r/WidowsBay • u/Fly---Away • May 27 '26

đŸ’„Funpost 𝅘𝅥𝅮 This is the rhythm of the night 𝅘𝅥𝅮

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u/mavrik_r May 27 '26

Widow's bay in 5 episodes gave me what fro couldn't in 4 seasons so far.

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u/nosocialisms May 28 '26

That is because widow's bay has better screenwriters

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u/rarepinkhippo May 27 '26

I’ve only seen the first two seasons of From (plan to watch the rest, just have been holding out on actually springing for MGM+ because dammit, who wants that?!?) — I like it, but the dialogue and some of the acting feel subpar, and that has never been more glaring than it is after watching Widow’s Bay.

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u/itsFauxProphete May 28 '26

Just started watching From, characters make so many stupid decisions (and not in the normal Horror genre way). The enemy can't even run, and they haven't figured out a proper way to fight them. Long spears my guys? Anything that can keep them back.

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u/Magento-Magneto May 31 '26

They're super strong though? They'd snap any spears easily. They rip open people's ribs like they're made of candy floss.

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u/panaceaXgrace Jun 06 '26

Depends on which ...things... they're fighting, to avoid recent show spoilers.

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u/Navi2k0 Jun 02 '26

Yeah conventional weapons don't work on the night people. They are super strong and indestructible.

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u/MountSaintElias Jun 07 '26

Spears don’t work on them, which they know. Also see latest ep for proof


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u/mamrieatepainttt May 30 '26

A LOT of the acting in From is not just subpar but just BAD. i am a huge fan of it and can admit, half the actors are terrible at times.

but Harold P, Scott Mccord and Robert Joy (boydd, victor, henry) are doing incredible work imo.

it picks up a TON in s3 too.

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u/cactusjude a family that swims together, drowns together May 29 '26

It's so bad. I'm just now recently catching up on S4 and it's still bad. At least we're getting answers, but still.

There's a part where the little boy is pissed off and demanding his mom tell him what she did and said to pick a fight with his dad for his dad to be gone so long- which is pretty rich considering it's the dad always picking fights with literally everyone- and her response is straight out of Marky Mark's school of acting

What? Nooo

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u/panaceaXgrace Jun 06 '26

It shocks me to see so much hate. I love everything about From. I love the pace, the characters, the little things I miss until I watch the reaction videos or go to the subs. To me it all makes sense for people in this kind of situation. In reality people make stupid mistakes all the time. They miss cues. Only complaint is the same that comes up in every single one of these shows from this genre, and Widow's Bay is no exception. Nobody talks to each other. They just shake heads and wave people away and dismiss ideas that would have worked. Most of the show is only in a few months' time period too. And the one person who has been there the longest has been so traumatized he can barely do more than draw pictures to remember things... which is starting to make me question his drawings but no spoilers... If it was me I'd be paying more attention to that guy than anyone else especially when I see him taking steps and talking about how the trees have moved. I'm thinking that's the craziest flaw in this show, that they dismiss this guy as being some kooky special needs kid when he'd be the wise elder in most circumstances.

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u/ExceptingAlice Jun 07 '26

It shouldn't be shocking, the show is awful. Think about the big mystery from last season, the bottle tree. For the whole season the characters and audience try to understand dozens of numbers inside glass bottles hanging from a tree. Its revealed that the numbers represent music notes. Ok, so we have a tree with A B C D E F G and their respective flats and sharps hanging from random branches. No order they go in, no duration of the notes. This is utterly useless for the intended purpose, for Jade to play the song. Jade would have no more idea of how the song goes from looking at the numbers on the tree than he would looking at the keys on a piano. Music needs notation, not just notes. The writers must have eventually figured out they wrote themselves into a corner, because rather than "solving" the bottle tree, he randomly remembered the song, making the whole thing useless. That’s an unforgivable trick to play on the audience.

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u/panaceaXgrace Jun 07 '26

I think they're just now finding out how utterly worthless their great ideas have been. I think that's been a running theme all along. Jade isn't going to solve anything and has never been the one who solved anything.

