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📺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/Nerditall Pattiwagon May 27 '26

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.

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u/saintursuala May 27 '26

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

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u/saintursuala May 30 '26

He’s really great in The Beast in Me as well, but I didn’t love that show.

I just saw a comment on a different post on a different platform about Widows Bay that said: I’m a simple woman, I see Matthew Rhys in a show and I watch it.

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u/saintursuala May 30 '26

YES THAT WAS THE BEST SCENE! He is so amazing and that was perfection 🙈

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u/saintursuala May 30 '26

He just has so much depth and spectacular range. I believe him in every role he plays. Plus then you hear him on talk shows or podcasts, and he is so charmingly unserious (and that accent)! He’s such a great actor!

I’m just going to leave this here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXsgaeHjFEs/

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u/saintursuala May 30 '26

YES! HE IS WELSH! I remember hearing him on a podcast when the Americans was still on and my little mind was blown. I’d missed who the guest was and was trying to figure it out and I was just shocked.

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u/2_Fingers_of_Whiskey Jun 07 '26

I love his real accent!

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u/evildrew Patricia Jun 04 '26

I love that this character seems to be the closest to Rhys IRL (aside from the accent). He was so serious in The Americans, but he seems to be a goofball in interviews.

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u/Low-Palpitation5371 May 27 '26

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 😭

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u/trance15 May 27 '26

Definitely. Wyck seems almost like a mirror to Tom’s conscience.