About five weeks ago, someone commented, “I hope you get to return to From 🤞.”

Her reply was, “Thank you! Me too! I haven’t watched it yet.”

Then this week she posted her original Jasmine audition tape from almost five years ago. She thanked all the FROM fans who still message her about the show and said she has no insider information about the ending. I thought it was a cool throwback, so I went back a few hours later to read through the comments again, and the post was gone. Deleted? Archived? I have no idea. Maybe it’s nothing. I just thought it was interesting, especially considering what she said five weeks earlier.

None of that tells us why Jasmine hasn’t been back. But it also doesn’t make it seem like she stayed away because she didn’t want to return. If anything, the only public comment she’s made about returning was literally, “Thank you! Me too!”

That makes me wonder if Jasmine just… wasn’t written back into the story. If that’s the case, I honestly think that’s a huge missed opportunity.

For someone who was only in two episodes, Jasmine left a crazy impression on the fanbase. Smiley is obviously the face of the creatures, but Jasmine is one of the first monsters people bring up. There are still posts, theories, edits, and discussions about her years later.

Season 5 is the last season. If there was ever a time to bring her back, it’s now.

If the theory that Jasmine was once a human from a previous cycle ends up being true, then having her interact with Fatima feels like it writes itself. Fatima has experienced becoming one of the creatures.

Jasmine has been one for who knows how long. Even one scene between them could be really interesting.
And if anyone involved with the show somehow sees this…

John Griffin, Jeff Pinkner, and Jack Bender, please for the love of God make this happen.

If filming is still ongoing, there are still months of production left. Productions adjust scripts and bring actors in during filming all the time when it makes sense. If Molly is willing, and based on her own comment it certainly seems like she’d be open to it, I would strongly encourage you to find a way to bring Jasmine back before the series ends. It would be a shame for one of the show’s most memorable creatures to never appear again in the final season.

The first image, what I got from that scene then, and still do now, is the "Anghkooey" Children asking Tabitha "Why?"....That's what I see.

Likewise with the second image, people have theorised they're pointing at Ethan....Despite showing ZERO interest in him for 4 Seasons....What I see, are victims pointing out the person who harmed them.

"Once they learn the truth about who you are, that it was you the Children were calling for....First they blame you, then they hate you, eventually they kill you.....For Tabitha it's worse".

It's really interesting how Young Jade phrases the above in Jade's vision, after Jade discovers he is killed every cycle by the people in Town.

He never says he is killed because of "what you did"....It's about who he is and the fact the Children were calling for him.

Think about a Child who is in scared, for example, "Calling" for someone. Who do they call out for? Well, firstly, by "Calling For" someone, they're obviously calling for a person who is not there. But secondly, a Child doesn't call out the name of the person harming them, they call out the name of a person they believe can help them.

Those who have had a young Child wake up from a Nightmare, what do they do? They shout "Mummy" or "Daddy" to help them.

Why weren't the Children calling for Tabitha?

If you bet Jim and Tabitha a million dollars to stay with their kids for 24 hours, they would lose after 13 minutes when one or both of them wandered off.

I see a lot of theories here and big guesses about stuff in the show and some people trying to make connections and I think personally people are trying to make this show bigger and more complicated than it actually is, and with these crazy expectations you are just setting yourself up for disappointment, just my opinion

Just finished season 4, and I'm confused by a lot of discourse about the show. I see a large volume of people expecting the show not to explain most of the mysteries or pay off on foreshadowing, but hasn't the show pretty much explained most of the important mysteries already?

I'm not sure what there really is left to explain, maybe a little extra lore about what the Man in Yellow is, but whether he is a demon the ancient townspeople summoned, the avatar of an outer god, or an immortal sorceror, it doesn't really have much consequence on the plot since next season is the finale. We've more or less seen the extent of his powers and influence so it seems our protagonists have a chance of beating him.

Last real question left is how exactly the town was created, and "what the god damn rules are" but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a result of the same ritual that turned the ancient people into the creatures. Unless im missing something, I feel like most of the major plotlines have been thoroughly explained and are ready to be wrapped up, am I wrong?

I don't think one child survives every cycle... and here's why.

If that were actually a rule, then when Victor arrived in Fromville as a child, there should have already been an adult survivor from the previous cycle—someone who survived as a child and grew up in the town.

But there wasn't.

That also explains something else: no one knew what the Man in Yellow really looked like. If a previous child survivor had existed, they would've recognized him and warned everyone long ago.

I think Victor was never supposed to survive. Just like Eloise, he was meant to die. His survival is what made this cycle different.

It could also explain why the Man in Yellow now disguises himself. Victor knows his true appearance, so revealing himself would expose him immediately. In previous cycles, there may have been no need for disguises because nobody had that knowledge.

So maybe Victor isn't proof that one child survives every cycle...

Maybe he's the exception that broke the cycle.

