HBO Max outage draws ire of Twitter users eager for season finale of Kate Winslet’s Mare Of Easttown

HBO Max crashed Sunday night as viewers were logging in for the season finale of the crime drama Mare Of Easttown starring Kate Winslet.

Twitter erupted as fans of the mini-series were greeted with error messages instead of English actress Winslet, 45, portraying detective sergeant Mare Sheehan as she investigates the murder of a young girl and the disappearance of another in Easttown, Pennsylvania.

‘Just trying to watch my depressing murder show and HBO Max is having none of it,’ one viewer tweeted along with a still of Mare snacking with spray cheese.

Service down: HBO Max crashed Sunday night as viewers were logging in for the season finale of the crime drama Mare Of Easttown starring Kate Winslet

Twitter reaction: A viewer employed a meme of John Travolta as Vincent Vega looking confused in Pulp Fiction with the heading: ‘#MareOfEasttown the IT guys at HBO Max right now’

Official confirmation: HBO Max Help on Twitter confirmed the streaming service was down

Another viewer employed a meme of John Travolta as Vincent Vega looking confused in Pulp Fiction with the heading: ‘#MareOfEasttown the IT guys at HBO Max right now.’

Yet another viewer referenced Winslet’s breakout role in The Titanic, writing: ‘Congratulations Kate Winslet for being a part of two of the biggest crashes of all time.’

Many frustrated fans shared mocking GIFs to illustrate their frustrations, including one from Mean Girls with the caption: ‘Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by HBO Max.’ 

One shared two photos of actress Kim Cattrall taken decades apart, with the caption: ‘Me when I first logged on to @hbomax vs when I finally get to watch.’   

HBO Max Help on Twitter confirmed the streaming service was down. 

‘We’re aware some customers may be experiencing issues streaming #HBOMax and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this as quickly as possible,’ HBO Max Help tweeted.

The problem was mostly resolved within an hour and an HBO Max spokesperson told TVLine at 11.15pm Sunday: ‘Some HBO Max users experienced Intermittent service disruptions this evening, but the issue was quickly resolved and service has been restored’.

But despite the network’s claim of resolving it’s streaming-related issues, viewers of the show continued to alert the HBO Max Help Twitter account that they were still unable to stream the program’s highly-anticipated finale.

At 12.49am Monday, over an hour after HBO Max Help’s initial tweet, the account once again announced that it had resolved all streaming problems to the dismay of frustrated fans.

‘Our team has resolved streaming issues with #HBOMax,’ the account tweeted. ‘You may need to close and reopen HBO Max, or sign out and sign back in. Please tweet us for further support, thank you!’

The network once again tweeted that they had resolved ongoing streaming problems an hour after initially claiming such issues had been sorted out, as rabid Mare of Easttown fans voiced their displeasure during Sunday’s highly-anticipated season finale

The ensemble cast of Mare Of Easttown includes Winslet as well as Jean Smart, Guy Pearce, Julianne Nicholson, Angourie Rice, David Denman, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, and John Douglas Thompson.

All seven episodes were directed by Craig Zobel.

The series has received widespread critical acclaim with Winslet being singled out for particular praise.

Spoiler alert: Fans of the show took to Twitter to report the outage on Sunday, with streaming issues remaining unresolved for hours for many viewers as they attempted to watch the show’s season finale

Personally victimized: A scene from Mean Girls was used to show how viewers felt after HBO Max’s streaming services were disrupted during the season finale of the mini-series Mare of Easttown on Sunday

Long wait: Some felt like the outage was taking so long they were aging rapidly as fans of the show took to social media to voice their collective displeasure in HBO Max’s streaming services

Winslet for the series has convincingly replicated a Philadelphia regional accent known as the ‘Delco accent’, after Delaware County to the west of Philadelphia.

The Oscar-winning actress also was mentioned in a tweet by a viewer who compared her role in the Titanic to the HBO Max crash.

‘If a rained out #MemorialDayWeekend wasn’t enough, let’s add #HBOMax crashing for the season finale of #MareOfEasttown,’ one fan lamented on Twitter alongside a picture of Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson with the caption ‘FIX IT!!’

‘Congratulations Kate Winslet for being part of two of the biggest crashes of all time @hbomax #Titanic #MareOfEasttown,’ another post read.

Oscar winner: The Oscar-winning actress was mentioned in a tweet by a viewer who compared her role in the Titanic to the HBO Max crash

Freaking out: Kermit The Frog freaking out was used to compare how viewers were feeling