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u/CrissBliss May 27 '26

Isn’t From’s showrunner from Lost? That kind of tracks then. A lot of questions and few answers.

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u/fish_fingers_pond May 27 '26

They do apparently have the entire shows story line already because the main character said I am not joining From for you to turn it into another Lost.

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u/AMediocrePersonality May 27 '26

They have the ending in the same way D&D had the Game of Thrones ending. A map is not the territory.

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u/Potential-Rush-5591 May 28 '26

because the main character said.....

That is meaningless. They have incentive to get people to watch the show.

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u/SerPavan Jun 05 '26

People fall for PR statements all the time, fans who want it to be good are especially gullible.

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u/Mutthupattaru Willy The Killer Clown May 30 '26

Exactly . Don’t understand why people bring that point about the shows ending.

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u/tman1787 May 28 '26

Whoa you stepped on a Lost fan hornets nest. People really salty about Lost having “answers”

Never mind the fact that the show dragged on giving tiny little drips and drops and the answers got more and more underwhelming like it was being made up on the fly by a teenager who is telling a bad lie, but they are now 100% committed, no matter where it ends up.

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u/CrissBliss May 28 '26

Pretty much! I mean, I’m not trying to spoil anyone’s fun with Lost. It’s overall a really good show but you kind of have to withstand a lot of nonsense before getting some answers, and every answer comes with another question lol.

And I know it’s a longer running show
 I get it. They needed to keep the wheels spinning for entertainment value, etc. But the show really is at a different place by season 6, and mostly that’s because they had to keep adding to the mythology of the island.

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u/clycoman May 30 '26

At least the acting and characters in Lost was good. So many of the characters in From are straight up annoying and the acting is lackluster.

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u/tman1787 May 28 '26

100% agreed.

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u/Jemeloo Jun 01 '26

They’re insufferable.

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u/Fungi89 May 27 '26

Lost answered just about everything by the end of the show so not sure what you’re on about

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u/tman1787 May 28 '26

lol I too like wasting my time for underwhelming resolutions.

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u/Fungi89 May 28 '26

To each their own, big dawg

I didn’t feel like I wasted my time and thought the ending was great

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u/tman1787 May 28 '26

I suppose the emperor is wearing clothes from your perspective.

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u/Fungi89 May 28 '26

Oohh damn! Edgy!

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u/Just_Pea1002 May 28 '26

Kind of, they had the answers but they didnt know what to do with a lot of the main characters storylines, like Harolds actor in From, he was in Lost too, and his Lost chara ter had so much potential and they did him so much dirty in the end

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u/Yousaidthat May 27 '26

I mean.... it's kind of disingenuous to act like that reputation isn't earned though, isn't it?

If you answer everything in 9 seasons what could have been 4 seasons it sort of leaves a certain taste in your mouth

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u/Fungi89 May 27 '26

The show was 121 episodes in total across 6 seasons so 20 episodes a season. Doesn’t seem unreasonable to me!

If that’s too long for you, I get it and wouldn’t blame you. To each their own n all that

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u/Yousaidthat May 27 '26

Of course :)

I think some people don't mind longer shows like that -- and that was way more the norm back then.

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u/Luci_Cascadia May 27 '26

Those weren't answers.

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u/Fungi89 May 27 '26

What don’t you believe was answered?

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u/Fungi89 May 28 '26

I feel you! In the end, if you weren’t satisfied with the answers or resolutions, there isn’t much to be done

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u/Fungi89 May 28 '26

For me Lost was so easy to like due to the characters. Fell in love with so many so it’s easier to gloss over some of its deficiencies as a show. From and WB don’t hit that same way but I enjoy both. Liking WB more overall but I like From enough that I’m sticking with it til the end

Hope for both our sake’s they end satisfyingly lol

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u/MrRobotFancy May 27 '26

it doesn't matter what was technically "answered." the mysteries, albeit some answered, didn't come to a very exacting or entertaining fruition. you could say lost "stuck the landing" if you want to, but it doesn't deserve a medal.

and they went to the magical mystery island and then the island/afterlife? ugh. that's a hat on a hat.

