Chapter 1: What themes of generational trauma are explored in episodes six and seven?
Hello, welcome back to the Press TV podcast feed. I'm Joanna Robinson.
I'm Rob Mahoney.
And we're here to talk about Widows Bay. Episodes six and seven, which aired together. So if you only watched one episode, guess what? There's another one waiting for you.
Just sitting there.
Double drop. Because it was a episode six was a little different.
Meandering.
A flashback sort of contained episode. And so they dropped another one just so you were like, how long are we going to be in the 1700s? Not too long. Okay.
How do you feel about that structure overall? Like, we get a lot of, you know, the penultimate step back kind of episodes in a lot of shows right now.
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Chapter 2: How does the structure of the episodes enhance storytelling?
I kind of like it if you're going to do it, you also have to do the follow up moving the ball forward episode package.
I think it was really smart to double drop them. And also, we'll talk about this, but I was always watching it. I was like, wow, this is if... As if the last episode, Across the Sea, which is a notoriously hated episode in the final season, was like in season one instead. There's just like a lot of lore info here.
It's amazing.
Out of the gate. I was like, that's a fascinating thing to do. Okay, so episode six, Our History, directed by famed horror director Ty West, written by Alberto Roldan, who wrote on Gaslit... which I brought up a couple times because of my fondness for Betty Gilpin. Maybe not on pod, but you've heard me reference it a couple times.
Nobody talks about Gaslit and they should because Betty Gilpin is amazing. And that Betty Gilpin, of course, is the star of, I would say the star of episode six. Yes. Hamish Linklater is also here. We can talk about him.
And then episode seven, Seasickness, directed by Sam Donovan, who also directed episode four, Bee Trees, which we loved, and written by Dave Harris, who is a staff writer on season one of Interview with a Vampire, one of my favorite shows of all time. So this is just an incredible assemblage of talent here. Ty West, I was asking you before we started recording. Obviously, this is a huge...
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Chapter 3: What insights do the hosts share about the character dynamics?
like, film director to get for a TV show. Where are you on the Thai West filmography? How do you feel about it?
I mean, mixed but kind of undeniable. You know, I think there are elements of those movies where it's like, okay, is this, like, particular Hollywood homage, like, a bridge too far for me, stacked on, stacked on, stacked on, stacked within my horror movie? Sometimes.
Chapter 4: What is the significance of the lore discussed in the recap?
But... I mean, the bona fides speak for themselves.
Chapter 5: How do the episodes incorporate horror movie references?
And I think the atmospheric horror that they create really on Widows Bay in general, but especially within these episodes, like that is the Ty West model for me.
In the Pearl Trilogy, do you have a favorite one?
I guess probably just Pearl. Just Pearl.
Just Pearl.
Is it more complicated than that? It's just me, Cassie. Where would you go?
Yeah, I think it's Pearl. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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Chapter 6: What theories emerge regarding character backstories?
The sickos say Maxine, but that's fine. They can have it.
Chapter 7: What comedic elements stand out in the recap?
They can have it. Mailbag.
Chapter 8: What unresolved questions remain for the next episodes?
On that front, speaking of Cassie, we've received, you know, we asked, you answered, do you want Widows Bay coverage week to week? A lot of you said yes. These episodes are doing pretty well. So we're going to cover it week to week for the rest of the season.
We also want this too.
Yeah. It's what we wanted. We just wanted the numbers to prove that it's a good move for us.
Yes. Here we are. Also on the mailbag front, I can't tell you the last time I was so delighted by the subject lines of so many emails. Babadooking. So much babadooking going on. Another way in which the listeners have really shown up for us.
Babadooking left and right. I really do appreciate the listeners sharing their vulnerabilities with us.
Including the people who literally babadook.
And we will share some of those with you. But first, Jana wrote in to say, I need to understand why Widows Bay has been relegated to B-tier lump coverage while you continue devoting weekly attention to Euphoria, a show that is essentially a misogynistic fever dream of an aggressively mid-Nepo auteur. whose only good season was the one built on stolen IP.
Meanwhile, Widows Bay is the prestige TV podcast Holy Grail, Lost Level Mystery, Severance Style, Puzzle Box Mechanics, Razor Sharp Comedy, God Tier Casting, Genuine Pathos, Actual Formal Ambition, and, small detail, a masterpiece? We deserve week-to-week coverage. Is Sam Levinson personally wiring money to the ringer? We are suffering.
Jana, tell us how you really feel.
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