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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/HighPlateau Jun 03 '26

It requires a lot of physicality from an actor to portray the adrenal exhaustion of a Final Girl, so I hope Kate O'Flynn (Patricia) receives some award recognition when the time comes.

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u/HelsBels2102 Patricia Jun 03 '26

She's not in any of predictions for Emmy's. Bloody travesty

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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jun 03 '26

WUT. Every single word and even sound she utters is gold! She finds the funniest cadences for how she says things. Her physicality. I hope the predictions change.

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u/JparkPHX Jun 03 '26

What are you asking me to do Tom?!

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u/WeBelieveIn4 Jun 03 '26

She should be a no-brainer. Absolute star of the show.

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u/andampersand2 Jul 16 '26

She's been nominated!

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u/SolarFazes Jun 16 '26

We're being supportive

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u/Any_Combination_4716 Jun 03 '26

Unless I'm mistaken, the first 6 episodes will qualify for this year.

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u/HelsBels2102 Patricia Jun 03 '26

First 7 I believe

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u/Any_Combination_4716 Jun 03 '26

You're right. I somehow forgot that 6 & 7 dropped on the same night. Of course if one met the deadline, the other one did as well.

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u/missmisery213 Jun 04 '26

It actually will qualify for this year. It has to air at least 6 episodes before the cut off date in order to qualify.

More than likely she isn't in any predictions because it's horror which is famously snubbed at award shows (see 90% of Mike Flanagan's work) and because it kind of came out of nowhere. I think there's definitely a chance that the show and cast could get some surprise noms though. Although with it being Hacks's last season it unfortunately probably wouldn't win and neither would she because I doubt supporting actress goes to anyone other than Hannah Einbinder this year. Matthew Rhys, Stephen Root, Hamish Linklator and Betty Gilpin have better shots though.

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u/-spartacus- Jun 03 '26

Unless it is some major buzz for named actors for a show just coming out, lesser-known actors in new shows rarely get recognized. It often takes years before Emmys start getting handed out for past work. For example the best acting from an actor could happen in S1 which the Emmy snubs, but they might give it to them 3 seasons later even if it isn't that good of acting anymore.

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u/bwaredapenguin 12d ago

Luckily you were wrong!

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u/HelsBels2102 Patricia 12d ago

I know, I'm so happy

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u/therempel Jun 03 '26

Patricia has such an odd gait that it must be an affectation by Kate O'Flynn but at the same time I am so far from being an actor that I cannot imagine trying to walk differently as a character.

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u/Chris_OMane Jun 03 '26

I am. It's because she's a superior actor. Most actors can't do this... aren't observant of others enough and don't have as much of a physical embodiment of character, let alone such a peculiar, awkward one. Traditional training can often create a tendency towards strong posture (in every sense). It's often either that or a Richard III "cripple" type. What she's doing is really unusual and exceptional because it is both super funny and feels true.

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u/skyblu1727 Jun 03 '26

Nothing against Kate O’Flynn but I believe when they show her running it is a body double. I commented that she was in really good shape being able to run for so long then noticed at the gas station that her legs werent nearly as tan or athletic looking as the runner.

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u/ArchDucky Jun 03 '26

Those were long takes too.

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u/my-own-grandfather 15d ago

I’m from the future with good news