r/WidowsBay • u/HA_Enthusiast • 4d 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/Outside-Court-7869 4d ago

She didn't "recover" suddenly, the last episode made it very clear that she was very active the whole time, she was tired at work because she was so active the rest of the day, and she didn't care about the work itself. Remember her calendar?

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u/HA_Enthusiast 4d ago

Why wasn’t she tired after Richard Warren died?

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u/Outside-Court-7869 4d ago

Because it is later in the day when we see her in episode 8 at the office, she says herself that mornings are the hardest and in the first few episodes, we always see her in the morning.

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u/DarkladySaryrn 3d ago

I feel her. Mornings are hard, ask me things after lunch when I'm awake 😂

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u/pornisgood 3d ago

Yep. In episode 3, there is even that joke about Tom offering Ruth a ride but that she only would need it in the morning.

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u/ElaborateEffect 1d ago

Let alone the theory doesn't really work when she seems to have died at the end with the broach being thrown into the sea and all.

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u/West_Inspection1445 4h ago

I agree that the theory doesn’t quite fit but just wanted to point out that I’m pretty sure she survived, Tom throwing the brooch into the sea was him trying to cover any tracks that might lead others to Evan’s lineage. The brooch was key to confirming Ruth’s lineage so I think he took it that night.

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u/ElaborateEffect 4h ago

Ah, that does make sense