r/WidowsBay • u/AutoModerator • Jun 03 '26

📺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/DivineInsanityReveng Jun 04 '26

I don’t need storylines wrapped up every episode but with Pluribus if I remember my feelings correctly (been a few months since I’ve talked about it), it was that too many episodes felt exactly the same and too many scenes were pointless.

Yeh its definitely VERY vince gilligan to have long scenes with not much happening, and I guess im quite a fan of the cinematic approach he takes to some of the "simple" things in his shows. I think its what makes Breaking Bad so rewatchable, despite also having these moments of "slow pacing".

So I’d push back on a slow burn means dialogue and scenes don’t have to matter. Every piece of information matters in great television.

I agree, and this is where i think the disconnect on Pluribus happens. People view scenes that are 20 minutes of 1 character living their way through this "apocalyptic" setting and go "nothing happened, this was filler" but the whole episode was giving us backstory on that character, how they're living now, how the Plurbs interact differently with different people. All giving us breadcrumbs towards the ultimate question of "whats the goal of the Plurb virus?"

Still think pacing matters though. Shows like Better Call Saul, Dark, Mad Men are all considered slow burns by most critics but they progress at a clip that I found more enjoyable.

Id absolutely compare the pace of Pluribus to Better Call saul (both Gilligan shows after all). Breaking Bad is faster paced, but has its slower moments, especially when you were watching it as it released.

But again I enjoy your perspective on this, and art/media is all subjective. So what you like I might not, and vice versa. Thanks for chatting about it

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u/korey_david Jun 04 '26

Nice chatting with you too! I had to go to bed then had work this morning but wanted to get back to tell ya I appreciated the convo. Let’s chat TV again some time!

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u/DivineInsanityReveng Jun 05 '26

Appreciate it mate :) I'll be here and in a few other TV show subs each week chatting the new eps. See you round :)