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* MeaningfulName: 'Mare' shares the same pronunciation as 'mere', the French word for 'mother'. Mare's role as a mother is not only an important plot point but also her mothering role to the whole community.
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* ActionGirl: Is a dedicated cop to the town, meaning that she has no aversion to getting physical with the criminals, including [[spoiler: escaping from a psychopath chasing her down with a gun]] and running through water.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' lie, yell or mention her son around Mare.
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* DaddysGirl: Followed into her father's footsteps and became a detective. It's heavily implied that she was a big Daddy's girl to her Dad.
* DeadpanSnarker:Mare has Has a very sharp and dry sense of humor.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Speeds a lot, though she is a detective.
%%* HardboiledDetective: In a rare female version, Mare.
* HeartbrokenBadass: After suffering from [[spoiler: her father and son's suicides]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Always drinks after work.
%%* HardboiledDetective: In a rare female version, Mare.
* HeartbrokenBadass: After suffering from [[spoiler: her father and son's suicides]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Always drinks after work.
* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: Blames herself for her divorce, not finding Katie, and Kevin's [[spoiler: suicide.]]
* LadyDrunk: Is always shown getting drunk after work. Helen also drinks quite a bit.
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* MarriedToTheJob: As a detective, Mare's work is so all-consuming that she finds it hard to be with Richard.
* OnlySaneMan: Compared to the residents of Easttown. Colin, when he sees how tact Mare is to everyone.
* OralFixation: Is never without her vape pen.
* PerpetualFrowner: She only laughs in episode 5.
* RedOniBlueOni: To Colin. Colin is joyful, generally optimistic, by-the-book (Red Oni). Mare is more stoic and hot-blooded (Blue Oni).
%%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Mare to Richard.
* TheStoic: Is in this state following the suicide of her son, coupled with the disappearance of Katie Bailey [[spoiler: and later Erin.]] When she is communicating with victims though, she is genuinely sympathetic, and puts up a lot of barriers, living in a town where everyone knows everyone.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: Is raising her teenage daughter and child grandson, whilst mourning the loss of her son to suicide.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hoagies from Wawa; in RealLife the chain even introduced a new sandwich called the ''Mare of Easttown''cheesesteak. cheesesteak.
* UnkemptBeauty: Wears no make-up, has oily hair, and, in a rare Hollywood exception to the rule, has multiple love interests, [[ObliviouslyBeautiful which Mare, who has low self-esteem, doesn't seem to believe.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Compared to the residents of Easttown. Colin, when he sees how tact Mare is to everyone.
* OralFixation: Is never without her vape pen.
* PerpetualFrowner: She only laughs in episode 5.
* RedOniBlueOni: To Colin. Colin is joyful, generally optimistic, by-the-book (Red Oni). Mare is more stoic and hot-blooded (Blue Oni).
%%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Mare to Richard.
* TheStoic: Is in this state following the suicide of her son, coupled with the disappearance of Katie Bailey [[spoiler: and later Erin.]] When she is communicating with victims though, she is genuinely sympathetic, and puts up a lot of barriers, living in a town where everyone knows everyone.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: Is raising her teenage daughter and child grandson, whilst mourning the loss of her son to suicide.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hoagies from Wawa; in RealLife the chain even introduced a new sandwich called the ''Mare of Easttown''
* UnkemptBeauty: Wears no make-up, has oily hair, and, in a rare Hollywood exception to the rule, has multiple love interests, [[ObliviouslyBeautiful which Mare, who has low self-esteem, doesn't seem to believe.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: Is very enthusiastic about Richard and Mare. Although it could be just Richard.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Considering she's still dealing with [[spoiler:having found Kevin's body following his suicide]], you can't really blame her.
* DaddysGirl: Shows shades of this with Frank.
* TheUnFavourite: Role-inverted. Siobhan clearly has a strained relationship with Mare, and greatly favors her father.
* HatesTheirParent: Completely ''despised'' Mare for preventing him from buying drugs.
* JunkieParent: He and Carrie were regular drug abusers while Drew was born.
* BestFriend: Mare and Lori. They have been friends since school.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Lies to Mare in order to protect her son.]]
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!!Ryan Ross
->'''Portrayed By:''' Cameron Mann
Lori and John's son.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Is a quiet and kind kid. When he sees his sister being bullied, he hurts the bully. [[spoiler: Not to mention, Erin.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Beats up a bully for throwing food at his sister Moira and [[KidsAreCruel insulting her for having Down's Syndrome]].
