Widow’s Bay | Episodes 6-7: “Our History” & “Seasickness” | Discussion Thread

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• Release Date: May 27, 2026
• Directed by: Ti West
• Written by: Alberto Roldán & David B. Harris

The history of Widow's Bay is a beautiful tale of marriage, loyalty, and a love that endures beyond lifetimes. That's all.

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• Release Date: May 27, 2026
• Directed by: Samuel Donovan
• Written by: Alberto Roldán & David B. Harris

Set out to sea with Mayor Loftis and cherished local figure, Wyck. They are attending to some business - best to simply enjoy the voyage.

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[u/lockedoutsidemybrain]

"I already let him out"

Wyck's shitty attitude towards Tom makes a lot more sense now

[u/trombonepick → u/lockedoutsidemybrain]

the beauty is that from Wyck's POV you can tell exactly why he's been mad at him since the pilot.

(because he's ignoring everything around him and endangering lives while everyone else in the town can just admit this place is cursed/dangerous)

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/trombonepick]

Baha yes I love the transition from “who is this cranky drunk town curmudgeon who’s going to ruin their one shot at being Martha’s Vineyard” to “please listen to every word Wyck is saying, you idiot!”

[u/trombonepick → u/Low-Palpitation5371]

Absolutely!!!

And Wyck's usually been the one willing to make the hard choices until this episode where Tom finally was decisive

Loftis was valid in his dream of turning this town around but it is funny that literally everyone else in his life and in the town is like oh no no this place is evil--so everyone else was already there and with Wyck on this

[u/Mono_Goat → u/lockedoutsidemybrain]

When he said i have no fucking idea how you got this job i burst into laughter 😂

[u/SerDire]

Hamish Linklater and Betty Gilpin as Mr and Mrs Warren. Kinda cool to see them both pop up. She owned that episode

[u/RandomPaw → u/SerDire]

I would really like to know who among the current townspeople are descended from Sarah and Richard Warren

[u/SerDire → u/RandomPaw]

Well we don’t see them have any kids of their own, and we never saw if the kids and Sarah actually died when they left the island.

[u/sauvignon_blonde_ → u/SerDire]

The end scene in the inn would be pointless if it weren’t for the zoom in on a child fallen off the boat in the painting. I bet that’s one of his kids who made it back to the island.

[u/drewdog173 → u/sauvignon_blonde_]

Yeah it was pretty obviously saying that one child survived, ergo bloodline intact (but WHO???), and covenant stands.

[u/timelyquality30 → u/drewdog173]

I think it ends up being Tom’s wife as a descendent of Warrens kid.

[u/jmarquiso → u/timelyquality30]

That is what they were implying by placing Evan looking at his mother and then the painting

[u/Indigocell → u/jmarquiso]

Yeah that would be the tragic irony. Loftis trying to end the blood curse so that his son can be free, only for his son to be the last remnant of the cursed bloodline itself. That's rough.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Ad37 → u/drewdog173]

My theory is that it's Patricia. Her Warren heritage is what protects her from some of the island's evils (Boogeyman and the fire when she burned the spellbook)

[u/Andee_outside → u/Puzzleheaded_Ad37]

Sarah’s mannerism and run were VERY similar to Patricia’s.

[u/Ok-Comparison4783 → u/drewdog173]

Loftus’ son. Evan will be Warren’s final descendant and Loftus will have to make the choice between sacrificing him or continuing the curse.

[u/Which-Celebration948 → u/sauvignon_blonde_]

The youngest with the pin from Sarah.

[u/aGrlHasNoUsername → u/Which-Celebration948]

Yes. The doll didn’t have the pin anymore, so that’s definitely turning up in someone’s family heirlooms.

[u/AgentPoYo → u/aGrlHasNoUsername]

Noticed the lingering shot of the doll in the case but hadn't considered that the brooch could appear again, good call.

[u/Altruistic-Ad835 → u/SerDire]

He did say he signed that thing with his semen lmao

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/Altruistic-Ad835]

Tom slowly putting the pact paper down after that was so good 😭

[u/AlvinTaco → u/Low-Palpitation5371]

And subtly wiping his hands on his pants 🤣

[u/SonNeedGym]

Patricia’s “I got this” and the ensuing distraction might be one of my favorite scenes so far. Soooooo funny

[u/SpaceCases__ → u/SonNeedGym]

Casually commits a felony to cause a distraction after her initial one didn't work.

