Mare Of Easttown Creator Explains Why Season 2 Would Be A Challenge Despite Willingness To Revisit Kate Winslet’s Hit HBO Show

Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby explains why season 2 would be a challenge despite his willingness to revisit Kate Winslet’s hit HBO show. Aired in 2021, the crime drama follows Winslet as the titular detective, Mare Sheehan, who investigates a murder in a small town outside Philadelphia. Other than Winslet in the lead role, the Mare of Easttown cast includes Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, David Denman, James McArdle, Guy Pearce, and Cailee Spaeny.

During an HBO press conference in Los Angeles (via Deadline), Ingelsby explained why Mare of Easttown season 2 would be a challenge. The creator is willing to revisit the show, but only if they can craft a story as emotionally compelling as the first season, though he wants to “give Mare some space” to avoid rushing into another intense storyline. Read his full comments below:

We’re always open to revisiting Mare. I would welcome the chance if we could craft the story. Mare’s journey was so emotional and it was hard to come up with an emotional story. It’s hard to come up with one that could compete with losing a son and having to confront that. There are a lot of plotlines we could explore … I want to give Mare some space before we build up another emotional trauma. That’s hard to jump back into.

There Will Be A Long Wait

Though it was originally intended as a limited series, Mare of Easttown season 2 became a possibility in August 2021 when Kate Winslet expressed interest in returning as Mare and said that creator Brad Ingelsby has “some very cool ideas” for a second season. However, the two-time Emmy-winning actress, winning her second for Mare of Easttown, acknowledged that a second season would be very difficult on an emotional level. Ingelsby expresses a similar sentiment in his most recent comments.

Ingelsby’s recent comments suggest that Mare of Easttown season 2 is still in the very early stages of development and, if it ever happens, it won’t be for a while. The creator is cautious about rushing into it, and though he’s open to exploring more of Mare’s story, he would only do so if a worthy storyline emerges. He emphasizes that creating a new emotional arc would be challenging, given the intense themes of the first season, especially Mare’s journey through grief and trauma after the loss of her son.

Our Take On Mare Of Easttown Season 2

Brad Ingelsby’s New HBO Crime Drama Can Help Cope With The Wait

It may be quite some time before we see another season of Mare Of Easttown, if Ingelsby ever finds the right storyline to revisit the character. However, he does have a new crime drama coming to HBO, titled Task, which follows Mark Ruffalo as an FBI agent leading a task force focused on stopping a series of drug-house robberies orchestrated by an unsuspecting family man. Since the upcoming HBO miniseries is set in the same Pennsylvania county where Mare of Easttown took place, it could be considered a spiritual sequel of sorts.

Source: Deadline