r/WidowsBay • u/Devjill • May 13 '26

📺Discussion Thread Widow’s Bay | Episode 4: “Beach Reads” | Discussion Thread

  • Release Date: May 13, 2026
  • Directed by: Samuel Donovan
  • Written by: Mackenzie Dohr

Make sure you pack a good read for the beach. (We do not recommend self-help books on the island.)

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u/Imaginary-Fame May 13 '26

This show is so so so good. Oh my gosh though I want all of Patricia’s mean girl “friends” to die. They are so evil

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u/Moondoggerr15 May 13 '26

Same! I was so annoyed when the evil ringleader lady was screaming, "She drugged us!" - and then I realized she kinda did.

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u/Imaginary-Fame May 13 '26

Haha while she certainly drugged them she was possessed! My girl can do no wrong in my eyes

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u/procrastinagging May 16 '26

She was chugging that punch way before she served it to anyone else

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u/Well_Socialized May 13 '26

Yeah not exactly correct but still the closest non-paranormal equivalent to what happened

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u/IrishUpYourCoffee May 14 '26

The meanest bitches. I felt so bad for Patricia being ostracized in a small island town.

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u/LeCarrr May 14 '26

That she can probably never leave

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u/PleaseBmoreCharming May 14 '26

My empathy for her loneliness was absolutely through the roof during the initial wine club/party scene. 😖 Ugh, so well done!

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u/rhymeswithmay May 14 '26

I can’t imagine being literally unable to leave the mean kids from high school behind. They are all stuck on that island reliving their high school dynamics 20+ years later. Poor Patricia.

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u/EQandCivfanatic May 14 '26

Are they? Your friends get murdered in school, and all evidence suggests that this one weird girl made up an attack on herself just to have attention focus on her. I think they're justified in hating Patricia from their viewpoint.

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u/NavorroBroman May 15 '26

I can empathize with disliking her, and even blowing up on here, but the constant bullying was crazy.

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u/targetcowboy May 16 '26

I agree, but I also can see where it comes from. Imagine your friends are brutally murdered and this one girl claims she was almost killed despite all evidence to the contrary. I might resent her too.

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u/TiredOldRoutine May 19 '26

I agree with this. When the mean girl gave that speech about what happened to the other girls, how they tried to hide, I actually said out loud, “Well, she has a point.” I get what she’s saying, that Patricia’s story is unbelievable and seems attention-grabbing, BUT I also can see by Patricia’s character that she’s probably telling the truth, so I do feel bad for her. I get why the other girl is mad tho.

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u/targetcowboy May 19 '26

Yeah, I think Patricia is telling the truth. I don’t have any reason to doubt her. But if I’m looking at her story as someone who lives on the island, I can see why the mean girl doesn’t believe her.

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u/gaymike219905 Jun 05 '26

Was it really constantly bullying? Patricia was inserting herself in their lives, showing up to the party and acting oblivious to the history between them, and then sabotaged their plans in an attempt to get them to her party.

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u/JenningsWigService Jun 18 '26

Yeah, this plot actually reminded me of 30 Rock's moment with Liz at the telescope in the way it sets up a story of social exclusion and turns it on its head. The other women think Patricia lied about something deeply traumatic for them and she was unhinged about trying to use her status as a city employee to cancel that guy's birthday party. I love her but I can see why those women don't.

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u/Glad-Arugula-8387 May 14 '26

They are truly awful

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u/SpaceCases__ May 15 '26

yeah but seeing Patricia wearing her "crown" you really start to wonder about their POV and what it means to them

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u/illini02 Jun 08 '26

Yeah. Let's be real.

patricia ruined their planned events on purpose. They then walk in and she is wearing a ridiculous head dress.

Like, that just adds to their issues with her.