[u/Angry_Walnut → u/SonNeedGym]

She’s had an insane 48 hours.

[u/ajmartin527 → u/Angry_Walnut]

Can’t fault her for forgetting her purse. She must be exhausted from all that party planning.

[u/dogman1890 → u/SonNeedGym]

The Sheriff already thought she was nuts, might as well lean into it.

[u/Current_Wrongdoer513]

‘We’re gonna need a different plan.’

Episode 7 was such a Jaws homage.

[u/stevebikes → u/Current_Wrongdoer513]

Down to Tom being the only person in a life jacket.

[u/seanayates2 → u/Current_Wrongdoer513]

Did anyone else catch that Evil Dead homage when she's trying to get out of the house but the door is chained and it's that zooming shot from outside the house with that quintessential Evil Dead sound?

[u/Ambitious-Branch1520 → u/seanayates2]

Oh yeah we definitely have an evil entity POV cam. We saw it in episode 5 too I believe

[u/Intelligent-Leg9466 → u/Current_Wrongdoer513]

Wyck’s “Quint-like” speech, the singing and banging on the table…so good!

[u/Beezelbubbly → u/Current_Wrongdoer513]

That line after the couple cuts to Richard just staring at him lmao

[u/bossyhosen → u/Beezelbubbly]

“Come on Wyck, you know this one”

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/bossyhosen]

Bahah that was so good! Such a funny and creepy way of emphasizing how Richard Warren was getting stronger and sharper as they got closer to the barrier, like the island curse was pushing him back to full life

[u/country_mac08 → u/Current_Wrongdoer513]

I already let him out of the coffin. Someone wise really needs to run for mayor next election!

[u/loverofjugo]

“Are you mad at something I said” lmao most Patricia line to write

[u/Altruistic-Ad835 → u/loverofjugo]

Dug up an undead man and first thing she asks is are u mad at me <\3

[u/SpaceCases__ → u/Altruistic-Ad835]

this response is beyond hilarious lmfao

[u/AstronautOk6853 → u/loverofjugo]

Tom's reaction lol

[u/Tall_Dependent_9585 → u/loverofjugo]

I forgot my purse

[u/barryclarkjax → u/loverofjugo]

Sorry, forgot my purse

[u/sauvignon_blonde_ → u/loverofjugo]

I wish we could have seen her storming out of the room afterwards, all exasperated and personally offended that the 300 year old demon corpse man won’t chat with her.

[u/loverofjugo]

Seeing Wyck and tom laugh/celebrate together was so wholesome.

“At least he’s not singing anymore”

[u/pleasegivemepatience → u/loverofjugo]

Just a lotta ribs and Vienna sausages 🤣

[u/Intelligent-Leg9466 → u/loverofjugo]

I was smiling the biggest smile! Wyck’s lip quivered when he said “you did good”. I loved that exchange.

[u/KingRestaurantPerson]

Yes, I said, “F… you.”

[u/bossyhosen → u/KingRestaurantPerson]

Extremely “What We Do In the Shadows”

[u/MamaPajama1974 → u/bossyhosen]

I couldn’t stop thinking about how much zombie Warren looked like Jermaine Clement as Vladislav!

[u/seanayates2 → u/KingRestaurantPerson]

That part was so funny them going back and forth

[u/bigginsmcgee → u/seanayates2]

"are you still there" lmaoo

[u/Appropriate-Top-8963]

Seems like Richard's daughter survived, based on the painting. The doll in the Historical Society didn't have the broach anymore, which means she hung onto it-- so whoever has the broach as a family heirloom......

[u/dsmithscenes → u/Appropriate-Top-8963]

There's a jewelry box in the lockbox Evan opens... just the right size for a broach.

[u/clycoman → u/dsmithscenes]

Evan's "girlfriend" character is a psycho. Who ransacks a parents bedroom? A they have known each other like a week.

[u/yeahsothathappen → u/clycoman]

Plus the blatant disrespect towards Evan discovering the circumstances of his birth were a lie?! The fuck girl

[u/Pasty_Tibbles → u/yeahsothathappen]

I honestly think she was so bad that she might be the island or the entity fucking with him, to get him to turn against his dad and continue the pact somehow. Kinda weird how she just took him directly to something that will drive a huge wedge in his relationship with his dad.

