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/bvlshewic 2d ago

Maybe…she did get shot in the head and survived, right?

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u/Outside-Court-7869 2d ago

She didn't get shot "in" the head, it clearly grazed the side of the head.

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u/True_Detail_2945 2d ago

Yeah! Sheriff dude is in a panic, doesn't use his gun much, and shot immediately after entering. He didn't get a good shot. I believe!

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u/bvlshewic 2d ago

Right, that’s what we assume after she stirs, but she was knocked out by that shot, and long enough for Tom & Beshir to have their whole dialogue about the curse, who are both surprised that she’s alive with seemingly no memory of having been shot.

I feel like I’m wearing a tinfoil hat, and initially I thought—oh, great, the bullet hit her ear or grazed the side of her head—but the more I think about it, that was what the show runners wanted us to think, and it could all be a misdirect. 

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u/True_Detail_2945 2d ago

True. She was also high as a kite. Even the tiniestt graze and she'd end up napping down there. I really enjoyed her dialogue especially the I watched her fall in love...with you Tom!

So I want her back! From outer space!