'From' Season 3 Ending Explained: Who Is the Man in Yellow? (2024)

Well, that sure was a mind-bending end to the third season of the MGM+ hit psychological horror thriller From. There is quite a bit to unpack in a finale that saw the conclusion of Fatima's (Pegah Ghafoori) mysterious pregnancy, a clue about Tabitha (Catalina Sandino-Moreno), and Jade's (David Alpay) strange visions involving the "Anghkooey" ghost children, Julie's (Hannah Cheramy) critical role as a "Storywalker," and an ugly end for one of the show's most prominent characters at the hand of a brand-new character. By the end of the episode, the two main storylines are brilliantly interwoven. In this article, we will first address and explain the bigger, more convoluted picture of the Season 3 finale and then micro-analyze what the final few scenes mean going forward for the doomed people of Fromville.

What Was the Thing That Fatima Gave Birth To?

During Season 3, Fatima deals with a bizarre pregnancy that culminates in the final few scenes of Episode 10. Elgin (Nathan D. Simmons) has taken her as a prisoner and is holding her in the root cellar. As she goes into labor, she is met by the Kimono ghost woman. She delivers a pulsating larval sack that the spirit immediately takes into a trap door beneath the cellar and places it in the center of a ritual chamber surrounded by the town's night creatures. Slowly, a human figure begins to form within the sack, and when it breaks through the lining, we see that it is the Smiley-Faced night creature reincarnated.

This means that Fatima was somehow impregnated by the town and used as a vessel to replace the Smiley-Faced creature. It confirms that the town uses the people trapped there to replenish themselves and has likely been doing so for decades. Boyd (Harold Perrineau) witnesses the macabre birth in his final scene of Season 3. This development also confirms/debunks a fan-favorite theory that Fromville is some twisted, organized psychological experiment designed to push the residents to an emotional break. The town has trapped them in an endless time loop, explained further by what Tabitha, Jade, and Julie discover later.

What Do Tabitha and Jade Find Out About the "Anghkooey" Ghost Children?

Tabitha and Jade have been working together in Season 3 to discover why they are plagued by visceral and disturbing visions of a group of emaciated ghost children who repeatedly repeat the word "Anghkooey." Piecing together what we know from previous seasons and this one, it is clear that these apparitions are the children of the first settlers of Fromville, and they were sacrificed as part of a deal they made with The Man in Yellow (Douglas E. Hughes). This mystery man who appears briefly in the final scene is a Satan-like figure orchestrating the nightmare. At its core, From is a battle between good and evil as Tabitha and Jade are the messianic-reincarnated souls sent to free the trapped children. The Man in Yellow wants to prevent them from helping the ghost children break the town's temporal time loop so they can all leave.

Why the Revelation That Julie Is a "Storywalker" Is Important

In the last few episodes, Julie has shown the ability to insert herself into events that have already happened. That explains how she visited the scene where Boyd is stuck at the bottom of the well and speaks to Martin (Robert Verlaque). Her reveal as a "Storywalker" is important because it hints at her ability to use her gift to change the sequence of future events, which could be the answer to freeing the current Fromville residents from the town and The Man in Yellow. It is also a colossal bit of foreshadowing that plays into Season 3's final scene, which sees one of the main characters gruesomely murdered.

Who Dies in the Final Scene of 'From' Season 3?

The final scene of Season 3 is a jaw-dropper. After a long conversation with Tabitha about how she now understands that she has had all the visions and feelings because of her and Jade's multiple reincarnations and efforts to free the children, Jim (Eion Bailey) hears Julie's voice crying out to him through the trees. She urgently runs to him and tells him that he has to leave right now. She knows this because she has been storywalking and knows what will happen to him in the next few seconds. There are three abrasions on her right cheek, signifying that she has been in an altercation with someone, and she is frantic. She "needs to change the story" and begs him to run.

But before he can leave, the camera pans, and we see a tall, lanky older man in a dirty, old yellow suit. It is The Man in Yellow who controls the purgatory of Fromville. With his gaunt face, mussed white hair, and red eyes, he approaches Jim and Julie. He tells Jim, "It didn't have to happen, ya know. Knowledge comes with a cost." This refers to the revelation that Tabitha and Jade have just made about the town's true nature. Jim grabs a thick tree branch and warns The Man in Yellow to stay back, but he doesn't know who he's dealing with. It's the marionette controlling the entire show—the Devil himself. He grabs Jim by the throat, shoves him against the Matthews family trailer, and devilishly tells him, "Your wife shouldn't have dug that hole." This refers to the final episode of Season 1, "Oh, the Places We'll Go". In that episode, Tabitha discovers the markings in the underground caves, setting her on a course that will challenge The Man in Yellow's supreme authority. Because of this and the knowledge they have just uncovered, Jim has to die as a deterrent to Tabitha getting closer to the truth. The Man in Yellow rips his throat out, and blood pours to the ground before he collapses and dies. It is the most significant character death in the first three seasons of From and will test Tabitha and Julie's resolve heading into Season 4.

From is available to stream on MGM+ in the U.S.

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Horror

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From is a horror TV series centered around a mysterious town that traps all who enter. As residents struggle to find a way out, they must also contend with terrifying creatures that come out at night. The show explores the residents' fight for survival and the eerie secrets hidden within the town.

Release Date

February 20, 2022

Cast

Harold Perrineau , Catalina Sandino Moreno , Eion Bailey , David Alpay , Elizabeth Saunders , Scott McCord , Shaun Majumder , Ricky He , Chloe Van Landschoot , Pegah Ghafoori , Corteon Moore , Avery Konrad , Hannah Cheramy , Simon Webster , Elizabeth Moy , Deborah Grover , Angela Moore , Vox Smith , Paul Zinno , Kaelen Ohm , Robert Joy , A.J. Simmons , Samantha Brown , Benjamin Clost , Sam Haynes

Main Genre

Drama

Creator(s)

John Griffin

Writers

Vivian Lee , Kristen Layden , Brigitte Hales

Streaming Service(s)

MGM+

Directors

Jack Bender , Brad Turner , Alexandra La Roche , Bruce McDonald , Jeff Renfroe