Hope seems to disappear more and more with every episode of From Season 3. The people in the town, along with their leaders, find themselves overwhelmed by the constant dangers around them.
These threats come both at night, in the form of terrifying creatures, and during the day, in the form of personal fears and conflicts. This creeping terror has reached new levels in the third episode, which builds on where the last one ended, and pushes the tension even higher.
The episode starts with Jim (played by Eion Bailey) on a phone call that should never happen—he’s talking to his dead infant son. Or at least, he thinks it is. In truth, it is likely one of the creatures that haunts the town, pretending to be his son to play on his emotions.
The child-like voice on the phone doesn’t just play with his heart; it makes a chilling threat, warning that it will harm his living children. This sends Jim into a panic. He runs out of the house and yells at his daughter Julie (Hannah Cheramy) and his son Ethan (Simon Webster) to come home immediately, as darkness and danger approach.
The entire episode is full of tension and keeps viewers on edge. The mystery surrounding the town deepens, and the characters find themselves more confused and frightened than ever.
Boyd’s Dangerous Plan to Catch a Creature in ‘From’ Season 3 Episode 3
In Episode 3, Boyd (played by Harold Perrineau) remains focused on a highly risky idea. He wants to catch one of the creatures that stalks the town at night. From the outside, this plan seems almost crazy, and it’s clear that his son Ellis (played by Corteon Moore) feels that way.
Ellis is concerned about his father’s safety and the safety of the town. Boyd reveals this plan to Donna (played by Elizabeth Saunders), another leader of the town, who also reacts with frustration and anger. Both Ellis and Donna try to convince Boyd that he is making a huge mistake.
They remind him that this plan could bring more danger to the town rather than help protect it. Donna, in particular, seems fed up with Boyd’s reckless ideas and his unwillingness to see the possible consequences.
However, Boyd doesn’t listen. He believes he has found a way to turn a talisman—a magical object that is usually used to keep the creatures away—into a tool for trapping one of them. His theory is that if he can trap one of the monsters in a controlled space, it could provide answers about how to escape or survive.
Even the priest that Boyd imagines in his head, Father Khatri (played by Shaun Majumder), raises doubts about the plan. Father Khatri appears as a voice of reason in Boyd’s mind, but Boyd is beyond reason at this point. He’s seen too much death and suffering in the town. He’s lost people he loves, and he’s determined to do something, anything, to change things.
Boyd’s frustration with death and loss becomes clear during a scene where he visits the diner. He watches Ethan, who is diligently washing dishes. Ethan says that Tian Chien (played by Elizabeth Moy), who died earlier in the season, would have wanted things to be clean and orderly.
Ethan continues to clean as a way of honoring Tian Chien’s memory. This act shows how the people of the town are finding small ways to cope with all the death they see around them. Yet, Ethan’s calm acceptance of death, including his philosophical approach to his mother’s disappearance, leaves Boyd unsettled.
Later, we see a seemingly random moment where Victor (played by Scott McCord) visits Sarah’s (played by Avery Konrad) house to build a fort. This scene doesn’t provide much explanation, adding to the full sense of mystery in the episode.
As night falls again, Boyd decides to act on his plan. He offers to take Randall’s (played by A.J. Simmons) place on the bus for the night, hoping to observe the creatures more closely. What Boyd hopes to accomplish is unclear, but one thing is certain—his plan is dangerous, and it may cost him or others dearly.
Kristi’s Life at Risk After Stepping into a Bear Trap in ‘From’ Season 3 Episode 3
While Boyd is busy with his dangerous plan, another group of characters sets out on a different mission. After the town comes together for Tian Chien’s wake, a group is chosen to go out and collect crops that were discovered by Jim and Kenny (played by Ricky He) in the previous episode.
The group includes Kenny, Jade (played by David Alpay), and Kristi (played by Chloe van Landschoot), along with Dale (played by Cliff Saunders). This task may seem simple, but the uneasiness in the air makes it feel anything but.
