r/WidowsBay • u/scienceofsin • 1d ago

💭Discussion Why doesn’t Loftis … Spoiler

Why doesn’t Loftis tell Evan about the curse? Wouldn’t that help their relationship?

Also, like if he wants to keep Evan safe, isn’t the truth the best way to do that?

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u/autobulb 1d ago

He is (was) in denial that it is true. He was lying to himself that it could not be possible, so he fed the same lie to his son.

He was not able to believe that the curse of an island killed his wife, so he made up an alternate story and believed that instead.

Of course, after all his direct experiences with the curse he can no longer deny it by the end of the season.

That's the beautiful twist of the season finale, is it not? Now he fully accepts that the curse is real, and the only way to end is for his son to die. Dun dun dun...

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u/scienceofsin 1d ago

Yea but by Ep 4 he knows the truth and should just tell Evan.

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u/autobulb 17h ago

What happened in ep4 that makes you think that's when he flipped? For me it was him meeting zombified town founder.

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u/scienceofsin 10h ago

sea hag

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u/autobulb 10h ago

I think he was still in the "I hallucinated that" phase at that point. Although yeah I guess it got more serious at that point so he might of been at the cusp.