Oct 16, 2026 · 33 min · 11 segments
The second week of Cole’s spooky continues with the 2026’s Emmy’s darling, *Widow’s Bay*. We discuss why people shouldn’t be caught up with the discourse and superlatives, because the show delivers…
fun, and I was so pleased.
I knew little going into it.
Like, I didn't know if it was gonna fill the horror, check that box, and it certainly does.
And yeah.
Like, this is as, this is as genre horror as you want.
It gets into horror early on.
A-
And for everyone listening, not like full exorcism by any means.
I mean, again, for me, who doesn't absolutely love horror, it was great the whole way through.
It had enough jumps to be scary, but after watching Barbarian, I was like, "This is kinda what's happening right now." Sort of like scary, creepy premise, maybe some horror.
You break it up with comedy and, and it makes it palatable for a wider audience.
[upbeat music] You did it.
It was easy.
I was hoping it would be.
Not a difficult...
I didn't have to sit down and make myself do anything here.
This was fun.
Yeah, this is one of those ones where I think we got, we got the press emails months before when it was announced it was coming out soon.
I think I only watched it maybe a month or two before it officially dropped, but it was one that was like, "Oh, no, what is this? Where did this come from, and why didn't we have this sooner?" Which was fun to see Katie Dippold had, like, written it 20 years ago, I think it was, and then just rewrote and rewrote and rewrote, let it sit, and then was like, "Hey, I have something for you."
And boy, did she.
And boy-
Let's-
... did she
... start talking about this, man.
fun, and I was so pleased.
I knew little going into it.
Like, I didn't know if it was gonna fill the horror, check that box, and it certainly does.
And yeah.
Like, this is as, this is as genre horror as you want.
It gets into horror early on.
A-
And for everyone listening, not like full exorcism by any means.
I mean, again, for me, who doesn't absolutely love horror, it was great the whole way through.
It had enough jumps to be scary, but after watching Barbarian, I was like, "This is kinda what's happening right now." Sort of like scary, creepy premise, maybe some horror.
You break it up with comedy and, and it makes it palatable for a wider audience.
[upbeat music] You did it.
It was easy.
I was hoping it would be.
Not a difficult...
I didn't have to sit down and make myself do anything here.
This was fun.
Yeah, this is one of those ones where I think we got, we got the press emails months before when it was announced it was coming out soon.
I think I only watched it maybe a month or two before it officially dropped, but it was one that was like, "Oh, no, what is this? Where did this come from, and why didn't we have this sooner?" Which was fun to see Katie Dippold had, like, written it 20 years ago, I think it was, and then just rewrote and rewrote and rewrote, let it sit, and then was like, "Hey, I have something for you."
And boy, did she.
And boy-
Let's-
... did she
... start talking about this, man.
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