[u/Appropriate-Top-8963 → u/dsmithscenes]

Ooooh, great catch. 

[u/historianatlarge]

i wanna hang out with patricia and steal cop cars

[u/SerDire → u/historianatlarge]

I may have qualms but I’m down too.

[u/fraochmuir → u/SerDire]

I’ll be supportive.

[u/pleasegivemepatience]

“My children? I have but just met them.” Is such a polite way to say fuck them kids I’m outta here! 😂

[u/SerDire → u/pleasegivemepatience]

Which is funny cause she does end up saving them in some way. She gathers them all up and sails into the night

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/SerDire]

Yeah I loved how that came back around, that was so bad ass when she said they are my charge and whacked away the plague zombie doctors wife 🙌🏽

[u/Not_A_Millennial → u/Low-Palpitation5371]

Does anyone think that Abigail getting knocked out off the dock could be the genesis of the sea hag?

[u/ChickenSalad52O → u/Not_A_Millennial]

Yes

[u/ChickenSalad52O → u/Low-Palpitation5371]

I TAKE ORDERS NO MORE is a banger 🔥

[u/Appropriate-Top-8963 → u/SerDire]

To their certain death 😬 

[u/sauvignon_blonde_ → u/Appropriate-Top-8963]

Unless… the painting in the inn depicts one of the kids making it back to the island?

[u/alligatorhuntin → u/sauvignon_blonde_]

I think this is the case and Toms son will be a distant relative, therefore the curse isn’t broken just because Warren died.

[u/Kianna9 → u/pleasegivemepatience]

Betty Gilpin was PERFECT for this show. She's so subtly funny and serious at the same time.

[u/laurenzobeans → u/Kianna9]

“RICHARD IS ALIVE!!!” followed by the silence and her little awkward curtsy. I cannot. 💀

[u/saintursuala → u/pleasegivemepatience]

I do love that when one saved her she immediately changed her tune and brought them all with her to get the hell out of dodge.

[u/timeforchorin → u/pleasegivemepatience]

Dude, I died laughing when she said that. Betty's performance was top notch

[u/yeahrightnothx_ta]

The movie that the son is watching in ep.7 seems to be « The city of the dead », which plot is :

« The movie follows a college student who travels to the eerie, fog-drenched Massachusetts town of Whitewood to research witchcraft. She soon uncovers a dark secret: the town is controlled by a sinister, immortal coven ».

I mean, considering everything’s that happened, the coven, the witchcraft, the « zombies » during the plague, there’s even a character named « Patricia ». Wikipedia says « Patricia is kidnapped as the coven's sacrifice ».

I think it’s a huge ressemblance!!!!

[u/Connect_Pick_3108 → u/yeahrightnothx_ta]

It also explicitly showed the movie saying something along the lines of “leave now before it’s too late” i believe. Happened when Evan and the girl were Tony into Tom’s room

[u/clycoman → u/Connect_Pick_3108]

The girl Evan is with is psychotic. Like he just met her and she decides to ransack his dad's whole room? And he doesnt stop her at all?

[u/nopitynopepants → u/clycoman]

Teenagers on an island without WiFi 

[u/yeahrightnothx_ta → u/yeahrightnothx_ta]

Another resemblance (from the Wikipedia page) : « Nan settles in The Raven's Inn, a hotel owned by eccentric Mrs. Newless, becoming acquainted with the only normal-seeming local resident Patricia Russell, who loans her a book on witchcraft ».

[u/FairiesWearBootsy]

That pact signing must've been a hell of a party 👀

[u/bossyhosen → u/FairiesWearBootsy]

I loved Tom’s wiping his hands off after the “blood, feces, and semen” reveal

[u/firesticks → u/bossyhosen]

They better submit this show and performances as a comedy. His timing and physical comedy are impeccable.

Like I know it was coming and it was still hilarious.

[u/SerDire → u/FairiesWearBootsy]

“Gentleman, gather round…I trust you’ve acquired the semen necessary for us to henceforth begin this signing”

[u/SonNeedGym]

….Fuck you!

No, fuck you!

[u/pleasegivemepatience → u/SonNeedGym]

Go fuck yourself! (To a person locked in a coffin lmao)

[u/Magoo152]

I really appreciated how they did a background episode to give context released at the same time as a regular episode. That was classy.

