Will ‘Mare of Easttown’ get a second season? HBO is in talks.
HBO execs are in discission about the fate of the Delco police detective, played by Kate Winslet.
What will be in store for suburban Philly police detective Marianne “Mare” Sheehan if HBO decides to bring back its Emmy-winning limited series, Mare of Easttown, for a second season?
According to an article in Variety, HBO execs are working that out as we speak.
HBO’s head of drama, Francesca Orsi, told Variety “while there’s nothing in the works, we are having early discussions about whether it might be time to start thinking of building something … We might be willing to figure out with Mare, years later, picking her up — not on the heels of where she ended, but there have been years for the character that have passed. Who is she now?”
Created by Berwyn native Brad Ingelsby, the seven-episode series ended with Mare, played by Kate Winslet, determining the fate of a missing Easttown teen. She also comes to terms with her son’s suicide. Winslet won an outstanding leading actress Emmy for the role.
Years later, what will be the happenings in the fictional town? Perhaps Mare will have found a new love. (Although, we kind of liked the creative writing professor, played by Guy Pearce, Mare was seeing.) Will her grandson be a holy preteen terror?
Mare was appointment television and a real Philly talker, thanks to Winslet’s spot-on Delco accent, the characters’ affinity for Wawa, and the local police detectives and therapists who reportedly were consultants on the show. Mare had 16 nominations at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards and received four. Costars Evan Peters and Julianne Nicholson won for their intense roles in the series.
But fans won’t have to wait for their hard-knock Delco fix indefinitely. Task, a follow-up from Ingelsby starring Mark Ruffalo, was filming in Delaware County in April. The series follows a task force of law enforcement officers and the criminals they are trying to apprehend. There is no release date for that yet.