Review: Mare Of Easttown : Pop Culture Happy Hour In the HBO series Mare of Easttown, Kate Winslet plays a detective in a small town just outside of Philadelphia. Her character Mare is conducting a murder investigation, and there's a missing girl who may or may not be connected to that case. Meanwhile, Mare's family is falling apart on the heels of a recent tragedy. Plus, there's the accents — we'll talk about the accents.

'Mare Of Easttown': Hoagies N' Homicide

'Mare Of Easttown': Hoagies N' Homicide

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Kate Winslet stars as the titular character in Mare Of Easttown. Michele K. Short/HBO hide caption

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Kate Winslet stars as the titular character in Mare Of Easttown.

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In the HBO series Mare of Easttown, Kate Winslet plays a detective in a small town just outside of Philadelphia. Her character Mare is conducting a murder investigation, and there's a missing girl who may or may not be connected to that case. Meanwhile, Mare's family is falling apart on the heels of a recent tragedy. Plus, there's the accents — we'll talk about the accents.

The audio was produced by Candice Lim and edited by Jessica Reedy.

Correction May 20, 2021

The original version of this episode erroneously stated that the murder victim is named Katie. Her name is Erin.