Episodes

Tom Loftis arrives as mayor with tourism plans. NYT critic visits. Shep Clark disappears in the fog and returns half-dead with a 33-year age discrepancy.

Tom spends a night alone in the haunted Breakwater Inn. Encounters a murderous clown. The NYT article calls Widow's Bay 'the next Martha's Vineyard.'

Tom opens the beach and meets the Sea Hag, who scratches him and becomes 'betrothed' to him. Wyck shoots the creature; it explodes into seawater.

Patricia's lead-up to her Sunrise Cocktails party, inspired by a mysterious self-help book that appeared on the island without explanation.

Curfew issued. Tom consumes Truesight mushrooms and experiences visions of the entity. Teenagers warned to stay indoors after dark.

Flashback to 1702. Richard Warren marries Sarah Westcott. The pact with the demonic entity is revealed — life for a life in exchange for colony survival.

Richard Warren is revealed to be still alive, 300+ years on. Tom and Wyck transport him past the Dead Zone. Richard dissolves — but the curse persists.

The Boogeyman returns to finish the job on Patricia. Patricia transforms into a Final Girl and cremates him.

Rosemary's genealogy research reveals Ruth Livingston is the last living Warren descendant. Tom walks into the storm toward Ruth's home.

Season finale. Hurricane unleashes full supernatural fury. Tom faces the final moral choice about Ruth. Cliffhanger sets up Season 2.