Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min · 15 segments
In this emergency reaction episode, we discuss Widow's Bay, a TV show that has consumed us like Richard Warren gobbling up evil psychedelic mushrooms during a winter famine. This is an unstructured…
[instrumental music] [seagulls squawking] [bell tolling] Uh, hello, this is an emergency recording of Hugo Girl-
[laughs]
...
the podcast where today we talk about Widow's Bay because it's so good and we're obsessed with it.
And it's relevant to our interests of boat and science fiction/horror.
Yep.
What's everybody's names?
I'm Lori.
I'm Haley.
I'm Amy.
I'm Kevin.
Yay.
[laughs]
And if you're new here, this is not gonna be our usual kind of episode, uh, 'cause I think we're just gonna excitedly talk about a show.
Amy has a lot of notes.
I have a lot of notes.
[laughs]
I have a few notes.
Amy's treating this like a job.
[laughs]
I-
Well, sometimes I get-
... love what you do-
Sometimes I get sucked into things, and I got sucked into this, so.
And you'll love what you do, and you'll never work a day in your life.
[laughs] That's true.
I got my brother to start watching it, and he's been...
I told him to, um, in real time send me all of his theories.
[laughs]
Oh, absolutely.
Oh-
So he is
Oh
...
this will be filled with spoilers-
Spoilers, yeah.
[laughs]
... and, and spoilers will ruin the show.
So don't, don't listen.
Don't do it.
Like, you c- we'll wait.
Yep, go watch.
This will keep.
Yeah.
We'll wait.
As long as the internet doesn't collapse, which it might, but as long as the internet doesn't collapse-
Yep
... you've got time to go watch the show.
Episodes are short.
Yep.
And then come back, 'cause we don't wanna ruin it for you.
It's so good.
It's so good.
All right, thanks for coming back.
I, I'm glad you've watched it now.
[laughs]
[laughs]
Because it's hard to watch.
Safe to proceed.
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[instrumental music] [seagulls squawking] [bell tolling] Uh, hello, this is an emergency recording of Hugo Girl-
[laughs]
...
the podcast where today we talk about Widow's Bay because it's so good and we're obsessed with it.
And it's relevant to our interests of boat and science fiction/horror.
Yep.
What's everybody's names?
I'm Lori.
I'm Haley.
I'm Amy.
I'm Kevin.
Yay.
[laughs]
And if you're new here, this is not gonna be our usual kind of episode, uh, 'cause I think we're just gonna excitedly talk about a show.
Amy has a lot of notes.
I have a lot of notes.
[laughs]
I have a few notes.
Amy's treating this like a job.
[laughs]
I-
Well, sometimes I get-
... love what you do-
Sometimes I get sucked into things, and I got sucked into this, so.
And you'll love what you do, and you'll never work a day in your life.
[laughs] That's true.
I got my brother to start watching it, and he's been...
I told him to, um, in real time send me all of his theories.
[laughs]
Oh, absolutely.
Oh-
So he is
Oh
...
this will be filled with spoilers-
Spoilers, yeah.
[laughs]
... and, and spoilers will ruin the show.
So don't, don't listen.
Don't do it.
Like, you c- we'll wait.
Yep, go watch.
This will keep.
Yeah.
We'll wait.
As long as the internet doesn't collapse, which it might, but as long as the internet doesn't collapse-
Yep
... you've got time to go watch the show.
Episodes are short.
Yep.
And then come back, 'cause we don't wanna ruin it for you.
It's so good.
It's so good.
All right, thanks for coming back.
I, I'm glad you've watched it now.
[laughs]
[laughs]
Because it's hard to watch.
Safe to proceed.