Funny / Mare of Easttown

• The only description Mare has of a potential peeping Tom is that he "looked like a ferret."
• Mare looks for a cheap turtle tank, explaining to the pet store owner that she doesn't think her four-year-old grandson is going to keep the turtle alive long anyway. After being presented with various showy versions, she finds a simple one for $39.99 and buys it.
• Mare's relationship with food:
  • Mare shoveling a burger into her mouth whilst talking to Frank in the car.
  • Using her mouth to open the can of spray cheese and piling it on top of a cheese ball.
• The intimidating nature of Mare makes it hard for others to engage with her; a fact she doesn't recognize.
  Father Dan: I won't even look you in the eyes, and I'm your cousin.
• Mare's first interaction with Richard:
  Richard: I just moved here from Syracuse a few months ago.
  Mare: Well, I'm sorry. That's too bad.
• "Did I fuck like a grandma?"
• When Mare is interrogating Dylan.
  Dylan: She was in the den, and she was feeding DJ, and because his teeth hurt, and she wanted to give him some milk, and she wanted me to get some and I didn't know where any was, and -
  Mare: [without missing a beat] Well, I usually keep mine in the fridge....
• When Colin carpools in Mare's car, Mare abruptly reverses, forcing Colin to fall backwards.
• Digging through her lipsticks only to find them destroyed (and the last one a shade of fuck-me red that might be a tad out of place at a refined party), Mare says "Fuck it."
• When Mare tastes a duck liver pâté, she discreetly spits it out on her napkin and stuffs it in the chair.
• "You're not getting laid tonight."
• Mare places some rubbish in the bin just before Helen has had a chance to put a new bin liner in. Her face is full of exasperation.
• After Mare and Colin say "Dylan" at the same time, Colin responds with "Jinx! You owe me a coke." Mare gives him the most stern glare.
• Colin's drunken antics at the bar.
• When Mare confesses to her family that she planted drugs on Carrie, Helen responds:
  Helen: My God, Marianne. I... I... I don't know what the hell to say. Oh, wait. It just came to me. That was stupid!
  • When Mare asks Siobhan if she has any thoughts on the matter, she says "I think Gran summed it up nicely."
• Helen hides ice-cream in a mixed-vegetable pack.
• Sibohan's ex-girlfriend Becca accidentally injuring Helen by shoving a door into her. After Mare rushes home, she's surprised at how superficial her mother's injuries were:
  Helen: I'm sorry I'm not more maimed for you.
• At Betty Caroll's memorial service Glen Carroll reveals he had an affair with Helen and Mare nearly does a Spit Take. Smash Cut to the car and Mare laughing so hard she can barely breathe.