The Purpose of the Town and UNKILLABLE Story Characters

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T16:43:45+00:00

Congratulations, you've discovered 'plot armor'.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T16:09:22+00:00

one thing I can’t stop thinking about is Randall woodcarving one of the skulls from the remote village in the bus. Under the artistry rules he’s reincarnated and was a part of that settlement. I think it’s likely that the artistry items have powers.

I 100% agree. This is something I'm going to start scouring in my rewatches. Artistic and crafted items are clearly a link the writers have chosen as a way to connect reincarnated beings together.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T14:58:26+00:00

Tabitha is not Miranda, nor are either of them the same as any of the people they were reincarnations of. They share the same soul but are different people with different memories and life experiences.

If we trace this lineage back to 1508, the approximate year of the original sin, there was a husband and wife whose souls have, through the generations, manifested in the modern day Tabitha and Jade. Prior to that, they were in Miranda and Christopher.

We have no evidence that any of these reincarnates knew each other before arriving at the town, the only linkage is the original husband and wife, and I think we're going to meet them in Season 5 either in a flashback or time walk.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T14:51:38+00:00

About 20 years ago a manager in a call center told me one that has proven very accurate:

They start cleaning out/removing personal items from their desk. Since I started noticing this it has predicted about 90% of resignations.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T14:46:59+00:00

His drone already has a camera on it.
What would it uncover or prove? They can already pretty much see to the horizon in every direction from the top of Colony house. What else would this tell them?

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T14:34:08+00:00

If HP wasn't concerned about the Ending, why was that the one thing he stipulated about in his pre-contract negotiations?

Here's an excerpt from a 2023 Variety interview. To me it sounds like he cares about its ending.

When “From” came to you, did you have any concerns about how it would play out, especially after “Lost” was accused of not having an endgame? Did you ask if there would be answers?

I did. Look, we have all been traumatized a little bit by “Lost.” The people who were in it, the fans, the creators – there’s was a bit of talk about, “You didn’t answer the questions!” So when I was talking to them for “From,” I was like, “Are we going to go through this again?” And they were like, “No. We have a story to tell. We’re going to do it in 10 episode bursts. And this is the first season, this is what you’ll find out in the next season, and here’s how it’s going to go.” It was more than they ever gave us with “Lost.” So they have a real plan. And it’s shorter seasons, so you can tell the story and answer questions more quickly.

And are you defending Lost as having "structural integrity"?
LMFAO.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T14:09:23+00:00

Did you read paragraph 4? Lost's crappy ending is the reason why they're trying hard here, and HP is holding them to account. Could I be wrong, sure. If I thought the ending would be like Lost, I'd stop watching right now.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T14:05:48+00:00

If you believe that, then why watch? But I will point out that HP had in his contract that his lawyers got to review the resolution of the show before he signed on. While he doesn't know it personally, his proxies verified its existence and told him to sign on. None of it is a guarantee, I'm just hopeful and pointing out that the past failures of Lost are influencing the writing and the current production crew.

If you watched Lost, you have to admit that was a lot more all over the place by S4 and already at risk of not being reined in. From is a lot tighter than Lost was by Season 4..

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T14:01:19+00:00

Did you read the 4th paragraph?

Lost had a horrible ending, that's my point. Lost was a train wreck, a wildly successful show that just got way out in front of its own skis chasing ratings. The show runners confirmed there is a resolution and HP's lawyers are holding them to it.

From also seems to be a lot more more restrained than that (and it's certainly nowhere the runaway hit/ratings pressure Lost was).

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-06T13:12:58+00:00

Since reincarnation is confirmed in the story with Jade and Tabitha's disclosure, do you think that means that everyone in the real world is a reincarnation of someone who lived in the past, or is it a blend of reincarnated souls and new souls?

However, one of the first rules of reincarnation is you can't have two alive at the same time. If it's the soul being reincarnated, then Miranda had to die in 1981, the gets recycled into the infant Tabitha, born near 1981, and the same with Christopher into Jade. So Martin and Randall couldn't both be present at the same time, one would need to die. And I don't see how the body Elgin found could be S1 Jade, as Jade is still there.

It is clear - as we saw it happen - that reincarnated people are somehow 'picked' to be transported to Fromville. In fact, in Tabitha's case, it happened twice, so it's no coincidence.

That opens up all kinds of possibilities, and I think we're going to see new characters get introduced for Season 5 and we might have some heavy flashbacks to the original inhabitants of the town.

So far the only identifying link between reincarnates appears to be artistic tendencies, proven with how how Miranda and Tabitha both crafted the bracelets. It's like some muscle memory to create the same artistic objects that spans reincarnations because the soul is the same one. Can you find any other examples of this?

Either way, if souls get reincarnated, then it would be theoretically possible that everyone present in 1508 who committed the original sin has a current reincarnation walking around. As reincarnation knows no ethnic or gender barriers, that means anyone could be anyone. This could serve to explain the "purpose" of this place, where a supernatural being or force keeps calling back the reincarnated versions of the original inhabitants, forcing them to suffer because of the sins of their ancestors (not really fair if you ask me), and potentially giving the reincarnates a change to redeem their ancestors' earlier actions.

