Crows have played an important role in From since the first episode. When the Matthews family first encountered the fallen tree lying in the middle of the road, they saw crows perched on the tree and flying overhead. While the Matthews found the sight to be ominous, they did not realize what it meant, and that they were now trapped in a Town they could not escape from where From‘s manipulative and savage monsters terrorize the residents every night.

As From‘s cast of characters contend with the monsters and disturbing hallucinations that can kill them, the crows were largely forgotten after the Matthews family’s arrival in season 1. That is no longer the case in season 3, as the crows have become more important again, and have been featured in some of the season’s most memorable scenes so far. The crows have their own role to play, as the Town retaliates against its residents for fighting back and for Boyd (Harold Perrineau) smashing the music box in season 2.

From Season 3’s Crows Seem To Be Warning The Residents About Bad Omens

This Builds On Their Season 1 Role

When Tillie (Deborah Grover) performs a tarot card reading for Fatima (Pegah Ghafoori) in From season 3, episode 3, a crow flies into a window in Colony House and shatters it, before dying seconds later. This occurs just as Tillie is about to reveal a card concerning Fatima’s baby. Along with Fatima eating rotten crops and drinking blood from a corpse, the crow’s death is an omen for Fatima, and that she is not pregnant with a normal human child. The crow also prevents Fatima from seeing the card, with the Town potentially distracting her from learning the dark truth.

The crows continue to be omens of bad things to come when Tabitha (Catalina Sandino Moreno), Victor’s father, Henry (Robert Joy), the paramedics, and a police officer aboard the ambulance see the fallen tree in the road as the crows caw and crowd around it. This time, the crows serve as an omen for the paramedics dying in episode 4, the police officer killing a civilian, and Tabitha being trapped in the Town again, although she at least gets to reunite with her family. The crows may also be an omen of horrors yet to come for Tabitha and Henry.

The Crows’ Strange Behavior Connects To Victor’s Haunting From Season 3, Episode 4 Line About The Snow

They Are Signs Of Literal And Symbolic Change

Two of From‘s best characters, Victor (Scott McCord) and Sara (Avery Konrad) converse in episode 4, with Victor talking about how things are changing in the Town, which is never a good sign, as changes usually result in new devastation befalling the residents. The crows no longer just crowding the fallen tree, but also flying through windows is an example of those changes. As the crows’ behavior changes, things are getting worse in the Town, including the monsters being more manipulative and ruthless than ever before with how they killed Tian-Chen (Elizabeth Moy).

From the changing behavior of the crows and the monsters, to it snowing in the Town for the first time, more changes are underway, and unfortunately, these changes do not bode well for From ‘s surviving characters.

In addition to being part of the Town’s literal changes, the crows are also symbolic, as they often symbolize transformation. This aligns well with the crow flying into the window during the tarot card scene, as the cards are also symbolic. From the changing behavior of the crows and the monsters, to it snowing in the Town for the first time, more changes are underway, and unfortunately, these changes do not bode well for From‘s surviving characters.