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Thu Apr 30, 2026, 04:44 PM Thursday

Widow's Bay on Apple TV+

I watched the first episode last night.

I was a little disappointed.

It's got two of my favorite actors: Michael Rhys and Stephan Root.

The idea is that Michael Rhys is the mayor of a small New England town on an island off the coast. The island is haunted/cursed/possessed by evil spirits or something.

It was described as a horror-comedy.
I was kind of picturing X-Files with laughs.

My husband said it was like X-Files crossed with Fawlty Towers. (His opinion, not mine).

There were not many laughs, I feel it is lacking in comedy, if that's supposed to be a significant element.

It's not terrible, and sometimes first episodes aren't a fair depiction of a whole show.
I'm going to give it at least two more episodes before I make up my mind about watching the whole thing.

Anybody else watching it?

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Watched 2 episodes last night. The 2nd episode is much better. First episodes are almost always slow.

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