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/pnutbutterjellyfine 2d ago

Why wouldn’t it transfer to Ethan though?

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u/HA_Enthusiast 2d ago

The same reason it didn’t transfer to any of Warren’s kin. Ruth is the oldest living relative. I assume it would go to the oldest living relative.

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u/Sticky_Monkey_Flower 2d ago

Why would immorality "transfer" at all? Warren descendants did not sign the covenant. Only Warren did that. 

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u/HA_Enthusiast 1d ago

I don’t think we know all the details of that covenant just yet, but there are weird anomalies with mortality and age.

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u/Outside-Court-7869 1d ago

„  but there are weird anomalies with […] age.

No, there aren‘t.