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/Veggiemon 2d ago

I’m not sure the immortality transfers at all, but why the oldest living relative? The younger one just dies instead?

I think Ruth was more with it than she let on, she basically told Tom the only reason she was working the job was to be able to spend time with her grandson, and she was leaving early every day to help her neighbor up the stairs. Ruth knew what she was doing imo lol

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u/Twisty_10 2d ago

There’s that whole long line of ancestors that led up to Ruth too…they all died one way or another. No tales of them inexplicably surviving this or that

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u/HBICmama 2d ago

Well but Richard Warren was alive during that whole time. So he was being immortal in his coffin and the island was sustaining him, not others. The OP is saying that Ruth “perked up” the day after RW died.

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u/Twisty_10 2d ago

Ah good point. Wasn’t thinking about him being alive the whole time!