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Review: Widow's Bay is a boldly original take on comedic horror
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Widow’s Bay, the delightfully eccentric new comedic horror series from Apple TV, is easily one of the best new series of the year.
Key facts
- There’s a reason everyone from Guillero del Toro and Ben Stiller to Damon Lindelolf ( Lost ) is raving about the show
- But the arrival of New York Times travel writer Arthur Lloyd (Bashir Salahuddin), who has the clout to make Tom’s aspirations for Widow’s Bay come true, coincides with the onset of a mysterious fog
- Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is a widower and mayor of Widow’s Bay, a quirky little seaside town that has a colorfully bizarre history marked by periodic tragedies
- But Tom still refuses to close everything down, despite Wyck’s warnings
Summary
Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is a widower and mayor of Widow’s Bay, a quirky little seaside town that has a colorfully bizarre history marked by periodic tragedies. Initially skeptical, Tom becomes increasingly paranoid after a sailor who got lost in the fog goes mad, with his eyes turning white before dying. But Tom still refuses to close everything down, despite Wyck’s warnings. Meanwhile, Tom’s rebellious teenaged son, Evan (Kingston Rumi Southwick), has fallen in with a delinquent crowd out of sheer boredom, resentful that he’s never been allowed to leave the island.