MareOfEasttown creator and showrunner Brad Ingelsby discusses the parallels between Mare and Lori’s stories and the sense of hope he wanted to evoke in the final moments of the series
After watching the penultimate episode of HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” during which Billy Ross confessed to killing Erin McMenamin , many audience members came away with even more questions, including that’s a fake-out, right?
John’s arrest for murder soon turned into a different charge, though, as it turned out he did not actually pull the trigger. In the end, it was his teenage son Ryan who stole a gun, took it to the woods and confronted Erin about her relationship with his father. He may have just wanted his family to stay intact, but his actions dissolved that unit.
It was always Ryan. From the beginning I think the challenge was, as you said, casting someone that could pull it off. We saw a lot of kids and we went through a lot of tapes, and when we found Cameron, we just went, “Oh my God, I totally believe he’s Julianne’s kid.” He was great in the audition, but I was also taken by the resemblance and I could believe they were related. And he was able to play with the emotions of having to hide a secret but still be troubled in moments.
What constitutes justice is something being so widely talked about lately. Civilians like Lori may get a little more of a pass, but Mare certainly used her power as a law enforcement official in some questionable ways throughout the series. Still, it didn’t seem like a question that she would do the right thing when it came to Ryan, even if made her friend hate her.
What was important to me was that everyone had some level of complexity and dimension. Even John — you can hate John, he’s done awful things, but at the end he’s trying to protect his son. That doesn’t make him a good human being, but you understand the decision. That was what was important: even if you don’t agree with the decisions people are making, when all the cards are laid out on the table you can understand why they were made.
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