Mare of Easttown
Season 1
7 listed hours · 2021 · HBO
From the desk
How this season is filed
Watch Kate Winslet's monumental, un-vanity Mare Sheehan in Brad Ingelsby's seven-episode Delco mystery. The murder matters; the mourning matters more. Crime prestige that treats accent and place as character — one season, high craft, rewatch for the faces in the background.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Mare of Easttown (2021) on HBO as the only listed season — 7 listed hours, 2021-04-18–2021-05-30 from “Miss Lady Hawk Herself” (S01E01) to “Sacrament” (S01E07). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Miss Lady Hawk Herself
Miss Lady Hawk Herself as the un-vanity contract: Kate Winslet's Mare already local, Brad Ingelsby's Delco treating place as character, not scenery.
- S01E07 Sacrament
Sacrament as the seven-episode close: crime prestige that lets mourning outrank the twist, one season, high craft, faces in the background still the point.
- S01E02 Fathers
Fathers as the second Delco hour: family physics over procedural gadgetry, accent watchers already posted, Winslet still refusing a vanity close-up.
- S01E03 Enter Number Two
Enter Number Two as the case widening: still mourning-first television, the murder mattering because the town does, not because a puzzle demands it.
- S01E04 Poor Sisyphus
Poor Sisyphus as the titled grind: detective work as repetition, Ingelsby letting the myth joke sit on a cop who cannot put the rock down.
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S01E01 Miss Lady Hawk Herself
After answering a call about a neighborhood prowler, Detective Mare Sheehan shoulders her chief's directive to revive an unsolved missing person's case amid increased community pressure. Later, while her loved ones celebrate her ex-husband Frank's engagement, Mare attends a celebration for her legendary high school basketball win and connects with Richard, a professor who's new in town.
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S01E02 Fathers
Mare visits a grisly murder scene before informing the victim's enraged father. As a video from the night of the crime surfaces, Mare questions suspects in the case and gives an icy welcome to County Detective Colin Zabel, who's been called in to assist. Later, Mare bumps heads with locals and airs concerns about her grandson Drew in light of her late son's mental health struggles.
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S01E03 Enter Number Two
As Mare and Colin parse new physical evidence, phone records lead to an unlikely suspect. After lashing out at Helen about a possible custody fight over Drew, Mare receives some unprompted advice from Richard on how to move forward with Carrie. Later, Kenny and Mare face the consequences of their misguided attempts to protect their families.
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S01E04 Poor Sisyphus
With Mare forced to take a backseat on the case, Colin presses a local priest about the vague circumstances that prompted his transfer to the parish. Meanwhile, an anonymous call gives Dawn hope that Katie might still be alive.
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S01E05 Illusions
In her mandated therapy, Mare opens up about her family's history with mental health struggles. Meanwhile, Lori tries to get to the bottom of her son's outburst at school, and later, Mare meets with a semi-retired source to help find a possible connection to her three cases.
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S01E06 Sore Must Be the Storm
After a heroic rescue lands her in the hospital, Mare awakes to the pain of losing a friend. Then, given a second chance by Chief Carter, Mare reevaluates old suspects, which leads to a shocking clue. Meanwhile, Richard visits Mare in hopes of deepening their relationship, and Lori confides in her best friend about recent family troubles.
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S01E07 Sacrament
Mare's investigation takes a series of devastating turns, while her friends and family members process the fallout as she attempts to finally find her own way forward.
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