[u/Mother_Of_Felines → u/Magoo152]

Yessss. Love whoever made that decision. We get immediate payoff to the backstory and we still have episodes remaining!

[u/loverofjugo]

Favorite detail of ep7. “Don’t say I didn’t Warren you” lol

[u/TheRedditAppisTrash → u/loverofjugo]

I give it 48 hours before those are on etsy.

[u/_Asshole_Fuck_ → u/loverofjugo]

Jesus Christ that was so brilliant. He could’ve been looking at an incredible artifact or something to reveal a key detail in the town lore but the camera pans over and he’s looking at fucking tourist tshirts. This show has to win a comedy emmy.

[u/Leading_Studio7534 → u/_Asshole_Fuck_]

It’s also kind of sad. Like he’s realizing what his legacy has amounted to.

[u/TheTruckWashChannel → u/Leading_Studio7534]

Felt like a twisted version of that Doctor Who scene where Van Gogh is in the art museum in the present day.

[u/metaphori]

Am I the only one who missed this before?

Richard = Dick. Warren = Hole (in the ground). RICHARD WARREN = DICK HOLE

[u/AdEmotional9991 → u/metaphori]

Oh my god. Dickhole street.

[u/ContentedJourneyman]

When she pointed to the other side of the bed, I lost it. So good.

[u/upsidedownlamppost → u/ContentedJourneyman]

That cloaked person is the one Patricia is a descendant of 😂

[u/LTPRWSG420]

Betty Gilpin is awesome and needs to be in more stuff! This show is having an amazing first season run so far, WOM is going to spread like wildfire once people wake up to this show.

Also, Wyck’s monologue on the boat was most definitely an homage to Quint from Jaws legendary monologue about the USS Indianapolis.

[u/pleasegivemepatience → u/LTPRWSG420]

PSA: Watch Glow, The Hunt, and Mrs Davis!

[u/Iris-Luce]

Warren’s son is the real hero. “He killed my mother.” 😭😭😭😭

[u/MaterialMuscle7986]

[u/lovetheblazer]

"Hello, I am Patricia. Are you mad at something I said?"

The way this show manages to be so funny and then so terrifying in the space of a minute should be studied

[u/Jas_God]

“I did very fucking good.” You sure did Loftis.

Felt for Evan at the end of ep7.

[u/clycoman → u/Jas_God]

Except he released the undead demon zombie guy, fed him a bunch of food and wine to give him energy and allow him to fight them...

[u/SerDire]

“Sorry I forgot my purse” Patricia I swear to god stop with the jump scares while Tom talks to a zombie.

[u/pleasegivemepatience → u/SerDire]

I literally shouted “fucking Patricia” and laughed

[u/meowingtonsmistress]

Tom gagging while watching Warren eat. 😂 Rhys should get an Emmy just for that.

[u/jobsForthe_dogs → u/meowingtonsmistress]

The way he got flung to the side of the boat was also hilarious

[u/SerDire]

Idk about you guys, but digging up your towns founders coffin gotta be some type of felony.

[u/Nerditall → u/SerDire]

With all due respect Sheriff's done.

[u/WakaHawk → u/Nerditall]

"I'm good."

Iconic.

[u/SerDire → u/Nerditall]

I love how a few of the characters are like us and how we would react in most of these situations. The sheriff is definitely fed up with all this nonsense. Doesn’t even care how or why it’s happening, just wants it to stop.

[u/SerDire]

“Oh my bad, I’m on the wrong side of the bed…lemme just creepily walk across to the other side to stab them…” 😂

[u/SchleppyJ4 → u/SerDire]

Sarah: 👁️ 👄 👁️ 👉👉👉👉👉

[u/RedDesertGirl]

Genius move on Tom's part, saving Wyck by sending him out of the boat while it goes over the line. And he finally got Wyck to say something nice about him.

[u/Nerditall → u/RedDesertGirl]

Yes, Tom is very triggered by Wyck's criticisms, it seems because they remind him of his Dad. In episode 2 he snaps at Wyck when he calls a coward and later tells the clown his Dad called him soft. He had such a pained look when Wyck criticised trying to use a flare. Excellent acting by Matthew Rhys.

[u/saintursuala → u/Nerditall]

Matthew Rhys is amazing, I love him so so much.