What do you think? Did Victor change the rules, or do you still believe one child survives every cycle?

#FROM

One plotline I really hate that they dropped is the whole hinted divide between Colony house and Town.

In the first episodes, I thought they really presented it as two different factions, making a big deal of the "Choosing Ceremony" and Julie not picking Town, but eventually it was just forgotten, and now they just kinda mesh together. Imo, the divide could've been very interesting if explored further.

In the first episodes, I really felt that they were building up a big difference of leadership between Donna and Boyd. It kind of sucks that Donna has now been relegated to fully playing second fiddle, losing pretty much all of her authority.

I remember being really curious to what caused the divide, if there had been a big incident in the past or something, kind of a let-down for it just to be dropped.

Did you think they were building something up there too? Or do you think that was never the plan?

Edit: Just to be clear, I don't think it's crazy that the divide dropped after the invasion, I just wish they explored it more before the invasion, which would've made the Town jumping in to help more impactful.

I was the one who posted about the high contrast book the other day with bottle and tree right beside each other.. now we’re rocking away to “Baby Music 2 Months” on Spotify and THIS comes on?! What is actually happening and why is this on here? lol The show is haunting me!

**Disclaimer: This isn't a hate post or a personal attack on the actress. I love this show but I've also read a ton of comments regarding her acting.**

I've tried giving her performance the benefit of the doubt over four entire seasons, hoping she'd grow into her role. But my opinion about her acting has only declined with each new season. That said, I agree that *a portion of this* can be attributed to the writers and redundant lines..unless certain scenes/characters allowed for improvisation.

What confuses me? That Tabitha could be considered the most important character in the entire show, alongside Jade. She's at the center of the story and the town itself, but I consistently find her performance to be the weakest in the cast. For a show with horror elements, her "acting" doesn't give any sense of fear or urgency; I legitimately laughed the first time she was running from the monsters because of how much she didn't sell it.

That's what I don't get. With her (arguably) being the most important character in the town, I genuinely don't understand how the casting directors/writers/producers watched her performance and felt **she** was the right fit for such a major role. And it's not like every character is knocking it out of the park either (Marielle & Ellis are good examples).

Maybe I'm missing something crucial here. But after four seasons I just can't get past her "acting". Am I wrong - should the writers be blamed entirely here? Or do some folks think she's doing a good job? Open to any and all opinions of course.

He made Victor see all the bodies, had him collect something from every mutilated corpse, left him to grow up completely alone for 40 years, and let him become a totally dysfunctional adult…

The Boy in White is a total piece of shit. He could’ve let Victor leave, just like Tabitha, live with his father, and then bring them back when they were older…

I started watching the series a couple of weeks ago and I am currently on season 4 episode 2. It feels like almost every character eventually gets a long emotional breakdown, sympathy arc, heart-to-heart conversation or the “talk”(especially from Boyd). After a while, those scenes start to feel repetitive and slow down the pacing for me.

I’m not saying character development is bad, but did anyone else feel this way, or is it just me?

Big words I know, you probably heard it again and again in this community, but hear me out.

But a proper warning first. Knowledge comes with a cost.

I should know it, because my sanity took a dive trying to lift this behemoth of content. More frightening it is still not complete.

Okay let's cut to the chase and rip the bandage off.

From retells the story of the babylonian captivity depicted in the book of chronicles. (Flight of the Cromenockle)

The exile happened in waves like in the series.

Many events and the scale of the place are out of order, which was already told in the series through time jumps and the moving trees. I guess the writers wanted to make it fit.

The story takes place in the southern region of Shinar. Nippur is the village and Tel Abib, which is believed to be near Nippur, is the colony house. Nippur is a place of Jewish administration and Tel Abib is a mystical place led by the gods.

The Governor of the Yehud Province is Gedaliah, which made the region more secure and introduced order for his people. (Sheriff Boyd)

Tel Abib is nurtured by goddess Ninmah the great Queen, mistress of the gods. (Donna)

Each newcomer has to pick their faith. The stone for the Hebrew heritage or the flower for the dominant regional faith.

King Jeconiah (Viktor) was one of the first exiles at 8 years old. Prophet Jeremiah (the boy in white) cursed him and revoked his heritage so it makes sense, that he resides in the colony house...for now.

The 90 days without an accident, that sheriff Boyd showed, was the reign of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim's (Viktors Father) younger brother or the reign of Viktor himself. (I leave the story of Jehoiakim out because of the massive spoiler for season 5)

The fallen tree. After the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Solomon temple the people of Judah were uprooted, but not completely alone. The crows the 72 demons are still there watching. They are called demons, but there are good natured ones too. They give knowledge and good familiars.

Like in the tarot cards of Tilly.

Tilly had to die because of this, she was in the house with the wrong faith. Elgin, yeah you know Elgin and on the basis what I told you till now you can imagine. Couldn't pinpoint a character of importance yet for those two.

Our main group the Matthews.