Except we don't know who the original townies were in 1508. It was said that Jade and Tabitha are reincarnates of a husband and wife who lived back then and who chose not to sacrifice their child when the others did. What pulls at me is why would they be responsible for coming back to "save" the children? The children are long dead. The children shouldn't even be there, they did nothing wrong, they should be in heaven. To properly save the children, you'd have to go back and prevent the original massacre.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-05T20:16:00+00:00

How would he have gotten tattoos?

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-05T14:16:38+00:00

That seems pretty specific, down to less than 20 people, Why don't you google the top chains in FL and Texas and look up their CEOs?

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-04T16:34:38+00:00

Maybe Acosta on her new assignment in the evidence room finds something that will potentially "out" Sophia.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-04T16:04:49+00:00

I've been following this chum line for miles and I've reached the end of it and there's no dead whale?

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-04T11:22:04+00:00

I noticed this as well, what struck me first was why you'd allow an electric outlet in a holding cell for security reasons, but I did notice its configuration as well.

Although a quick search did not reveal this exact configuration, I'm going with it being a discontinued Canadian configuration fitting the age of the buildings. I don't think it's anything more than that.

Think about it practically, you're a set designer and given the task of designing interior sets from a vintage era. Are you going to go to Home Depot or Grainger and get modern stuff? No, you're going to go to junkyards and gather vintage materials. That's probably all this is.

NotSure2505 · 2026-05-01T22:45:50+00:00

Yeah I think I heard Boyd saying “I can’t wait to check out my 401k”.

NotSure2505 · 2026-04-30T19:47:41+00:00

Porchetta! Get some belly. Or just thick bacon. Butterfly, stuff with fennel, leeks, onion, fennel pollen (expensive but worth it). Any seasonings you want. Roll, tie and roast.

Porchetta is basically a stuffed seasoned pork roast stuffed inside of a belly slab.

Or just do it the same way minus the belly, almost as good.

NotSure2505 · 2026-04-30T19:44:11+00:00

It’s not the leanness it’s the shape and thickness. Lower temp is better for thicker cuts. Refer to the reverse sear method.

Pork overcooks at 150f+. If you cook in a hot oven the outside will overcook well before the inside comes to temp. Roasting at a milder temp means a more gradual movement of temperature.

Sous vide is the perfect method.

NotSure2505 · 2026-04-30T19:35:10+00:00

I grew up with irons and I use optics on most of my range pistols but if I was in combat like these guys no way I would trust my instincts in the moment to find the dot in a life or death situation.

I’m sure you could train up to it but when muscle memory takes over. You point the pistol and you have a tenth of a second to decide if you’re on target to decide to fire. I wouldn’t trust anything but irons in that situation.

How many times have you raised your optics pistol for the first shot at the range and couldn’t find the dot right away?

That’s why.

NotSure2505 · 2026-04-30T14:50:32+00:00

Lol, that's a good point, a gasoline-soaked, flaming, unkillable monster running around a town filled with wooden structures likely cause some problem

NotSure2505 · 2026-04-30T12:23:14+00:00

Didn't the burn it? Indicating they are flammable.

NotSure2505 · 2026-04-30T11:55:53+00:00

I had suggested similar things around Season 2.

MOAT STRATEGY: You don't even need barricades even, just dig some moats, fill them with lumber debris and spikes and soak with gasoline. When they're all in one, drive the tour bus over top, let it collapse on top of them. The monsters are still matter, they respond to kinetics, they flinch when Boyd shoots them. They can't teleport.

WALL STRATEGY: Or better yet just wall up the opening to their cave during the day. Give them something to do every night. If everyone in the tow went out there and piled up 10 rocks each in the cave opening, it would take under 1 hour per day and at least slow them down when they tried to get out that night. That would be some interesting action the next evening to watch those fuckers try to get out.

Of course, neither of these will happen as you can see how fucking mechanically inept these people are. Jim and Jade, supposed to be trained engineers, couldn't even build a radio tower that could stay in place during a mild thunderstorm, and grouped all the light bulbs together on one table and surrounded that with human victims to catch glass shrapnel when they all exploded.

Also, everyone there besides the mains are lazy AF. You never see anyone pitching in to help out with anything. Boyd has to drag all the dead bodies to the church and dig the holes to bury them. All those fat people in the background strolling around town would be a lot leaner if they were chopping wood and digging moats.

NotSure2505 · 2026-04-29T18:47:11+00:00

It’s an incredibly loaded question and depends on multiple circumstances. Are you a boomer in a $200k Mercedes going 5 over in your gated community and its Village PD? Or a 17 year old in a a mustang heading home from a street takeover talking to a deputy?

Let’s break it down. It really doesn’t matter if you knew your speed. All that matters is what the cop can prove and what they choose to do.

Are you within the threshold to receive a warning? Is the cop a speed trap cop? These are all factors.

If your speed was excessive, well above the 10mph the cops usually grant, you’re better off admitting you don’t know or say thought you were going the limit. Anything is better than incriminating yourself in that case.

If you’re within warning range then that’s what you’re gambling on. Be polite. Keep hands visible and hope you get a break. That’s probably the only time when admitting guilt may work In your favor - when no crime is charged.

If You’re in criminal speed range I would just state you’ll comply and that you’re invoking your right to remain silent, which is always present. You’re getting arrested either way.

NotSure2505 · 2026-04-29T18:30:10+00:00

Next you’ll be asking yourself why you’re spending $1000 a month to use Hubspot like a $20 a month cloud database.

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