Who is Colin Zabel in Mare of Easttown?

The county detective with the press-conference smile · Easttown PD

Colin Zabel (The county detective with the press-conference smile) is a character in Mare of Easttown, part of Easttown PD. Detective Colin Zabel arrives from the county with a solved-case reputation, a TV-ready smile and an immediate, hopeless crush on the prickly local sergeant he's been sent to babysit. The reputation has an asterisk he confesses over too many beers — the famous case wasn't solved the way the press release said — which makes Zabel the show's study in borrowed confidence: a genuinely decent, genuinely capable detective trying to become the man the headlines invented. He follows Mare through one door too many.

When does Colin Zabel first appear?

Colin Zabel first appears in Season 1, Episode 2 (“Fathers”) of Mare of Easttown (2021, HBO).

Who is Colin Zabel connected to?

Relationships already established when Colin Zabel first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Mare Sheehan — Partners — the county kid earns it

Which group does Colin Zabel belong to?

By the time Colin Zabel appears, Easttown PD also includes Mare Sheehan.

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