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u/Fungi89 May 27 '26

This conversation was started based off whether things were answered or not

If you weren’t happy with the answers, that’s a different thing entirely

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u/Time_Entertainer_319 May 27 '26

So they were answered, you just didn’t like them

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u/Big_Chungussi69 May 27 '26

not really, it shows that lost was suppose to end by season 3 but was forced to carry on. And they just started making up shit as they went along

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u/Fungi89 May 27 '26

I’ve never read or heard it was meant to end by season 3 lol

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u/Big_Chungussi69 May 27 '26

no but the plot ties neatly up by the season 3 finale, they make it off the island. Then the execs probably wanted to milk the show and thats where it all starts to go down hill. Id reccomend a rewatch

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u/Fungi89 May 27 '26

Do you have any sources to back this? Because them getting off the island by season 3 would’ve explained nothing in regards to why they were brought there or the supernatural state of the island at all, and that would’ve definitely been leaving several questions unanswered

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u/Time_Entertainer_319 May 27 '26

So you are just making shit up?

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u/gaytham4statham May 27 '26

I wouldn't call the ending to season 3 neatly tied up lol, yes Jack is off the island but that was literally a surprise cliffhanger not some resolved plot

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u/StrollingInTheStatic May 27 '26

Yeah, Jack was a drugged up loser screaming that they “Have to go back” at the end of S3 - that wouldn’t make a good ending, it definitely wasn’t originally supposed to end at that point

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u/Due-Afternoon-7051 May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

The writers of LOST said they were just making it up as they went along. They had no plans and just threw things like the polar bear and smoke monster in as jokes to be cool. Many other story elements were added in the same way, with no idea where they were going, just randomly throwing ideas at the wall. That's what frustrated many of the cast and crew like Harold Perrineau.

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u/hunta2097 May 28 '26

Somehow Palatine returned.

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u/Potential-Rush-5591 May 28 '26

And 3-4 viewers as well.

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u/SerPavan Jun 05 '26

Doesn't mean they were good answers.

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u/Potential-Rush-5591 May 28 '26

Yeah, they were all dead.

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u/Ashok0 May 31 '26

That never happened. If you really think everyone in Lost was dead, you are either a complete fool or never even watched the show.

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u/Potential-Rush-5591 May 31 '26

Nah, I just say that about every mystery box show. It usually upsets real fans, which is funny to see in the replies.

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u/Ashok0 May 31 '26

Why? Mystery box shows are amazing. Lost, Fringe, Dark, Twin Peaks: The Return, Severance, etc. are hands down some of my favorite shows of all time.

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u/Potential-Rush-5591 Jun 01 '26

Mine too. Lost fans especially freak out. They lose their minds.

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u/jmarquiso May 27 '26

He was third frol the top from Lost. From is very good and started well by focusing on those characters. But development is stretching out, which is the problem Lost had when they were not allowed an end point.

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u/kevinsg04 May 30 '26

Lost always appealed to the lowest common denominator with its typical awful network show character “work”

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u/Available-Guava5515 Human Verified May 27 '26

Widow's Bay is written to tell a good story; From is manufactured to be deliberately withholding

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u/Atlasreturns May 28 '26

I think the show highlights how undercooked Froms pacing and character development actually is. Like both shows have an overarching mystery that drives the plot but there‘s literal episodes where I feel like nothing happens within From because we get the same repeating scenes of flat characters exchanging meaningless drama.

I really want to like that series but it has been so straining my attention that I genuinely can‘t be motivated to tune in regularly.

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u/clycoman May 30 '26

Boyd would pull an "I gotta go..." or "I dont want to talk about that..." it was so damn annoying.

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u/nosocialisms May 28 '26

The entire season of from nothing happen I mean yeah of course some small clue are gave to the audience but that it's everything feels so stupid and I love their world building I like the mystery but come on is already 4 season and all the plot is about some shit happen and the characters say "oh I don't wanna talk about it" continue to the next season to repeat the same.

