked, lying in a river.]]
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** Brianna to Mare: [[spoiler: "No wonder your son fucking killed himself!!"]]
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** The shot of [[spoiler:Erin dead and naked, lying in a river.]]
** [[spoiler: Kenny shooting Dylan, killing him.]]
** Brianna to Mare: [[spoiler: "No wonder your son fucking killed himself!!"]]
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** The shot of [[spoiler:Erin dead and naked, lying in a river.]]
** [[spoiler: Kenny shooting Dylan, killing him.]]
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In ''Fathers'', when a restaurant owner asks if Mare and Colin are after a table for two, Colin's face lights up. When Mare says no, his face promptly falls.
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All the while, [[FromBadToWorse another body is discovered...]
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After answering a call about a neighborhood prowler, Mare shoulders her chief's directive to revive an unsolved missing person's case with a county detective Colin (Creator/EvanPeters) amid increased community pressure.
Living with her mother Helen (Creator/JeanSmart), daughter Siobhan (Creator/AngourieRice) and grandson Drew, Mare feels exasperated and hopeless with the expectation that's been placed upon her by the town following her high school championship game 25 years earlier. Annoyed about her ex-husband Frank's (Creator/DavidDenman) recent engagement, Mare forms a connection with an out-of-town professor named Richard (Creator/GuyPearce).
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Living with her mother Helen (Creator/JeanSmart), daughter Siobhan (Creator/AngourieRice) and grandson Drew, Mare feels exasperated and hopeless with the expectation that's been placed upon her by the town following her high school championship game 25 years earlier. Annoyed about her ex-husband Frank's (Creator/DavidDenman) recent engagement, Mare forms a connection with an out-of-town professor named Richard (Creator/GuyPearce).
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* DysfunctionJunction: Easttown is filled with tragic characters. It's a rare realistic case, as rural towns surrounded by drug issues will have a magnitude of tragedy.
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* OnlySaneMan: Mare, compared to the residents of Easttown.
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* GloryDays: Mare is constantly in the shadows of her glory 25 years ago and finds it impossible to live up to people's expectations of her.
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* HardboiledDetective: In a rare female version, Mare.
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* BeautyInversion: The exquisitely stunning Creator/KateWinslet thoroughly changed her whole demeanor to portray a [[UnKemptBeauty unkempt,]] [[MessyHair messy-haired]], [[OneOfTheBoys brass]] detective.
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Mare Sheehan (Creator/KateWinslet) is a detective that lives in a small, Pennsylvania town, who investigates a local murder while keeping her life from falling apart.apart.
!!Tropes:
* [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Grandmother:]] Mare is a ''grandmother'' in her mid-40s. It's implied that she had a TeenPregnancy, which then [[GenerationXerox happened again with her son.]]
* AbusiveParents: Erin has a quick-tempered father. When he eats a scalding meal made by Erin, he snaps at her.
* ActionGirl: Mare is a dedicated cop to the town, meaning that she has no aversion to getting physical with the criminals.
* AfraidOfBlood: Officer Ronald Trammel. [[{{Lampshade}} Lampshaded]] by Mare:
--> '''Mare:''' Think maybe you should have thought of that before becoming a cop?
* BeautyInversion: The exquisitely stunning Creator/KateWinslet thoroughly changed her whole demeanor to portray a [[UnKemptBeauty unkempt,]] [[MessyHair messy-haired]], [[OneOfTheBoys brass]] detective.
* BigEater: Mare eats a lot of junk food, often in her car, most likely due to her high-stress job.
* CloseToHome: Mare's investigations into the cases bring up unresolved trauma of her son.
* CoolOldLady: Helen Sheehan is a snarky great-grandmother.
* CowboyCop: To an extent with Mare. Because Easttown is so tiny, she knows everyone, and therefore doesn't apply the typical forced police approach. In saying that, because she knows the criminals, her approach to them is much more personal and strict.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Helen to Mare, after she says that she feels like a fool.
--> '''Helen:''' You're a lot of things I don't like, but you're not a fool.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mare and Helen. Often to each other.
* DefectiveDetective: Where do we start with Mare? She has a fractured relationship with her family, is raising her grandchild, her ex-husband is remarrying, she cannot solve a cold case, and her son recently [[spoiler: committed suicide.]]
