'Widow's Bay' Creator Explains Those Shocking Finale Twists, Why Season 1 Feels Like a Prequel

Note: This article contains spoilers from "Widow's Bay" Episode 10. It turns out Wyck Crawford (Stephen Root) was not wrong when he said in "Widow's Bay" Episode 1 that the Apple TV horror comedy's eponymous island was "waking up." In the Season 1 finale, titled "We Hope You Enjoyed Your Time!," town hall employee Dale (Jeff Hiller) discovered secret tapes in the island's storm shelter revealing that the town's leadership has secretly maintained founder Richard Warren's (Hamish Linklater) covenant with the island for generations by sacrificing frightened people to . . .