Warning! This article contains spoilers for From Season 3, Episode 5!Already serving as one of the town’s most innocent and lovable characters, Victor’s story takes on another heartbreaking layer when he finally meets his father again in of Season 3, Episode 5. Since ofThe Lighthouse Gate took Tabitha to Camden, Maine (Victor’s hometown) and eventually brought her to his father, Henry, The hit horror series has been working toward a bittersweet reunion for the Kavanaugh family. The development finally came to fruition of Season 3, Episode 5’s finale, as Henry officially arrived in town alongside Tabitha after being separated from his son for over 40 years.
When Victor is first told about Henry’s arrival, he refuses to believe it is true. Shortly after being trapped in the city as a child, Victor’s mother and sister tragically died, leaving him almost alone for decades. Back home, Henry eventually came to accept that his wife and children had died, with this belief shattered by Tabitha’s sudden arrival in Maine. In season 3, episode 5, ofs trapped characters finally stumble on each other outside, with the hesitant Family reunion culminating in a hug, tears and a gut-wrenching declaration from Victor That he didn’t know how to get home to Henry.
Victor’s guilt over not being able to return to Henry makes his story so much sadder
Victor felt bad about not coming home to his dad
Victor and Henry’s reunion is already among the most emotional scenes of ofThe entire series so far, but it was impossible to hold back tears after Victor expressed his guilt about being trapped. When hugging his father – the first family member Victor had seen in more than 40 years – He screams and confesses to Henry that he “Didn’t know how to get home.” Completely out of his control, Victor was stuck in ofs evil city alone for decades, but he tragically harbors guilt about not being able to return to his father, the only remaining member of his family.
While Henry feels guilty about not being able to find Victor and accept his death, Victor has been harboring guilt about not returning home to his father since he was a child. It is truly heartbreaking to see this vulnerability in Victor, because his arrested development has made him almost remain that little boy whose mother and sister died for the last 40 years. The show didn’t go into much detail about Victor’s efforts to leave town after Christopher of Tragedy, so it’s devastating to finally hear that he desperately tried to find his way back to his dad.
Why Victor initially wants to see Henry in Season 3, Episode 5
Victor convinces himself that his past life was a dream
While audiences have been eagerly waiting for Victor and Henry’s reunion since the latter’s arrival in of Season 3, Episode 3’s ending, both men are scared after such a long separation. Victor, in particular, rejects the idea that Henry is there, perhaps believing it to be a trick on behalf of the city’s evil forces. finally, Victor does not want to see Henry because he is nervous that his father will not welcome him with open arms; Victor is not the 10-year-old boy that his father remembers, so how would he react to the sight of his son who is more than 40 years old?
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Not to mention, Victor’s way of dealing with the trauma of his mother and sister’s death has him convincing himself that no memory of the outside world is real. therefore, He came to believe that his memories of Henry were just a dream. See Henry would shatter this concept while reopening the painful wounds of his family’s tragedies. As it turns out, Henry had very similar fears about reuniting with Victor, as he is very different from the father that the little boy would remember. Fortunately, very bittersweet of Reunion is ultimately full of love and acceptance for the other.
New episodes of of Season 3 releases Sundays on MGM+.