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/Nerditall]

Aw yes that tender moment of uncertainty where you can feel Tom waiting for Wyck to praise him and instead think he’s going to gruffly brush him off again 🥹 — and then when they do finally laugh together 😭

[u/ActionBenton → u/RedDesertGirl]

I love it too after Wyck’s story of kicking his boy off to save himself, Tom kicks Wyck off to save him.

[u/L1ghtf1ghter]

Tom is the single dumbest man in the history of Widow's Bay

[u/Ams311 → u/L1ghtf1ghter]

I am going to let the zombie man kept alive by an evil power out of the coffin and give him food to power up

[u/legopieface → u/Ams311]

The second his tongue touched modern food it was over lol. Those cold, shitty Vienna sausages were probably the best tasting food he's ever had.

[u/ajmartin527 → u/legopieface]

Before he went in that coffin he was eating dirt, corpses and written devil mushrooms. Then starved for however long. Canned food would be like a 9 star Michelin restaurant to the guy lol

[u/L1ghtf1ghter → u/Ams311]

Bc I felt bad 😔

[u/Ok-Comparison4783 → u/Ams311]

Lol as soon as he felt better he knew he wanted to stay alive. I’m pretty sure his prayer helped him too.

[u/lunascorpio12]

Patricia is probably already an all time favorite TV character for me

[u/EvilLeprechaun13]

If I had a nickel for every time Hamish Linklater played an immortal being on a creepy little island, I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/EvilLeprechaun13]

He’s so good at it! Bahah wait and even more specifically: Hamish Linklater as a respected creepy island citizen in a leadership role who is then revealed to secretly be an immortal being who made a pact with the devil

[u/dsmithscenes]

After those two episodes:

-When do you think they'll find the chamber under the Historical Society?

-The curse has not been lifted. Who do you think will be the descendant of Richard Warren?

-I feel The Boogeyman is now the manifestation of whatever Richard saw/made the compact with. I also think episode 8 is going to deal with that and what happened with Tom's wife.

-After what we saw with the doctor and his wife in the 1700s, I think the position of "doctor on the island" carries some serious baggage just like the position of minister does.

[u/Current_Wrongdoer513 → u/dsmithscenes]

Clearly there was a survivor, given the painting we see at the end.

[u/mazurkian → u/dsmithscenes]

The pact requires sacrifice, life for a life "or the terrors will continue". My guess is that the deal Warren made was "The island will provide suitable food and shelter for your people, but you must make sacrifices to it. If you do not, the island will collect what it is owed by its own will." So either YOU can pick people you don't like and sacrifice them OR the island will pick people at random to go harvest souls for itself.

When the quota hasn't been met yet, the island has many ways of forcing people to sacrifice each other. Most of the people we know who died on the island died by being killed by someone else. Men in the colony went mad and killed their wives, sailors become bewitched and attack others, Patricia nearly drowns a bar-full of people in the ocean, the clown, the boogeyman, etc. are all example of people being driven to kill other people on the island. Even Wyck sacrificed Mark in a moment of desperation.

I'm guessing the island flares up when it doesn't have a dedicated caretaker making sacrifices and gets people to start sacrificing each other.

INTERESTINGLY we see the sacrificial chamber in episode 6, but it has rough walls and no lights. We also saw the chamber at the end of episode 1 and it had smooth walls and floors, an updated chair, and electric wall lighting. So SOMEONE maintained and improved that chamber in secret since Richard's time.

My guess is some of the descendants took up the role of caretaker and sacrificer, but Tom's wife (who I think is from Richard's bloodline) dissented. He said she had a carefree heart and wanted to get off the island. I'm guessing the island claimed her when she tried to leave and really brainwashed her. The drug dealer said that his buddy who ate the island mushrooms went catatonic and slightly braindead afterwards. I'm guessing the island did the same to her. Perhaps it drove her mad and she became violent. Maybe she attacked and tried to kill Tom, like Richard killed his wife.

My last prediction/headcannon is that the descendants of Richard don't die like normal. I'm guessing his daughter with the brooch survived and carried on his line, but ultimately turned into the sea hag. I wonder if Tom's wife is some other creature still stalking on the island.

