![]() Though Mare of Easttown plays by the crime drama rules and gives the TV gods the spilt young blood they demand, the real tragedy of episode 1 is everything that comes before the murder.Įrin McMenamin (Cailee Spaeny) is ostensibly the second lead character of “Miss Lady Hawk Herself” alongside Miss Lady Hawk Herself (Winslet’s Mare Sheehan). The sight of that blue fingernail polish hurts even more because we’ve come to truly care for the person who painted it on. There’s something different about this deathly tableau this time though. Mare of Easttown episode 1 does not feature this exact scene, but it’s sure to come in episode 2 because the series’ first hour concludes with the pale, limp body of Erin McMenamin (identified by her blue fingernail polish) laying in a Chester County creek. Detectives hover around the naked form with the same disappointed curiosity that one does for a cardinal that crashed into a window. The body in question will have belonged to a beautiful young person, often a woman, cut down in their prime. From Broadchurch to True Detective to beyond, the first episode of any given crime drama will feature the discovery of a dead body. ![]() That’s because crime dramas on television have developed a consistent, grim rhythm. But you already knew that.Įven if you’ve not seen episode 1, “Miss Lady Hawk Herself”, you just intrinsically know that the HBO series starring Kate Winslet as an Eastern Pennsylvanian detective features a murder. ![]() There’s a dead body at the end of Mare of Easttown’s first episode. This article contains spoilers for Mare of Easttown episode 1.
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