MARE OF EASTTOWN

Neon

The always fantastic Kate Winslet delivers what critics are calling a “career best” performance in this prestige murder-mystery series. Winslet plays a small-town detective who begins investigating a gruesome local murder while her personal life crumbles around her. The seven-episode, limited series has been called a “gasp-inducer”, which in the context of a mystery is exactly the response you want as a viewer. It’s also been called “dark, dirty and depressing” and a “tough watch”, so you should brace yourself before diving in. This isn’t a CSI-style police procedural. Instead, a lot of this crimedrama’s vibe comes from the inhabitants of the small town, their tangled personal lives and how all of that sprawls into the core mystery. Described as “utterly absorbing”: one review said it was an “exemplary encapsulation of why the prestige limited series might be the best format for adult storytelling we have right now”. Streaming from Monday.