I finished this show in the former half of this year 2021. And overall it was awesome. Instead of focusing on one or two criminal cases, the director has put more focus on our protagonist-Mare's messy private life and her family background, making it easier to emphasize with this character. She had her glory time for sure. And she followed her last father's step and became criminal police in a close-knit American town outside of Pennsylvania-Easttown.

Mare is devoted to working, trying to be responsible, and keeping the town safe. She's like everyone's big sis- she knows whose brother is doing drugs, whose child is missing and the case is unsolved... In the meanwhile, she is suffering from the trauma that her own son killed himself in front of her. So Mare is a complicated character and Kate Winslet did a great job portraying her. She presented the pain and the exhaustion of a middle-aged woman perfectly, carrying the weight of her family, her job and others' expectations can never be easy.

Therefore, instead of focusing on crimes in the town, the director showed us details of the real struggles and all kinds of problems in a small town: Complex social connections, teen's early pregnancy, burdens of life and work, betrayal, cheating, gay issues...All of these elements just made this show real. What's more, the tense gunfight in the last episode between Mare and the criminal is awesome, too.