* KeepingSecretsSucks: [[spoiler:Keeping the deed a secret takes a large psychological toll on the young boy]].
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Cameron Mann
Lori and John's son.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Is a quiet and kind kid. When he sees his sister being bullied, he hurts the bully. [[spoiler: Not to mention, Erin.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Beats up a bully for throwing food at his sister Moira and [[KidsAreCruel insulting her for having Down's Syndrome]].
* KeepingSecretsSucks: [[spoiler:Keeping the deed a secret takes a large psychological toll on the young boy]].
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* DaChief: Mare has to answer to him.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Protects Mare as best as he can.
* DaChief: Mare has to answer to him.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Protects Mare as best as he can.
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* [[spoiler: BasementDweller: In his 30s he is still living with his mom. Though it is all but outright stated that it is that down to him having been forced to move back in the wake of him and his former fiancée breaking up with each other.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: How he meets hisend]]end]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: Poor Zabel. [[spoiler: He does manage a kiss, though.]]
* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler: He read what the P.I. had in his files, and used that to find the missing girl. He failed to mention the P.I's work.]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: To Mare. When he goes on a date with her, he is disillusioned to realise that Mare is only going out with him to find out more about the case.
--> '''Zabel:''' You know what my mom said to me when I was leaving tonight to pick you up? She said, "Mare's only going out with you 'cause she wants to stay close to the case." ''(Mare starts to leave.)'' This is the part where you tell me she was wrong.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Poor Zabel. [[spoiler: He does manage a kiss, though.]]
* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler: He read what the P.I. had in his files, and used that to find the missing girl. He failed to mention the P.I's work.]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: To Mare. When he goes on a date with her, he is disillusioned to realise that Mare is only going out with him to find out more about the case.
--> '''Zabel:''' You know what my mom said to me when I was leaving tonight to pick you up? She said, "Mare's only going out with you 'cause she wants to stay close to the case." ''(Mare starts to leave.)'' This is the part where you tell me she was wrong.
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* [[spoiler: LongingLook: Gives Mare a few of these.
%%* MommasBoy: To his mom.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: The LoveTriangle with Mare and Richard dissolves after [[spoiler:Zabel gets killed by the serial rapist]].
* NumberTwo: Comes in to be this for Mare.
* RedOniBlueOni: He is joyful, generally optimistic, by-the-book (Red Oni). Mare is more stoic and hot-blooded (Blue Oni).
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: He is killed near the end of the fifthepisode, just as episode by Mr. Potts, to reveal the investigation enters its final evilness of his character and most dramatic phase.emphasize what's at stake.]]
%%* MommasBoy: To his mom.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: The LoveTriangle with Mare and Richard dissolves after [[spoiler:Zabel gets killed by the serial rapist]].
* NumberTwo: Comes in to be this for Mare.
* RedOniBlueOni: He is joyful, generally optimistic, by-the-book (Red Oni). Mare is more stoic and hot-blooded (Blue Oni).
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: He is killed near the end of the fifth
* ManicPixieDreamGuy: He is a rare gender-inversion of the trope. His whole arc is to be a love interest to Mare, and to show her how worthy of love she is.
* JunkieParent: She and Kevin were regular drug abusers while Drew was born. This is the main reason that Mare fights so hard for custody of Drew.
* ParentalNeglect: Is an interesting variation. She has schizophrenia, is on medication and is a known drug-abuser. Her son, Drew, is in Mare's care, since she's in a stable job, has a home and can easily provide for Drew's needs. While Carrie is trying hard to get a job and provide for Drew, she is incredibly antagonistic to Mare, refusing to take any responsibility on the torment she and Kevin gave to Mare for years.
* StrugglingSingleMother: Tries to kick her drug habit to gain custody of Drew. [[spoiler: The habit proves too hard to mitigate, and she relapses near the end of the series, dropping the custody challenge. ]]
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!!Dylan Hinchey
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jack Mulhern
* DirtyCoward: When the mother of his baby is being attacked, Dylan stands there and doesn't stop it.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: After learning that DJ isn't his son, Dylan is initially apprehensive towards him. Later, he holds him and initially goes along with his mother's suggestion to keep the boy. However, even after Lori Ross gains custody of DJ, Dylan still goes over to her house to give him his toy. This is perhaps Dylan's ''one'' redeeming trait.]]
