The best part about breaking down an hour of FROM every week is figuring out how to begin. I usually want to start with a string of expletives because I’m either flabbergasted or confused as hell. After FROM Season 3 Episode 9, I’m a bit of both.
It does not feel like these people are any closer to getting home this season, but they’re making discoveries left and right. So, what does that mean? What does that really mean in the grand scheme of things? I’m not sure. This hour revolved around the search for Fatima, but before that search began, we had many conversations with various people, perhaps none more interesting than the one between Boyd and Ellis.
Boyd and Ellis have this super complex father-son dynamic, and it’s one of the best relationships on the show. When FROM began, they weren’t even speaking for the most part, but through this horrific nightmare and the loss of Abby and beyond, they reached this lovely place where they understand each other better. We never saw the immediate aftermath of what happened between Ellis finding Fatima and then the beginning of FROM Season 3 Episode 8 , when Fatima and Boyd were scrambling through the woods.
It’s safe to assume Ellis went directly to his father, the one person he knew he could count on, and they immediately hatched a plan. The love has always been there, but what happened to Abby changed them, and ever since then, Boyd has, at times, seemed to keep Ellis a bit at arm’s length. When Boyd’s legs seize.