Widow’s Bay will return with a second season, which recently confirmed the involvement of a star who moves from a supporting role to a regular cast member in the upcoming cycle of episodes. An interesting twist, considering that initially the creator had planned to eliminate that character during the first season. While waiting to learn more about what will happen, the creator offered some plot hints in interviews with Deadline, revealing she has a clearly defined plan to follow.
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Katie Dippold admitted she wouldn’t mind delving even deeper into the 1702 flashbacks. In the first season, Widow’s Bay staged an entire episode on the island centuries earlier, telling the story of Sarah’s marriage to founder Richard Warren and her escape at sea after having tried to get rid of him.
According to Katie Dippold, the creator of the Series, the second season could again tackle that time period: “I think we adopted a fun-based approach. In the first season, we all said: ‘It would be fun to go back to 1702 and immerse ourselves in this dark colonial horror tale’. So, we’re bringing the same mindset to the second season. There are some things that were mentioned and that made me think: ‘It would be really fun to revisit them and bring them to life’”.
New England Isle, Widow’s Bay isn’t a place like the others. Even if the mayor tries to revitalize it by attracting new tourists, the island seems cursed. Anyone born and raised in Widow’s Bay cannot leave the island, and there are said to be ambiguous figures wandering about, such as murderous ghosts, the Black Man, and a sea witch.
Even the humans, after all, have their quirks: there’s the innkeeper who fears spending a night in his own establishment precisely because he’s enthralled by the tales, a disinterested waitress who never serves the right dish to the right customer, and even a conspiracy theorist named Wyck whose warnings will ultimately prove to be well-founded. Mayor Tom Loftis, played by Matthew Rhys, initially doesn’t believe a word Wyck says, but is forced to reassess when he experiences the island’s awakening firsthand.
The second season will see several characters back in action, including Dale, played by Jeff Hiller, and promoted to a regular character. Although Dale largely accompanied the story in a marginal role through most episodes, the final episode of the first season makes it clear that something is bubbling for him. It is Dale who discovers old footage in the municipal bunker where he uncovers human sacrifices carried out against the townspeople in years past. His reaction is understandable: he is visibly shaken and pays less attention to the already perilous situation in the bunker as he urges all citizens to flee because they are in danger.
And to think that, at first, Dale’s plans were very different: Jeff Hiller told Deadline that his character was not meant to survive the events of the first season, but the creator changed her mind when she found out it would be Hiller portraying him. Or rather, Hiller had sent an audition without telling his longtime friend (she had known Dippold for a long time) and, when he was chosen for the role, the creator warned him that the only role available was that of a municipal employee who would eventually die. As the script evolved, however, she changed her mind. She called him and asked: “Would you mind if I don’t kill you?”. Apparently not.
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