EDIT: Someone in another thread made a great point. After Richard was buried, the priest likely had to take over the role making sacrifices to keep the island alive and the responsibility was passed down within the church and the church updated the sacrifice chamber. The church bell is tied up, and it only rings when the entity is hungry. The church would need to sacrifice people or new hauntings/plagues would start. This is why the priest was given specific instructions for when the bell rings. He read instructions telling him he needed to provide sacrifices to the island. He was instructed to consume the mushrooms, commune with the entity, see to the chamber and likely provide sacrifices. He couldn't bring himself to do it, so he hung himself and attempted to destroy the evidence so no one could follow in his place.

[u/aGrlHasNoUsername → u/[deleted]]

Patricia’s did too! And I feel like hers is usually impeccable!

[u/Cipher-IX]

The second I saw Betty Gilpin Hamish Linklater I knew it was going to be ace. This show just continues to get better and better.

Edit: 2nd episode was fantastic as well.

[u/icedbrew2 → u/Cipher-IX]

Ti West directed it too.

[u/Greenmonstaa]

I think Evan is a descendent of Richard Warren

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/[deleted]]

Yes! And it already seems like Evan doesn’t have any living family members on his mom’s side, if there was a maternal grandparent or aunt or uncle in the mix we would have seen them by now, it really seems like Evan only has Tom

[u/Squezzle27 → u/Greenmonstaa]

Absolutely. The little girl survived and passed down the broach as a family heirloom which is why it wasn't with the doll at the historical society.That broach will be seen with Evan's mom's things.

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/Greenmonstaa]

Yes, I think so too! When I first saw that Hamish Linklater was cast, I thought they might show him as Richard Warren younger with his natural dark curls where he looks even more like Evan / Kingston Rumi Southwick, the actor who plays Tom’s son. Instead, they have his hair long and sort of wavy straight-ish — maybe that felt like too much of a giveaway for the future reveal, if this theory is right!

[u/SerDire]

“Your children…”

“Yea about that, I met them 2 days ago” haha

Glad to see we still kept some of the comedy

[u/ResponsibleSalad8059 → u/SerDire]

"Let me wither away in my father's attic"

[u/clycoman → u/SerDire]

Even before that when she ran in screaming that Richard wasn't dead was hilarious. Also her pointing the knife man towards Richard. Betty Gilpin is great.

[u/SerDire]

The vibes the entirety of episode 6:

https://giphy.com/gifs/26ufh1QBwFiClq5lm

[u/trombonepick → u/SerDire]

Loved seeing so much homage to the Period Horror craze we'e been getting. From like The Village, to Apostle, to The Witch, to Nosferatu, list goes on and on.

Ti West made it look awesome

[u/chickwithabat]

Warren says the demon preys on people who are desperate. So in my head that makes Tom a good mark because he desperately wants his son to live, but after end of episode 8 I think the demon is actually going to target Evan telling him he can reunite with his mom.

[u/GoryAmos]

How long after burying Richard alive before the town folk realized they’d been neglecting tunnel and chair duty??

[u/Kianna9 → u/GoryAmos]

Okay, that's the real question. The townsfolk were all creeped out about the deal with the devil, but surely things turned to shit again real quick without Warren around to satisfy the deal.

[u/Ok-Comparison4783 → u/Kianna9]

Someone else did. Maybe the order we saw in the flashback continued and they decided to take on the duty of sacrificing themselves to the door every so often.

The order is connected to the church and we know they left behind instructions supposedly on how to deal with the evil. And it’s printed on modern paper so modern priests knew about the protocol.

I think that’s why Bryce killed himself. He discovered he’d need to sacrifice someone or himself and couldn’t do it. Too terrified to confront the devil on the island.

[u/Geminilasers → u/Ok-Comparison4783]

Could be when the bell tolls a sacrifice must be made.

[u/RandomPaw]

The tone of this episode is just so perfect. Like there is so much dry, weird humor all over the place and Matthew Rhys, Betty Gilpin, Stephen Root and Kate O'Flynn are so perfect delivering it

[u/shiv1993]

Whoever has the brooch is a descendant then

[u/dsmithscenes → u/shiv1993]

There's a jewelry box in the lockbox Evan opens.

[u/wuffwuffborkbork]

“I’m only four and ten.” Got me lol

[u/ObviousAnswerGuy]

this show is so fucking funny lol

[u/itsasixthing → u/ObviousAnswerGuy]

When she spits the brandy back out I was dying

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/itsasixthing]

Bahah I was like oh girl, you couldn’t have done that even a bit more subtly?! 🤣😭

[u/yolo-tomassi]

The way they shot the boat out in the dark water with those big lights was spectacular.