* EmotionEater: If the
* {{Hallucinations}}: When Mare is lying in bed with her grandson, Drew, she has a vision of her late son, Kevin.
* InSeriesNickname: Mare has "Miss Lady Hawk", after her triumphant shot in a basketball game 25 years ago. Easttown has never relinquished the nickname, which Mare actually hates.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Mare is frequently seen drinking coffee.
* PoliceProcedural: Presents a realistic portrayal of policing in a rural, drug-affected town.
* TeenPregnancy: Easttown is filled with it.
* {{Tomboy}}: Mare.
* ThatOneCase: Mare believes that the case of Katie is a simple drug overdose. Then Erin dies, leading people to speculate that it's the work of a serial killer.
* WhamShot: The shot of [[spoiler:Erin dead and naked, lying in a river.]]
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* [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Grandmother:]] Mare is a ''grandmother'' in her mid-40s. It's implied that she had a TeenPregnancy, which then [[GenerationXerox happened again with her son.]]
* AbusiveParents: Erin has a quick-tempered father. When he eats a scalding meal made by Erin, he snaps at her.
* ActionGirl: Mare is a dedicated cop to the town, meaning that she has no aversion to getting physical with the criminals.
* AfraidOfBlood: Officer Ronald Trammel. [[{{Lampshade}} Lampshaded]] by Mare:
--> '''Mare:''' Think maybe you should have thought of that before becoming a cop?
* BeautyInversion: The exquisitely stunning Creator/KateWinslet thoroughly changed her whole demeanor to portray a [[UnKemptBeauty unkempt,]] [[MessyHair messy-haired]], [[OneOfTheBoys brass]] detective.
* BigEater: Mare eats a lot of junk food, often in her car, most likely due to her high-stress job.
* CloseToHome: Mare's investigations into the cases bring up unresolved trauma of her son.
* CoolOldLady: Helen Sheehan is a snarky great-grandmother.
* CowboyCop: To an extent with Mare. Because Easttown is so tiny, she knows everyone, and therefore doesn't apply the typical forced police approach. In saying that, because she knows the criminals, her approach to them is much more personal and strict.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: Helen to Mare, after she says that she feels like a fool.
--> '''Helen:''' You're a lot of things I don't like, but you're not a fool.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mare and Helen. Often to each other.
* DefectiveDetective: Where do we start with Mare? She has a fractured relationship with her family, is raising her grandchild, her ex-husband is remarrying, she cannot solve a cold case, and her son recently [[spoiler: committed suicide.]]
* EmotionEater: If the
* {{Hallucinations}}: When Mare is lying in bed with her grandson, Drew, she has a vision of her late son, Kevin.
* InSeriesNickname: Mare has "Miss Lady Hawk", after her triumphant shot in a basketball game 25 years ago. Easttown has never relinquished the nickname, which Mare actually hates.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Mare is frequently seen drinking coffee.
* PoliceProcedural: Presents a realistic portrayal of policing in a rural, drug-affected town.
* TeenPregnancy: Easttown is filled with it.
* {{Tomboy}}: Mare.
* ThatOneCase: Mare believes that the case of Katie is a simple drug overdose. Then Erin dies, leading people to speculate that it's the work of a serial killer.
* WhamShot: The shot of [[spoiler:Erin dead and naked, lying in a river.]]
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Mare Sheehan (''Creator/KateWinslet'') (Creator/KateWinslet) is a detective that lives in a small, Pennsylvania town, who investigates a local murder while keeping her life from falling apart.
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Mare Sheehan (''KateWinslet'') (''Creator/KateWinslet'') is a detective that lives in a small, Pennsylvania town, who investigates a local murder while keeping her life from falling apart.
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''Mare Of Easttown'' is a 2021 HBO series that centers on a Pennsylvanian detective trying to solve a murder.
Mare Sheehan (''KateWinslet'') is a detective that lives in a small, Pennsylvania town, who investigates a local murder while keeping her life from falling apart.
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''Mare Of Easttown'' is a 2021 HBO series that centers on a Pennsylvanian detective trying to solve a murder.
Mare Sheehan (''KateWinslet'') is a detective that lives in a small, Pennsylvania town, who investigates a local murder while keeping her life from falling apart.
