Excellent acting by all. I was a little confused in the beginning cause so many men had beards & looked alike.Hard to tell who was whom. A lot of details in the telling of this tale; lots of twists & turns. It does not show the people of the Allegahney mountain towns in a good light. In a way, it’s almost too honest. Showing all the dysfunctional families, their lives & their hopelessness. Everyone knows everything about everyone. It’s a small town with small town problems. Kate Winslet is a very good actress but she is so honestly plain in this, she’s almost homely. She & Guy Pearce are Australians & they learned the dialect perfectly. I cannot imagine anyone beating her for an Emmy. The mystery is presented well. I did not think any of it was improbable. I binged watching four parts the first time & the next night I watched all the rest of the story. I love mysteries & this did not disappoint.