The characters are far too much stereotypes. You've got the rough, tough cop, constantly smoking his e-cigarette, you've got the black tough but fair police chief, you've got the (too) young (too) dashing detective who naturally gets treated badly by the chewy worn out cop, and you got a town full of stupid, unlikable people who do nothing but wait for a neighbor or a policeman to walk in without knocking so they can share a beer together. Kate Winslet's "Mare" is probably the most over-the-top and unlikable character of all time. Rude, bitter, mentally unstable, burnt out and ready to check into the nearest asylum with a bag full of almost unbearable tragedies. But her character fits well in a town, full of weirdos and beer-drinking people who everything but working. Everything is out of place. People live together under the most bizarre and unlikely circumstances, they are all related and know each other, which BTW is an dusty cliché. To top it all off, the homes are ugly inside and out. And yes, you get a bit woke too. It's -20's after all.