Given that the show is still relatively new, it could still end up fumbling the ball like LOST did with many of its central questions, but that show was always more about the ride than the destination, and so far, the ride of From is fantastic. But at this point, the less I say the better, as digging in an figuring out the deep weirdness of it all is part of the fun. Over time, you’ll start learning more about the monsters, the central question, but in season 2 we’re starting to figure out that this is only scratching the surface of what’s going on in the town. There are two factions in town, a bunch of “live and let live” hippie types who live in one communal house on a hill, and then the town itself run in a more regimented fashion by Perrineau’s sheriff.įrom works because it is genuinely terrifying and blends legitimately interesting mysteries for its entire duration. Intense and gripping, Pines is another masterful thriller from the mind of bestselling novelist Blake Crouch.The show opens with a new family arriving in town and struggling to comprehend where exactly they ended up. Why can't he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn't anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact - he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

As the days pass, Ethan's investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels.off. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier.

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