# From (TV series)

From (stylized in all capitals as FROM) is an American science fiction horror television series created by John Griffin. The first season premiered on February 20, 2022, on Epix. The series stars Harold Perrineau, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eion Bailey, David Alpay, Elizabeth Saunders, Scott McCord, and Ricky He in main roles.
The series has received acclaim for its story, directing, and the performances of the cast (particularly Perrineau). In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on April 23, 2023, on the rebranded MGM+. In June 2023, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on September 22, 2024. In November 2024, the series was renewed for a fourth season.

## Premise

The series is set in a nightmarish town in the United States that traps those who enter. The unwilling residents strive to stay alive while plagued by terrifying nocturnal creatures from the surrounding forest as they search for secrets hidden within the town and beyond in the hope of finding a way out.
The series centers around Boyd Stevens (Perrineau), the self-appointed sheriff and de-facto mayor, and the Matthews family, new arrivals to the town who soon discover that they are trapped along with the other existing residents, and must work together to stay alive and find a way to escape.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Harold Perrineau as Boyd Stevens, the self-appointed sheriff and de-facto mayor of the Township. He is a retired US Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is estranged from his son Ellis after he killed his wife Abby when she had a mental breakdown and started attacking the townspeople.
* Catalina Sandino Moreno as Tabitha Matthews, Jim's wife and Julie and Ethan's mother, who together are new arrivals to the town. She chooses to live in the Township with her husband and son and is still mourning the recent loss of her youngest child, Thomas. At the end of the third season, she is revealed to be a reincarnation of Miranda Kavanaugh.
* Eion Bailey as Jim Matthews (seasons 1–3), Tabitha's husband and Julie and Ethan's father, who lives in the Township with his wife and son. He works with Jade to find a way to escape the town and contact the outside world.
* David Alpay as Jade Herrera, a wealthy software developer who arrives at the town on the same day as the Matthews family. Despite his intelligence, he is initially arrogant and abrasive to the Township residents and struggles with his new circumstances. At the end of the third season, he is revealed to be a reincarnation of Christopher.
* Elizabeth Saunders as Donna Raines, the leader of the residents at Colony House, who live separate from the Township.
* Shaun Majumder as Father Rudra Khatri (season 1; guest seasons 2–3), the Township's priest and voice of reason in the community. Following his death, he continues to appear before Boyd as a hallucination.
* Scott McCord as Victor Kavanaugh, a peculiar Colony House resident who has been trapped in the town since he was a boy. Eli Arsenault portrays Victor as a child.
* Ricky He as Kenny Liu, Boyd's deputy and right-hand man who lives with his aging parents in the Township.
* Chloe Van Landschoot as Kristi Miller, the Township's doctor and a former paramedic who was separated from her fiancée when she became trapped in the town.
* Pegah Ghafoori as Fatima Hassan, Ellis' girlfriend, later his wife, and one of the Colony House residents.
* Corteon Moore as Ellis Stevens, Boyd's son who lives estranged from his father at Colony House.
* Hannah Cheramy as Julie Matthews, Jim and Tabitha's teenage daughter and Ethan's older sister who chooses to live at Colony House, where she befriends Ellis and Fatima.
* Simon Webster as Ethan Matthews, Jim and Tabitha's young son and Julie's younger brother who lives with his parents in the Township.
* Avery Konrad as Sara Myers, Nathan's sister who works at the Township's diner. She suffers from frequent hallucinations that command her to kill other residents of the Township.
* Paul Zinno as Nathan Myers (season 1), Sara's brother who lives in the Township and tends to the farm animals.
* Elizabeth Moy as Tian-Chen Liu (seasons 1–3), Kenny's mother and Bing-Qian's wife who runs the diner in the Township.
* Deborah Grover as Tillie (seasons 2–3), an aging carefree woman and one of the bus passengers who arrives at the town.
* Angela Moore as Bakta (season 2–present), a bus driver who unknowingly brings many new arrivals to the town.
* Kaelen Ohm as Marielle Sinclair (season 2–present), Kristi's fiancée, a pediatric nurse, and one of the bus passengers who arrives at the town.
* A.J. Simmons as Randall Kirkland (season 2–present), a volatile, quick-to-anger man and one of the bus passengers who arrives at the town.
* Nathan D. Simmons as Elgin Williams (season 2–present), one of the bus passengers who had prophetic dreams of the town prior to his arrival.
* Robert Joy as Henry Kavanaugh (season 3), Victor's father, who lived alone in Camden, Maine for forty years after the disappearance of his wife and children.
* Samantha Brown as Dani Acosta (season 3), a police officer who is brought to the town after picking up Tabitha and Henry in the outside world.

### Recurring

* Reid Price as Tom (season 1; guest seasons 2–3), the Township's friendly bartender and a former college professor.
* Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks as Trudy (season 1), Ellis and Fatima's friend and one of the Colony House residents.
* Vox Smith as the "Boy in White" (season 1; guest seasons 2–3), a mysterious child-like figure that only a select number of the townspeople can see. This includes Ethan, Sara, Victor, and Tabitha.
* Katerina Bakolias as Clara, a superstitious Colony House resident.
* Cliff Saunders as Dale (seasons 1–2; guest season 3), an antagonistic Colony House resident.
* Matthias Fenez as Matthias (season 2), the doorman for Colony House.
* Zach Faye as Reggie (season 2), a resident of the Township whose wife, Paula, was mysteriously killed in her sleep.
* Shuoxin Fu as the "Kimono Woman" (season 3; guest season 2), a monstrous corpse-like woman who Elgin and Fatima see during visions.

