re: Widow’s Bay (AppleTV) Discussion *Renewed for S2, all S1 episodes now streaming*

My understanding is the entity was on the island before it was settled. Warren made a deal with it to sacrifice people to lure it into hibernation so they could remain there and not be subjected to all the supernatural occurrences. If Ruth and Evan die, anybody born on the island could leave, but I don’t think the entity would accept sacrifices and everybody on the island would be in constant danger of supernatural events. They will have to find a way to defeat it to save the residents and end the curse without the death of Evan.

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I wonder if all deaths on the island count or if they have to be sacrificed in that dungeon. There was other deaths this season that could count towards the bell tolls. The shaman got sucked into the sky and multiple people were killed by the boogeyman.

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I don't think it does (that was my thought at first).

There were 9 bell tolls at the beginning of Episode 2.

In the finale, after Kenny was taken in the creepy chair dungeon, the bell tolled 8 times.

It seems like any death doesn't suffice. Otherwise deaths like the Father who hung himself or the Shaman sucked up into the water spout would count. It has to be someone that is actually sacrificed to whatever the frick that entity is in the island's basement.

ETA: Also appreciate the nod to King's IT with it mentioning the fear makes the sacrifices taste better.

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Ruth immediately understood the Trolley Problem and immediately knew what her answer was. She was sharp as a tack and her morality was well thought out. I loved that.

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I just hate that her old boyfriend was a bit by an animal and became that animal.

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Why did the storm stop after they only gave one sacrifice and not all nine?

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I would assume each death appeases it for a temporary amount of time, but all the deaths asked for by the bell toll cause it to go to sleep for a much longer period. I think that is what is implied.

Who steeps tea for 27 minutes.

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The island has some type of entity that is controlling it and Warren made a deal with it to keep it happy. The deal is the sacrifices.

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So the sacrifices are temporary, killing Evan is (maybe) permanent?

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I just hate that her old boyfriend was a bit by an animal and became that animal.

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I think she was comforted in that loss by the fact that apparently everyone she ever knew, male and female, 'made a pass'.

When she was looking at the picture of the priest and the nun and said they both made a pass, I lol'd.

What about the other people that died.

And how in that small of a town did nobody know the cops wife was pregnant? Not to mention 9 months pregnant

I forgot to mention. There seems to be 2 distinct sections of this season.
1st half was super creepy with the scary Inn episode and had some jump scare type scenes. The 2nd half has been more mystery, intrigue and not scary really.

Finally got around to watching this last night, what a ride!!!

The whole Ruth visit was writing gold! She wasn't the doddering bumbler with possible early onset dementia we met earlier, she was spry, sharp and about as nice and kind a person has there could be. They really cranked up the angst of Tom's choice to comedic levels, but the dryness of it was a good balance to the constant new discoveries about how sweet and wonderful a person he is planning to murder.

Just like many of us guessed, she had a kid in secret and gave her up. That child ended up being Tom's wife, thus his son is the last blood relative of Richard Warren. That scene where Tom changes his mind was giving you just the right feels when the gun goes off to startled the frick out of you.

The basement videos and Dale's reaction (right at the WORST time ) were great. The whole finding the ladder and going into the caves story was interesting. I kept expecting the chair to capture one of the kids if they sat in it long enough.

Speaking of the videos, when did they stop? How is it that the remaining residents don't know about the sacrifices? Were they kept ultra secretive or is there some other thing at play which caused them to forget?

The bell tolled 9 times earlier, when only the preacher knew what it meant. The guy dies in the cave, now it tolls 8 times meaning the island spirit demands 8 more sacrifices.

So does time move any between the end of S1 and the beginning of S2 or does Dale spill the beans in the intervening time and the main characters all watch the videos?