Warning: There are spoilers ahead for From season 3, episode 8, "Thresholds."Lost's Oceanic 815 survivor Michael Dawson. Jack Bender, who is a From executive producer and a director of numerous episodes, was also an executive producer and frequent director for Lost, including his direction of the acclaimed "Walkabout," "Through the Looking Glass," and "The Constant" episodes.

From and Lost's stories also contain many literal and thematic parallels. Both From and Lost revolve around an ensemble cast of characters who are stranded and looking to escape a mysterious, isolated location that is revealed to be increasingly supernatural. A mystery box storytelling approach is used in which many overarching and complex mysteries are introduced, with answers often raising more questions. Thematically, both stories are deeply concerned with questions of faith versus science and of redemption. Now, the parallels between the two shows have grown even stronger after From season 3, episode 8.

From Season 3, Episode 8 Confirms Time Travel In The Town

Julie Matthews Time Travels Within The Dungeon

Time travel is officially introduced in From when Julie Matthews (Hannah Cheramy) is in the dungeon. She time travels from seeing herself, Randall (A.J. Simmons), and Marielle (Kaelen Ohm) being tortured during From season 2's ending to when Boyd meets Martin (Robert Verlaque) at the beginning of season 2. The mystery of who threw the rope to Boyd is answered as Julie throws the rope down to him. She then travels further back in time to when her mother, Tabitha Matthews (Catalina Sandino Moreno), and Victor Kavanaugh (Scott McCord) were in the caves below the Town.

The last thing Julie hears before she is pulled out of this time travel are cries of "Anghkooey," which may be going back to the time when From's children were killed. Boyd likely also time-traveled when he was in the dungeon in season 2, as he went from being there with Martin to going back to the present when the dungeon was in ruins. From's dungeon appears to be a portal for time travel and will likely be the key to unraveling secrets about the history of the Town.

How Time Travel Completely Changed Lost After Season 3

"Whatever Happened, Happened"

Lost's time travel twist was hinted at as early as season 2, but it was not until later seasons that it became more prevalent. The consciousness of Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) time traveled in the Bender-directed episode "The Constant," which is widely considered to be Lost's best episode. When Ben Linus (Michael Emerson) turned the wheel beneath the Orchid station in the Lost season 4 finale, he was transported to the Sahara Desert 10 months later. Meanwhile, season 5 saw the Island and its residents skipping through various points in time until John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) fixed the wheel.

"The Constant" was an Emmy Award-nominated episode.

The characters ended up in 1974 and remained there for three years until the incident at the Swan station, which transported them to the present day in 2007. Lost's main time travel rule of "whatever happened, happened," revealed that many of the characters had shaped the Island's past and answered longtime questions about the Dharma Initiative, the incident at the Swan station, and the science expedition with a young Danielle Rousseau (Melissa Farman). Time travel was used to address many of Lost's major mysteries while also serving each main character's arc.

What Lost's Time Travel Story Might Reveal About Solving From's Town Mysteries & Origins

Time Travel May Be Responsible For Dark Chapters In The Town's Past

A future version of Julie throwing the rope to Boyd in season 2 seems to be following Lost's "whatever happened, happened" time travel. Julie experienced this for the first time in episode 8, but it was always her who threw the rope. In the same way, Julie and other time-traveling From characters may be involved or even responsible for events in the Town's past, only they do not realize it yet. If Julie returns to the dungeon and travels back to when the "Anghkooey" children were killed, she may try to save them, only to unintentionally contribute to their fate.

Without time travel, many key elements of the Island would never have become clear in Lost, and time travel is now poised to play a similar role in fully understanding the Town in From.

Julie and others in the present day may even have contributed to some of the sinister events in the Town's history. Time travel can reveal the extensive secrets about the Town's past and give the residents the information they need to combat the dark forces and even find a means of escape in the present. Without time travel, many key elements of the Island would never have become clear in Lost, and time travel is now poised to play a similar role in fully understanding the Town in From.