mare of easttown episode season 1 episode 1

So, there’s the scene of the crime, as they say in your business. So you call them, okay, next time, instead of waking me up. That’s the main station number, all right? Maybe you should look into a different line of work. I understand, but I’m a detective sergeant, which means I investigate the burglaries and the overdoses and all the really bad crap that goes on around here. Erin escapes into the wilderness, but the next morning her dead body is found naked in the river with a severe head wound. This is witnessed by Mare’s daughter Siobhan, who comes to Erin’s aid. However, when she arrives at the park where they plan to meet that night, it turns out “Brendan” was a catfish set up by Dylan’s violently territorial new girlfriend Brianna, who ambushes Erin with a group of friends and beats her. Erin looks forward to meeting Brendan, a boy she has been texting.

Her abusive father Kenny refuses to pay for it, as does her ex-boyfriend Dylan, who fathered the child and has split custody. Meanwhile Erin McMenamin, a local teenage mother, struggles to find the funds for a surgery to treat her baby’s ear infection. Richard pursues a relationship with Mare, but she insists it was a one-night stand. Afterward she meets Richard, an author who recently moved to town, and the two have sex.

Mare has some local fame for winning a basketball game with a difficult shot in high school, and attends the 25th anniversary commemorating the game. She is also called to investigate a prowler supposedly peeping in windows, and a break-in where she sprains her ankle chasing the suspect. Mare does not believe Katie will be found. In the small community of Easttown, Detective Mare Sheehan is called on to reopen the year-old investigation into a missing girl named Katie Bailey when the girl’s mother, Dawn, speaks out on the news about the unsolved case.

Mare of easttown episode season 1 episode 1