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!!Brianna Delrasso
->'''Portrayed By:''' Mackenzie Lansing
* FieryRedhead: Has red-hair, matching her red-hot temper.
* GenerationXerox: Is just as ruthless and awful as her father Tony.
* {{Jerkass}}: She (and her father) are violent, hot-tempered people with zero redeemable qualities.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Brianna is this to Erin, even though Erin has to speak to Dylan, as they're co-parenting a child together.
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* NiceGirl: Erin seems to have been a fairly sweet-natured person who had some terrible things happen to her.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of a brutal one from Brianna in the first episode.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of a brutal one from Brianna in the first episode.
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* DotingParent: For all her flaws, she clearly loves her son.
* ParentsAsPeople: She loves Drew more than anything and wants to be a good mother but her struggles with addiction and mental illness make it near impossible for her to care for him.
* RecoveredAddict: She's just out of rehab at the start of the series. It sadly doesn't last.
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* AbusiveParents: Her father is a short tempered and occasionally violent alcoholic who Erin is clearly frightened of. It's mentioned that she once stayed with John and Billy when he was especially bad.
* DotingParent: She clearly adores her son DJ.
* MissingMom: Her mother, who she was close to, died sometime before the series starts.
* DotingParent: She clearly adores her son DJ.
* MissingMom: Her mother, who she was close to, died sometime before the series starts.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He was diagnosed with various conditions, including Tourette's, and given numerous medications, some of which only made him worse. He also suffered from severe mood swings but is never officially mentioned as having had bipolar disorder or anything similar.
* DrivenToSuicide: He took his own life prior to the events of the series.
* HollywoodTourettes: Averted. His Tourette's is mentioned realistically as having mostly taken the form of severe tics and mannerisms and he's not mentioned as having had uncontrollable and obscene verbal outbursts as is usually associated with Tourette's in media.
* MoodSwinger: He suffered from extremely violent mood swings, made worse by his drug addiction.
* DrivenToSuicide: He took his own life prior to the events of the series.
* HollywoodTourettes: Averted. His Tourette's is mentioned realistically as having mostly taken the form of severe tics and mannerisms and he's not mentioned as having had uncontrollable and obscene verbal outbursts as is usually associated with Tourette's in media.
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:He attempts to kill Billy and [[NeverSuicide make it look like a suicide]]. Not because he has a beef with Billy per se, but because he believes it will protect the knowledge of his relationship with Erin from slipping out if he can make Billy take the fall for it [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit and with Billy dead he won't be able to contradict him].him]].]]
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:He attempts to kill Billy and [[NeverSuicide make it look like a suicide]]. Not because he has a beef with Billy per se, but because he believes it will protect the knowledge of his relationship with Erin from slipping out if he can make Billy take the fall for it [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit and with Billy dead he won't be able to contradict him].]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:He is willing to kill and frame his own brother in an attempt to protect his secret about his relationship with Erin. When Mare comes to arrest him, he begs her to kill him so he won't have to sit through the fallout of what he did getting outed.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:He is willing to kill and frame his own brother in an attempt to protect his secret about his relationship with Erin. When Mare comes to arrest him, he begs her to kill him so he won't have to sit through the fallout of what he did getting outed.]]
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[[folder:Kevin]]
Mare's deceased son, who was struggling with drug abuse and mental illness before committing suicide.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Kevin died from suicide two years prior to the series' beginning, but his presence still looms like a large shadow over his family's household. Mare have severe problems even just broaching the subject of his death and the circumstances surrounding it, while Siobhan is trying to process his death through the documentary project she is working on.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Is torn between her longtime girlfriend Becca, who is aloof and somewhat neglectful of her (the Veronica) and supportive, perky DJ Anne (the Betty).
* BrokenBird: Is still suffering from the trauma of finding her brother's body.
* BrokenBird: Is still suffering from the trauma of finding her brother's body.
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* AmicableExes: He ''tries'' to be this with Mare, but she doesn't make it easy.
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!Sheehan Family
[[folder:Mare]]
!!Mare Sheehan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KateWinslet
A detective sergeant in Easttown, Pennsylvania who is investigating the town's murders.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulGrandmother: She's only in her mid-40s, but is grandmother to a little boy, a result of teen pregnancies upon teen pregnancies.
