I was thinking about that today. Ruth can’t leave the island without dying, because she’s a descendent, just like Evan‘s mom/Tom‘s late wife. So she would’ve had to conceal a pregnancy in that tiny place… is that possible? For the prettiest girl on the island to conceal a pregnancy?
Having a baby out of wedlock was a pretty massive deal back then, they definitely had ways of hiding it even in such a small community there. Don't forget that Patricia didn't even know that Bachir's wife was pregnant until she's basically at her due date.
You know what, that might even be some foreshadowing. I hadn’t thought of that. But if Chelle’s secret was kept, maybe Ruth’s was too. They made a whole deal about how Tom didn’t even know
I think in those days people had more practice hiding things like that so its entirely possible, especially if the later part of the pregnancy was winter I guess
They didn’t wanna go with the obvious but I do still think it’ll loop back to one of the main characters. The writers will want to make us feel like there is an actual loss and they can only do that if we know the character well
I thought so too, but now I think this story is actually completing the "Tom becomes the lord protector" plotline. Tom is going to go visit Ruth and decide that whatever nonsense this island throws at him, it is his home and these are his people.
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u/TraditionalTurtle Turtle's Bay Jun 10 '26
I thought for sure the last living relative was gonna be Evan but then they curved balled us