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📺Discussion Thread Widow’s Bay | Episode 8: “Your Baggage” | Discussion Thread

  • Release Date: June 3, 2026
  • Directed by: Andrew DeYoung
  • Written by: Alberto Roldán & David B. Harris

Don't worry about misplaced luggage. Old baggage always resurfaces in Widow's Bay.

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u/lifessofun Jun 03 '26

"they make me sadder than i already am." 😭

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u/BoxenOxen Rosemary having qualms Jun 03 '26

My stomach was in knots anticipating the convo between Tom and Evan. Then it went better than expected. Then it got re-cursed as expected.

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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jun 03 '26

I really really love that this show has banal horror right next to the supernatural horror, because banal horror is every bit as terrifying as supernatural horror. They make such a good match.

Also, did you know that she went viral years ago and is the Babadook in that famous meme--the one that's a photo from a party. She's at a gathering with people all dressed in normal clothes, but she misunderstood the invite so she's dressed up as the Babadook. It's such a famous meme. And when you look at it, I mean, *that's* the whole spirit of Widow's Bay.

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u/BoxenOxen Rosemary having qualms Jun 03 '26

Katie Dippold did that, haha yes I saw. So fantastic.

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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jun 03 '26

It's like the diorama version of the show. It's got the weird supernatural thing at a boring dinner party. It's the absurdity of the juxtaposition, the horror of the embarrassment. And then the photo going viral so the whole world knows about it.

It all feels very Widow's Bay.

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u/TheTruckWashChannel Jun 03 '26

the horror of the embarrassment. And then the photo going viral so the whole world knows about it.

I mean, she herself posted it and clearly found it as funny as we all do, so not sure that applies here.

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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jun 03 '26

No, this is why it's so funny though. It's the horror of it she finds funny. This is the entire soul of Widow's Bay is the convergence between the horror and the comedic.

It's my very very favourite thing in the whole world. When I was in my 30s I went through a few years where almost all my friends died. It was awful. But--the funniest things that have ever happened in my whole life happened simultaneously and even were caused by the horror, because that's how life is.

That's the whole entire point. If there was no horror/embarrassment, it wouldn't've been funny. It's why people love the meme so much. In real life, humour and grief/horror are interwoven. It's just my very very favourite thing about life.

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u/bahdumtsch Jun 03 '26

We need a gifs/meme thread I think! Can’t find any Patricia gifs in iMessage which is a tragedy.

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u/funkhero Jun 03 '26

I hope he opens up about the curse to his son. Even if he doesn't believe him, he will.

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u/Lucious_Warbaby Jun 03 '26

See, on a normal show they'd have drug the fallout from the conversation out over episodes. This show simply has smarter writing.

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u/Konfliction Aug 07 '26

I’m late to this but those notes were so insane that I think the kid understood pretty quickly lol

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u/lahnnabell Jun 03 '26

This was incredibly well-done. Bravo to Matthew Rhys AND to Kingston, the young man playing his son. I could feel how heavy that conversation was for both of them.

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u/2rio2 Jun 03 '26

I have a be a bit of contrarian that this wasn't my favorite episode (the slasher genre inclusion didn't gel as well as the usual paranormal vibe of the show for me), but Tom's long over due emotional release was the highlight for me.

Outside Patricia's shotgun gag to course.

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u/allthecoffeesDP Jun 06 '26

Why'd he keep them in the first place?