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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on May 31, 2021 3:11:00 GMT
Pretty upset with myself for not seeing that coming. Really great series overall. Winslet will hopefully win all the awards.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2021 3:45:28 GMT
This trio of actresses (Winslet, Nicholson, Smart) were simply stunning.
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Post by Drish on May 31, 2021 4:01:42 GMT
Pretty upset with myself for not seeing that coming. Really great series overall. Winslet will hopefully win all the awards. Yess. Me too. In hindsight, we should've seen this coming. Loved it. Great performances all around and a perfect blend of suspense and heartfelt drama.
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Post by Barbie on May 31, 2021 4:07:58 GMT
Pretty upset with myself for not seeing that coming. Really great series overall. Winslet will hopefully win all the awards. Yess. Me too. In hindsight, we should've seen this coming. Loved it. Great performances all around and a perfect blend of suspense and heartfelt drama. I don't think so. We only developed suspicion about John and Erin in episode 6 and it was in the second half. I never would've thought a 13yo kid would've done it
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Post by Barbie on May 31, 2021 4:10:13 GMT
Btw, what was the reason for those two disposing of Erin's body in that way? They stripped her of her clothes and had her naked on the rocks. That doesn't sit right with me
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2021 4:24:21 GMT
Btw, what was the reason for those two disposing of Erin's body in that way? They stripped her of her clothes and had her naked on the rocks. That doesn't sit right with me To give it a sexual element, I think - make it seem like it was connected to the other missing girls.
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Post by jakesully on May 31, 2021 16:39:46 GMT
Flat out awesome season finale! Very satisfying ending. Depressing as hell in some parts, moving/touching in other parts, well executed twists & turns that kept me guessing . Kudos to the entire cast & crew for delivering a top notch mini series. Oh and I especially want to thank Kate Winslet on yet another GREAT and moving performance. I hope she cleans up at all the awards shows. She deserves it!
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Post by sirjeremy on May 31, 2021 18:09:40 GMT
I feel like the series could have been a couple of episodes longer, to flesh out more characters and sub-plots but generally I thought this was terrific. It's the first TV show I've watched in years where I've not been bored for a moment and I agree Winslet was excellent.
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Post by cheesecake on Jun 1, 2021 2:12:47 GMT
Phew, survived the day after being tagged in online threads and a co-worker almost spoiling it for me. Found this to be a very satisfying close. What wonderful character development and acting, especially from Winslet, Nicholson and Smart. It was a tad Mystic River with the reveal, but I'm so glad the prowler stuff came back into play. Damn, Winslet is just incredible here. Bring on all the awards, honestly.
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Post by notacrook on Jun 1, 2021 13:38:27 GMT
Yeah, I really liked that finale. Loved how it continued to strike a brilliant balance between emotional character drama and gripping murder mystery, managing to combine both in the ultimate reveal (which I did not see coming! I became convinced half-way that it was Julianne Nicholson and sat smugly thinking I had the show all figured out). Some of the reveals and plot developments are maybe a little sketchy, and some of the (many) threads set up over the show didn't have as satisfying a pay-off as I would have liked - but I was also impressed by how the show managed to hold things together, given how ambitious and sprawling it was from the off. I'll really miss it - this is the most gripped I've been by a show in ages, and its been a pleasure to get invested in week in week out. Bravo to everyone involved, and I echo the sentiment that Kate Winslet was next-level great and deserves every conceivable accolade for her work.
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Post by Allenism on Jun 1, 2021 19:11:15 GMT
Yeah, I really liked that finale. Loved how it continued to strike a brilliant balance between emotional character drama and gripping murder mystery, managing to combine both in the ultimate reveal (which I did not see coming! I became convinced half-way that it was Julianne Nicholson and sat smugly thinking I had the show all figured out). Some of the reveals and plot developments are maybe a little sketchy, and some of the (many) threads set up over the show didn't have as satisfying a pay-off as I would have liked - but I was also impressed by how the show managed to hold things together, given how ambitious and sprawling it was from the off. I'll really miss it - this is the most gripped I've been by a show in ages, and its been a pleasure to get invested in week in week out. Bravo to everyone involved, and I echo the sentiment that Kate Winslet was next-level great and deserves every conceivable accolade for her work. Co-sign pretty much all of this. Some things which bothered me: -The subplot about the missing girls felt shoehorned in without a satisfying follow-through (kind of like the rapist subplot in Malice) -There isn't any closure with respect to John and Billy after The Big Reveal -Colin deserved at least one mention in the finale -There was literally no reason for Richard to exist, which makes the wasting of Pearce's talent even more egregious But overall, the virtues outweighed the drawbacks for sure. There were times when this reminded me of a novel in just how dense, intricately woven, and authentically lived-in everything felt. Winslet gives far and away the best performance of her career since ESOTSM, while Smart and Nicholson proved once again that they can basically elevate anything they're a part of.
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Post by futuretrunks on Jun 2, 2021 1:19:43 GMT
Solid stuff if perhaps too Broadchurchy in the way so many shows have been lately. Winslet is really good, but I don't think touches her 2008 performances.
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Post by DaleCooper on Jun 2, 2021 18:12:58 GMT
This was pretty incredible. I'm a bit conflicted about the reveal in the final but it hadn't really missed a beat up until that. For me, this is probably Winslet's best performance - what's most impressive for me was that it never once felt like a performance despite this being such a distinct and different character for her.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 2, 2021 18:15:46 GMT
There’s a pretty great interview with Winslet on the most recent The Watch podcast talking about this series.
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Post by quetee on Jun 5, 2021 4:04:14 GMT
Watching the final episode now and I can already tell my original theory is wrong. Well, cause he didn't die. LMAO. I am now suspecting the friend killed Erin.