* BearerOfBadNews: Part of her job as a cop.
* BigEater: She tends to consume a lot of trash, mostly in her car.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Mare tends to vape a lot.
* CowboyCop: Due to Easttown being such a small town where everyone knows everyone, she tends to approach crimes with more of a tough mom approach than a strictly professional manner.
* DeathGlare: She has this down to a fine art.
* DefectiveDetective: Mare's life is a mess from top to bottom. She has a contentious relationship with her family, she's struggling to keep her grandson under her care, her son died via suicide and even while alive their relationship wasn't the best and to top it off, she can't solve the disappearance of a local girl.
* InSeriesNickname: Her nickname of "Ladyhawk" from a high school basketball game from her glory days has stuck around, which she hates.
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[[folder:Helen]]
!!Helen Fahey
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JeanSmart
Mare's mother.
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[[folder:Siobhan]]
!!Siobhan Sheehan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AngourieRice
Mare's daughter.
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[[folder:Frank]]
!!Frank Sheehan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DavidDenman
Mare's ex-husband.
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!!Father Dan Hastings
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NealHuff
Mare's cousin and a priest.
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!Ross Family
[[folder:Lori]]
!!Lori Ross
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JulianneNicholson
Mare's closet friend.
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[[folder:John]]
!!John Ross
->'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Tippett
Lori's husband.
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!McMenamin Family
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!!Erin [=McMenamin=]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CaileeSpaeny
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!Easttown Police Department
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!!Chief Carter
->'''Portrayed By:''' John Douglas Thompson
Mare's boss at the police department.
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!!Det. Colin Zabel
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EvanPeters
The county detective who assists Mare with the case.
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!Other Residents
[[folder:Richard]]
!!Richard Ryan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/GuyPearce
A creative writing professor.
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[[folder:Carrie]]
!!Carrie Layden
->'''Portrayed By:''' Sosie Bacon
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!!Father Mark Burton
->'''Portrayed By:''' James [=McArdle=]
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!Sheehan Family
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!!Mare Sheehan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KateWinslet
A detective sergeant in Easttown, Pennsylvania who is investigating the town's murders.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulGrandmother: She's only in her mid-40s, but is grandmother to a little boy, a result of teen pregnancies upon teen pregnancies.
* BearerOfBadNews: Part of her job as a cop.
* BigEater: She tends to consume a lot of trash, mostly in her car.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Mare tends to vape a lot.
* CowboyCop: Due to Easttown being such a small town where everyone knows everyone, she tends to approach crimes with more of a tough mom approach than a strictly professional manner.
* DeathGlare: She has this down to a fine art.
* DefectiveDetective: Mare's life is a mess from top to bottom. She has a contentious relationship with her family, she's struggling to keep her grandson under her care, her son died via suicide and even while alive their relationship wasn't the best and to top it off, she can't solve the disappearance of a local girl.
* InSeriesNickname: Her nickname of "Ladyhawk" from a high school basketball game from her glory days has stuck around, which she hates.
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[[folder:Helen]]
!!Helen Fahey
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JeanSmart
Mare's mother.
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[[folder:Siobhan]]
!!Siobhan Sheehan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AngourieRice
Mare's daughter.
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[[folder:Frank]]
!!Frank Sheehan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DavidDenman
Mare's ex-husband.
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[[folder:Dan]]
!!Father Dan Hastings
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NealHuff
Mare's cousin and a priest.
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!Ross Family
[[folder:Lori]]
!!Lori Ross
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JulianneNicholson
Mare's closet friend.
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[[folder:John]]
!!John Ross
->'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Tippett
Lori's husband.
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!McMenamin Family
[[folder:Erin]]
!!Erin [=McMenamin=]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CaileeSpaeny
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!Easttown Police Department
[[folder:Carter]]
!!Chief Carter
->'''Portrayed By:''' John Douglas Thompson
Mare's boss at the police department.
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[[folder:Zabel]]
!!Det. Colin Zabel
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EvanPeters
The county detective who assists Mare with the case.
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!Other Residents
[[folder:Richard]]
!!Richard Ryan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/GuyPearce
A creative writing professor.
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[[folder:Carrie]]
!!Carrie Layden
->'''Portrayed By:''' Sosie Bacon
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[[folder:Mark]]
!!Father Mark Burton
->'''Portrayed By:''' James [=McArdle=]
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