Mare Of Easttown on HBO (character, annoying, BBC, series)

[Bungalove]

I thought it was a fantastic series that kept up the suspense. I didn't think the ending was Oprah-esque at all. Just because people show emotion by hugging and crying doesn't mean that their problems are solved. Lor still had to deal with the fact that three of her family members were going to jail. Mare, while finally tackling looking in the attic, still had to deal with her son's suicide - that's not an instantaneous process fixed with just one peek. Obviously her mother still had feelings of guilt due to her treatment of Mare as a child. The Guy Pearce thing was a nice side thing, not a major plot development. Hey, sometimes a person deserves a cuddle and a hot roll in the sheets if they're of age and use protection, right? He was a nice guy and no one used anyone else, but there were future possibilities. Real life goes like that a lot.

[astrohip]

Originally Posted by loves2read

But
[]Mr. Carroll’s story about his gun going missing and then found made it sound like months passed between the lost and found but it was only a few hours...that didn’t seem so right
His whole losing Betty and calling Mare was off because Ryan didn’t wait longer to replace the gun
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This bugged me too, and at first, I thought it was a continuity error. I actually went back and watched that scene again. It turns out to make sense, he heard a noise, checked on his gun that night, obviously while the kid had it, then the next time he checked, it was back, since the kid put it right back.

I liked the finale, had a couple twists that made the ending worth watching. No issues with how it ended for most characters. I wouldn't call it Oprah-ness. Mare didn't end up with the guy, her friend lost her family with a kid in juvie, her DIL is back in rehab... lots of real life hardship, not all unicorns and butterflies.


Edit to add: Or what Bungalove said better than me, while I was typing.

[loves2read]

Siobhan
Went to Berkeley
Likely won’t move back

[loves2read]

Originally Posted by astrohip

This bugged me too, and at first, I thought it was a continuity error. I actually went back and watched that scene again. It turns out to make sense, he heard a noise, checked on his gun that night, obviously while the kid had it, then the next time he checked, it was back, since the kid put it right back.

I liked the finale, had a couple twists that made the ending worth watching. No issues with how it ended for most characters. I wouldn't call it Oprah-ness. Mare didn't end up with the guy, her friend lost her family with a kid in juvie, her DIL is back in rehab... lots of real life hardship, not all unicorns and butterflies.


Edit to add: Or what Bungalove said better than me, while I was typing.

But why report it as missing MONTHS later when it really wasn’t “missing” except 2 hrs ???
That was too contrived...
And was the reason why the first and second episode had those characters, their security system
But we didn’t know then he was retired police
So the police special made us think about Mare’s family

I just thought there was a better way to delay the discovery of the gun and shooter than that

[loves2read]

I just thought Juliette Nicholson was the one who really got the shaft
Willing to raise her douchebag husband’s I’ll-begotten son for all those years as the price she paid for her husband to plead to the shooting...
There is some poetic irony in twist...
And where are they getting money to support everyone with her husband in jail?

[Bungalove]

Originally Posted by loves2read

I just thought Juliette Nicholson was the one who really got the shaft
Willing to raise her douchebag husband’s I’ll-begotten son for all those years as the price she paid for her husband to plead to the shooting...
There is some poetic irony in twist...
And where are they getting money to support everyone with her husband in jail?

Well, the two envelopes full of money she received should help some in raising the baby at least. And while she did get the shaft in that instance, she lucked out to the extent that Mare could have had her charged with obstruction of justice (IMHO) for lying big time IRT the shooting.

[Hefe]

On the other hand she got a "son" after losing the other males in her family.

But I agree she didn't look happy at all when her husband asked her to take in his son.

[loves2read]

Originally Posted by Hefe

On the other hand she got a "son" after losing the other males in her family.

But I agree she didn't look happy at all when her husband asked her to take in his son.

Living reminder of how low her husband was
Hard to believe that baby can really be raised with love
Dylan’s parents would have been a better choice IMO
Her husband made her do that as power play
He didn’t care about the baby
Had not helped him get his ear tubes
He was just making her pay for making him the sacrifice vs Ryan

[tmozer]

Originally Posted by loves2read

Ok
So I saw that curve coming...
And it is believable
But

Spoiler

Mr. Carroll’s story about his gun going missing and then found made it sound like months passed between the lost and found but it was only a few hours...that didn’t seem so right
His whole losing Betty and calling Mare was off because Ryan didn’t wait longer to replace the gun
Would have been better if his dad had found the gun in Ryan’s stuff when they were packing for a fishing trip or something...
That was a disappointment as was the Guy Pierce side story

And who would keep a loaded ceremonial gun like that in their shed?? The old man should be charged with gun negligence.

[tmozer]

I was not all that happy with the ending. Just one twist too many IHMO. And it just doesn't sit with me that the 14 yo Ryan could do all that he did and have all those people involved and covering up for him and not get caught until the end.

However it was a well acted series reminiscent of the British BBC detective series I have watched and loved.....