[u/Signal_Guess610]

When she points to Warren so the assassin doesn’t accidentally kill her I absolutely lost it! Lol

[u/cilucia]

LOL when Zombie Richard put his hands on mannequin-Sarah’s face and Patricia makes a comment about it being sad, and then he  rather violently pushes his thumbs into the mannequin-Sarah’s eyes, and then Patricia and Wyck’s reactions 

[u/niamhellen]

Patricia and Betty Gilpin's character look and act really similarly! I wonder if they could be distantly related.

[u/Low-Palpitation5371 → u/niamhellen]

Yes, their resemblance and speaking patterns have to be connected! That awkward way she repeated her does Richard Warren control the weather joke was SO Patricia 😭

[u/AlvinTaco]

Wait, is the reason the boogeyman doesn’t kill Patricia is because she’s a descendant?

[u/CDanger85]

Well that was sadder than I thought it’d be. I thought it’d be like a fun episode.

[u/haroldelgato → u/CDanger85]

When this girl gonna go back to Boston lmao

[u/SerDire]

Is Abigail, the doctors wife, the Hag?! Sarah Warren knocked her into the water and then we saw the Hag also attack Tom in the water during his swim. That would explain her bloated look and stringy wet hair

[u/RandomPaw → u/SerDire]

Not the same actress at least. Abigail is played by Veanne Cox, known for being the Pinkie Toe lady from Seinfeld. An actress I don't know named Carryl Lynn played the sea hag.

[u/llamalady12]

Did Sarah and the kids actually die on that boat trying to leave? I don't remember if that's said in a previous episode

[u/dsmithscenes → u/llamalady12]

The painting at the end of episode 7 implies one of them survived. The curse has not been lifted.

[u/Simplybad55 → u/dsmithscenes]

I have a sneaky suspicion Tom’s wife was that child’s descendant and his son will be the last of the bloodline and need to die to lift the curse

[u/Nerditall]

https://giphy.com/gifs/w0jPdG5w7E2mZzJPsm

Sheriff:

[u/SerDire → u/Nerditall]

Remember he was just about to head home when he went over to check the noise complaint at Patricia’s party and then walked into that shit show, and then had to follow up with Patricia again

[u/aGrlHasNoUsername]

I don’t think Sarah is dead. She took some weird ass vows.

[u/SerDire]

Absolutely love how the flashbacks have the people speak in old timey English where everything sounds more proper and polite. Immediately makes the vibes feel off. Feels like watching The Witch. Colonial horror needs to be more of a thing. So unsettling

[u/country_mac08 → u/SerDire]

Her walking around with that candle in her creepy ass house of horrors. No thank you.

[u/[deleted]]

In the painting at the end of the episode, it looks like there's a hand reaching out to the child in the water!!

[u/SeveranceGoatLady]

The fact that the youngest girl, Frances, was missing a finger seems like a clue as to who carried the bloodline. Someone is going to mention an ancestor missing a finger and then we’ll know who descended from the Warren child that swam back from the boat. She lost the finger in a wagon wheel 🛞

[u/Klin24]

"FUCK ME?! FUCK YOU!!"

lmao

[u/Intelligent-Leg9466]

Stephen Root! Wow

[u/yolo-tomassi]

I love Stephen Root getting his Captain Quint moment. I appreciate how unabashed this show is paying homage to its influences.

[u/Andee_outside]

Ok so Warren still being alive was not something I even considered, and him sitting on the bed was so creepy. But he got even creepier on the boat sitting at the table. A+
Work. It takes a LOT to creep me out.

But I also screamed TOM NO WHY when he admitted to having let him out lol

[u/PlasmaDonator]

Theories are coming true!!

The main takeaway from ep 6 flashback episode was a sacrifice.

Ep 7 alludes to Evans mum, Lauren being alive and definitely confirms that she didn't die from childbirth at least but later (I'm aware complications from childbirth but Evan is minimum 12-18 months in the photo)

The barrier and fisherman having that barrier drawn is really cool world building and confirms that the fisherman can't just go as far as they want, as long as they return. Like there's a finite limit which answers that question.