### Guest

* Simon Sinn as Bing-Qian Liu (seasons 1–2), Kenny's father and Tian-Chen's husband who suffers from dementia and lives in the Township with a collection of recipe books and enjoys chess. In the second season, he appears during flashbacks.
* Bob Mann as Frank Pratt (season 1), a resident of the Township whose wife and daughter were killed the night before the Matthews family arrived at the town.
* Colby Conrad as Tobey McCray (season 1), Jade's best friend, who arrives with him at the town on the same day as the Matthews family.
* Jessica Barry as Gina (season 1), a resident of the Township who helps care for Bing-Qian.
* Jamie McGuire as the "Smiley Creature", one of the creatures that torment the town who is notable for the ever-present grin on his face. After being killed during the second season, he is reborn at the end of the third season.
* Christopher Hayes as Kevin (season 1), a Colony House resident who falls in love with one of the creatures.
* Molly Dunsworth as "Jasmine" (season 1), a creature whom Kevin becomes infatuated with.
* Lisa Ryder as Abby Stevens (seasons 1–2), Boyd's wife, Ellis' mother, and a retired US Marine who appears during flashbacks and visions.
* Robert Verlaque as Martin (seasons 2–3), a strange elderly man who Boyd finds chained to a wall.
* Seamus Patterson as Brick (season 2), one of the bus passengers who has claustrophobia.
* Phoebe Rex as Kelly (season 2), one of the bus passengers who goes missing with her boyfriend after arriving in the town.
* Taras Lesiuk as Brian (season 2), one of the bus passengers and Kelly's boyfriend.
* Thom Payne as Christopher (seasons 2–3), a ventriloquist and resident of the Township during Victor's childhood.
* Sarah Booth as Miranda Kavanaugh (seasons 2–3), Victor and Eloise's mother who was killed during Victor's childhood by the creatures.
* Ellie Cluett as Eloise Kavanaugh (season 2), Victor's younger sister who was killed during Victor's childhood by the creatures.
* Tamara Fifield as Nicky (season 3), an unsympathetic Colony House resident.
* Douglas E. Hughes as the "Man in the Yellow Suit" (season 3), a mysterious man who is summoned by playing music. His voice is also heard over the radio at the end of the first season.

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Network |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | February 20, 2022 (2022-2-20) | April 10, 2022 (2022-4-10) | Epix |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | April 23, 2023 (2023-4-23) | June 25, 2023 (2023-6-25) | MGM+ |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | September 22, 2024 (2024-9-22) | November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24) | MGM+ |

## Production

On June 7, 2018, YouTube Red announced the development of the John Griffin–created series as part of an overall deal between production companies Midnight Radio and the Russo brothers' AGBO. By April 2021, the series was transferred to Epix after YouTube Red, now YouTube Premium, moved into unscripted programming. The project received an order of ten episodes, with Jack Bender to direct the first four. In May 2021, Harold Perrineau, Eion Bailey and Catalina Sandino Moreno were cast in lead roles. In July, Shaun Majumder, Elizabeth Saunders, Avery Konrad, Hannah Cheramy, Ricky He, Simon Webster, Chloe Van Landschoot and Pegah Gahfoori joined the cast. The opening theme song, "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" (1956), was performed as a cover by American alt-rock band the Pixies; the music score was composed by Chris Tilton.
First season filming began the last week of May 2021 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with principal photography around Beaver Bank and Sackville River, in the suburban community of Lower Sackville.
On April 24, 2022, Epix ordered a second season, which premiered on April 23, 2023.
On June 29, 2023, MGM+ ordered a third season, which premiered on September 22, 2024.
On November 21, 2024, MGM+ ordered a fourth season.

## Release

The series premiered in the US on Epix on February 20, 2022. In Australia, it is distributed by Stan. In the UK, it is broadcast on Sky Sci-Fi. In Canada and in Italy, it is available to stream on Paramount+. In India, it is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. In the Middle East & North Africa, it is available to stream on OSN+.

## Reception

Critical response of From :
| Season | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
| 1 | 96% (26 reviews) | 63 (7 reviews) |
| 2 | 92% (13 reviews) | 67 (1 review) |
| 3 | 100% (25 reviews) | 87 (2 reviews) |
The series has received acclaim for its story, directing and the performances of the cast (particularly Perrineau). On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 26 reviews for the first season are positive. The website's critical consensus reads, "Ably anchored by Harold Perrineau, From is an intriguing journey toward a mysterious destination." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 63 out of 100 based on seven critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

### Awards and nominations

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| Saturn Awards | October 25, 2022 | Best Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series | Harold Perrineau | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | October 25, 2022 | Best Horror Television Series: Network/Cable | From | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | February 4, 2024 | Best Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series | Harold Perrineau | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | February 4, 2024 | Best Horror Television Series: Network/Cable | From | Nominated |