Warning! This article contains spoilers for From Season 3, Episode 2!The impossible continues to appear possible in this mysterious city, with the final moments of of Season 3, episode 2 seen Jim Matthews receives a cryptic call from someone claiming to be his son, Thomas. of has often repeated that the reality and rules of behavior of the outside world do not all apply to the township, making it difficult for ofs ensemble of letters to know what to believe. Now, from Fatima’s miraculous pregnancy to Abby revealing to Boyd in season 2, the MGM+ TV show advances its mysteries with a phone call from Tabitha and Jim’s dead son.
Dead characters coming back through visions is not a novel concept ofBut a phone call from a child who died in infancy is a new and unexpected twist. in of Season 3, Episode 2’s finale, Jim answers the deceased Tian-chen’s phone – which only works when mysterious forces call – and the caller responds, “Dad? It’s Thomas.” Jim Shocked is an understatement, viz of Season 1 revealed that his infant son, Thomas, died falling from a changing table Shortly before the series began. This now opens up some major questions. Is Thomas living in ofs world? If not, who (or what) called Jim?
Thomas calling Jim in season 3 is likely a trick in town
The town uses Jim’s vulnerabilities with Thomas’ death against him
The most likely explanation for Jim getting a call from Thomas is that it was a trick on behalf of the town’s supernatural forces. ofThe town has used the characters’ family members and lost loved ones as weapons against them, such as Boyd’s wife Abby coming out to him during season 2. Thomas’ death is the most tragic event in Jim and Tabitha’s life and has left them with massive guilt, and the town uses this against them To manipulate their intelligence and sense of reality.
The forces use the tragedy to try to break the vulnerable Jim while he watches Julie and Ethan alone.
As much as Jim knows deep down that whoever is calling him is not Thomas, he equally wants to believe that it is. The call gives Jim misguided hope that his son may still be alive, perhaps Allow him the opportunity to release the suffocating guilt he’s felt over failing his child. Thomas’ death has torn the Matthews family apart, and with Tabitha now outside ofs town in Camden, Maine, the forces use the tragedy to try to break the vulnerable Jim while he watches Julie and Ethan alone.
Thomas and Jim’s phone call hints at repeating the Boyd and Abby story from Season 2
Thomas’ influence on Jim will likely mirror Boyd’s visions of Abby
throughout of In season 2, Boyd was plagued with visions of his late wife Abby, who died in town before the arrival of the Matthews family. The Vision version of front andBut he finally got rid of her – or so it seemed with her figure. of Season 2’s ending after smashing the music box and saving Julie, Marielle and Randall. “Thomas” is presumably calling Jim to similarly tempt him in of Season 3, probably sending him into the hands of the city’s dangerous forces.
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