Sometimes you start a new show expecting background noise while you fold laundry. Then one episode later you’re texting your friends, “Okay… you need to watch this.” That was me with Widow’s Bay on Apple TV. Marketed as a mystery thriller with horror elements, Widow’s Bay follows the mayor of a cursed New England island town that’s trying to reinvent itself as a tourist destination—despite generations of locals insisting the town is, well… cursed. After just one episode, I’m