![]() ![]() She even helps him repair the cracks with his fiancée Faye (Kate Arrington, Knives and Skin ) en route to the couple’s wedding, and she brings her now-boyfriend Richard (Guy Pearce, Memento ) as her date to the festivity. Mare also makes peace with her ex-husband Frank (David Denman, Brightburn ), acknowledging her lack of growth since their marriage ended. She sweetly encourages her daughter to pursue her dreams and supports Siobhan’s decision to go cross country to attend college at Berkeley. Mare’s contentious relationship with her equally rebellious teenage daughter Siobhan (Angourie Rice, The Nice Guys ) also came to a satisfying conclusion. When the latter drops her custody case for her son due to a hard-fought relapse, the two women come together to ensure the boy is always taken care of. It was nice to see Mare show some compassion and understanding towards Carrie (Sosie Bacon, 13 Reasons Why ), the recovering drug addict who’s the mother of her grandson, Drew. This comes through even more in “Sacrament” with all the various storylines being resolved over an eight-month time-lapse, and the episode’s title refers to Deacon Mark’s sermon at the end informing us viewers of such. The Oscar and Emmy-winning actress has been excellent throughout this series to no surprise, but her many screen partners have more than held their own as well. Regardless, the meat and potatoes of Mare of Easttown has always been Winslet’s multi-faceted and well-developed protagonist. But to be honest, the big reveal of Ryan being the one who pulled the trigger made total sense and fit with the surrounding events. Some complaining that those plotlines went nowhere is understandable, and maybe even wanting the background of the actual culprit to be a bit juicier. Not to mention that Deacon Mark Burton (James McArdle, Star Wars: The Force Awakens ) was a prime suspect to begin with because of his rumored checkered past with an underage girl, which was ignored completely after he was cleared of the murder. The best examples to me were Dylan (Jack Mulhern, The Society ) and Jess (Ruby Cruz, Castle Rock ) stealing and destroying Erin’s journals, and yet Jess still keeping the incriminating photo of Erin and John in bed together. ![]() Granted, this writer accepts how some fans felt that a few misdirections appeared to lead to eventual dead ends or that some characters’ actions weren’t fully explored. The murder mystery portion of Easttown always seemed to be the big appeal to casual viewers, and a few other reviews expressed disappointment in its outcome. Needless to say, with the parties involved being longtime family friends, Mare herself takes little satisfaction in finally wrapping up the case. Having known his dad was having an affair with Erin and wanting to keep his family together, the regretful boy admits to accidentally shooting her in an impulsive attempt to scare her away. ![]() ![]() However, Mare later discovers the ultimate truth when she links the missing rare handgun used as the murder weapon to John and Lori (Julianne Nicholson, I, Tonya )’s 13-year-old son Ryan (Cameron Mann, For Life ). The two brothers become overcome with guilt after being implicated in Erin McMenamin’s death, with John confessing to being both her killer as well as the father to her infant son, D.J. Picking up immediately from where last week left off, Mare (Winslet) tracks down and arrests John (Joe Tippett, Gray Matters ) and Billy Ross (Robbie Tann, Preacher ) on their fishing trip. If any people watching have not reached the final episode of Easttown, yours truly is urging you here to beware of spoilers for the last time. Besides its lead actress steering the ship, showrunner/creator Brad Inglesby and director Craig Zobel deserve equal praise as well. Questions were answered, loose ends were tied up, and our beautifully flawed, multi-layered heroine finally seemed to get some peace. The last episode titled ‘Sacrament’ was extremely satisfying and did plenty of things right to conclude the series’ multiple story arcs. During the entire run, the limited series starring Kate Winslet has mastered the marriage of two different genres, that of the murder mystery and the family drama. HBO’s Mare of Easttown finale brought the goods that us loyal viewers all expected it to. ![]()
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