The questions answered in the From season finale set up a compelling fourth season, provide plenty of scares and pay off a number of character arcs in satisfying and, sometimes, heartbreaking fashion. The episode was perfectly titled “Revelations: Chapter Two”.
(*SPOILERS AHEAD!*)
The thing about this show is that every answer leads to more questions. Through these three seasons of television, we have gotten to know these characters based on their responses to these same mysteries and their role in them. Yet, it is one character’s attitude after receiving answers that makes the biggest impact.
The finale seemingly bids adieu to resident dysfunctional dad, Jim Matthews. Each of Eion Bailey’s scene in this episode makes me hope that Jim survives his wound. The musical note reveal proves that Jim had value outside his role in the Matthews family unit, though that is equally important.
The numbers’ machine Jade couldn’t see what Jim does for some odd reason. The monsters (one in a yellow suit, particularly) target Jim for this very reason. They were unhappy that Tabitha and Jade were getting close to answers, and Jim is who led to the biggest answer of all. The people who had become the monsters had sacrificed their children for immortality.
This child sacrifice in the name of immortality was almost prevented (or, at least, protested) by two parents who, it turns out, have been reincarnated into past residents of the town, like Victor’s mother Miranda, and are now Tabitha and Jade. This was spoiled for me on Reddit but the acting and direction still sold the moment.
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It’ll be a mistake to think that was the only big story, though. The episode gave us the long awaited resolution to Fatima’s pregnancy storyline after Sarah (following Boyd’s attempt) torturing Fatima’s location out of Elgin using a screwdriver. Help didn’t arrive for Fatima until after she gave birth, though. That idiot Elgin was correct in that it wasn’t Fatima’s baby growing inside her… but the Smiley Creature reincarnated.
Things are just as weird for Julie, starting with a conversation with Ethan. Julie explains that she time traveled, which causes Ethan to call her a Storywalker. Different from every other of their conversations, Julie listens as Ethan explains that Storywalkers can skip to different moments in a story (i.e. time travel).
So different, that it seemed like she took up Storywalking in the final scene involving her father and the Man In Yellow. Time travel doesn’t seem to agree with Julie since she shows up bloodied and with a new haircut, aware of a future terrible event (her father’s death?). The theme of children being powerless in this show continues as the season ends with Julie watching her father get his throat ripped out.
Last season’s finale ended on a much more hopeful note compared to “Revelation: Chapter Two’s” bloody answers and ominous cliffhanger endings. Huge confrontations are in store for Boyd and company when the show returns for its recently announced fourth season (hopefully sooner rather than later).
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