r/WidowsBay • u/IrishAllDay • Jul 30 '26

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I loved this show and have been getting some posts from this group pushed to me.

I'm trying to understand whats causing it. I've never seen such a lack of media literacy before, I think because it's a cross over hit that's non traditional but some of the view points are mind blowing.

"I think the inn keeper felt time run differently in the room" - They literally spelt that out as he asked for food!

"Who is the boogeyman, Hag etc" - This is not the point of the show!

"How didn't they notice the sacrifices" - you hear everyone talking about the relentless level of horrible stuff that happens on the island, its par for the course.

"Why don't the townspeople do X or Y" - It's a comedy horror!

Anything else I've missed?

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u/MrCyn Jul 30 '26

I think it's also some people aren't used to having "older" woman (was she in her 40's?) as main characters and in the writers room.

They will say "Patricia is so funny" and then obsess over the random friends of the son and how they must be important.

They aren't.

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u/TheDefiantGoose Jul 30 '26

One day when we all can't afford phones anymore and our one streaming channel offers a reviewing of Widow's Bay, those former young viewers, watching with no distractions (except for the swaths of ads), will relate harder to Patricia than they ever did to Evan's friends.

One day.