Widow’s Bay showrunner draws a Pluribus comparison, reveals scrapped death scene of a major character

Widow’s Bay finale brought forth many shocking revelations about the island. The truth that Tom comes across after speaking to Ruth leaves him completely disoriented by the end of the first season.

Though many questions are answered by the end of the first season, many more are left unanswered, which can be expected to be explored in Widow’s Bay Season 2. The showrunner of the series, Katie Dippold, in a recent interview with the Television Academy, revealed how she scrapped the death scene of a major character and also drew a comparison with Pluribus.

Widow’s Bay showrunner, Katie Dippold, draws a Pluribus comparison

A distinct aspect of Widow’s Bay that keeps the viewers hooked to the storyline is how the storyline is unfurled in each episode. As it is a series that is built around a mystery, the intrigue to find answers becomes a crucial factor. However, instead of making the show a “mystery box” where viewers watch the episodes only to find answers to the mysteries, Widow’s Bay reveals a lot more.

Showrunner Katie Dippold notes that this aspect of the series is quite similar to that of Pluribus. She adds that just as in Pluribus, “each episode is such a lovely story," and explaining the answers to the questions is “secondary to the characters"; this series also follows a similar approach.

Though Dippold did not intend to reveal many of the mysteries right away, especially the one where, through the orientation video, the practice of human sacrifices is revealed, Dippold is “glad” that she moved forward with it after Apple “encouraged” her to reveal more.

According to Katie Dippold, she would rather “give too much information than too little”. This aspect of this series makes Widow’s Bay such a distinct storyline. Unlike the many mystery series, which often rely on the lack of information to keep the viewers engaged, this series engages the viewers with the characters.

Widow’s Bay showrunner, Katie Dippold, reveals a scrapped death scene in the storyline

Besides revealing a distinct approach that she followed for Widow’s Bay, Katie Dippold also notes that initially, Dale’s character was “supposed to die earlier in the season”.

This definitely comes as a shocking twist as Dale becomes a significant character in the storyline. She notes that Dale was supposed to die in a “very big way”. However, now, he will have a significant presence in the second season as well.

Short recap of Widow’s Bay Season 1 ending

After finding the truth about Ruth being a descendant of Warren, Tom decides to kill her. However, after giving her a large number of pills, Ruth reveals a shocking truth. In a haze of medications, Ruth reveals that she had an affair and also had a child. The child is none other than Tom’s deceased wife. Right after that moment, Ruth is shot by Bechir.

Bechir became desperate to end the curse on the island and decided to take measures into his own hands and kill Ruth. The revelation about Ruth also indicates that she is not the last descendant of Warren. Rather, it is none other than Tom’s son Evan. Hence, to stop the island from harming the people, Tom will have to kill his own son.

While discussing this dilemma that Tom will face in the next season of the series, Katie Dippold notes that she wanted Tom “to have a truly impossible dilemma with no easy answer”. The reason she chose to put Tom in that dilemma is to explore his “leadership” aspect. As in the storyline, Tom takes on the role of a leader; how he navigates through this complicated situation about his son will become an intriguing aspect in the storyline.

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