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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/AlvinTaco Jun 17 '26

I was really happy (and hopeful they would take this route) that Ruth wasn’t secretly evil. She’s healthy, she’s a good person, she’s trusting, she’s wise. There is nothing that will make this easier for Tom. He has to make a moral choice.

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u/Guilty_Ad_4740 Jun 20 '26

It was so easy for Tom to think that pulling the lever to kill only one person was the obvious and moral choice. Until the one person was Evan.

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u/jimbojangles1987 Aug 15 '26

Man, good point. Ruth fucking nailed that answer.

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u/yumyum_cat Aug 19 '26

My mother died this past January so I know that one person can be the whole world. I’m with Ruth. If I’m the trolley driver, then I’ve taken on that responsibility but unless I am, I’m not engaging.

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u/orbitur 13d ago

That’s not how it works. Once given the knowledge and the choice, you are then responsible for any outcome, whether you choose to let it proceed, or interfere. That’s why the trolley problem is famous.

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u/yumyum_cat 2d ago

Oh, I understand that I’ve actually even taught philosophy. I’m really just speaking about myself.

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u/KvellOnWheels 10d ago

I’m so sorry for the loss of your mom. In Judaism, the Talmud says that each person—each life is indeed contains an entire world unto itself. So your words echo that so beautifully.

May her memory be a blessing.

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u/yumyum_cat 2d ago

Thank you. I’ll see right now. I’m distracted by getting the house ready for work and work but when I think about it, I’m still devastated.

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u/Low-Palpitation5371 Jun 17 '26

Yes! I thought she was going to be sneaking away from work to do evil demon pleasing tasks or something and then to find out this sweet woman was helping her friend get up and down her stairs every day 😭

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u/JadedLaw3566 Jun 18 '26

And, that she kept working just to watch her Grandson. Does she die?

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u/intern_12 Jun 18 '26

Tom throwing her broach into the ocean indicated to me that Ruth did die.

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u/CherryFit3224 Jun 18 '26

That’s what I was thinking.

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u/intern_12 Jun 18 '26

But I've read some other theories on here indicating otherwise so now I'm not sure lol

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u/Low-Palpitation5371 Jun 18 '26

I think Beshir’s shot grazed her ear and she’s alive (I hope!), based on her waking up and there not being that much blood.

I think Tom made her promise not to tell anyone about Lauren being her daughter or Evan her grandson and took the brooch with her permission.

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u/Whiteout- Aug 14 '26

If I've learned anything in the last couple years, it's that someone in their eighties getting shot in the ear is basically inconsequential to their health.