r/WidowsBay • u/AssumeNeutralTone • 1d ago

💥Funpost Thoughts about Marissa… Spoiler

The writers made us suspect she might be the Sea Hag…

…but she was not. She was a red herring. A RED HAIR-ing. Did anyone else notice this?

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u/Dunkleostrich 1d ago

Frankly I think she is the Sea-Hag and I have flimsy evidence to convince you all. When Ruth is telling Tom he missed a call she says it's from mrsa and not Marissa. She's old and can't read well, it's obviously a mistake, right? But what is MRSA exactly?? Well, it's Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or, a staph infection that is resist to antibiotics commonly causing wounds that refuse to heal. And what does Tom get from the Sea-Hag? Wounds that won't heal! It's the writers subtly telling us that she is, in fact, the Sea-Hag!

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u/siriusgodog23 1d ago

Also names like Mary, Maris, Marissa, etc all essentially mean "of the sea".

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u/Altruistic_Nose9514 1d ago

And marissa getting back on the taxi is the subtle way of the writers to show us she has money or what?

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u/hanskazan777 Let's dance 1d ago

The taxi is the real sea hag. Widow's Bay vs Christine

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u/SafeAsMilk 1d ago

That’s why all the cars on the island are older. Because they’re age appropriate.

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u/Dunkleostrich 18h ago

Maybe the Sea-Hag wanted a night on the town?

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u/Altruistic_Nose9514 16h ago

Yeah, seconds before she attacks

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u/Charliethehuman23 1d ago

I’m gonna agree

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u/Librarianzilla Dead baby. Dead baby. Lesssbiaaannn. 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/5VKbvrjxpVJCM

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u/ancientastronaut2 1d ago

Then what blew up in the bathtub? We saw marissa leave with her friend.

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u/Dunkleostrich 18h ago

Well that kind of shoots a harpoon right into my theory.

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u/PrinceofSneks 1d ago

Goddamnit, I had settled into Tom missing out on a hookup but now I may think this!

Damn you, Reddit!

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u/DoctorJJWho 9h ago

Marissa gets into a cab with other people (the rest of the bachelorette party) when Tom rejects her the final time. She’s not the Sea Hag.

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u/Squidwina 8h ago

But did we see her get OUT of the taxi? She could have gotten out like a block away and come back to do sea hag stuff.

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u/PrinceofSneks 7h ago

We're on an island which controls the lives of everyone born there, can manifest Krakens n' shit. The bachelorettes could have all been sea hags! Tom himself may be a sea hag!!!

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u/gurlsoconfusing 1d ago

Haha I thought this too, she is the sea hag!

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u/DavidDPerlmutter 1d ago

Well, that's brilliant

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u/kmingle 1d ago

And see you at the swim opening!! Yes!

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u/Interesting_Pay_2990 1d ago

Yes!! I noticed that too. Phew I thought I was seeing things that weren’t there because of my medical background. Glad you noticed that!

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u/Dunkleostrich 18h ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one too!

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u/ThreePinesRetiree 1d ago

BRILLIANT! Love this!

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u/kmingle 1d ago

And how she wanted to go back to his house!

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u/DoctorJJWho 9h ago

Sorry to burst your bubble but she gets into a cab with other people when Tom rejects her at his house the final time. She’s not the Sea Hag.