Actors are good but this show is full of nothing but dysfunctional and unlikeable characters. I didn't like one and why should I care about any of them when the writing is so bad and sophomoric. Example. A black rookie cop freezes up because he sees a small amount of blood in a house. Winslet's character, who's a hard ass cop, talks him through it. Did this rookie cop not go to a police academy and get some training. The scene was unrealistic and I concluded that the writers didn't do their research. I wonder if the writers ever took a writing class. This show is boring and it's not worth your time.

As an aside, I did watch a movie right after this called Splendor in the Grass made in 1961. This is a movie that says so little but speaks volumes. It should be mandatory that the writers of Mare of Easttown watch this and see what good writing and directing is all about.