Line #224 Characters/MareOfEasttown


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!Sheehan Family
4
5	[[folder:Mare]]
6	!!Marianne "Mare" Sheehan
7	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KateWinslet
8
9	A detective sergeant in Easttown, Pennsylvania who is investigating the town's murders.
10	----
11	* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: She's only in her mid-40s, but is grandmother to a little boy, a result of teen pregnancies upon teen pregnancies.
12	* 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.
13	* BearerOfBadNews: Part of her job as a cop.
14	* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' lie, yell or mention her son around Mare.
15	* BigEater: She tends to consume a lot of trash, mostly in her car.
16	* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Tends to vape a lot.
17	* 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.
18	* 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.
19	* DeadpanSnarker: Has a very sharp and dry sense of humor.
20	* DeathGlare: She has this down to a fine art.
21	* 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.
22	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Speeds a lot, though she is a detective.
23	* HardboiledDetective: In a rare female version, Mare. Depressed, cynical, and hard-bitten, but still [[KnightInSourArmor completely committed to truth and justice]]? Check. Tragic backstory? Check. Self-destructive behavior? Check. Lives for the case? Check, check, check.
24	* HeartbrokenBadass: After suffering from [[spoiler: her father and son's suicides]].
25	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Always drinks after work.
26	* InSeriesNickname: Her nickname of "Miss Lady Hawk" from a high school basketball game from her glory days has stuck around, which she hates.
27	** "Mare" is also short for Marianne.
28	* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: Blames herself for her divorce, not finding Katie, and Kevin's [[spoiler: suicide.]]
29	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mare is undeniably rough around the edges and can be hard to be around on occasion but she's a good person overall and cares deeply about those close to her and about helping those in her community.
30	* KnightInSourArmor: Similar to the above, she is at once deeply cynical and rough and completely committed to the causes of absolute truth and bringing criminals to justice--even at the expense of her personal relationships to her closest friends.
31	* LadyDrunk: Is always shown getting drunk after work. Helen also drinks quite a bit.
32	%%* LeadYouCanRelateTo: The success of the show.
33	* MamaBear: To the point of [[spoiler: planting ''heroin'' on her grandson's mother to stop her from getting custody]].
34	* MarriedToTheJob: As a detective, Mare's work is so all-consuming that she finds it hard to be with Richard.
35	* 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.
36	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her full name is Marianne but everyone calls her Mare. Only her mother calls her Marianne when pissed at her.
37	* OnlySaneMan: Compared to the residents of Easttown. Colin, when he sees how tact Mare is to everyone.
38	* OralFixation: Is never without her vape pen. When she's put on administrative leave, she briefly switches back to cigarettes.
39	* PerpetualFrowner: She only laughs in episode 5.
40	* RedOniBlueOni: To Colin. Colin is joyful, generally optimistic, by-the-book (Red Oni). Mare is more stoic and hot-blooded (Blue Oni).
41	%%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Mare to Richard.
42	* 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.
43	%%* {{Tomboy}}:
44	* StrugglingSingleMother: Is raising her teenage daughter and child grandson whilst mourning the loss of her son to suicide.
45	* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
46	** Hoagies from Wawa; in RealLife the chain even introduced a new sandwich called the ''Mare of Easttown'' cheesesteak. Richard even brings her a gift basket with sandwiches and her favorite beer after she is wounded.
47	** She drinks nothing but Rolling Rocks. When Richard gifts her beer, it's "Rolling Rock, of course!"
48	* 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.]]
49	[[/folder]]
50
51	[[folder:Helen]]
52	!!Helen Fahey
53	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JeanSmart
54
55	Mare's mother.
56	----
57	* CoolOldLady: A given considering she's played by Jean Smart, but otherwise Helen is a sharp-edged, tough woman despite being a great-grandmother.
58	* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:She can be fairly critical of Mare, but it's revealed that she had a brief affair with Glen Carroll. She insists it meant nothing, but Mare can't stop laughing.]]
