I started watching Widow’s Bay on AppleTV+ apropos of nothing, really. I think I watched a preview and thought I would give it a chance, so I went into without really knowing much. I found the first few episodes unsettling, funny and scary. Then CB told me that she’s watching it too, so I decided to stick with it (I enjoy it when we’re watching the same show). All of which to say, Widow’s Bay is sort of an undercover obsession now. It’s a weird show to explain or hype, because tonally, the whole thing is on a knife’s edge. Like, there are some parts which are so legitimately scary, I had to fast-forward a little bit. But then it’s also laugh-out-loud funny.

This week, AppleTV+ released two amazing episodes. There will apparently be three more episodes, and I cannot wait to see how they wrap this up yet (hopefully) leave room for additional seasons. Which is what I wanted to write about – Widow’s Bay has become the “cool new show” in recent weeks, and yet AppleTV hasn’t done much to hype it or build on it’s momentum. They haven’t even announced a second season, and there’s truly no way that they can wrap up these storylines in the remaining episodes. Hopefully, they’ll announce plans for a second season soon, around the finale? One can only hope.

Incidentally, I just learned that Matthew Rhys is also the executive producer on the show, which is amazing. He’s giving such a GREAT performance too – part slapstick comedy, and partly the lead in a truly unsettling horror. The episode where he’s drugged is such an exquisite performance. Kate O’Flynn also steals every scene she’s in, and Stephen Root is great at playing grumpy old men. Betty Gilpin was a special guest star in the sixth episode (directed by Ti West) and she knocked it out of the park!!

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