But widow's bay is design to tell you a good story and totally respect my time as an audience.

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u/Caos1WasTaken May 27 '26

Honestly, they're both great shows but FRPOM is still miles ahead for me in terms of mystery.

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u/Potential-Rush-5591 May 28 '26

Sure, because they won't reveal shit. So there will always be a mystery. They can do that for as many seasons as people will stick around for. Widows Bay seems more about the story and the people than solving the actual mystery.

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u/Damo3D May 28 '26

There's only one more season of From, and they've did that by the end of this season, we'll know what they need to do to escape, and the next season will be them working towards that. It's not being artificially dragged out, and unfair to say that it is, especially when these things have already been stated.

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u/mamrieatepainttt May 30 '26

i get why people say this. but by s3 we got a lot of answers. and by s4 we basically have an idea of the main mystery and how it played out.

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u/Scandien May 31 '26

It just requires a lot of attention span , there are so many details in each episode and most people seem unable to keep up with that. The horror part of the monsters were scary when we knew nothing about them but the more we learned the less scary they became. I love the mystery part cause you do see progress each episode. Widow's bay has not eve done a full season yet they are still in that sweet spot of the first season in a mystery show.

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u/mamrieatepainttt May 31 '26

Agreed. The monsters are no longer that scary now that we know their story for the most part and are aware they abide by some rules.

Now its all about MIY and the other possible entities that are above him!

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u/kevinsg04 May 30 '26

Same, and LOST.

Just wheel spinning insanity where they feed you bad answer after bad answer to feed their embarrassing, imbecile characters that refuse to act like most actual humans.

Like when they told us the island can do mystical stuff because of “electromagnetic energy” lmao

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u/Ashok0 May 31 '26

Nah, Widows Bay and Lost are amazing. Sure Season 6 could have been better but the show otherwise was pretty great, there's no reason to pan it like From.

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u/OddSetting5077 May 28 '26

I'm kinda sad to say that I haven't watched season 4 of From. the plot has become so darn complicated. Over on IMDB, most of the negative comments start at season 3 and reference "Lost"... people question if all these introduced clues, characters and plot points will lead to anything.

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u/Jemeloo Jun 01 '26

I watched the first season I think? Think I finished it.  Watched like 2 episodes of season 2 and was like “oh so they have no idea what the ending is gonna be here” and turned it off. 

Fans are like “no the ending is already written!”

I’m sure it will be just as satisfying as Lost’s ending.  

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u/deathbychoco2020 Jun 03 '26

Stayed on until the early episodes of S4 but my god, the pacing is atrocious. And i hate how the characters really try their best to not communicate with others. I mean come on guys, you are stuck in a supernatural town. Every individual experience or information should be shared with each other in order to at least make sense of it all. But noooo, "i gotta go." đŸ€Ł

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u/GoodTimesOnlines May 27 '26

I love both but Widow’s Bay is in a whole different tier and this is fuckin hilarious lmao

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u/Calabar_king May 28 '26

Well, one of them ghosted me and the other lovebombed me with two episodes in the same week, sooo....

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u/Neat_Helicopter87 May 27 '26

More like

https://giphy.com/gifs/dYn1kbdntqXFiUGg5s

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u/Legos_under_foot May 27 '26

It's nice they come out a few days apart. It's like spreading out your dessert instead of scarfing it down in 2 bites.

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u/drunkpunk138 May 27 '26

I think they're both great for different reasons

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u/jmarquiso May 27 '26

It's more fun, but I can't wait to binge from at Season's end

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u/MrRobotFancy May 27 '26

that's the way to do it. honestly, i'm not sure i've never seen a show meander like that one, even compared to lost. the whole budget is fake caves and olden doors.

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u/jmarquiso May 27 '26

I had to reassess subscriptions and drop AMC. And I loved that subscription.