59	* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Helen is quite snarky and frank in her manners. [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter It is easy to see where Mare gets it from.]]
60	* ShipperOnDeck: Is very enthusiastic about Richard and Mare. Although it could be just Richard.
61	* SnarkToSnarkCombat: She often engages in this manner of interaction with her daughter.
62	[[/folder]]
63
64	[[folder:Siobhan]]
65	!!Siobhan Sheehan
66	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AngourieRice
67
68	Mare's daughter.
69	----
70
71	* AlliterativeName: A double example, since her names both start with the letter S and a "sh" sound.
72	* 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).
73	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Considering she's still dealing with [[spoiler:having found Kevin's body following his suicide]], you can't really blame her.
74	* BrokenBird: Is still suffering from the trauma of finding her brother's body.
75	* CoolUncle: She's a very fun and affectionate aunt to her nephew Drew.
76	* DaddysGirl: Shows shades of this with Frank, whom she is definitely more emotionally open towards than Mare.
77	* DarkAndTroubledPast: She discovered her brother's body after he killed himself, and when she's impaired she reveals that she resents her mother for it.
78	* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments. It seems to run in the family.
79	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blonde and very friendly.
80	* LipstickLesbian: Openly gay and very feminine.
81	* NiceGirl: Probably the nicest and most sweet-natured of the whole cast.
82	* StepfordSmiler: Outwardly good-natured and happy, Siobhan is still struggling deeply with the trauma of Kevin's behavior and suicide, especially since she was the one who found his body and even admits she resents Mare for it.
83	* TheUnFavourite: Role-inverted. Siobhan clearly has a strained relationship with Mare, and greatly favors her father.
84	[[/folder]]
85
86	[[folder:Frank]]
87	!!Frank Sheehan
88	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DavidDenman
89
90	Mare's ex-husband.
91	----
92	* AmicableExes: He ''tries'' to be this with Mare, but she doesn't make it easy.
93	[[/folder]]
94
95	[[folder:Dan]]
96	!!Father Dan Hastings
97	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NealHuff
98
99	Mare's cousin and a priest.
100	[[/folder]]
101
102
103	[[folder:Kevin]]
104	Mare's deceased son, who was struggling with drug abuse and mental illness before committing suicide.
105	----
106	* DrivenToSuicide: He took his own life prior to the events of the series.
107	* HatesTheirParent: Completely ''despised'' Mare for preventing him from buying drugs.
108	* HollywoodPsych: 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.
109	* JunkieParent: He and Carrie were regular drug abusers while Drew was born.
110	* MoodSwinger: He suffered from extremely violent mood swings, made worse by his drug addiction.
111	* 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.
112	* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was once a cheerful and very affectionate kid until his condition started to show.
113	[[/folder]]
114
115	!Ross Family
116
117	[[folder:Lori]]
118	!!Lori Ross
119	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JulianneNicholson
120
121	Mare's closet friend.
122
123	* BestFriend: Mare and Lori. They have been friends since school.
124	* DeadpanSnarker: She'd have to be Mare's friend.
125	* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Lies to Mare in order to protect her son.]]
126	[[/folder]]
127
128	[[folder:John]]
129	!!John Ross
130	->'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Tippett
131
132	Lori's husband.
133	----
134	* 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]].]]
135	* 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.]]
136	* SilentScapegoat: After the DeceasedFallGuyGambit with his brother failed, he willingly takes the blame for [[spoiler:Erin's murder]] himself in order to protect his son.
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:Billy]]
140	!!Billy Ross
141	->'''Portrayed By:''' Robbie Tann
142
143	John's younger brother.
144	----
145	* TheAlcoholic: According to John, he's been drinking a lot. Probably, in order to [[INeedAFreakingDrink calm his nerves]].
146	* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: The psychological toll of being involved in the [[spoiler:DisposingOfABody made him unhinged and look like a suspect.]]
147	* ExhaustedEyeBags: Has them which indicates sleeplessness due to what happened.
