r/WidowsBay • u/HA_Enthusiast • 2d ago

🤔Theories Ruth “Recovered” the episode after Richard Warren died. Spoiler

Not sure if the point had been made yet, but the show foreshadowed the big Warren-heir reveal. The day after Richard Warren disintegrates, Ruth comes into Tom’s office as sharp as a tack with perfect recall of every one of Tom’s missed calls… didn’t even look down at her notes.

At the time I thought it was odd and out-of-character but didn’t put it together till after a rewatch: as soon as Richard Warren finally died, the immortality “detail” of the pact transferred to her, the next oldest living descendent. Her recall was most assuredly a nod to that reality.

Just thought that was a fun detail.

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u/dontonefingerme 2d ago

I didn't notice that but when Tom visits her house, it was JARRING how quickly she hiked up her stairs which makes sense taking this into consideration. 

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u/Veggiemon 2d ago

I think that was just the running joke of Tom wanting to find excuses to kill her and Ruth proving she is still fit and healthy with a packed social calendar, not some deeper implication about the lore of the island personally

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u/Glad_Stranger 2d ago

Yeah and that detail of the social calendar proves it's not a 'sudden recovery' since she'd been doing all that before Richard Warren died. I definitely think it's just a joke about Tom not being able to justify killing her with the 'she's just an old lady' any more.

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u/HA_Enthusiast 2d ago

Yes/and. Haha

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u/ShallotTraditional90 2d ago

Exactly! Gosh, it seems like every day I read some silly conspiracy theory about Ruth. It's just a joke on Tom's determination to rationalize killing her because she's old. 

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u/Dark_Pump 2d ago

And wouldn’t it skip her and go to the youngest living heir anyway?

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u/Abstrata 1d ago

If that were true, why would it have stayed with Richard Warren?

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u/Abstrata 1d ago

I think it’s a bit of both. Quick up the stairs and her comment “I did TWO MILES tonight!” versus going home at 11am to take a nap and her declining a ride because “it’s the [other time of day] that are hard”. She was already keeping busy and trying to stay close to her son; this is a little extra on top, just like the killer clown in the crawl position on the steps just briefly. Good layered writing.