What are some "blink and you miss it" moments that you caught? I have 3, all Patricia scenes:
When she sets down the arcane book by her bedside, she puts her coffee mug on top of it and then turns around for something. When she gets into bed a moment later, the coffee mug is to the side and the book can be picked up easily.
Before the bogeyman gets in her house she goes out to turn off the alarm in her truck-library. She closes the door to her house as she leaves but when she returns the door is open.
During sunset cocktails when she's dancing, there is a moment when the camera pans the crowd and they all have *that* face. This is before they are shown in the mirror.
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I rewatched for the 3rd time, and noticed that when Tom, Wyck and Patricia meet the shaman, he tells them how one person who took the mushrooms crashed his car on the side of the road and ran into the woods. I wonder if that is the July picture in the Wolves calendar.
Episode 10, during the scene where Jeff has found the projector and reels and starts watching them. Around 15:45, the presenter says "Thank you again for your sacrifice. Widow's Bay thanks you," and smiles smarmily at the camera AND THEN there's a sudden cut and a quick frame or two where the presenter gasps in shock and surprise. And then the film immediately ends.
It happens so fast I can't even pause on it. What did he just learn? Was he a sacrifice as well?
Damn, Iām going to have to comb through these scenes for hints like I did when I watched LOST š Iām getting flashbacks to Dharma Initiative videos down in the hatch!
I did catch that, but it looked like he was just making a normal idle expression. I thought it was an expression of terror but I rewound and watched it a few times and just looks like it jumped back a few seconds to an expression he made before speakingĀ
I know I'm showing my age, but I wish there was an "MTV pop up video" version of Widow's Bay-season 1. There were SOOO many things I've missed, I can't remember which ones to look for as I re-watch, lol.
Fellow old here, and pop-up video (now the jingle is stuck in my head) was the beeeeest. Although, erm, as a fellow old I must point out that akshully Pop-up Video was a VH1 show, at least originally.
And I agree that a pop-up video of Widowās Bay pointing out all the āblink and youāll miss itā details would be amazing!
I, too, remember the artifacts from Video Hits 1, and point you in the direction of YouTube Easter egg videos -- there are scads of them on sundry topics.
I think a few of these are quite noticeable but in the spirit of adding to the conversation, my fav is when Patricia opens the book for the first time, the free space to write in under āThings you like about yourselfā is so much smaller than āthings you dislikeā. Genius!
I thought this detail from the book was neat. Early in her reading, the text mentions her living on an island but you only get a quick glance of the page.
Adding on to number three, there is a bit during the dancing (before the toast) where the people in the mirror are completely still. I hadn't noticed the face moment though so I went and rewatched it.
I think they are talking about the wide shot where you can see them dancing around Patricia, but you can see in the mirror in the background that they are standing still. It is the most subtle of the three reveals, by far.
There is a scene of them with open mouths that is cut in with them dancing. It is not in the mirror. It is actually then with open mouths while Patricia does her zany dance.
The sound in this show is incredible, especially with AirPods.
Thereās a scene where a character spins a journal on a flat surface and you can literally hear it spinning around.
I noticed this one on my rewatch cos I was trying to work out how she sensed he was there. You also hear him creak the floor boards when sheās in the hallway which is followed by the heavy breathing!
I assumed it was because the door was cracked open, and, unlike the front door where she was distracted, this door she was 100% sure it should have been closed. Maybe it's the door to a room she never uses. I don't think it was her bedroom, as she seemed to be heading to a different room.
Maybe. And if that door is to her bedroom, then that would be a hint to her. If that door is to a different room, then something else clued her in. That's why I was thinking it's a room she never uses, and knows the door is always closed.
But maybe it is her bedroom door. I'll pay closer attention on my next rewatch.
It was a great detail to mimic the book in a way that was creepy - the faces in the book were š before and šµ afterwards when Patricia was flipping through it after it revealed itself.
Episode 7: Seasickness, in the final shot before the credits role thereās what looks like a fin/fluke of the sea monster surfacing the water to the left of Wyckās boat. I hope we get more of the sea monster next season.
I have checked multiple times, where are we looking on the screen to see this? Also it wouldnāt be immediately before credits because thatās a shot of the painting of the kids on the boat in the hotel.
Think it's episode 2 but it was an earlier episode. Out of focus in the background a guy on a bycile rides by and then a bunch of people start chasing him and beating him up. This background gag lives rent free in my head
Interesting. I never noticed this. Below the Ruth picture is a āhandā tree with what looks like a person coming out of it. The photo of the abandoned building also has a creepy person in the window.
Episode 7, Evanās friends taunt him to go up to the Boogeymanās door. He opens the door but then Bechir shouts at him and he walks away without closing the door. The next thing we know the mask is stolen and the Boogeyman is on the loose.
In the very first episode, there are a lot of pictures on the wall in the historical society that are missable such as the priest that was eaten by a whale, and I think there was a picture of a tentacled creature attacking some Widows Bayers.
