Widow’s Bay

The new series Widow’s Bay came to Apple TV this week, along with a flurry of press. I was surprised to see anything about a new series leak into my sphere of internet awareness, since that never happens anymore. The only others I can think of are Pluribus (haven’t seen it yet, plan to) and Severance (watched a few episodes and had to take a break when it got a little too heavy). Every time I open the Apple TV app to watch a movie, the landing page looks like a mockup of a fake streaming service made for a movie or something, full of made-up shows and movies starring recognizable celebrities, but I’ve never actually heard of. I figured the only reason Widow’s Bay would work its way into my awareness would be that it was either really weird, or really good. As it turns out, both are true. The series stars Matthew Rhys as the beleaguered mayor of a small island town in New England, Kate O’Flynn as his perpetually put-upon assistant, and Stephen Root as a local resident familiar with the…