Widow Bay

[Greg]

Apple is running a special so I signed back up for the year. I knew I was going to be back in when Ted Lasso returns so I purchased the special

Widow Bay is set on a maybe haunted Island where the mayor is desperate to boost tourism despite while one of the locals sounds the alarm bells that terrible things are about to happened as the creature that inhabits the island is about to awaken.

In the first episode, the Mayor wants everything to go smoothly because a travel reporter from the New York Times is coming to maybe do a feature about the island. Naturally, the island starts to have unexplained power outages and one of the local fisherman goes missing.

In Ep02, the mayor has to spend the night in what could be a haunted hotel. The list of things haunting hotel is quite long from the top floor in the Captain's Suite to a claustrophobic crawlspace in the basement. 

The show balances the horror with a strong dose of humor. For instance one of the card games on offer at the hotel is called 'Get Out'. There is a board game called "What happens when Daddy gets home" The whole town is quirky to the max with the mayor at the center struggling to keep it together.

[thatguy]

Just finished the finale. I binged it while making 20 gopher baskets out of hardware cloth for a garden project. I thought it took several episodes to find its legs. DM, EP5 is a "trip" episode. I think the story picked up right after that one and then it moves a good pace with lots of good twists. In the end, things are explained to some extent, and it's not a cliffhanger, but it's a huge setup for season 2. 

Recommended, once you get over the hump.

--tg

[The Queen]

We don’t need gopher baskets; we have cats. And Aoife.