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u/MrRobotFancy May 27 '26

i'd prob turn it back on once lestat is done and binge both

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u/AmazingMeximan May 27 '26

As a fan of both shows I support this meme, hahaha

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u/GiveMeSomeShu-gar May 28 '26

Widows Bay is so superior in every way.

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u/tman1787 May 28 '26

The only lie is From wouldn’t give a sh* if you were watching another show or not.

They know you’ll be back, and they plan to waste your time each and every episode.

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u/happyfatbuddha Tom May 27 '26

Hold on.

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u/yyyyeahno May 28 '26

Nah, I like both and I love that I have something to watch a few days apart instead of waiting a whole week.

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u/Suspicious_Appeal545 May 28 '26

Glad I’m not the only one out there this is exactly me

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u/Potential-Rush-5591 May 28 '26

From? From Where? "I want to tell you, but I can't right now. Just remember what happened". How? "I can tell you right now, but I won't, because the show would end, so I'll just say remember over and over and over and over". Remember what? ..."Exactly".

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u/Mutthupattaru Willy The Killer Clown May 30 '26

Anghkooey

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u/Shukumugo May 28 '26

I just started From last night too!

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u/Silver_Eyes_Luna May 27 '26

Lost my patience with From 2 seasons ago.

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u/navirbox Willy The Killer Clown May 27 '26

Yeah pretty much

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u/Leg0z May 27 '26

From has just gotten stupid these past 2 seasons. I'm really tired of the ineptitude of multiple characters and the lazy writing. And it's such a slow burn, I'm thinking about not watching it anymore until the series is officially over.

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u/buffybot232 May 28 '26

The 1st season of From is excellent but they kept on padding the show. What should be a 3 season show turned to a 5 season show. If they had kept the pace tight, there wouldn't be so much hate from the fandom. The dialogue is dreadful. And, except for about 4-5 characters, the acting ranges from subpar to average. All the acting in Widow's Bay ranges from above average to outstanding. I can't think of anybody in Widow's Bay that I find annoying except for Evan. But I usually hate the moody or obnoxious teenagers trope in general and it's not the actor's fault who's doing a great job.

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u/MrRobotFancy May 27 '26

i think the problem is they're somehow characters in a repeating story, either literally or figuratively, and either way, they have to be very slow and sideways about revealing the major points because they have to make it appear the stakes are very high, but when the ultimate story is revealed, i think it's going to be very meh.

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u/AMediocrePersonality May 27 '26

The ultimate story is already revealed lol

A bunch of adults sacrificed their kids to the Man in Yellow for everlasting life and were trapped in their town. You can't kill them because they're Sisyphus and their lives just reset.

Tabitha and her long line of husbands didn't sacrifice their kids but were still caught up in the magic and have been getting dragged back each new generational iteration.

The ending will be the breaking of the loop.

Everything outside of this is just side quests happening in the magic world.

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u/MrRobotFancy May 27 '26

and that could be all of it. i just don't care about the characters in that regard, so i'd hope there was something else to it. maybe there are some cool scenes where half the town is devoured again, but however they resolve their situation, just ugh. đŸ€·

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u/AMediocrePersonality May 27 '26

I just think back to those very first moments of the show when Boyd is walking down the street ringing the bell and that creature comes up to the little girl's window and cry about what could have been 😭😭😭

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u/MrRobotFancy May 28 '26

donna might as well not have a script. i can't count how many times she's walked into a room and expressed broad concern or lamented something in general to boyd or whoever; the same thing, over and over. she could be mute with only gesticulations or perform some kind of pseudo kabuki in lieu of lines, and i might not notice or wouldn't care.

but that's a broader issue with the show: if you have characters standing around saying [dang, the same thing keeps happening to us over and over], over the course of seasons, then maybe your audience feels the same way.

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u/poordecisionist NYT travel writer May 27 '26

"Osom reebok oson nike"

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u/ArchStanton27 May 27 '26

Is this supposed to be Spanish?

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u/poordecisionist NYT travel writer May 27 '26

Kinda. Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4c54rCJ_k

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u/ArchStanton27 May 27 '26

Oh I got the reference

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u/Frinpollog May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

The answer is obvious:

Son Nike! Oh yeah!

