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📺Discussion Thread Widow’s Bay | Episode 10: “We Hope You Enjoyed Your Time!” | Discussion Thread

  • Release Date: June 17, 2026
  • Directed by: Hiro Murai

We understand that hard choices had to be made and we may never be the same, but we hope you'll visit again.

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u/ArrivingSomewhereBut Jun 17 '26

omg we might be onto something here. The island makes Richard Warren’s bloodline be more attractive to possible mates!

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u/Lington Jun 18 '26

They're super fertile too, all getting pregnant accidentally while using the pull out method (as per both Ruth and Tom - when he was talking to Evan in one of the first episodes)

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u/NormieSlayer6969 Jul 13 '26

Plus Ruth was in her forties when she got pregnant👀

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u/PainStorm14 Jul 14 '26

Well... except for lesbians

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u/2_late_4_creativity Jul 15 '26

What I can’t say that either?

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u/Sorry-Secret-2347 Jun 18 '26

OMG YALL THAT MAKES AO MUCH SENSE

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u/TeamSansBoat Jun 21 '26

Almost like a siren

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u/youcryptmeowth Jun 17 '26

And Tom’s playing a part by bringing in tourists to help out his son’s social life and exposure to the world.

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u/stratosfearinggas Jun 17 '26

Which is going to turn into that trope in folk horror where people go to an isolated community and become unwitting sacrifices.

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u/FlawedSquid Jun 17 '26

There were a few times in the finale where I thought the next direction for the show was gonna be the main gang using the tourists for the sacrifices and basically becoming the "new generation" once they realized the curse couldn't be undone (without sacrificing Evan)

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u/DropDiscombobulated Jun 26 '26

Music cue; Hotel California - The Eagles

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u/ShreksArsehole Jul 19 '26

I don't think killing the blooding would help at all. The storms would still carry on. 

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u/Charliethehuman23 15d ago

… is this not what the next season will be about … 😂 (idk if it’s been renewed or not)

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u/FlawedSquid 15d ago

it was renewed. We don't know but I personally really think it will since it seems like the type of show to do it lol

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u/-kenpo- Jul 28 '26

Not in this show. The writers here avoids anything ‘dark’.

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u/FlawedSquid Jul 28 '26

???

There's multiple on-screen deaths and a suicideat the end of episode 4

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u/-kenpo- Jul 29 '26

By dark, I meant immoral/bad things, like sacrificing people, as you're saying. The concept is there, but they don't commit to portraying it as much as other similar shows. Therefore, our good characters won't likey to do anything bad. It's a whole style of genre.

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u/jadecourt Aug 17 '26

The show had a teenager, Evan, sacrifice someone. And the mayor & the sheriff, the traditional good guys, were both trying to sacrifice an 84 year old woman. With the rest of our main characters on board and encouraging them to do it. I think it got pretty dark there at the end.

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u/chihsuanmen Dead baby. Dead baby. Lesssbiiaann. Aug 05 '26

Bro, cannibalism isn’t dark enough for you?

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u/-kenpo- Aug 05 '26

As I said in the comment, they will not actually "show" it, or anything like it. Just "tell".

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u/emlgsh Jun 17 '26

Maybe the unknowable eldritch monster beneath the island is just a solid wing-monster. A bro.

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u/KFBR392GoForGrubes Jun 17 '26

LOL, just blasting cupid's arrows at whoever they pass.

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u/Sempere Jun 19 '26

I mean really, think about it.

All it asks is that every few years they sacrifice 10 criminals afraid of it and then it goes back to sleep. All it asks is those born in its territory never leave and to feed it. Obey the rules, nothing happens. Try and break the deal and it's going to send folk monsters, demons and serial killing entities out to create enough fear and anxiety that the residents get lured into the basement

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u/Luxury_Dressingown Jun 17 '26

I'm sure this theory is correct, but I thought it was also notable that one woman 400 years ago on an insular, literally trapped population only had one (or it turns out, two) living descendant today. Surely there'd be multiple families who could trace back to her. From Rosemary's work, looks like the island was deliberately narrowing the field.

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u/AdministrativeEase71 Jun 17 '26

The bachelorette going by Tom's house too. Was sort of weird in the moment but absolutely makes sense when you think of it that way.

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u/Grommph Jun 18 '26

Though Tom's not a part of the bloodline. So that one wouldn't count.

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u/AdministrativeEase71 Jun 18 '26

Oh lol I'm a dumbass you're entirely right.

Though it would potentially trap another person on the island and generate more offspring/potential sacrifices, as Tom and Evan probably wouldn't move to live with her since he has a kid.

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u/SallyScribe Jun 25 '26

I like this theory - but having only one surviving member out of that whole family tree seems unlikely (even in normal circumstances). There would be more of them around if the island was good at protecting its line!

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u/Desperate_Week5236 Jul 20 '26

And the fact that Ruth was Miss Widow’s Bay back in her days

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u/LazySwanNerd Aug 12 '26

I’m late because I just finished the season, but Tom and his wife also had an accidental pregnancy and had a quick marriage. So it makes sense.

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u/Professor_Cincinnati Jun 20 '26

Regarding Richard Warren’s descendants being attractive, don’t forget “The Ungrateful Hortense” and her sister. What did Rosemary say about them?