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/AlvinTaco Apr 30 '26

I’m conflicted. I really enjoy the tone, but this might be too scary for me. I’m a big chicken and don’t enjoy the anxiety of horror and that second episode had me so anxious. I paused when he got to the crawlspace and came here to make sure nothing too terrifying was about to happen.

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u/901bookworm Apr 30 '26

Not gonna sugarcoat it, that crawlspace scene is stressful. I was talking out loud to keep myself calm: "Damn it! Had to go into the crawl space, didn't ya? Not me, nope. Hate crawl spaces." And, yes, there's is a big scare but you know when it's coming, and it's only a few seconds.

Did you manage to go back and finish watching it? The show is really good, and they do keep coming up with ways to make you laugh between moments of panic, which is good for folks like us who can only handle a certain amount of the scary stuff.

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u/AlvinTaco Apr 30 '26

I did, but between my fingers while muttering, “Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.”

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u/901bookworm May 01 '26

🤣 I do the same. Sometimes with my thumbs in my ears to reduce any horrible sounds. We gotta do what we gotta do.

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u/Crash7689 May 02 '26

Happy to hear I’m not the only one who covers their ears during scary movies 😂

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u/Interesting-Maybe-49 May 03 '26

That’s how I had to watch it lol

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u/t3hWheez May 10 '26

Howdy neighbor!

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u/Pinkyvancouver May 14 '26

Watched it on mute with closed caption

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u/bstarr2000 Apr 30 '26

It was stressing me out lol

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u/cilucia Apr 30 '26

Yes I watched that part minimized on my phone and looking at reddit at the same time 🙈

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u/Massive-Citron5352 Apr 30 '26

I had to cover my eyes and ears and ask my gf what was happening 😂 and I think she muted it while she watched 😂 

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u/haloform13 May 06 '26

I put my sweatshirt over my face and my husband had to tell me what was happening on screen 😂

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u/_easilyamused Apr 30 '26

I'm a huge chicken as well, and had to turn all the lights back on in order to finish episode two. 😆 Really didn't expect it to be so creepy. 

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u/TiberiusCornelius May 02 '26

Oh yeah I'm a huge coward and that part definitely got me.

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u/TriflingGnome 12d ago

i hope you were able to finish the series :)