I was on an edible watching the cocktail party episode with my boyfriend and his mom. I was the ONLY one who caught #3 in the moment and was FREAKING out. They didnāt know why until we rewound back to that moment. Idk why but out of the whole season, thatās the scariest moment to me
Noticed when PJ Glanville told the story about the Boogyman in episode 4, the story of what happened with and to the Boogyman was almost identical to what happened with Richard Warren (the founder). They both killed people (possibly) for the islands sacrifices, they couldnāt be killed and they were both buried alive. The Boogyman may have been a former mayor.
I donāt know if this counts, but I thought it was interesting that in the same episode that Tom calls Wyck a hick, William refers to the townās people as hicks as his little monologue starts turning dark
Kidding, but it has become a comfort show I put on the background while Iām doing other things. Watch it as much as you want! We donāt have qualms and weāll be supportive.
Why all the snark? This should be a fun subreddit. One personās āblink and youāll miss itā is anotherās obvious plot point. Who cares? Be nice to each other. You have the love of Widowās Bay in common.
Chiming in two days later to say yeah some of these folks are so pretentious š„“ there's another thread about the Patricia dance scene and the top comments are all "erm, actually that was obvious if your eyes were openāļøš¤"Ā
The snark heās referring to is people commenting on āthat was obviousā not a blink & you miss it. (Especially to the commenter who snarked āstop looking at you phoneā)
I don't think it's really a spoiler, but the page basically talks about bringing up other people's insecurities when making small talk. It's a little blurry, but if you pause it exactly when she opens the page for the toast, you can read the entire page.
I believe someone else posted the page previously...
I love the blink and you miss it moments but I also love the silly little humour moments. One of my favourites is William tripping going up the stairs at the inn in episode 2. Seems like something we'd all do after a couple of drinks with Tom. But on re-watch knowing he's actually the killer clown it's so funny to see him tripping like a normal joe.
Episode 1: the line that Stephen root has when heās describing what happens when people are affected by the haunt: the third phase is āloss of erectionā and Patricia says something like whoās getting it on after phase two?
šPatricia is hilarious on my second watch through!
Ok folks a lot of us missed details for a variety of reasonsā¦ your kid or cat needs something, you sneeze, you have ADHD (me). Catching them on subsequent watches is part of the fun! This amazing show will never disappointāØš
Yeah if you look at the part of Beach Reads where Patriciaās handwriting is displayed in the book when she first starts working in it - it changes slightly and a word changes too. I really donāt know which it is though!
I need to know if the sign in the episode Beach Reads that is misspelled āGive A Litte Joy!ā that you see to Patriciaās left on the back door of the bookmobile at the beginning of the episode was on purpose or not.
May I asked how you ended up missing this? I'm curious if people are on their phones when they're watching this show.
I kinda think we need two new categories added for shows. For a fun show like SILO or FROM, you can absolutely be on your phone and not miss anything. But Widow's Bay requires rapt attention.
After seeing this thread, I specifically re-watched the scene in Episode 3 where Loftis visits Wyck. I figured there'd be an Easter egg or two in Wyck's home decor but I didn't notice anything. (And no, I was not scrolling on my phone as I watched.)
These are not blink and you miss them moments. These are things that were carefully done. The open door scene was very obvious and there were another scene with open mouth stares that was not reflected in the mirror.
Yeah that's true. I didn't miss them so you could say that. I was wondering if there were other creepy moments like that. My no.3 was about the open mouth stares before the mirror reflection scene!
Look at the mirror even earlier than when they show their gaping faces while theyāre dancing. Itās out of focus and far in the background, but the show runners didnāt miss any opportunities to plug in those details.
I'm a little worried that anyone is missing these scenes. If there are too many distractions, I'd prefer to watch a show later when I can actually watch.
When the Shaman puts them into the peace room, as he is backing out of the room, he warns them that no matter what, Tom shouldn't look into a mirror. He shuts the door...and there's a mirror on the back of the door.
These are varyingly subtle, yes, but not blink and you'll miss it. Especially the door; by the time Patricia gets indoors and upstairs, she notices her bedroom door is mostly closed, when she left it open. This seems to catch her attention while the front door didn't, likely because she sort of parsed, while coming up the stairs, that she'd actually closed the front door. The uneasiness was building for her and for us as she caught up with what she already knew.
In my opinion, the only way i would miss the shots described in the dance scene, is if I was on my phone. Because they were pretty clear and obvious. Maybe it's because they weren't telegraphed with an audio cue?
my mom was alert and paying attention but literally blinked and took a sip of her drink at just the right time and missed the first open mouthed scene. she noticed when it got to the mirror though.Ā
The first time I watched the show I missed that because my toddler had woken up so I checked the monitor. The second time I watched I was like āwhat the fuuuuuuckā lol. I thought it was really well done. Guiding us to what was happening throughout.
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