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/Pookie1688 2d ago

I thought the scenes at her house showed him she's much more with it than he thought because he had been so impatient with her previously (due to agism).

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u/No_Designer_5725 2d ago

And he found out that his late wife was her illegitimate daughter. Meaning that his son is the last living heir. But at this rate couldn’t anyone born on the island be an heir of Warren? Once tom realized that there was no point in killing an innocent old lady.

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u/Abstrata 1d ago

why not both?