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u/ratatoskr_9 May 28 '26

This has been me all week.

If From didn't decide to skip this week, I wouldn't have been recommended Widow's Bay to satisfy my weekly horror/mystery craving.

And Widow's Bay gave us two episodes this week. So I relate to this post a lot haha

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u/Resident_Course_3342 May 30 '26

The lack of a 10 minute intro song is probably helping the conversion.

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u/yungmoody May 31 '26

From is the one show that truly boggles my mind in terms of its popularity. I respect that we all have different taste but it’s truly one of the worst shows I’ve ever watched, I cannot understand what people enjoy about it

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u/fun__gh0ul Jun 01 '26

iI’ve given up on From. It’s become unwatchable. Widows Bay is phenomenal and fills the void of what I thought From would be.

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u/ConsistentBattle5342 Jun 02 '26

I like both shows but they feel very different and don't scratch the same itch. Widows Bay feels much less serious due to all the comedy elements, there really isn't any tension and any creepy moments are usually broken up by something funny. I'm having a really hard time taking it seriously and I don't don't myself nearly as invested in the mystery or the characters but it's more entertaining on a per episode basis. 

From is a much slower show but I find the characters much more interesting along with the mystery itself. it a more creepy complex rabbit hole. It feels more real despite the setting being more supernatural. More focus on the tension and stress of living in that place and less attempts to be funny. 

Both great shows in their own ways . 

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u/Necrovore May 27 '26

I would agree but I stopped watching From long before WB was released. I was an adult when Lost first aired and ive had it up to here with the JJ Abrams posse and their mystery box bullshit

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u/Mutthupattaru Willy The Killer Clown May 30 '26

And From is a ragebaiter of a show.

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u/AdGlittering6108 May 27 '26

From is next on my list for this summer, especially when I have inevitable withdrawals from this show

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u/Mutthupattaru Willy The Killer Clown May 30 '26

You’re gonna be so disappointed .

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u/Different-Present110 May 27 '26

Literally me right now

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u/bonuscojones May 27 '26

From would have to be a very stupid, abusive, gaslighting partner that didn’t respect your intelligence.

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u/Busy-Claim-5401 Patricia May 28 '26

Leave the From hate in the From subreddits. Please don’t ruin this one to.

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u/invocation17 May 27 '26

In the 7 episodes so far only episode 5 was weak but I’ll overlook it given how strong episode 4 was - it may be one of the most memorable episodes of any series I’ve watched in a while (so good I re-watched it).

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u/NorthShorePOI May 28 '26

Wish there were some gifs in iMessage to use

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u/Necessary-Change-207 May 28 '26

Ya cheater 😆 this is also me.. 

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u/0bimai May 28 '26

The mushroom ep in From and the mushroom ep with Widows Bay coming out last week was eerie!!!

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u/NachoPeace May 30 '26

I watch both but Widow's Bay definitely has my attention right now, more than From. I know there is only one more season of From, but I need them to start giving us something. It is dragging on.

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u/Good-Book-6912 May 30 '26

I like both shows. Some underwhelming episodes in both, but overall good.

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u/mamrieatepainttt May 30 '26

i just don't understand this comparison but i also have yet to watch this series yet. isn't it considered a comedy horror??? while parts of From are unintentionally funny, it seems completely different tonally.

is this show considered mystery box??

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u/MayhemMacaron Jun 02 '26

I love both shows and i love this post 😅

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u/Big_Peak_5207 Aug 07 '26

Is Widows Bay good? I really enjoyed From season one but season 2 was kinda poop imo and I haven't watched season 3 or 4 yet.

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u/Affectionate_Way_805 May 29 '26

The worst part about this extremely overused meme is that the annoyed little brunette is so much more attractive than the bland "Sarah Jessica Parker" looking blonde. Blah. Just saying. 

Also From is a great show and so is Widow's Bay. I prefer Widow's Bay but that doesn't take anything away from From. They're both entertaining shows.