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This month, the release I’m most looking forward to is “From” season 4. One of the most gripping shows in recent years, it arrives on MGM+ on April 19, and I genuinely can’t wait. With key alums from “Lost” (director/executive producer Jack Bender and executive producer Jeff Pinkner), confusion and intrigue were always part of the DNA. Season 3 pushed things even further, closing on major unanswered threads and setting up an even more unpredictable season 4.
During its season 3 finale, “From” became the No. 3 most discussed show online and reached No. 1 as the top-watched series on MGM Plus and Epix during that time. With a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score and every season above 90%, it remains one of the most reliably praised shows in recent years, and my go-to dark thriller on TV. So, with season 3 ending on cliffhangers and theories spiralling, fans are more than ready to return to Fromville.
Fair warning: I’ll be spoiling major events from seasons 1-3. So, without further ado, here are five things you should remember before “From” season 4.
Article continues below1. The Man in Yellow killed Jim
The end of “From” season 3 brought one of the most shocking moments: Jim’s (Eion Bailey) death at the hands of the mysterious Man in Yellow. His appearance in the finale shows that the threat in the town is no longer just random monsters but is now controlled by a single powerful force.
He looks like a thin, eerie man in a damaged yellow suit and appears in daylight, which is shocking because the town’s safety used to depend on the sun. This figure also seems to be the one controlling everything, including the monsters at night, almost like a ruler or mastermind behind the entire town.
When he speaks to Jim, he shows he knows everything the residents have done, meaning he has been watching them the whole time. He even confirms he was the voice on the radio earlier in the series. He kills Jim as a warning to stop people from digging too deep into the town’s secrets. Unlike the other monsters, he doesn’t seem affected by the usual rules or protections like the talismans.
2. Tabitha and Jade are reincarnations of Miranda and Christopher
Season 3 finally answers some questions about Tabitha (Catalina Sandino Moreno) and Jade’s (David Alpay) connection, revealing they are reincarnations of two people from the town’s past, Miranda and Christopher. They are essentially the same souls returning in new bodies over and over again after repeated failures to save the children.
Tabitha is linked to Miranda, Victor’s mother. This explains her strong, instinctive connection to Victor, who has unknowingly been around his mother again in a different form. Jade is connected to Christopher, a man who became obsessed with the mysterious symbol after encountering it and slowly lost himself to it. The symbol and the ghost children are central to this cycle. The children are not simply haunting them but are trying to make Tabitha and Jade “remember” the truth of what happened.
In season 3, Jade’s discovery of the musical notes connected to the children triggers a return of buried memories, confirming the loop of reincarnation and past lives. The Man in Yellow’s killing of Jim shows another rule of the town: people like Tabitha and Jade are trapped in a cycle of rebirth and will return again, but others like Jim are not part of it and can be permanently lost.
3. Julie can now time travel
The latest season also confirmed that Julie (Hannah Cheramy) is a “Storywalker,” meaning she can move through time and experience different moments in the town’s past and future. This ability comes from surviving the music box/cicada event in season 2, which seems to have broken her normal experience of time.
Her time travel follows strict rules. She can visit the past, but she cannot change what has already happened. Everything she sees or does in the past has already been part of history, meaning events are fixed and cannot be altered. For example, Julie throwing the rope down to Boyd (Harold Perrineau) in season 2 was actually something she did in the past while storywalking — it was always meant to happen that way.
Another example is when an older version of Julie appears to warn Jim before his death, but even though she tries to help, she cannot stop it. Jim still dies exactly as it was always going to happen. Because she can’t change events, Julie’s role in season 4 becomes more about watching and collecting information. She may be able to witness key moments from the town’s past, like the original sacrifice of the children, which could help Tabitha and Jade understand the truth.
4. Fatima gave birth to the ‘smiley’ monster
In season 3, it’s revealed that the Smiley monster comes back to life (nicknamed due to its permanent smile), which explains Fatima’s (Pegah Ghafoori) strange pregnancy. This confirms that the monsters in the town are not truly killable since they can be reborn. After Boyd killed Smiley in season 2, the town used Fatima as part of a strange process to bring him back. She gives birth to something non-human, which eventually becomes the same Smiley monster again.
Fatima’s visions also suggest the monsters were once human settlers who made a deal for immortality. The price of that deal was the sacrifice of their own children. That’s why there are no child monsters, as the children were used in the original ritual, while the adults became the creatures we see now.
The monsters seem to follow a pattern. When one is destroyed, something in the town restores it using supernatural forces. This means the monsters are part of a controlled system rather than random beings. The only real way to end it may be to save the trapped children and undo the original deal that created the monsters in the first place.
5. Boyd is slowly breaking under pressure
Boyd Stevens, who used to be the strong and steady leader, is becoming more violent and unstable. The town has pushed him to the breaking point, especially after he was forced to watch horrific events like Tian-Chen Liu’s (Elizabeth Moy) death. By season 3’s end, Boyd even resorts to torturing Elgin (Nathan D. Simmons) to find Fatima, showing he is no longer sticking to his moral code. His declining health also adds to the sense that he is losing control physically as well as mentally.
With Boyd breaking down, other characters are forced to step up. Kenny (Ricky He) is now faced with choosing whether to follow Boyd into violence or try to stay moral. Sara (Avery Konrad) also becomes more extreme, even harming Elgin to push information out of him, showing how far people are drifting from their humanity.
Overall, Season 4 is setting up something major: whether surviving in the town will force everyone to become like the monsters they are fighting, or whether they can hold on to their humanity while trying to escape. I'm certainly nervous.
“From” season 4 is set to premiere on Sunday, April 19, 2026, on MGM+. After that, new episodes arrive weekly on Sundays through to the series finale on June 28.
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