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Post by Good God on Jun 5, 2021 23:22:18 GMT
And that is with Kate Winslet as the only name above the title, so she carried this all on her shoulders.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2021 1:06:30 GMT
And that is with Kate Winslet as the only name above the title, so she carried this all on her shoulders. Cream always rises to the top. Winslet’s star power piqued interest, but I think the strength of the show itself gave it real word-of-mouth legs.
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Post by Good God on Jun 6, 2021 2:34:04 GMT
Cream always rises to the top. Winslet’s star power piqued interest, but I think the strength of the show itself gave it real word-of-mouth legs. Absolutely. As your prescient post from April noted, "this type of slow-burn series really isn't designed to appeal to the masses in the way that something like the flashy, soapy The Undoing was. I'm thinking word of mouth will help to establish its popularity." Mare of Easttown may have started off slower than The Undoing because it had less star power, but it seems to have really caught on with excellent word of mouth and it's clear it has now surpassed it in terms of not just critical reception but also audience reception. IMDbThe Undoing - 7.4/10 Mare of Easttown - 8.6/10 LetterboxdThe Undoing - 3.4/5 Mare of Easttown - 4.2/5 MetacriticThe Undoing - 64/100 critics, 6.5/10 audiences Mare of Easttown - 82/100 critics, 8.2/10 audiences Rotten TomatoesThe Undoing - 75% critics, 66% audiences Mare of Easttown - 93% critics, 91% audiences
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Post by Pavan on Jun 6, 2021 14:41:19 GMT
Really liked it. Familiar mystery setup but the small town, characters, relationships are all fresh. That way it way really engaging and i like the way mystery was resolved too with so many revelations. Started off well with introductions and then diving into the inciting incident and then followed it with planting suspects and red herrings. Meanwhile other inner stuff with Mare and her family happening. This was jam packed with information. Also how much can things go wrong in one night. Erin went through a lot, like so much that it feels unrealistic. This wouldn't have worked this well if it wasn't set in a small town where everyone knows everyone.
Been a while I've seen Winslet in anything. She absolutely killed it here. I like her character too in that she is duty bounded and can force herself through people and situations so as to escape from her own trauma and end up paying for that but the end of the day she cares about Easttown and its people and be there for them. She finds solace in that. I hope to see more of Mare.
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Post by stephen on Jun 7, 2021 12:33:34 GMT
Just binged this over the weekend and yes, it's fantastic and well-crafted and Winslet has never been better. But with that said, I saw a comment on Reddit that bowled me over: "Just how much tragedy can touch a small-town basketball team?"
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Post by iheartamyadams on Jun 14, 2021 6:25:58 GMT
I started this today and I’m a few episodes in. Winslet usually leaves me cold but she’s on fire here. Can’t remember the last time I loved one of her performances this much. I’m digging the atmospheric, slow burn vibe of the show as well.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 14, 2021 17:31:02 GMT
I really liked it, but I also really hated the killer reveal. Felt like a slap to the face having a character that I don't think was even featured being the killer. Like if you are playing Clue and it turns out that Helen from down the block was the killer the whole time, despite no card for her.
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Post by Viced on Jun 16, 2021 2:03:48 GMT
Kate Winslet:This was just about great overall. Interesting mixture of Broadchurch and Olive Kitteridge... with a dash of... That Championship Season? (Margo Martindale should have played their coach). The feel and pace of the show was remarkable over the first few episodes... then it sort of lost me... then it totally won me back for good with the unbelievably tense conclusion of episode 5. I was never all that wrapped up in the whodunnit tbh (though reading some of the waaay off-base guesses in this thread has been hilarious) but the conclusion both shocked me and made perfect sense. I thought the kid had acted undeniably strange almost any time he appeared... but kind of put it in the back of my mind. But it was obvious that John wasn't the murderer when he was all set in jail with 50 minutes of episode left (and no scene showing the actual murder).
I was more into the study of familial trauma, grief, and the monotony of everyday life. The only plotline that seemed unnecessary was Siobhan with the disc jockey... but I guess that was necessary in order for her to connect with someone from Berkeley and then magically have an acceptance letter after not having even applied there. Outside of that, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, and Evan Peters ( ) were all excellent too. And this laugh from Winslet was the best thing I've heard in a while.
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Post by stephen on Jun 16, 2021 2:08:20 GMT
I was more into the study of familial trauma, grief, and the monotony of everyday life. The only plotline that seemed unnecessary was Siobhan with the disc jockey... but I guess that was necessary in order for her to connect with someone from Berkeley and then magically have an acceptance letter after not having even applied there. I think it's hilarious to think that Siobhan has a chance to escape Easttown and to have an exciting opportunity ahead of her . . . only for COVID to hit and she has to return home as classes are cancelled.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 19:11:07 GMT
When it comes to prestige-ish TV series, every major movie actress doing small screen work right now is living in the shadow of Nicole Kidman. I don't know what the fuck it is or quite how she has done it, but she's bottled some secret sauce that gets her both insane level of audience engagement and major awards recognition. Usually, it's one or the other, but rarely both. For The Undoing to be the most watched HBO series of 2020, and surpassing Kidman's previous megahit series Big Little Lies in audience numbers is crazy. She has arguably become the most dominant actress on television, after only two projects. All that is my way of saying that I think Winslet and this show may have a hard act to follow, when it comes to creating the kind of water cooler TV that seems to come so easily for Kidman. But still, it's HBO and she has a solid track record with them for Mildred Pierce. I don't see this getting a Big Little Lies/Undoing level of audience, but it could be a solid critical hit for HBO.
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