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FROM SHOWRUNNERS JOHN GRIFFIN AND JEFF PINKNER EXPLAIN WHY THEY BREAK THE RULES OF THEIR OWN SHOW IN SEASON THREE
WORDS: TARA BENNETT
FOR TWO SEASONS THE CORE conceit of horror series From has been that of a rural American town that won’t let anybody leave. All of its residents – from de facto sheriff Boyd Stevens (Harold Perrineau) to sweet young Ethan Matthews (Simon Webster) – stumbled into the town’s limits, and no one has found a way to escape. To make matters worse, when night falls shape-shifting monsters emerge from the woods and kill anyone outside for their sport.
Until this season’s premiere, From’s claustrophobic parameters have been integral to its premise. Yet for season three, creator John Griffin and executive producer Jeff Pinkner have shattered their rules by allowing Tabitha Matthews (Catalina Sandino Moreno) to return to the outside world, waking from a dream to find herself in a Camden, Maine hospital. Left behind are her family and the rest of the townsfolk, who are panicking over food shortages and a sudden, dangerous change in the weather.