— English writer Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969)The small island hamlet of Widow’s Bay, the titular setting of Apple TV’s popular new show, is cursed. Ghosts, witches, and basically anything Stephen King has ever dreamt up plague the poor denizens of Widow’s Bay — and they’ve come to terms with it. The townsfolk of Widow’s Bay take it all in stride, if only because they have no other choice. Tom dreams of turning Widow’s Bay into the next tourist hot spot, with the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard and the spooky history of Salem. Widow’s Bay pulls the neat trick of making the mayor from “Jaws” into the protagonist, rooting for him even as he maneuvers everyone into a catastrophe.