148	[[/folder]]
149
150	[[folder:Ryan]]
151	!!Ryan Ross
152	->'''Portrayed By:''' Cameron Mann
153
154	Lori and John's son.
155	----
156	* BewareTheQuietOnes: Is a quiet and kind kid. When he sees his sister being bullied, he hurts the bully. [[spoiler: Not to mention, Erin.]]
157	* BigBrotherInstinct: Beats up a bully for throwing food at his sister Moira and [[KidsAreCruel insulting her for having Down's Syndrome]].
158	* KeepingSecretsSucks: [[spoiler:Keeping the deed a secret takes a large psychological toll on the young boy]].
159
160	[[/folder]]
161	![=McMenamin=] Family
162
163	[[folder:Erin]]
164	!!Erin [=McMenamin=]
165	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CaileeSpaeny
166
167	* 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.
168	* DotingParent: She clearly adores her son DJ.
169	* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: [[spoiler: According to John, he tried hard to persuade her to have an abortion when she became pregnant with DJ but she refused.]]
170	* MissingMom: Her mother, who she was close to, died sometime before the series starts.
171	* NiceGirl: Erin seems to have been a fairly sweet-natured person who had some terrible things happen to her.
172	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of a brutal one from Brianna in the first episode.
173	* TeenPregnancy: She was a teenager when she got pregnant, but she does her best to take care of her son.
174	[[/folder]]
175
176	!Easttown Police Department
177
178	[[folder:Carter]]
179	!!Chief Carter
180	->'''Portrayed By:''' John Douglas Thompson
181
182	Mare's boss at the police department.
183	----
184	* DaChief: Mare has to answer to him.
185	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Protects Mare as best as he can.
186	* WhatTheHellHero: He's absolutely and justifiably furious with Mare for planting drugs on Carrie. He allows her to simply take time off, attributing it to her recent difficulties, but bluntly tells her part of him wants to make sure she never carries a badge again.
187	[[/folder]]
188
189	[[folder:Zabel]]
190	!!Det. Colin Zabel
191	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EvanPeters
192
193	The county detective who assists Mare with the case.
194	----
195	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: How he meets his end]]
196	* DoggedNiceGuy: Poor Zabel. [[spoiler: He does manage a kiss, though.]]
197	* 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 and is deeply uncomfortable with the praise he got from it.]]
198	* 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.
199	--> '''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.
200	* LikesOlderWomen: His infatuation with Mare quickly becomes obvious.
201	* LongingLook: Gives Mare a few of these.
202	%%* MommasBoy: To his mom.
203	* MurderTheHypotenuse: The LoveTriangle with Mare and Richard dissolves after [[spoiler:Zabel gets suddenly killed by Mr. Potts]].
204	* NiceGuy: He's a humble, polite and kind-hearted person. Despite her initial frostiness, Mare is eventually won over by his sincere nature.
205	* NumberTwo: Comes in to be this for Mare.
206	* RedOniBlueOni: He is joyful, generally optimistic, by-the-book (Red Oni). Mare is more stoic and hot-blooded (Blue Oni).
207	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: He is killed near the end of the fifth episode by Mr. Potts, to reveal the evilness of his character and emphasize what's at stake.]]
208	[[/folder]]
209
210	!Other Residents
211
212	[[folder:Richard]]
213	!!Richard Ryan
214	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/GuyPearce
215
216	A creative writing professor.
217
218	* TheCharmer: He's a pretty smooth guy who is tough not to like and wins both Mare and Helen over with ease.
219	* DeadpanSnarker: Can match Mare in this category pretty easily.
220	* DidNotGetTheGirl: Mare ends up deciding not to pursue a relationship with him just yet, still taking time to process her grief and dealing with her family. He's very understanding and merely jokes that he's in his fifties and lives in Easttown so Mare won't have to worry about much competition in the meantime.
221	* MostWritersAreWriters: He is a writer of some fame and now teaches at a nearby college.
222	* NiceGuy: He's a very charming and good-natured person and their brief fling is immensely helpful to Mare.
