In Mare of Easttown, the previous Delaware County–set series that Brad Ingelsby made for HBO, solving crimes was women’s work: Kate Winslet’s blowsy, grimacing turn as a detective in a Philly exurb was thrilling to watch not just for her flattened vowels and bone-deep sighs but for her character’s authority. Looking more exhausted than any TV character in recent memory, Mare investigated murders, raised her grandson, and presided over her community with questionable ethics but unfailing care. The show’s local specificity—Mare scarfed down hoagies and found a crucial clue next to a treasured piece of Eagles memorabilia—earned its own Saturday Night Live parody (“Your pop was a cop, and your pop-pop was a cop, and your pop-pop’s pop-pop was the original Phillie Phanatic”). But the show’s mat

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