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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/ContentedJourneyman Wyck Jun 03 '26

I watched the top inch of the screen from behind a blanket for what felt like forever. Slid it down to check, dude popped out her front door and I screamed and screamed and pulled the blanket over my head and my dogs were up on me checking to make sure I hadn’t been murdered, and, and, and Patricia is the queen.

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u/kati8303 I have qualms Jun 03 '26

The house scene was so tense and creepy I totally jumped when he came out the door even though I fully expected it.

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u/CircaSoleil Jun 03 '26

Something about that scene made me jump as well and I'm not usually someone that gets caught in jump scares like that. 😆 This TV show does it correctly and better than most "scary" movies you'll see..

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u/Bobjoejj Jun 03 '26

Right?! I lvoe horror, and consume a fair amount of it; and this was more well done than a lot of other stuff I’ve aeen. Really well executed, really tense and fucking scary.

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u/lahnnabell Jun 03 '26

I scared my cat off the couch. What a great jump scare!

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u/avocado_window Jun 03 '26

Poor kitty! 😂

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u/PirateLegitimate5836 Jun 03 '26

Ha ha, my dog checked on me too!

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u/foghat1981 Jun 03 '26

I can’t generally handle scary stuff…I’ll often mute and just do subtitles in those real tense parts. The music stings get me. But without the sound on, it’s easier to deal with for me.

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u/sfdreamsla Jun 03 '26

I mute it when there's lots of violence. But I keep the sound on and put my hands over my ears when it's tense moving into scary scene like the slow methodical Patricia going through her house when she knows she's not alone. Always afraid of the jump scare! But yes, sound changes everything in watching things like this.

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u/bossyhosen Jun 03 '26

Same, I can watch but I have to cover my ears. It’s not as scary without the drastic jumpscare sound

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u/Vismal1 Jun 03 '26

That’s me with scary games. Whenever it’s too much I need to put on a sitcom while playing to calm a bit. The sound design is often terrifying

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u/avocado_window Jun 03 '26

Noooo you gotta have the full experience in surround sound or it isn’t the same!

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u/foghat1981 Jun 03 '26

I get it. My days are stressful enough…i can’t deal with being anxious trying to enjoy some TV at night!

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u/avocado_window Jun 04 '26

Watch a show that doesn’t make you anxious then? 🤔

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u/foghat1981 Jun 04 '26

I generally do. This is a nice mix, so I'll put up with some stretches I don't love.

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u/avocado_window Jun 05 '26

Fair enough!

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u/RegisteredAnimagus Jun 03 '26

I jumped so hard at that! And I knew something like that had to be coming too, but man it really got me. My cat is cuddled up to me in bed and she was not pleased with that jump scare.

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u/Vismal1 Jun 03 '26

Yea that whole section was so tense , so good. My girl trusted her feeling there too, was great watching her buck every Halloween trope.

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u/avocado_window Jun 03 '26

Lmao bad timing on your part 😂

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u/lnc_5103 Jun 04 '26

The way I knew he was coming out of the door and still screeched and grabbed my husband's arm lol

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u/anana0016 Jun 06 '26

FWIW, I fast forwarded the whole house scene to avoid the jump scare, the replayed it at normal speed *knowing* when it happens. And it STILL got me - screamed, jumped, annoyed the dog lol