Kingston Rumi Southwick says he wants more of Widows Bay after the Apple TV horror comedy kept building momentum since its April premiere. In a recent Zoom interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Southwick said he “can’t wait” for season two, a blunt sign that the show’s first run has already done enough to make the next one feel like the obvious question.
That interest is rising for a reason. Widows Bay, created by Katie Dippold, has been gaining attention as a sleeper hit of 2026, and Southwick says he is glad people are connecting to it. He plays Evan, the 18-year-old son of Matthew Rhys’ Tom, in a cursed New England island town where horror and comedy have to coexist without breaking either one.
Southwick said the project hooked him from the start. “I remember reading it for the first time and being like, I love this,” he said, adding that when he watched the finished show, “that is exactly what I was thinking, if not better than what I imagined.” For him, the appeal is not just the premise but the way it turns familiar horror beats into something its own. “What Widow’s Bay did really well was it took those horror tropes and made [them] its own,” he said.
Massachusetts is a big part of that effect. The production shot across the state, including smaller sea towns outside Boston and in people’s houses, and Southwick said he spoke to homeowners with their own Widows Bay-esque stories. “It really put you into the mindset of being in a sea town that’s haunted,” he said. He added that the show moved between soundstages and location shoots to build the world, and described the result as the kind of place where “you could be there today, and it’ll look basically the exact same.”
That atmosphere is also where the show’s hardest trick lives: landing a tone that is both funny and unsettling without tipping too far either way. Southwick called the series “a very original idea” and said it is “funny and hard to make,” which is part of why he thinks it works. Evan, he said, is a smart kid with a lot going on beneath the surface, and the father-son bond with Tom drives much of his story. He also pointed to the character’s missing mother and the pressure of growing up with a father who wants everything to feel idyllic as part of what stays unspoken.
The show is already beyond the stage where a second season would be a simple reward. If Widows Bay keeps its momentum, Southwick’s hope may quickly turn into the next production decision the audience is waiting to hear about.
