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This article contains spoilers for Mare of Easttown through episode 5. On its surface, Mare of Easttown is a murder mystery: Who killed poor, sweet, Erin McMenamin? By the time the credits roll on the final episode, we will almost certainly have that answer (unless we don’t). Yet, the connective tissue of the series goes much deeper than a simple whodunnit. The threads that bind the citizens of Easttown together are woven through with unspoken pain, loss, and tightly held secrets.  Of course, Easttown itself is meant to be a primary character in the show. Ever since the endless “squee-ing”…