Spoilers ahead for From season 3, episode 3, “Mouse Trap.”
InFromseason 3, Tabitha Matthews (Catalina Sandino Moreno) discovers a bracelet in Henry Kavanaugh’s (Robert Joy) car that causes her to have a full breakdown. In MGM+’s sci-fi horror TV series, the details matter — especially as the strange Township that traps all who enter begins to mess with residents' minds more boldly. InFromseason 3, episode 3, “Mouse Trap,” Tabitha learns more about Miranda (Sarah Booth), Victor’s (Scott McCord) mother, fromHenry, Victor’s father who’s lived decadesthinking his family had died.An artist,Miranda had created work about the Townlong before arriving there.
Although Henry is hesitant to believe Tabitha’s story aboutFrom’s lighthouse portal, he has a change of heart once Tabitha mentions needing to save “the children” from a tower. Evidently, Miranda had also been plagued with visions of the children before she disappeared. In fact,Victor’s mom’s paintings reference figuresfrom the Township, including the Ghoulish Children. Apart from their shared prophetic visions, Tabitha and Miranda share other traits in common, including the mysterious (and unmistakable) bracelet that Tabitha unearths in “Mouse Trap.” In a larger sense, these commonalities suggest thatTabitha and Miranda may even share a destiny.
The Backstory Of The Bracelet Tabitha Made For Jim In From Explained
Tabitha Finds The Bracelet In Tian-Chen’s Storage In From Season 1
The bracelet, which Tabitha claims to have made for her husband, Jim (Eion Bailey), first appeared inFromseason 1. While the Matthews family is still settling into the Township, Tabitha visits Tian-Chen Liu (Elizabeth Moy) at the diner to look through the Town’s communal storage. As Tabitha scans the random assortment of objects, her eye catches on a familiar bracelet. Later, she explains to Jim that she found something inexplicable in the diner.Jim agrees that the bracelet is similarto the one that Tabitha made him, but he doesn’t believe it’s the same exact object.
From Season 3 Finally Reveals Why The Matthews Family Originally Became Trapped In The Town
Long after their arrival in the mysterious location, From season 3 gives some clarification about why the Matthews family was chosen to be trapped.
According to episode 6 ofFrom, Jim lost the bracelet at the hospital on the day Julie (Hannah Cheramy) was born. Recalling a story about how she had to mend the bracelet with shoelaces,Tabitha eventually convinces Jim that the bracelet isn’t just similar butthebracelethe lost nearly two decades earlier. Given the purgatory-likelocation ofFrom’s inescapable Town, the Matthews family is willing to believe in the impossible. However, that isn’t the only time viewers see Tabitha’s bracelet.
Boyd claims that the items stored at the diner belong to the original residents of the Town…
A few episodes beforeFromseason 2’s ending, Victor recounts the night his mother and twin sister, Eloise, died. Knowing that Christopher, one of the townspeople, was going to cause a lot of bloodshed, Miranda tells her children to hide in the Town’s root cellar. In the flashback, Miranda hands Victor a toy and tells him to be brave. Interestingly,Miranda is wearing Tabitha’s braceletin the shot. Boyd (Harold Perrineau) claims that the items stored at the diner belong to the original residents of the Town, so Victor could’ve recovered his mom’s bracelet after she died.
Why The Bracelet Tabitha Made For Jim Is Exactly The Same As The Bracelet Miranda Made For Henry
From’s Town Chose Both Miranda & Tabitha To Save The Children Trapped In The Tower
InFromseason 3, Tabitha learns that Miranda also created several bottle tree installations along with her paintings of the Township. On the way to see the original tree, Tabitha opens Henry’s glove compartment and spots the bracelet.Tabitha fears that Henry is in on some elaborate ruse, but he insists that Miranda made the bracelet for him years ago. Since every symbol, object, and figure has a purpose inFrom, it seems more likely that the bracelet is yet another connection between Tabitha and Miranda — one that reiterates that Tabitha has also been “chosen” to save the children.
From
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.
