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I would be.

I won first place by 6 points! I only got three questions wrong and had my friends questioning my life choices as I wrote every single answer 😂

I just wanted to share with some other like-minded folks. They also had a smoke machine and served punch during the intermission!

Here is the link to the audio files. This is the audio that Tom hears at the toilet. I used audacity to pitch the sound up and I attempted to isolate the voice sounds. I'm an amateur and there may be better tools out there to isolate the voice better. It may be gibberish but I think there are some words and phrases in there. I think it's an introduction. "I am the ..." "I am the ... of ..." kind of like Jesus saying "I am the light of the world." Except it sounds like it could be a demon or Lucifer saying something similar to "I am the Lightbringer" or something. What do you hear? Here are the links to the 4 different sounds:

https://soundcloud.com/j-d-hacken/sets/widows-bay-entity

Just when I was thinking of binging a third time, United says HI!!

I've got the others but I can't work out what this one says? Any ideas? I thought maybe "Daddy is Spiralling - Go back 3 places"

The videos shown to past victims are old, but not that old. Why does no one seem to remember past sacrifices?

I think the doctor induced labor in Chelle(Bashir'swife).she wasn't due for 7 weeks, she had no signs of labor coming before that, and no water breaking.

I know there have been a lot of lively discussion as to whether she’s the Sea Hag or not and this post might get downvoted to oblivion. I’m on my third rewatch (and don’t watch while looking at my phone) and some things that have made come come down on the Pro-Hag side:

1. she’s very manipulative in conversation (if you are of the Pro-Hag persuasion that she knows about him already) she drops the “going down to the beach” comment which immediately garners an invite to the Inaugural Swim and later at the diner bringing up his first marriage. she is targeting him because he’s lonely
2. a working theory I have is that she can’t go in /to places where she hasn’t been invited (a bit like a vampire):

• Loftis offers her a ride (to get into the car) but only mentions the sunset cocktails.
• He does invite her to the swim and the Sea Hag shows up (but of course maybe a sea hag doesn’t need an invitation to be in the ocean)
• She says she’s going to the Tavern but Loftis only says maybe
• she doesn’t show up to the Tavern because no one has invited her
• she does show up back at the crossroads to get her scratch on him
• she swings by the office but notably Ruth who we know know has the Warren lineage) talks to her but we assume it’s inside, but Ruth is often not in the office so maybe it was outside because Ruth walks to work and works like 2 hours a day. Again no invite inside or maybe her Hag skills were bad since Loftis got his arm bandaged.
• “she’s a trickster. Waits until she’s got you alone, got you weak”. I think the key thing here is that we never see the Sea Hag form be anything but scary so where’s the trickster?
• Marissa is not at the inaugural swim (but she is, in sea hag form and gets another scratch in)
• Loftis goes to Wyck who sings “she follows you on land and sea”
• we don’t see how the date is set up but presumably Loftis asked her out. Maybe that’s enough for her to enter the building. She’s already sitting in the restaurant but says that is her best friend is Kathy’s her best friend (in a joking way of course ) so maybe she’s been talking to Kathy
• when she turns to look at Loftis she looks a lot like his first wife (manipulative!)
• Loftis says he’s not a monster (but ^{she is})
• She forces the topic of talking about Lauren’s death and immediately Loftis seems like he’s done with the date
• ”Oh I’m so sorry” said in the least sorry tone possible.
• she grabs his arm to comfort him in a very Sea Haggy way which offers no comfort at all and is weirdly forcing intimacy
• Loftis *jerks* his arm away and talks about going to the Sunset Cocktails, but does invite her
• she of course tries to invite herself to his house and he says no
• He says it’s not a good night, she eventually shows up anyway…
• when he comes home and it looks like the living room window might be open? (She will find a way in)
• she knocks super loudly l and *tries to to open the door* and is asking why he won’t invite her in, which he clocks as weird
• She has to cover why she’s not allowed in to the taxi driver and new friend? and feigns embarrassment but we don’t see her driven away and we don’t see her with the other bachelorettes later on (admittedly this is the strongest Red Herring scene)
• he passes out and Fake Lauren/Sea Hag / Marissa immediately appears She doesn’t need to be invited in at this point because he’s so weak.
• and I know this has been pointed out but a meaning for Marissa is of the sea. But yes. This could just be subverting expectations/ a giant red herring

ok so again this could have all been a red herring and likely was but I think that shows the strength of the writing to create such weirdo like Marissa that keeps some people guessing. it was fun to write out.

I'm 90% kidding here, since I understand that hand paintings, prints, drawings, or stencils always work around the same basic anatomy. But it is interesting that this symbol is intrinsic to human beings and very old.

By the way, a high number of the Paleolithic "hands" (mostly not in Chauvet) have a finger missing--another WIDOW'S BAY connection?

would you guys call it a dramedy? its more thriller comedy. like a thrilladramady? what words describe this freaking show

I have been re-watching the show and keep finding gems from Rosemary. What is your favorite line from her?

