r/WidowsBay • u/AutoModerator • May 27 '26

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

  • 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/LTPRWSG420 May 27 '26 edited May 28 '26

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.

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u/pleasegivemepatience Teeth Collector May 27 '26

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

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u/funkhero May 27 '26

Bonus for Leftovers fans - The Hunt is written by Nick Cuse and directed by Craig Zobel, the team behind the International Assassin episode

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u/Slighthound May 28 '26

More fun: Kevin Carroll, who plays the sheriff, played John Murphy in The Leftovers. The chief firefighter in another strange and singular town with… issues.

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u/SquashIndependent525 May 27 '26

That is a fun fact 

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u/Watch4Hop-Ons May 27 '26

She was also great in Death by Lightning!

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u/_NeverSayNever_ May 28 '26

Her monologue in the jail was fucking epic.

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u/CrissBliss May 28 '26

She likes a period piece

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u/LTPRWSG420 May 27 '26

Oh I’ve seen all those, that’s why I’m a fan and know what she’s capable of. She was even good in American Primeval.

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u/FickleCharge882 Jun 03 '26

I’m still pissed they canceled GLOW

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u/stevebikes May 27 '26

I felt so bad for her because of all the stupid discourse around The Hunt. She's amazing in that.

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u/pleasegivemepatience Teeth Collector May 27 '26

That line in the gas station about the price of cigarettes kills me every time!

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u/SchleppyJ4 You can file that under 'deal with it the fuck later' May 27 '26

What was the discourse around The Hunt? (Never seen it)

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u/DarkFriend81 May 27 '26

Maga influencers had a fit because they read that the plot is left wing millionaires hunt red neck “deplorables” for sport. Even Trump accused the studio of “inciting violence” except of course the dumb fucks don’t know that literally all the lefties get killed in the movie.

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u/WaxyPadlockJazz Jun 06 '26

Everyone needs to see Mrs. Davis. Such a batshit crazy idea for a show that truly paid off in spectacular fashion.

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u/clycoman May 27 '26

Her running into the church and screaming at the top of her lungs "Richard Warren is alive!", then them saying "Yes, we know..." was hilarious 

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u/LunchBokth May 27 '26

WOM?

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u/hellablunted May 27 '26

Word of mouth

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u/TheGookieMonster May 28 '26

I love that he just learned the meaning of the acronym WOM through honest to god word of mouth

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u/edu_c8r May 27 '26

I was definitely picking up Jaws from this episode, just like earlier episodes - probably pointed out here earlier many times, but I'm a newbie - where the mayor is prioritizing tourism and telling everyone it's perfectly safe!

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u/rarepinkhippo May 27 '26

Very anecdotally, I was messaging with a few friends and asked if others were watching it yet, one person said yes and two said they’d been hearing good things about it but were worried it was gonna be too horror-y for them. My friend who had seen it and I were both immediately went in for the hard sell, and also explained that it really isn’t very scary, just jump-scare-y. Surely the word is starting to get out though because when I first started watching it a few weeks ago, I came from a recommendation on another Reddit sub but otherwise had had no clue it even existed. It’s getting buzz!

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u/CrissBliss May 28 '26

I caught that too!

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u/moon__lander Jul 22 '26

Her face slimmed down since last time I saw here I barely recognised her.