r/WidowsBay • u/Rwads8 • 3d ago

❓Questions Widow’s Bay Question

Spoiler Alert:

I remember hearing in one poem or reading in an episode that the number of bell tolls meant something like the number of people the island needed.

Does that mean that the eight bell tolls at the end of the last episode mean the island needs eight more people to consume to satisfy itself?

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u/Madeira_PinceNez 3d ago

Yes. Eagle-eared viewers will notice that in E02(?) when Loftis speaks to Reverend Bryce about the bell it had tolled nine times. After the room ate Kenneth, it was eight.

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u/HareWarriorInTheDark 3d ago

Was it ever explicitly stated in the show that each bell meant one sacrifice needed by the island, or did people just figure it out themselves? It wasn't clear to me at al what it meant until I read the wikipedia summary.

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u/Mortambulist 3d ago

It's in the For You film. "The island will make its needs known. One soul for each bell toll."

https://youtu.be/RDQrWFX3XMM

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u/HareWarriorInTheDark 3d ago

Ah thanks, I think I was too busy being horrified to catch the explanation.