Warning: There are spoilers ahead for From season 3, episode 10, “Revelations: Chapter Two.”
TheFromseason 3 finale resurrects a major villain killed from a previous season. Since the first episode, which begins with one ofFrom’s monsterskilling Megan Pratt (Bella Martin) and her mother, Lauren (Ann Doyle), the series has been unafraid to kill characters. Father Khatri (Shaun Majumder), Tian-Chen Liu (Elizabeth Moy), Tillie (Deborah Grover), and now Jim Matthews (Eion Bailey) are among the many character deaths that have occurred since the first episode.
While many of the Township’s residents have died,From’s charactershave not managed to kill most of the villains that terrorize them. One of the few exceptions is Boyd Stevens (Harold Perrineau) killing the monster known as Smiley (Jame McGuire) in season 2, episode 6.Smiley is arguably the most recognizable ofFrom’s monsters, including his terrifying appearances during the massacre at Colony House in season 1. He is now back and just as horrifying as ever followingFromseason 3’s ending.
Fatima’s Baby Becomes The Smiley Monster In From’s Season 3 Finale
This Explains Her Unnatural Pregnancy
After Fatima (Pegah Ghafoori) gives birth, the baby is gradually revealed to be a resurrected Smiley. The monsters watch in the tunnels as a fully grownSmiley triumphantly emerges from the placentaand flashes his unnerving smile.Fromrevealing Fatima’s babyto be a revived Smiley is an even more appalling outcome than the characters could have imagined. A monster growing inside of her seemed like a viable possibility, but not Smiley himself.
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Fatima’s appetite for rotten vegetables and drinking human blood while pregnant aligns with what Smiley needed for sustenance and to be reborn. The moment in which Fatima loses control and kills Tillie can also be seen in a new light, as that monstrous desire was rooted in Smiley’s murderous tendencies. Now that Smiley is back and at full strength, it is as if Boyd never killed him in the first place, making the monsters even more terrifying ahead ofFromseason 4.
Why The Smiley Monster Is Really Resurrected In From
The Monsters Are Immortal
The season 3 finale reveals that the monsters were once people, but they sacrificedFrom’s"Anghkooey"childrenin exchange for eternal life. Smiley and the other individuals are now able to live forever in their monstrous forms, meaning thatSmiley’s death at Boyd’s hands was never going to be permanent. The monsters' immortality prevents them from being permanently killed by the other residents, as they can simply be reborn in the way Smiley was via Fatima.
In the end, Fatima’s baby only saves the monsters, whose numbers are now fully replenished, and can continue their eternal reign of terror with Smiley beside them again inFromseason 4.
Fatima learned she was pregnant in season 2 soon after Smiley’s death, proving that the process of his resurrection started almost immediately after his short-lived demise.The ghostly woman seen by Elgin(Nathan D. Simmons) told him that Fatima’s baby would save him and his friends. In the end, Fatima’s baby only saves the monsters, whose numbers are now fully replenished, and can continue their eternal reign of terror with Smiley beside them again inFromseason 4.
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From is a series revolving around a mysterious American town that ensnares newcomers, forcing its inhabitants to maintain order and find an escape amidst nighttime perils from the surrounding forest. The residents face threats from terrifying creatures emerging after sunset, complicating their struggle for survival.
