Television

You Really Should Be Watching Widow’s Bay

The best new show on TV is a miracle. Its latest episodes, bringing in Hamish Linklater and Betty Gilpin, prove it.

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May 28, 2026 3:11 PM

Apple TV

On this week’s flashback episode of the Apple TV horror–comedy miracle Widow’s Bay , it’s 1702, and Sarah (Betty Gilpin) is on a ship headed to the titular island, having been granted a reprieve from spinsterhood because widower Richard Warren, the island’s founder and Lord Protector, has five kids and needs a new wife. The first islander Sarah interacts with is a weirdly pleasant wagon driver who picks her up at the pier. He praises Sarah’s soon-to-be-husband for making the trees bloom and the winters milder.…