AFromseason 4 theory addresses a confusing moment from season 1. Since the first episode debuted in 2022, the MGM+ series has delivered compelling horror, character drama, and supernatural intrigue as the characters are tormented by the Town and its nocturnal monsters.Fromseason 3’s endingforever changed the show as a major character was killed, a formidable new villain was introduced, and eye-opening revelations were made.
As the wait forFromseason 4continues, it is the perfect time to rewatch seasons 1-3, and to see how earlier scenes in the series can set up future episodes. Some of thebestFromseason 4 theoriesare rooted in scenes from season 1, with the full payoff still yet to come.One particular scene that has sparked a popular theory relates to Julie Matthews(Hannah Cheramy), who has a confusing encounter shortly after she arrives in Town in season 1.
A Monster Oddly Recognized Julie In From Season 1, Episode 2
“Julie, Don’t You Recognize Me?”
In season 1, episode 2, “The Way Things Are Now,” Julie and several otherFromcharactersrace toward Colony House so they can be safe from the monsters. As the characters pound on the door and beg to be let inside, a group of the monsters begin gathering on the Colony House porch and slowly creep closer. One of the monsters, who looks like a teenager,approaches Julie and waves at her. He says to her,“Julie, don’t you recognize me?“With this being Julie’s first experience with the monsters, she does not recognize how dangerous the situation is.
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Kenny Liu (Ricky He) takes out his gun and shoots at the monster, but this does not harm the creature, who smiles after being shot. It is at this moment that Julie, Kenny, and the other characters are allowed inside Colony House. Since this is Julie’s first night in the Town, it is confusing that the monster says he recognizes her. He may have been trying to trick Julie like the monster who pretended to be a child’s grandmother in the first episode, but there could also be more to this moment.
Time Travel Will Play A Bigger Role In From Season 4
Julie Is A Story Walker
When Julie returns to and enters the dungeon ruins inFromseason 3, episode 8, she travels back in time. It is through time travel that Julie throws the rope down to Boyd Stevens (Harold Perrineau) in the season 2 premiere. Julie’s brother Ethan (SImon Webster) explains that she is a story walker, meaning she can travel to the past, but she cannot change what happens. Ethan’s explanation is shown to be true whena time-traveling Julie tries and fails to prevent her father, Jim Matthews (Eion Bailey), from being killedby the Man in Yellow (Douglas E. Hughes).
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These developments set up Julie’s time traveling in season 4 as she tries to change the past. Jim’s body will presumably be found, and present-day Julie does not know that, in the future, she will fail to save him through time travel. Instead, she will probably use her newfound powers to try and fix the past. She has already suggested to Ethan that she could go back in time to save Tian-Chen Liu (Elizabeth Moy) or their baby brother, Thomas, and her desire to change things will override the wisdom of Ethan’s words.
Theory: Julie Will Meet The Season 1 Monster In From Season 4
This Can Explain Why He Recognizes Her
The monster may have recognized Julie in season 1 because he had already met a time-traveling version of her. When Julie was in the dungeon ruins, she mostly traveled to the recent past, particularly pivotal moments during seasons 1 and 2, including when Victor Kavanaugh (Scott McCord) was waiting in the tunnels for Tabitha Matthews (Catalina Sandino Moreno). Through time travel, Julie can go back to the time before she and her family became trapped in the Town, which is when she could cross paths with the teenage-looking monster, who later says that he recognizes her.
The Boy in White (Vox Smith) told Victor to wait in the tunnels for Tabitha.
This ties intoanotherFromtheory, which suggests that Julie may be the one who created the Talismans and left them for Boyd to find. Boyd discovering the Talismans happens months before Julie and her family become arrive. She may meet the season 1 monster when she travels back to create and plant the Talismans for Boyd.This monster may even be responsible for the bloody scratches on the cheek of the time-traveling Juliewho attempts to save Jim. The monster’s cheerful conversation with Julie in season 1 is even more unsettling if he physically hurt her.
What This Theory Means For From Season 4
Julie’s Time Travel Can Explore The Town’s Past And Answer Major Questions
Now thatFrom’s time travel twistis officially part of the show, it can be used to explain previously confusing details and to answer some of the story’s greatest mysteries. Season 3 reveals a great deal about the origins of the monsters, the"Anghkooey"children, the mysterious symbol, and the faraway trees, but there are still questions about the Town’s history that need to be answered. Instead of having flashbacks or exposition detailing what happened all those years ago, the audience can experience this history firsthand through Julie’s time travel.
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Just as Julie was always the one who threw the rope to Boyd,it may turn out that Julie has also always been responsible for other key moments in the Town’s past.From’s time travel seems to be operating under the same rules asLost, which are that"whatever happened, happened"and that the past cannot be changed.Lostcharacters ended up causing the incident on the Island in their attempts to stop it. Julie may end up causing certain horrors to occur in her attempts to stop them from happening.
Julie’s time travel does not have to be a story of tragic failure, but can instead lead to a hopeful endgame inFrom.
Julie being a story walkerwillarguably make herFrom’s most important character. Boyd, Kenny, Ethan, and the rest of the characters will still continue to develop and be integral to the ongoing narrative, but Julie is in a unique position that none of them have. While she is unable to change the past, her travels can teach her information that will be vital to learn how to free the children and to escape the Town. Julie’s time travel does not have to be a story of tragic failure, but can instead lead to a hopeful endgame inFrom.
