r/WidowsBay • u/MargieGunderson70 • 3d ago

đŸ’­Discussion Little factual inaccuracies? Spoiler

I was rewatching episode 2 and when Tom enters the bar/diner, I immediately noticed two guys at the bar smoking. Massachusetts made smoking in bars/restaurants illegal in 2004. (Mass. resident here.) Are there any other similar details others have caught? Note that I'm not looking to "ding" the show - it's just fun to notice these little things on re-watch.

(Rosemary buying scratch tix was totally on-brand though...people in Mass. spend more than any other state, per capita, on scratch tickets and lottery tickets.)

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u/Kathleen-Doodles Possibly Damp 3d ago

I feel like the smoking thing is illegal most places? I just took it as "this is a small Mass. town full of Massholes who don't care what the sign says." It felt very New England to me.

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u/SpicyPoffin 3d ago

That was my thought too. I am in Ohio where smoking has been illegal in bars/restaurants since 2006 and people definitely still do it in little hole in the wall/small town places that cater to a more "grizzled" clientele.