Naming your show "Mare of Easttown" and starring Kate Winslet is essentially a promise that there will be a strong female protagonist who is for once not a shallow Mary Sue. I'm happy to report that this promise is delivered on, and the show raises the bar for female protagonists. The only things I don't know what to think about is the amount of conspiracy and crime commited by 9 out of 10 people in this little town. Everybody deals with their issues in the worst possible way. I got the feeling that this town was basically 99% of the way to going supercritical and exploding in an orgy of violence. I guess it makes for good drama.