'Mare Of Easttown' Brings Up Conflicting Feelings About Cop Shows
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The HBO series, which aired its final episode Sunday, does a lot to elevate and complicate the standard cop show — but ultimately it's still a cop show.
This story contains spoilers for the plot of HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” but does not reveal in detail the events of Sunday night’s finale. For nearly 30 minutes on Sunday night, HBO Max crashed, frustrating the legions of viewers who had logged on at 10 p.m. to watch the final episode of “Mare of Easttown” and find out who murdered Erin McMenamin. At first, I thought it was a minor glitch and kept refreshing my screen. It was only when I opened Twitter to complain about it (as one does) that I realized it was affecting many viewers, all of us tweeting memes and jokes about it. The kerfuffle speaks to HBO’s still unparalleled position as one of the few networks that consistently produces appointment television and creates communal viewing experiences (to the extent that those even exist in this day and age) with its coveted Sunday evening slot.More Related News