Every Season of From, Ranked Before the Final One

Published Nov 11, 2026, 11:52 PM EST

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Harold Perrineau knows a thing or two about places you can't leave. He played Michael Dawson on Lost (2004-2010), and he now leads as Boyd Stevens, the self-appointed sheriff of a town that traps everyone who drives in. From landed on Netflix on October 19th and executive producers Jack Bender and Jeff Pinkner both worked on Lost, and have it operating on that similar mystery box pacing. Only seasons one through three made it onto the red box, since Netflix has them on a limited license and season four stays with MGM+. MGM+ calls From the most watched series in the network's history, so the move reads as a promotional push ahead of its final season. The Netflix window is limited, which puts a clock on the casual viewers.

The final season began filming on July 6th in Halifax, Nova Scotia and production was set to wrap in late November. The network says the fifth season is set to arrive in 2027, but no official date has been announced. For the ranking, I leaned on some critics from Rotten Tomatoes, where the scores run from 93 to 100 percent. Spoiler warning: I steer clear of the big twists, but a few details from every season still pop up below.

Creator John Griffin has called it a character drama dressed up as a horror show, and the best episodes bear that statement true. From should not work this well. A cursed town, a ten-episode order, and a cast of strangers sounds like the recipe for a Lost tribute act. But From has reportedly led Nielsen's streaming chart with the largest weekly total of any acquired series this year. The creatures give each night a deadline, and the daytime scenes give the characters room to argue, grieve, grow and fall in love.

4 'Season 2' (2023)

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Season two begins with a bus and has a few episodes among the creepiest the series has made. A driver named Bakta unknowingly ferries a group of strangers and the Township suddenly has more people to protect and more secrets to untangle. Elgin brings a prophetic dream with him, and Tillie, Marielle, and Randall widen the ensemble of characters. Marielle is also Kristi's fiancée, a wrinkle which turns a reunion into a plot point. Reggie's wife is mysteriously killed in her sleep, a death that makes the rules that Sheriff Boyd has set feel less reliable. Boyd finds an older man named Martin chained to a wall, which tests his loyalty and sets up a narrative thread that stays open for awhile. A ghostly woman in a kimono haunts a couple of characters' visions and Smiley makes his presence felt further as one of the series' most daunting villains.

The creatures keep prowling, but the season spends much of its time on grief, guilt and the question of who deserves a seat at the table. Critics gave it a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest of the four, with an average rating of 7.3. Flashbacks to Victor's childhood provide insight into the town's history, introducing his sister Eloise and a mother named Miranda. The scenes deepen the mystery, although they slow down the present day action. Critics praised the balance of puzzle box tease and real pathos, with an inclination to turn the horror inward. It's both its best quality and biggest weakness, with the pace feeling stretched in the middle episodes.

3 'Season 4' (2026)

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Season four premiered this past April and wrapped by the end of June. A new arrival named Sophia (Julia Doyle) joins the town after a pastor crashes his car on the road. She presents herself as a sheltered pastor's daughter and the Man in Yellow becomes a recurring presence. Fans who were desperate for answers definitely got them, with the town's past, present, and future starting to collide. The season is slower in spots and talkier than the earlier ones, which split some viewers. But still, Boyd, Jade and the Colony House residents all get chances to confront what the town has taken from them. Critics responded warmly, with Rotten Tomatoes listing it at 96 percent and an average rating of 8.4, which is the highest of the four seasons.

Audience reaction was messier. The popcornmeter opened at a series best 92 percent and later slid near 66 as the season settled in. Some fans wanted more action, with early seasons being remarked for their tumultuously unpredictable nature and less exposition. Boyd and Jade keep pushing for a way out, amidst the usual monster scares, and the episodes hold value in the wider scope of the lore of From. It clears up some unanswered questions and seamlessly sets up the final season's narrative.

2 'Season 3' (2024)

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Season three sees Tabitha and Henry Kavanaugh, Victor's father, meet in the outside world. It finally breathes new geography into the series' otherwise limited setting and gives the characters their first real look beyond the town. Henry spent forty years alone in Camden, Maine, for forty years after his wife and children disappeared, and Robert Joy provides the character with a weary dignity. A police officer named Dani Acosta, picks them up and soon finds herself pulled into the town's loop. Meanwhile, Jim and Jade keep working on a way to contact the outside world. Rotten Tomatoes lists the season at 100 percent from 25 reviews, with an average of 8.2.

Forbes called the finale riveting with huge revelations. The Kimono Woman, a corpse-like figure, sees a larger presence, and the town gains an assortment of new horrors. Perrineau has seen Critics Choice Super Awards nominations for his lead performance, and the series won a Saturn Award for best horror series in 2025. The audience score dipped to 73 percent, which hints at some fans missing the closed-in atmosphere of earlier seasons. Even so, the season delivers some of the series' strongest mysteries and scares, with the nightmare figures showing up with an increasingly clearer sinister agenda. The critical consensus says the series unspools enough to reel audiences back in, and that's a fair description of the pacing. For many viewers, season three is the point where From stops teasing and starts delivering.

1 'Season 1' (2022)

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From begins with a family in trouble on the infamous road. Jim and Tabitha Matthews, with Julie and Ethan, drive their RV into a nightmare, and the road keeps leading them back to the same town. Frank Pratt, one of the first residents they meet, is mourning his wife and daughter, killed the night before. Boyd Stevens, the self-appointed sheriff, shows them the rules of the town, including the talismans that protect the houses at night. Donna Raines leads the Colony House residents who live separately. Victor, a peculiar and longtime resident, knows more than he says, and a bartender named Tom provides a surprising voice of calm. Rotten Tomatoes lists the season at 96 percent, and its consensus credits Perrineau for anchoring an intriguing journey toward a mysterious destination.

Kevin, a Colony house resident, falls in love with one of the creatures, a weird subplot that shows the series' willingness for the weird and abstract. Boyd's backstory, including having killed his wife Abby after a sudden breakdown, gives Perrineau a lot of room to play in. His estrangement from his son Ellis covers every choice he makes. Tabitha is grieving the loss of her youngest child, Thomas, and Ethan begins seeing a mysterious boy in white. Those threads pay off in later seasons, but they land the hardest when you first meet the town. Pixies' cover of "Que Sera, Sera" opens each episode, and the damp forest near Halifax gives the show its damp, lonely look. The rules are the scariest when nobody understands them yet.