WARNING! This article contains major SPOILERS for From season 3, episode 9!The tragic fate of Victor’s mother was originally revealed in season 3, but From season 2, episode 8, a series of flashbacks explains what happened to the town when Victor was a child, as he would become the only survivor of a massacre by the monsters. From what Victor could , his mother brought him and his sister to the root cellar to hide from Christopher, and when he woke up the next morning, the entire town – including his mother, Miranda, and sister, Eloise – had died.

While Victor revealed that he found his mother’s dead body near From’s faraway bottle tree, the exact circumstances of Miranda’s death were unclear. In From season 3, episode 9, after Victor finally re the truth about Christopher’s conversation with the Boy in White, he begins to feel responsible for his mother’s death and he returns to the root cellar, the last location he saw her alive. Tabitha and Julie end up finding him there and comfort him, but as Tabitha enters the root cellar and hugs Victor, she unexpectedly begins to have visions of exactly how Miranda died.

Tabitha's Vision Confirms That Miranda Was Killed By The Smiley Monster At The Faraway Bottle Tree

Miranda Was Trying To Follow The Boy In White's Instructions For Christopher

Tabitha’s visions become very intense in From season 3, episode 9’s ending as she sees the death of Victor’s mother and the moments that led up to it. After young Victor told Miranda about the Boy in White’s message to Christopher regarding the children and the faraway tree, she decided to take on that responsibility since Christopher wouldn’t listen. It’s still not clear why Miranda needed to hide her kids from Christopher, specifically, but Tabitha’s vision shows that Miranda put Victor and Eloise in the root cellar, kissed them goodbye, and tried to run to the faraway bottle tree.

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However, once she finally reached the tree, Miranda was chased and attacked by the Smiley Creature, From’s monster who was killed by Boyd in season 2. The Smiley Creature killed Miranda and left her body there for Victor to find after the massacre, so she was never able to reach the lighthouse and fulfill the Boy in White’s hopes for Christopher to save the children. The idea that she was hiding the kids from Christopher suggested that it could have been him who killed Miranda, but From season 3, episode 9 confirms she died at the hands of the monsters.

What Tabitha's Visions Of Miranda's Death Mean For From

Tabitha Seeing Miranda's Death Is More Like A Memory Than A Vision

Tabitha’s vision of Miranda’s death seems to confirm that there’s a cyclical nature to this town. The similarities between Tabitha and Miranda have been well-established throughout From season 3, whether it be their adoration for Joni Mitchell’s “Blue,” giving Jim and Henry the same bracelet, having a daughter and son, or being “chosen” to save From’s children. Now, Tabitha is having visions of Miranda herself, and her strange feelings when entering the root cellar and hugging Victor may indicate that part of Miranda lives within her.

Additionally, rather than simply being a vision, From frames Tabitha seeing Miranda’s death as being more like a memory. During their scene together at the bar in From season 3, episode 8, Jim also proves to be a close reflection of a younger Henry, the latter of whom advises against repeating his mistakes with Miranda. It’s as if From’s town has formed Tabitha and Jim into being repetitions of Miranda and Henry. Though, this time around, the Matthews family is able to learn from where Victor’s parents went wrong, which may finally fulfill all their roles in saving the children.