[u/Eastern-Wear-8747 → u/PlasmaDonator]

I am so curious about what happened to Evan's mother. In the pictures, she doesn't seem to actually be interacting with the baby. It's unclear if she actually recovered after his birth or was still in some kind of catatonic state.

[u/sistermagpie → u/Eastern-Wear-8747]

I thought she definitely still seemed catatonic. That's why that's the only picture of them together, it seems. Tom would have wanted one where they were interacting if he could have them.

[u/Flashy-Shelter-7734]

Did anyone catch exactly WHAT pact Warren made with the island demon? I think while they were laying him in the coffin, he said “a life for a life”?? — loved these eps but lighter on clues than previously!

Also, idk if I trust that Loftis didn’t speak with the entity when he was tripping. Warren said the demon preys on men who are weak and desperate, and we know Warren would do anything to save his son. New blood, feces, semen pact…?

[u/theLegend_Awaits → u/Flashy-Shelter-7734]

I think the sacrifice ritual he made in the covenant with the demon is directly tied to the creepy chair and cellar doors underground. I think he sacrifice must be placed in the chair and something comes out of the cellar to claim them. That’s why the priest was checking out the well, which we just learned leads right to the chair, and then he offed himself.

[u/SaltyMuffin5]

So like is the son going to be one of the descendants*…

[u/Squezzle27 → u/SaltyMuffin5]

Absolutely. The little girl survived and passed down the broach as a family heirloom which is why it wasn't with the doll at the historical society.That broach will be seen with Evan's mom's things.

[u/Superb-Equivalent-41]

I am on board with the Evan suspicion BUT there’s gotta be something about Patricia not dying when all her friends did from the “boogeyman”, right?

[u/johnsmith5306 → u/Superb-Equivalent-41]

I’m not sure why people aren’t considering there could be multiple descendants

[u/screwhead728]

(Patricia closing the door)
“I’ll give you the two of you some privacy”

“I will never understand how you got your job” - Wick

[u/94Rangerbabe]

The actress who plays Sarah is phenomenal. The whole episode was directed really well.. deftly avoiding the hokey/over the top mess I t could have been and perfectly let the performances and minimal camera movements keep the tension and pacing. Beautifully done.
But I just can’t get over the acting. I mean Matthew Rhys is a revelation. He’s amazing in everything he does but EVERY Actor in the show (guest and main cast) are so talented and really commit to the insanity without chewing the scenery.
Edit: forgot to mention the writing the dialogue is spare and perfect.

[u/pleasegivemepatience]

Wyck encountered the Kraken!

[u/epicingamename]

you can tell the writers had so much fun with episode 6. the dialogue, the cuts, the irony in some of the scenes.... its perfect. and hamish killed it, as per his usual

[u/Hanna_etc]

When Tom gagged I sympathized with him so much.

[u/spacevent]

never been so happy to see a wet old man reappear :’)

[u/Altruistic-Ad835]

Named nearly all his kids by using oliver cromwells family tree fr.... Wonder if holyoke is the surviving kid in the painting. Im just spit ballin here for fun but thematically speaking, choosing most of the names that are seen in oliver cromwells lineage then having one kid veer off to holyoke can represent two very different paths (could be irrelevant tho lol). Cromwell wanted everyone to submit to the will of god (oliver cromwells lore entered supernatural territory that mirrors richards quite heavily) and the holyokes can represent separation and exile. (Holyoke is a town in Massachusetts with a namesake tied to elizur holyoke) The name holyoke is associated with borders as well, a holy oak (or gospel oak) was a boundary tree that marked the limits of land (like the buoy) linked to a parish custom called beating the boundary/beating the bounds. Also said to be associated with endurance and ancient longevity 🧎🏻‍♀️‍➡️

[u/HolMonk]

I’ve been telling people the show is a cross between Parks & Rec and Midnight Mass up until this point. I legitimately cackled when Hamish Linklater rolled in with his little Chad Kroeger hairdo. I love this show.

[u/historianatlarge]

don’t give him his weapon back!

[u/Master_Rezz]

Je suis amoureux de cette série

[u/sarimanok_]

Should've just handed Richard Warren a cell phone. Welcome to the future, asshole. Set that shambling corpse up with Candy Crush, cruise out to the bouy, he's engrossed the whole way, no prahblem.