From the back of magic fire, A tale of wonder does transpire. With flickering flames that dance and glow, It tells a story, from long ago. In a land of myth and mystery, Where enchanted creatures roam with glee. The fire reveals a world unseen, Of magic and wonders, so serene. From the depths of ancient forests green, To the tallest peaks, where eagles preen. The flames whisper secrets untold, Of legends and heroes brave and bold.
Things were tense in the RV, but for once, as a viewer, I was less frightened by the monsters and more concerned with what would happen once that music stopped.
Now would be a perfect time for the boy in white to return, and I m hopeful we ll see him again on FROM Season 2 as he was brought up here as a part of Elgin s dream. From has been hurtling toward an epic Season 2 finale for the last few weeks now, offering one banger of an episode after another in a story that continues to ramp up the fear, tension and suspense, while offering up new clues, revelations and mysteries not to mention new terrors in the night.
The flames whisper secrets untold, Of legends and heroes brave and bold. They tell of a wizard, wise and old, With a staff of oak and a heart of gold. He wielded magic, both strong and bright, To bring harmony and peace, day and night.
‘From’ Season 2, Episode 9 Review: Terrifying Revelations And New Mysteries
From has been hurtling toward an epic Season 2 finale for the last few weeks now, offering one banger of an episode after another in a story that continues to ramp up the fear, tension and suspense, while offering up new clues, revelations and mysteries—not to mention new terrors in the night.
And in the day now, too.
Here are the big things we learned in ‘Ball of Magic Fire.’
- Sarah says something that I think is extremely important when she’s having her awkward conversation with Kenny. She says that her brother, Nathan, was always terrified of cicadas. Now the town is being haunted by the creatures, inside and outside of dreams. This episode we see Randall, Maryelle and Julie swarmed by cicadas—one in the forest, one in her home and one strapped to a bed during detox at Colony House. Sarah wonders aloud if all these horrors aren’t just the fears of the people who have died here, now haunting the living. Could the monsters, the ballerina, and all the rest be the fears people brought with them from wherever they came?
- There’s a brief connection to this when Tabitha and Jade are looking over the pictures Victor’s sister drew. They see Civil War soldiers, which Jade has had visions of, in the pictures, and Tabitha reminds him that these were from the stories Victor’s mother told her children. Some of these monsters and visions could be the fears of Victor’s sister, from old childhood stories.
- Then there is the nursery rhyme, that only the bus driver recognizes. “They touch, they break, they steal. No one here is free. Here they come, they come for three, unless you stop the melody.”
- Various characters have now heard this, or heard parts of it. The woman killed from her dream was saying the first half. Elgin’s dream is finally revealed as the second half. Kenny heard both halves in his dream last week. The “three” in question now appear to be Randall, Maryelle and Julie, but only because the napping lady (who had it coming, seriously) is out of the picture. So how does one “stop the melody”?
- The answer could be in the pictures. Tabitha tells Jade about her dreams of the tower, which Victor’s sister drew, and which is clearly the lighthouse. She wonders if the children really do just need saving, and her visions of those scary kids are just them asking for help. Could this lighthouse and the nursery rhyme be connected? Do they need to go to the tower to stop the melody?
- Boyd’s Bile Bullets™don’t work. Bummer. Then again, it seems that killing Smiley set all this other stuff into motion, so maybe that’s for the best. Is it all just a game, a puzzle, as Jim believes? Killing a monster is the first step toward the next piece of the puzzle, and from there, well, a journey down from the tip of the spear into . . . whatever fresh new hell awaits.
- The old granny lady is still super suspicious. She just happens to know that Fatima is pregnant? And this sparks Elgin’s dream memory? She’s already basically handed morphine over to a drug addict, so . . . I wonder. Randall is paranoid and delusional but it doesn’t mean he’s wrong about a mole. And nobody would suspect a kindly old lady.
- Why is it that every time Ellis tries to intervene and help somebody attacks him?
- Poor Ethan. He’s really going to be messed up after this. He’s already about to lose his mind. I wish that he’d been there when Elgin had described the little boy in white. This is the boy, in Elgin’s dream, that says the nursery rhyme. He’s also pointed Victor to safety and appeared to Ethan. It’s hard to know if he’s a force for good or evil, though.
- The ballerina music playing in the RV was so spooky. It was also kind of funny to see Randall go from defiant to practically having an accident in his pants in like ten seconds flat.
- The plan to give Randall the gun was wildly stupid and certainly not something Donna would come up with moments after he had her tied to a tree, let alone something Boyd would just agree to. Definitely the weakest link this episode.
All told, a crazy episode that sets up the finale nicely. I’m fully back onboard with this show, though I wish they would tone down the F-bombs. I’m not even that bothered by swearing. I myself swear. I just don’t think everybody needs to drop an F-bomb every other sentence. The old limits of network television have some distinct benefits—one of which is forcing writers to use more creative frackin’ expletives!
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Putting Randall in potential danger over themselves, I can understand. But Randall could have turned around and shot them just to prove they wouldn't die, and everything is just one big game.
From the back of magic fire, The stories unfold, with each burning pyre. Of dragons fierce and noble knights, And fair maidens with eyes like moonlight. The flames reveal a world of dreams, Where nothing is quite as it seems. Where castles soar above the clouds, And laughter echoes through golden shrouds. From the back of magic fire, A world of enchantment does inspire. To seek adventure and follow dreams, To believe in the impossible, it seems. So gather 'round and listen well, To the tales the fire has to tell. For in its dancing light and heat, Lies a magic that's truly sweet..
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