The 'Widow's Bay' Cast Is Just as Excited for Season 2 as You

One of the most delightful surprises of 2026 pop culture has got to be Widow’s Bay. Apple TV’s horror comedy about a cursed island and the quirky people who live there went crazy viral and racked up 19 Emmy nominations. The streamer wisely renewed the show for a season two, and Katie Dippold and her writing team are currently working on the story. We had some suggestions, mostly related to the cliffhangers and lingering questions raised by season one, and unsurprisingly, the Widow’s Bay cast has also been pondering what lies ahead for their characters. In a new Deadline feature that’s mostly focused on looking back at the show’s stellar debut season, Matthew Rhys, who plays Mayor Tom Loftis, and others spoke about what they’d like to see. Season one, Rhys said, ended in a way that’s perfectly poised to keep moving the story forward. “It’s the ultimate setup, I think, for a season two,” he told Deadline. “Massive cliffhanger. I’m just talking personally now. A father who now knows the folklore is true. Therefore, if he suddenly leaves the island, his son will die. He realizes he has the Scooby-Doo mission. It’s like, OK, how do we figure this out? What breaks the curse?” Dale Dickey