The homestead where the crops are located is filled with strange, pagan-like mannequins that create a sense of dread among the group. While they try to gather the crops as quickly as possible, Jade begins to experience more hallucinations.
He sees a vision of an angry, tortured man, and his grip on reality starts to slip. Meanwhile, Kenny wanders off into the woods to gather berries, but Kristi follows him.
She tries to get Kenny to open up about his feelings, particularly his grief. Kenny, however, refuses to talk about it, becoming defensive. It’s clear that Kenny is dealing with his emotions in his own way, but Kristi’s concern for him is genuine.
Just as the tension between Kenny and Kristi builds, Jade declares that he’s had enough of the creepy atmosphere.
He wants to leave immediately, convinced that staying any longer will only drive him further into madness. The others try to stop him, knowing that it will be dark soon and that it’s too dangerous to travel alone. But before they can catch up with him, Kristi steps into a rusted bear trap.
The trap doesn’t completely crush her foot, but she is still stuck. The group scrambles to find a way to free her before it’s too late. Jade comes up with an idea and enlists Dale’s help. They decide to use steel bars from the mannequins to pry the trap open.
However, as they take the bars, a few of the mannequins fall over, which feels like a bad sign. The group barely manages to free Kristi and get back to the huts at the homestead just as the sun sets. Now they have to wait out the night, trapped in the huts, hoping the creatures don’t come for them.
Fatima Struggles with Her Pregnancy and Fears in ‘From’ Season 3 Episode 3
Back at Colony House, another character is dealing with a different kind of fear. Fatima (played by Pegah Ghafoori) is struggling with her pregnancy. In a strange and unsettling moment, we see her giving in to a craving for rotten vegetables.
She sneaks outside and starts eating them from a pile, only to be caught by Tilly (played by Deborah Grover). Tilly doesn’t judge her, though. Instead, she later visits Fatima in her room and shares her own strange pregnancy cravings from the past, like licking the insides of eggshells.
Fatima opens up to Tilly, admitting that she’s scared about her pregnancy. This fear is understandable, as Fatima was told she couldn’t have children in the real world.
Now, in this strange and dangerous place, she’s pregnant, and she’s unsure about what this means for her future. She doesn’t know if she’s ready to be a mother, and she worries about raising a child in a place where survival isn’t guaranteed.
In an attempt to comfort Fatima, Tilly offers to do a tarot card reading for her. At first, Fatima is hesitant, worried that Tilly might be making fun of her. But eventually, she agrees. Just as Tilly is about to turn the first card, a blackbird crashes into the window. This is a bad sign, and when Tilly tries to continue the reading, the bird flies through the window and lands in the room. This shocking moment adds to Fatima’s growing sense of dread.
Tabitha’s Grip on Reality Slips in ‘From’ Season 3 Episode 3
While strange things happen in the town, Tabitha (played by Catalina Sandino Moreno) spends the episode in what seems to be the real world in Maine. She is restless and can’t stop thinking about the disturbing paintings that Henry (played by Robert Joy) showed her.
The images haunt her, but she can’t figure out why. Henry takes her to see a bottle tree that his wife created, which reminds her of the bottle tree Victor had shown her in the town. She realizes that this is just a replica, and the real bottle tree is located in a nearby park. Tabitha insists they go there.
On the way, Tabitha becomes increasingly anxious. When Henry tells her to check the glove box for water, she finds something that makes her panic: a bracelet that looks exactly like the one she made for Jim.
This bracelet had recently been found in the town’s diner; now, it’s in the car with her. Tabitha starts to question everything. She begins to believe that she never actually left the town and that she’s still trapped in it somehow.
Her growing paranoia causes her to demand that Henry stop the car. She can’t tell what’s real and what isn’t, and this confusion leads to a crash. Tabitha wakes up in an ambulance, with Henry badly injured.
The ambulance is lost in the woods, unable to find any signs of civilization. As they drive through the endless forest, they encounter a fallen tree blocking their path, leaving them stranded and Tabitha’s mind spinning.
