From Season 2 Finale Recap & Ending Explained: What Happened To Tabitha (2024)

The From season 2 ending explained a few crucial mysteries about the central town while concluding on a cliffhanger. Following the shocking ending of From season 2, episode 9, the series picks up with Julie, Randall, and Marielle in coma-like states where they intermittently experience torture from unseen entities. Meanwhile, Tabitha and Jade venture into the dangerous forest as they attempt to find answers about the children and symbols appearing in their visions. As Boyd races to “stop the melody,” From's season 2 finale brings several characters to a head as they work against the town’s sinister forces.

At the end, Boyd destroys the music box and frees Randall, Julie, and Marielle from their fates given by From’s haunting nursery rhyme. Jade encounters the symbol in the tunnels and sees visions of children lying on rocks and saying “anghkooey,” which connects to Tabitha’s visions of the children that led her to the lighthouse. The final moments of the From season 2 finale see Tabitha being pushed out of the lighthouse and awakening in a hospital outside the town, which confirms an escape route for residents while creating a complex journey for Tabitha to reunite with her trapped family.

Tabitha's Fate In From's Season 2 Finale Explained

How She Made It Back Home

In a last-minute twist from the From season 2 finale, Tabitha successfully makes it back home after going to the lighthouse. Once Tabitha ascends the stairs of the lighthouse tower and makes it to the top, she’s greeted by the Boy in White, who apologizes before pushing her out of the glass window. Tabitha then wakes up with scratches on her face in a hospital outside the town, with the doctors revealing that she was in a coma after being found on a hiking trail.

While it’s unclear if Tabitha’s fall from the lighthouse means that she’s dead in the town but safe outside, this means that From’s characters can successfully find their way home. Tabitha waking up from a coma could potentially be seen as a confirmation of From season 2's bizarre theories about the characters in the town actually being in comas after vehicle crashes.

This interpretation would mean that all of From’s season 2 characters are in comas outside the town, but need to “die” in order to wake up on the other side. However, this is highly unlikely, as Tabitha was found by hikers on a trail without any of her family or the RV nearby. Therefore, Tabitha’s fall from the lighthouse is what sent her home alone, with the scratches on her face being from the window glass rather than the RV crash.

Is The Lighthouse A Portal Home?

Why The Boy In White Pushed Tabitha

In From season 2, episode 8’s flashbacks to Victor’s childhood, it is revealed that his mother went to the lighthouse to try to find a way home, with Tabitha repeating this tactic 40 years later. While it seems that Victor’s mother died before making it to the lighthouse, she was being called there by the children in order to find a portal to the outside world. The children appear to know that the lighthouse is a portal home, with the Boy in White being the mysterious leader who guides the trapped residents to safety and hope.

Before pushing Tabitha out of the lighthouse window, the Boy in White tells her that he’s sorry, and it’s “the only way.” The From season 2 ending hints that the Boy in White has pushed other characters out of the lighthouse before, seemingly choosing Tabitha and Victor's mom because of their motherly instincts. The Boy in White has previously saved or helped Victor, Ethan, Sara, and Boyd, thus seemingly serving as the town’s guardian angel.

Since Tabitha saw visions of the children and the lighthouse throughout From season 2, the Boy in White may believe she’s the best person to send home and get help to save the rest of the town’s residents.

The Bottle Tree & Its Connection To The Lighthouse Explained

There Could Be A Keeper Who Delivers Messages There

After first appearing at the end of From season 1, the characters return to the Bottle Tree in the From season 2 finale as Victor explains its real purpose. Victor tells Tabitha that the Bottle Tree is a special faraway tree, but instead of sending people to random locations, it only transports those who enter it to the lighthouse. It’s still unclear what function the lighthouse itself serves for "Fromville" considering the community is unable to see it from town, but it appears to be the only connection to the outside world.

The From season 2 finale doesn’t explain what’s inside the bottles hanging from the tree or why that specific tree is the lighthouse transport, but it may be connected to those who can travel outside the town. Since the bottles are presumably filled with messages either to the outside world or those trapped inside the town, there could be a “lighthouse keeper” who puts the messages on the tree for the residents to find.

Similar to some real-life traditions, the Bottle Tree may be there to trap evil spirits and nightmares. The bottles may keep the nightmares from reaching the lighthouse, and potentially keep the outside world safe from the mysterious monsters in From.

What From’s "Anghkooey" Line Means

It Could Be Made Up By The Show Or Inspired By A Figure From Celtic Mythology

The children in Tabitha’s visions have frequently repeated the word “anghkooey,” which they also say when she ascends the lighthouse staircase, and when they appear to Jade in the tunnels. Unfortunately, this word doesn’t have an exact translation, meaning it’s likely derived from various words put together or could be a fictional title. It’s been theorized that “anghkooey” is partially inspired by Ankou, a figure from Celtic mythology who personifies death and sends the spirits of the dead to hell.

This would certainly be fitting for From’s themes of death and evil, but it’s more likely that "anghkooey" has an original meaning connected to the show’s creepy history. For instance, “Anghkooey” could be the name of a spirit or force that is overseeing From’s town. The word could also be from a language unique to the show, perhaps translating as someone able to have visions, such as Tabitha and Jade.

Since the word is said to Tabitha as she attempts to save the children and find a way home, it’s also possible that “anghkooey” means savior, or is a person prophesied to help the town and destroy whatever curse or evil keeps people trapped. Since the word is now said by the children in reference to the symbol as well, “anghkooey” is another mystery that From season 3 has to solve.

