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Widow’s Bay review – Matthew Rhys’ intoxicating comedy-horror is an absolute blast

Mare of Easttown meets Schitt’s Creek in this rich, wonderful and laugh-out-loud series, in which a put-upon mayor tries to turn a cursed New England island into a tourist hotspot

What do you do if you want your charming little island off the coast of New England to become the next Martha’s Vineyard, but it’s full of legends about local cannibalism, sea hags, clown killers, poison fog and boogeymen who slaughter teenage girls in their beds? And what if it is full of sea hags, poisoned fog and clown killers, which doesn’t bode well for the mythical status of the cannibalism and boogeyman tales?

Review: Nodding to 'Jaws,' 'Widow's Bay' casts a shadow on an island with strange happenings

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In “Widow’s Bay,” premiering Wednesday on Apple TV, Matthew Rhys plays Tom Loftis, the mayor of a town on an island 40 miles off the coast of New England. At first, we don’t quite know when we are — the TV sets are cathode ray, the phones are landlines and a cigarette machine sits in the town bar. Wi-Fi and the web are mere rumors. Is it quaint? Or is it creepy?

We are, in fact, in the present day. Though Tom has lived in Widow’s Bay since the birth of his (now teenage) son, Evan (Kingston Rumi Southwick), and spent summers there growing up, he can come across as both new to town and new to the job. Apart from Rev. Bryce (Toby Huss, always glad to see you), he seems to have few friends — he knows people, obviously, but many mock him, for no clear reasons, as cowardly and soft. (He was elected mayor only because he ran unopposed.) His big idea is to make the island a tourist destination, and to that end, he has convinced a New York Times travel writer to visit; much goes wrong, but an article is written, and the tourists come.

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Up along the edges of New England, just a ferry ride away from the coastline, lies the quaint island town of Widow’s Bay. It’s populated by working-class locals and families that go back several generations, the kind of place perfect for summer vacations and killer lobster rolls. Go past the Salty Whale, one of the better restaurants on the island, and you’ll find the historical center, which is dedicated to preserving Widow’s Bay legacy. Yes, it has a checkered past — pity about the cannibalism-in-the-church incident back in the 1800s — but what town that dates back to the beginning of this great American experiment doesn’t?

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