Anonymous
08/12/2021 09:39
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am late to the party, but I just watched it and loved it. Then I came here and read every page, and I cannot believe that among all the "that was unrealistic" complaints, no one mentioned Siobhan driving off to Berkeley alone in her Prius.
Ok, I'm REALLY late to the party having just finished last night, and I came here to say exactly that!! A freshman, driving by herself across the country to a college she's never seen, to move in all by herself. Riiiiiiight. Not to mention, there was never any discussion at all about the cost of sending her to Berkeley. SO unrealistic. That was the one really false note in the whole show.
The cost, and the fact that she applied to a prestigious college late in the spring, just called up a professor, and was able to get in. Come on! She was not that extraordinary that she could bypass regular admissions like that.
Clearly the implication was that she was in fact some kind of genius and got a full ride. Who cares anyway, she was just a side-story.
Anonymous
08/12/2021 08:54
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am late to the party, but I just watched it and loved it. Then I came here and read every page, and I cannot believe that among all the "that was unrealistic" complaints, no one mentioned Siobhan driving off to Berkeley alone in her Prius.
Ok, I'm REALLY late to the party having just finished last night, and I came here to say exactly that!! A freshman, driving by herself across the country to a college she's never seen, to move in all by herself. Riiiiiiight. Not to mention, there was never any discussion at all about the cost of sending her to Berkeley. SO unrealistic. That was the one really false note in the whole show.
The cost, and the fact that she applied to a prestigious college late in the spring, just called up a professor, and was able to get in. Come on! She was not that extraordinary that she could bypass regular admissions like that.
Anonymous
08/12/2021 07:33
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:Actually, I also found the part about Erin having lived with one of her adult male cousins for awhile to be really, really strange. Why not live with John and Lori? She could have used a mother-like presence, as well as a sister/friend in Moira. That didn't make any sense to me at all.
A lot of the show was highly contrived and not always consistent. This is one example of that.
Anonymous
08/12/2021 07:32
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:I also found Guy Pierce to be extremely unattractive - that long gray hair - shudder.
yeah his hair is not his best feature...
Anonymous
08/12/2021 01:16
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Such a good description of eastern PA
Anonymous
08/12/2021 01:11
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
I also found Guy Pierce to be extremely unattractive - that long gray hair - shudder.
Anonymous
08/12/2021 01:11
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Actually, I also found the part about Erin having lived with one of her adult male cousins for awhile to be really, really strange. Why not live with John and Lori? She could have used a mother-like presence, as well as a sister/friend in Moira. That didn't make any sense to me at all.
Anonymous
08/12/2021 01:08
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:I had a little trouble with the age differences in both the daughter's relationship with the dj and the cousin relationship. I believe they were both illegal, the cousin one being a felony in my state.
Their ages weren't that different - Siobhan was a rising college freshman and the dj was in college. Big deal?
Anonymous
08/12/2021 01:07
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:I am late to the party, but I just watched it and loved it. Then I came here and read every page, and I cannot believe that among all the "that was unrealistic" complaints, no one mentioned Siobhan driving off to Berkeley alone in her Prius.
Ok, I'm REALLY late to the party having just finished last night, and I came here to say exactly that!! A freshman, driving by herself across the country to a college she's never seen, to move in all by herself. Riiiiiiight. Not to mention, there was never any discussion at all about the cost of sending her to Berkeley. SO unrealistic. That was the one really false note in the whole show.
Anonymous
07/28/2021 10:05
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:I am late to the party, but I just watched it and loved it. Then I came here and read every page, and I cannot believe that among all the "that was unrealistic" complaints, no one mentioned Siobhan driving off to Berkeley alone in her Prius.
Haha. Right?? My husband and I looked at each other and said, "That kid is driving across country by herself? And where is she going to park her car on campus?"
Anonymous
07/27/2021 22:10
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:I am late to the party, but I just watched it and loved it. Then I came here and read every page, and I cannot believe that among all the "that was unrealistic" complaints, no one mentioned Siobhan driving off to Berkeley alone in her Prius.
Haha, yes! I just finished the show today and I thought about that.
Anonymous
07/21/2021 09:24
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
I am late to the party, but I just watched it and loved it. Then I came here and read every page, and I cannot believe that among all the "that was unrealistic" complaints, no one mentioned Siobhan driving off to Berkeley alone in her Prius.
Anonymous
07/13/2021 10:23
Subject: Re:Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Some people seem to be having a hard time grasping that something that they find morally repugnant can still be legal.
Anonymous
07/12/2021 20:41
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
I had a little trouble with the age differences in both the daughter's relationship with the dj and the cousin relationship. I believe they were both illegal, the cousin one being a felony in my state.
Anonymous
07/12/2021 13:47
Subject: Anyone watching Mare of Easttown?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:On another note, this plot and the multiple red herrings makes me think of Broadchurch - like they put Broadchurch in rural Pennsylvania.
Yes! Exactly!
Broadchurch was soooooo much better.