From - First Season

Previously on From...

I feel like I'm hanging on by a thread here.

Those things, they never run.

They know there's only so many places we can go.

I think we're running out of spaces on the board, Sheriff.

I wish you had the luxury of grief, but you don't, Boyd.

These people need you.

You need to be the one to lead these people home.

'Cause if you don't, she died for nothing.

Come on.

Started getting tremors in my hand a few weeks back,

which means the clock is officially ticking,

but I have this crazy idea that might actually work and...

And if it does,

I might be able to find a way to get these people home.

Something here is missing. We just can't see it yet.

I need something to write with.

Ask every question, right?

I don't just sit around

fucking accepting the world as it is!

Someone is doing this,

and I'm not gonna rest until I figure out how.

Jade!

I really like you,

and what's about to happen, it's gonna save everyone.

Where's my mom? I want my mom!

You're doing this for her!

Let him go.

They told me this was the last one,

then everyone gets to go home!

- Ethan, run! - No!

You don't understand!

- Nathan! - Nathan.

Nathan, please!

Where is she?

She ran off into the woods.

And?

And if she comes back before dark, then we'll handle it.

And if she doesn't?

If she doesn't, then it's handled.

Chaos and faith,

that is the duality of our existence,

from the moment we first arrive,

and not simply here in this town...

...but in this world, in this life.

From the moment we open our newborn eyes,

we are faced with a chaos we cannot even begin to understand.

And how do we respond?

What is the very first sound we make?

We cry out.

We plead for answers,

before we even have words to give voice to the questions.

That's how we begin our journey through this world -

terrified,

confused.

And so, we search, and we strive,

and we stumble through the chaos.

We spend our lives looking for signs that somewhere,

somehow there's a meaning,

a purpose to it all.

And then, one day, we find our faith.

Our faith that we are each here in this world,

in this place,

as part of God's mysterious plan.

In our faith, we understand the chaos is the meaning.

It is in our struggle,

in our search, that we find our purpose.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart

and lean not unto thine own understanding."

- Amen. - Amen.

It's always... it's always nice to see new faces.

Yeah, I'm, um... I just came by to give you this.

We've been packing up the other family's stuff.

I figured they were yours.

Yeah.

How's Ethan doing?

Well, he's, um...

He's scared and confused.

He doesn't understand why Sara would try to hurt him.

Mm.

Has anyone seen her?

Not since she ran off into the woods.

Mm.

I ran after her, but...

my knees aren't quite what they used to be, I'm afraid.

Do you think she's still alive?

It's unlikely she survived the night.

Those Bible passages, did you...

Did you write those from memory?

Yeah. Word for word.

It tends to stick.

Um, what did you really come here to ask me, Tabitha?

How do you know any of this is real?

I mean...

It sounds crazy, but are we dead? Are we alive?

I...

Would it matter?

I mean, for argument's sake, let's say we're dead,

and we're all stuck here together in some strange,

tormented purgatory.

What would be different? We'd still be stuck.

We'd still be searching for a way to go home.

All that would change is the home we're searching for.

Yeah.

I mean, I'm guessing I'm not the first person

to come to you with that question.

Well, let's just say

I've had plenty of chances to work on my answer.

Yeah.

But if it's any consolation to you,

you were already here when your vehicle crashed.

You're alive, Tabitha. Your family's alive.

So you can scratch that question off your list.

Yeah.

Bye.

Yeah.

We need to talk.

You all right?

Yeah, it...

I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around it, I guess.

I mean, it's Sara, you know?

She was always so thoughtful, so nice.

- How's your mom taking it? - It's hard.

You know, Sara was kind of like the daughter she never had.

I been thinking about what you said the other day,

about running out of room on the board.

I was upset.

Well, it doesn't mean you're wrong.

Something's changing here. It's like...

like something's slipping away.

The other night, the talisman worked out in the RV,

same way it does in the houses.

And?

And I've been thinking that the only reason

we haven't pushed further into the forest

is we didn't know whether the talisman

would protect us out there the same way it does in the town.

So...

I'm putting together some supplies.

I'm gonna take the talisman

and go out in the forest and I'm gonna see...

Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Kenny, what...

Hey! You don't walk away when I'm talking to you!

Are you going alone?

Yeah.

And how far are you going?

As far as it'll take me.

I'm doin' this to find a way out,

find a way home. Isn't that the point?

Make sure we all get home?

Honestly?

I'm not sure there is a point anymore.

But if you're in that much of a hurry to fuckin' die,

you should just go and do it.

Okay?

I got everything packed up.

It's ready to go to storage.

Oh, okay.

What are you up to?

Look.

There's no wire in here.

What?

In the cord.

When you want to splice a wire,

you gotta strip away the coating to get at the wire inside.

But there's no wire. This is...

You know, it's not actually a wire.

And the plug?

Look.

Look.

The outlets, none of it makes any sense.

I mean, these lamps, they shouldn't work.

Hello!

Ah, you, uh, rollercoaster guy,

- I need your help. - You don't knock?

I'm sorry, would you like me to take off my shoes too?

You noticed the wire thing too, huh? Fucking weird, right?

You're that asshole that almost killed us.

Okay, look, first of all, I wasn't driving.

Second, my best friend,

who I've known since fourth grade, is dead. All right?

He's not walking around with A little boo-boo on his leg.

So, how about we just call that one even, okay?

Now, you guys wanna play house or do you wanna go home?

Because I have an idea.

Did you know there's not a single copy

of the Bible in town?

I mean, in our little traveler's library in the diner,

there's at least a dozen Robert Ludlum and Judy Blume novels,

yet...

not a single copy of the world's most popular book.

I imagine you wonder why you're here.

You've done such unspeakable things.

And by the rules of the town, you should be in the box.

Nathan told me about the voices.

It's okay.

Sara, what if I were to tell you

that despite the horrible things you've done,

you can still help the people of this town?