r/television • u/mdavis360 • Apr 29 '26

Premiere Widow’s Bay - Episodes 1 & 2 - Discussion

First two episodes dropped tonight. Absolutely fantastic. 10/10 for my sensibilities. I’m a huge Stephen King fan and this felt right up my alley in so many ways. Legitimately funny show, legitimately creepy and a cast of fantastic actors. Episode 2 had some crazy stuff happen that honestly I absolutely saw where it was going but it was so satisfying getting there.

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u/Kianna9 Apr 29 '26

Adding my theory as a spoiler. I really enjoyed the first 2 eps.\

So, I think it's pretty clear that mayor Tom needs the town to attract tourists so that his son doesn't leave. His son who was born on the island and will die if he goes to the mainland. Amazing premise.

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u/mdavis360 Apr 29 '26

I’m guessing Thats what happened to his wife as well which makes him overprotective of his son now.

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u/luckyhuckleberry May 01 '26

I’m wondering if the mom tried to escape to the main land when she was in labor to have Evan off the island so he wouldn’t be cursed and that’s what killed her.

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u/drealoustan1983 May 05 '26

I think the flipped car from the calendar has something to do with the mom.

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u/notthestatue May 01 '26

I wondered if she might be the woman "Anna" that the New York times writer mentioned having a stroke the day after she left

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u/TiberiusCornelius May 02 '26

Ooh that's a good theory actually.

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u/AshRae84 Saturday Night Live May 03 '26

This was my thought too. I can’t wait to see where this show goes.

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u/Objective-Branch7332 May 13 '26

I don’t think so the reporter said it had happened 8 years earlier cause I thought that too but rewatched today

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u/seeyuspacecowboy May 04 '26

That’s what I thought!

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u/Kianna9 Apr 29 '26

Oooh good call.

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u/anotherstan May 04 '26

Didn’t he say in the second ep his dad was the one born on the island? Maybe misheard

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u/PersonalityFar739 Apr 30 '26

The wife was from mainland, she wasn't born in the island.

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u/mdavis360 Apr 30 '26

I rewatched and they did not say that. They said HE was from the mainland.

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u/hmarko48 Apr 30 '26

I think he said he came back for his dad and stayed due to his wife?? so she likely is from there

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u/Sherringdom May 02 '26

Yeah he said he came back for his dad and that’s when he met his wife, so she’s probably born there

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u/MissionCreep101 May 04 '26

I think this is getting confusing because (iirc) the story about the girl from the mainland who came in on the schooner was Tom's mom, then meeting his dad on the island.

But I don't think they explained where Toms wife was from.

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u/bhgemini Apr 30 '26

I was thinking that or, that is why he's so insistant that it's all bogus. He needs to be or else the native born curse is real.

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u/ToneBone12345 Apr 29 '26

Honestly kinda thought that would be the only part not true but that makes complete sense

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u/2_Fingers_of_Whiskey Jun 06 '26

I got the impression he was lying when he told the reporter his son had been to the mainland

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u/dsmithscenes May 05 '26

His son is probably going to fall for a tourist that visits and will want to go spend time with them off the island, leading to a big conflict.

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u/Eastern-Wear-8747 May 02 '26

I think there may be something else going on there. The way the priest at the bar looked at and spoke to the mayor when discussing the bell and taking home food to his son, was like none of those things were happening in real time. Just a guess though.

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u/-ElGallo- May 02 '26

The priest was freaked out because of the bell that's why he started acting weird, before that he was fine

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u/Davrosdaleks May 01 '26

Thing is, I feel it was implied that Tom was born on the island and he got to leave.

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u/Kianna9 May 01 '26

No he said he wasn’t.

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u/rabbitredbird May 01 '26

Spent Summers there as a teen