Jade's Vision Of The Symbol & Connection To The Children Explained

It Could Be A Memory Or Part Of A Ritual

After continuing to see the symbol in his dreams and realizing that it drove a former resident to horrible actions, Jade finally goes to the tunnels to find its meaning in the From season 2 finale. When traveling in the tunnels, Jade finds an odd clearing with rock slabs and light that shines down onto them. Moments later, Jade sees the children from Tabitha’s visions lying on the rocks, pointing up to the sky, and repeating the word “anghkooey.”

Jade looks up and sees the symbol made of giant tree roots at the opening of a cave, but the symbol and the children disappear when he looks back. This could mean that the light bears down on the symbol and projects it onto the rocks below, potentially for some sort of ritual practice. The deformed children een on the rocks suggest that they may have been subjected to cruel experiments or rituals in the forest that connect to both the lighthouse and the symbol in the tunnels.

It’s possible that Jade’s vision of the symbol and children in the tunnel is a memory from the past, similar to him seeing angry Civil War soldiers. Since From season 2's ending doesn’t show Jade leaving the tunnel, the real meaning of the symbol and his hallucination won’t be answered until next season.

The Real Meaning Of Abby's Warning To Boyd

"Hope Feeds The Forest"

When Boyd is trying to save Julie, Randall, and Marielle from their trances, a vision of his late wife Abby appears and tells him that destroying the music box won’t end their suffering. Rather, the ghostly Abby professes that the characters will still die screaming and the music box’s destruction will only delay their suffering. Abby relays that “It” knows Boyd won’t listen because he has hope, which is what “feeds the forest,” not fear.

Hope is what makes the characters endure their suffering and keep going instead of submitting to the forest’s evils, so it produces more nightmares to combat this feeling. Abby’s warning suggests that the hope that the residents will make it home one day is what makes the town’s forces stronger, so he should just submit to From's evils.

The visions of Abby appear to be tactics from the supernatural forces to convince Boyd to die, as he’s one of the greatest sources of hope that the characters actually have. Abby also represents Boyd's own conflicts about wanting to be the hero, wanting to prevent suffering, and wanting to redeem himself, which he accomplishes by instilling hope in others. Hope may be what makes the characters willing to suffer in the town, but it is also what will free them, as proven by Tabitha's From season 2 ending.

What Happened To Julie, Randall & Marielle In From Season 2, Episode 10

They Were Being Tortured

Julie, Randall, and Marielle were under a terrifying possession from the forest’s supernatural powers, with the characters being tortured while trapped in the darkness. While their eyes go blank and they’re slowly dying in their nearly catatonic states, Boyd finds their bodies simultaneously being chained up in the building from earlier this season. Boyd uses a torch to turn the clearing back into the cave, though his efforts are nearly thwarted by Reggie's attack and his visions of Abby.

Boyd refuses to listen, instead destroying the music box and freeing Julie, Randall, and Marielle. The three characters survive the end of From season 2 after Boyd redeems himself and embraces the hope that Abby warns him against.

What Will Happen In From Season 3?

How From's Season 2 Finale Sets It Up

MGM+ renewed From season 3 thanks to its positive reception. The best news is that Fear season 3 is coming soon, with a release date of September 22, 2024. There was also a trailer that hit at San Diego Comic-Com. It shows that there will be a lot of tragedy, as Boyd brings the dead bodies into town and is told he has lost. Meanwhile, Tabitha wakes up back home in a hospital, with no idea how to save her family.

When people start to mention that things are getting worse, the people in Fromville start to get desperate. Meanwhile, Tabitha looks for answers and learns that some people might know more than they are letting on. As scary as the first two seasons looked, the trailer makes this one look even worse. As one person said, dying isn't the worst thing that could happen. The returning cast is mostly intact (other than the dead) and everything looks more intense heading into the new episodes.

How The From Season 2 Finale Was Received

Critics & Audiences Have Loved From

The overall critical score for the first two seasons of From is an impressive 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience score is close as well, at 86%. While the second season saw a slight decrease, from 96% to 92% from critics, it still remained highly rated, making the third season one that fans and critics seemed to look forward to. When discussing the second season, Slate critic David Whelan loved the fact that answers were limited and that problems kept stacking on.

"Every day, there’s a new crisis to add to the list; every day, it seems like all of this has happened before, and will keep happening... There’s always something worse coming. That’s not too far away from the condition the residents of Fromville find themselves in. If realism is a mirror that reflects the current moment for humanity, then From comes close enough to real."

The audience reaction was even greater, especially for the twists in the season 2 ending. On Rotten Tomatoes, the reactions included viewers saying, "The last episode make excited for more, can't wait," "Keeps you guessing and drops pieces of the big puzzle each episode," and "What a jaw dropping mysterious show equally great as the first season." It sounds like when From returns with season 3, a lot of fans will be ready to go along for the ride once again.

From (2022)

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In a nightmarish town that traps all who enter, residents struggle to survive while uncovering the town's dark secrets. As they seek a way out, they must contend with terrifying creatures that emerge at night, threatening their lives and sanity. The Matthews family, new arrivals, must quickly adapt to survive the horrors within the town.

Cast

Harold Perrineau , Catalina Sandino Moreno , Eion Bailey , David Alpay , Elizabeth Saunders , Shaun Majumder , Scott McCord , Ricky He , Chloe Van Landschoot , Pegah Ghafoori , Corteon Moore , Hannah Cheramy , Simon Webster , Avery Konrad , Paul Zinno

Release Date

February 20, 2022

Seasons

3

Creator(s)

John Griffin