223	* 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.
224	* RedHerring: Of a sort. He shows up in the first episode just as Erin is murdered and on the one-year anniversary of Katie's abduction and is played by a very well-known actor famous for playing villains. You'd be forgiven for thinking he was being set up as the killer or responsible in some way but Richard never has any ties to the main events and is simply a normal and very likable love interest for Mare.
225	* SilverFox: He's in his fifties with the greying hair to match but is still very handsome and charming.
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	[[folder:Carrie]]
229	!!Carrie Layden
230	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SosieBacon
231
232	Drew's mother and Kevin's girlfriend
233
234	* CassandraTruth: She's absolutely right to suspect that Mare planted drugs on her in order to damage her custody appeal.
235	* DotingParent: For all her flaws, she clearly loves her son.
236	* 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.
237	* TheMentallyDisturbed: She's a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, which she self-medicated with her drug addiction, though she is on medication and hasn't had any episodes in over a year by the time of the series.
238	* 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, [[spoiler: eventually giving up the custody battle and leaving him with Mare, only asking to make sure Drew knows it wasn't because Carrie didn't love him.]]
239	* 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.
240	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: By the end of the series, she admits Drew is better off with Mare and drops the custody challenge, only asking Mare to make sure he knows it was because of her issues and not because she didn't love him.]]
241	* RecoveredAddict: She's just out of rehab at the start of the series. It sadly doesn't last.
242	* 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. ]]
243	[[/folder]]
244
245	[[folder:Mark]]
246	!!Deacon Mark Burton
247	->'''Portrayed By:''' James [=McArdle=]
248
249	* PedophilePriest: Zigzagged. It is revealed that [[spoiler:he was forced by the church to move to a new congregation due to rumors of him having had an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl, but he denies that anything criminal happened and claims that the church's own internal investigation cleared him of all charges. It also turns that he is being truthful when he says that didn't had an inappropriate relationship with Erin.]]
250	[[/folder]]
251
252	[[folder:Dylan]]
253	!!Dylan Hinchey
254	->'''Portrayed By:''' Jack Mulhern
255
256	* DirtyCoward: When the mother of his baby is being attacked, Dylan stands there and doesn't stop it.
257	* ImprobablyCoolCar: He’s a broke teenager who can’t come up with $1800 for his son’s ear surgery, but he drives a perfectly restored 70s Ford Bronco.
258	* {{Jerkass}}: He's generally rude, dismissive and unpleasant to Erin and Brianna, not lifting a finger to help when Erin is brutally attached by Brianna, to the point that you wonder why either girl ever pined for him and why Brianna was so protective of her relationship with him.
259	* 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.]]
260	[[/folder]]
261
262
263	[[folder:Brianna]]
264	!!Brianna Delrasso
265	->'''Portrayed By:''' Mackenzie Lansing
266
267	* DidntThinkThisThrough: It seemingly never occured to her that her vicious assault of Erin might have negative consequences for herself.
268	* FieryRedhead: Has red-hair, matching her red-hot temper.
269	* GenerationXerox: Is just as ruthless and awful as her father Tony.
270	* HateSink: She's volatile, abrasive and generally horrible to pretty much everyone she speaks to and is the only person in the series never to have any redeeming or sympathetic moments.
271	* {{Jerkass}}: She (and her father) are violent, hot-tempered people with zero redeemable qualities.
272	* LaserGuidedKarma: Her brutal attack of Erin gets her an assault charge and loses her a spot in her college of choice.
273	* KickTheDog: She catfished Erin and got her to open up to her intimately, only to draw her into an ambush and violently attack her. She also brings up Kevin to insult Mare, saying "no wonder your son killed himself!"
274	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Violently attacks and beats up Erin in the pilot.
275	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It turns out brutally assaulting someone in front of numerous witnesses is ''really'' bad idea as it gets Brianna charged with assault, makes her an immediate suspect in the murder and loses her a spot in college.
276	* 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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