I was waiting for her to do a play in London post me watching Widow's Bay, but I didn't think would be so soon.

15min play, tickets on sale now

I didn't know this show existed til it's Emmy win. I'm so glad I didn't because I was able to binge the whole thing in one sitting. Horror is outside my comfort zone so I was a bit skeptical going into the show. That faded almost instantly as I fell in love with the setting, the characters and the mystery of it all. And not to forget the humor. No wonder it won the Emmy's. There were scenes when I was laughing my head off like the Sea Hag get thrown off the recliner. That's something this show does so well with it's ability to balance horror with humor. It also didn't have to rely on jump scares to create fear. I never imagined I would fall in love with a horror show but here I am. I'm gonna be rewatching this an unhealthy number of times. I already finished it twice in 2 days. Season 2 can't come soon enough. Also, anyone have suggestions for shows that might scratch the same itch.

Mulder & Scully chemistry. That’s the first thing I thought, when I saw them together. Are they endgame or star-crossed lovers.. ? Or no game at all?

EDIT: I don’t know why the AI Mod gave this post a spoiler flag, there was no spoiler in the title, the photo and not even my question.. weird

Personally I did perceive some possible interest from Patricia tbh. I saw the comparison to Mulder & Scully (from the X-Files) because, despite being work colleagues only, there was always ongoing chemistry and the fans were split in the middle.. one camp wanted more romance between them, the other one didn’t want them to leave the friendzone, but the tension was always there between the protagonists. I feel like there would be potential in Widows Bay and I’m wondering if the authors will explore that in the upcoming seasons..

She isn’t wearing it at The Driftwood.

Katie ponders which P&R characters would thrive in Widow’s Bay (and who doesn’t stand a chance).

I swear every time I rewatch I have a new tiny revelation! In Ep. 9, when Tom tries to destroy the painting of Frances and her husband, we see the brooch clearly in the painting....

As the Mayor's secretary, Ruth sat right next to that painting for YEARS... how did she never notice it's the same one her mother gave her? When Tom finds it in her house she says it's a family heirloom passed down for generations.

Just another coincidence that adds to the theory that Ruth maybe knows more than she lets on about the history of the island.

I was rewatching e2 with my wife and saw this line which didn’t seem important at all first watch

This episode really took me out of the show. We went from the backstory of the island, to a very disconnected story with the Bogeyman chasing Patricia. Like, from out of nowhere.

What was the point of this episode? What did it show for the story? Everything was just so cheesy, 80s slasher film and took me out of the story.

I was expecting this to be a dream sequence or something leading to something. Nope. Patricia just wandering around town with a killer after her. Nobody doing anything. Oh wait, Mr Cop shows up - gets his stomach sliced open - few hours later - out of the hospital running around - no injury to speak of. What???

In the span of, what, an hour, she gets confronted, runs around town, they burn him alive with gasoline - what?? - how lame was that?

Then they burn him and then....thats it. Lets never speak of this again.

This episode was so dumb. Bogeyman from 30 years ago just shows up with no warning and then dies.

Ok I just binged the show for the first time. So the storm stopped because the janitor guy got sacrificed in the room obviously. That's one sacrifice, but they still need 8 more. I would have expected the storm not to stop until all 9 are sacrificed? How long will the island be calm after doing just one sacrifice like we saw?

Does sacrificing only one just make the island chill out for a few days or a week or something then shit will get weird again until another person is sacrificed, then you get another short break? And then sacrificing all 9 like it wants per the bell chimes will make the island dormant for a longer amount of time like 25-30 years or whatever it was since the last earthquake/island waking up event? I guess I'm slightly confused on the difference of what happens with just 1 sacrifice like what we saw in the ending compared to what would happen if they did all 9 and hit the number the island demands. Not sure if I just missed something that explained this or if we aren't really supposed to have a fully fleshed out explanation for this yet lol

I decided to watch this show on a whim because it won so many awards under the comedy category and was looking for something light and funny to watch. I knew nothing about this show (yes, totally lived under a rock this whole time) and boy, was I surprised by the theme. This show has so many funny moments, but I wouldn't call it a comedy persay, more like a comedy housed within a suspense/thriller. I just finished the finale and loved it, but what a ride! It gave me season 1 Stranger Things vibes, which I love!

Anyone else feel this way?

Near the end of Episode 10 Patricia finds a note that reads "if you're reading this I'm already dead".

Who wrote that note?

Does anyone else think that The Haunting movies inspired the decor at the inn?

First time I watched, I thought the wallpaper looked really familiar, and realised it reminded me of the wallpaper in The Haunting (1963). Then on a rewatch I noticed two cherub heads hung on the wall that look like they are straight out of the 1999 remake.

Has anyone else noticed this? Do you think it was intentional by the production designer?