Ethan is Moses giving the books.

Julie is Ezekiel wandering around and observing and to spread faith.

Jim is Nimrod the builder of the tower of Babel.

Tabitha and Jade, Noah and his wife.

Fatima is the goddess Aruru, she has two sides, one calm and caring for plants and the other violent and powerful.

The Talismans are an additional reference to Solomon.

The monsters. The underworld.

"If you don't open the gate for me to come in,

I shall smash the doorpost and overturn the doors,

I shall raise up the dead and they shall eat the living,

And the dead shall outnumber the living!"

Our villain you probably guessed is.

Nebuchadnezzar II and Ishtar/Ianna

They were signs. The ballerina with the song of songs. (Solomon Poem about Ishtar), The bird with the broken wing (Anzu bird lover of Ishtar)

Nebuchadnezzar II was gruesome and wanted to break the people of Judah. He was manipulating and deceiving never laughing. They had to take their holy scriptures see them together and fill them with stones to carry around.

He trampled the young folk so the bones couldn't be retrieved.

I will end here for now. This is quite exhausting.

I will return to this later, if you want to.

You could also help me by telling, what I didn't cover yet and what needs more explanation. It will be written under here so you don't have to go through all that again.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Made a mistake Julie is Ezekiel and Ethan is probably Moses.

I got sick of digging back through the original AMA every time I wanted to check what the writers actually said, so I pulled out all the questions answered by the MGM+ account and put them into one document.

Sharing it here in case anyone else finds it useful.

Reddit wouldn't allow me to upload the document and I don't know how to post an anonymous Google Sheets link... so here it is.

Theory: The Man in Yellow Was Originally Tabitha's Lover, and She's Been Trying to Undo Her Mistake for Centuries

( I have corrected and improved the Grammer from help of chatgpt cause English is not my first language however originally my theory)( also is am posting something for the first time idk how the spoilertag works so i will put the whole paragraph in spoilers )

>!I have a crackpot theory about the original Tabitha, Jade, and the Man in Yellow.

What if the Man in Yellow wasn't always an immortal entity? What if he was just an ordinary person in the original timeline?

My theory is that the original Tabitha and Jade were married, but unlike their current incarnations, they had a happy marriage at first. Then tragedy struck—they lost one of their children, and their remaining two children became severely ill (or perhaps all the children in the town were mysteriously dying or becoming sick).

At her lowest point, Tabitha meets the Man in Yellow. He isn't evil in the conventional sense—he's charismatic, manipulative, and offers her hope. He tells her that he can save the children through a ritual that requires sacrificing them. Eventually, he convinces Tabitha, and through her, the rest of the townspeople agree as well.

This would fit one of the biggest themes of FROM: people aren't usually forced to do evil things—they're manipulated into making impossible choices.

Sara was manipulated.

Elgin was manipulated.

Christopher was manipulated.

Fatima was manipulated.

So why couldn't the original Tabitha have been manipulated too?

I also think that during this time, Tabitha and the Man in Yellow fell in love. The reason I believe this is because of how differently he treats her. He kissed her hand, spoke to her nostalgically, and never treated her like he treats anyone else. It didn't feel like a villain talking to his enemy—it felt like someone talking to a person he has known and loved for a very long time.

Then comes the ritual.

At the last moment, Tabitha realizes what she's about to do and refuses to sacrifice the children. Jade stands with her and refuses as well. Because the ritual is interrupted, it doesn't work as intended.

Instead:

The children die, but their souls become trapped.

The monsters are created.

Fromville is born.

The cycle of reincarnation begins.

Tabitha and Jade are cursed to return over and over again to correct their mistake.

This would explain why the Anghkooey children don't simply ask Tabitha to save them—they want her to remember. They've been waiting for centuries for her to make a different choice.

It would also explain why only Tabitha and Jade seem so deeply connected to the town and its mysteries. They're not reincarnating because they're heroes. They're reincarnating because they were involved in the original tragedy.

And one final thought: what if the Man in Yellow isn't waiting for Tabitha to remember because he wants to destroy her?

What if he's waiting because, after centuries of watching her return again and again, he's wondering whether she'll finally choose differently this time?

Am I cooking, or have I spent too much time in Fromville?!<

Just finished the series and I actually thought there was more and was waiting for the next episode to auto-play.

Been ages since he was on LOST and got kicked off so he wasn't able to fully enjoy the rise and success of the show. Not sure how popular FROM is but at the least he's the lead here.

Hi, i finished S4 a week or so back and something has been rattling around my mind.

The way Fatima was tricked into becoming one of the monsters. Got me thinking, how many of the others were tricked. I suspect, in a way, all of them.

Now I'm thinking that Fatima may keep some of her humanity, and in some way pass this onto the others, or just the smiley guy. Meaning they have some self awareness about what they are, meaning they may 'work' with the humans against the MIY.

What do people think? Does it have legs?