Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Season 3 Episode 8, ‘These Fragile Lives.’
Of Season 3, Episode 7, “These Fragile Lives” debunked the popular theory that Tillie (Deborah Grover) is a secretly nefarious character. Tillie joined for the first time Ofcast of characters at the beginning of season 2. Along with Randall (AJ Simmons), Marielle (Kaelen Ohm) and Elgin (Nathan D. Simmons), Tillie was among the many bus passengers who were stranded in the city. She was a kind, free-spirited woman who adapted to changing circumstances better than many of her peers.
It was also revealed that before arriving in the city, Tillie was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Despite this sympathetic story and her compassionate nature, many theories have formed about Tillie being suspected in Of. Those theories ranged from her secretly being one of the monsters to being a spy for themespecially as Tillie has become increasingly connected to the supernatural events surrounding Elgin and Fatima (Pegah Ghafoori). After 17 episodes across two seasons, it now appears that none of these theories are true.
Tillie’s death seemingly debunks the theory that she is actually one of From’s monsters
Her death also kills countless theories
Of Season 3 Episode 7 takes a devastating turn when Fatima temporarily loses control, grabs a pair of gardening shears and stabs Tillie in the chest. If Tillie had secretly been a monster or a mole to them all this time, such a huge twist would likely have been revealed before his death. Instead, even in her final moments, Tillie remains the same kind-hearted person she always was. The only reason she entered the greenhouse was because she heard Fatima’s anguished crying and wanted to comfort her.
Even after being lethally stabbed, Tillie’s final words to Fátima are: “You have to run” because he doesn’t want Fátima to be caught for the murder and suffer beyond the horrors she already experiences. The city’s monsters and other supernatural forces already have a strong hold on Fátima and the other residents and apparently know everything about them. Given this extent of power and knowledge, there was never a need for Tillie or anyone else to be a monster in disguise or a spy.
From the third season, episode 8 may yet reveal another twist for Tillie after her death
This will be the last chance for any final Tillie reveal
Tillie bled out and died at the end of “These Fragile Lives,” but the consequences of her death have yet to be explored. There is a small possibility that these consequences reveal that Tillie is not who she seemed or claimed to be all along.and that Fatima’s actions actually exposed a traitor among them. However, this possibility seems highly unlikely, as Tillie’s death has not so much to do with her, but rather with the evil growing within Fatima, and that she may now be beyond salvation.
As seen in the ghosts of Tom (Reid Price) and Father Khatri (Shaun Majumder), dead characters can still reappear in Ofand Tillie may return in similar form in the future.
The impact of Tillie being secretly evil would lose much of its potency if it were revealed after she died and without her being able to witness the other characters feeling betrayed for having trusted her. As seen in the ghosts of Tom (Reid Price) and Father Khatri (Shaun Majumder), dead characters can still reappear in Ofand Tillie may return in similar form in the future. Barring any major post-death twists in Season 3, Episode 8, though, Tillie was never a surprise villainand is just another victim of the city’s cruelty in Of.