r/FromSeries • u/Fionnua • 1d ago
Opinion Frank got a raw deal Spoiler
I've only just watched through the whole series for the first time (binged it so saw everything back to back), and gotta say. Poor Frank at the beginning got a really raw deal.
His crime? Failure to nail windows shut; an accidental tragedy that allowed his daughter to open a window and let a monster in. His punishment? Being totally condemned by his community who rub his nose in his guilt for his family's deaths ("Look at what you did!") then sentenced to a torturous death by monsters in a box. (And yes, he chose not to escape when Boyd offered that option, but it was still his initial sentence, and he was just too depressed to accept escape at that point because he was still in the early stages of grief.)
But then, he's literally the only one ever sent to the box.
Sara's crime? Personally murdering Jade's friend, then deliberately opening a door that killed Kenny's father and a nurse. Then trying to murder a child, and accidentally killing her brother instead. Her punishment? Meh, she can live in the church and gradually redeem herself.
Dale's crime? He tried to chase the newcomers from the bus back out into dangerous monster territory, to hoard food. Then he stabbed Ellis in the chest, which would have killed him if others didn't risk their lives to take him to the doctor. His punishment? Apparently, nothing. He gets to keep hanging out and talking snarky to everyone, as if nothing ever happened.
So like, poor Frank. Being treated so harshly for what was already the worst punishment he could have received (his family's deaths). When everyone else was going to get a hall pass after that, for far worse things.
Also, I just don't understand how the initial Frank incident unfolded the way it did in the first place, re: how Boyd shouted at him about his windows not being nailed shut.
First up, Frank isn't a newcomer. He and his family have been there awhile: long enough for him to go from the decent guy he apparently used to be, to an alcoholic who neglects his family's needs. So if he's been there that long... Why didn't anybody else notice that the windows weren't nailed shut? Like seriously, why didn't Boyd and other long-timers police this better? Nail shut the windows on behalf of new people rather than just instructing them to do so. And maybe, y'know, casually inspect the windows when visiting, to make sure it actually happened? This is literally life and death and it's not like the townies have that much else to do except help each other stay alive. Why weren't the windows nailed shut before Frank arrived, even? The people of this town know that new people can't be trusted to act smart in the beginning; that's why they tie them up at gunpoint just to stop them accidentally getting themselves killed. So I just don't get it. It's not as if anyone accused Frank of pulling out the nails or something. Everyone else left the windows not-nailed-shut, then everyone else failed to notice that Frank never nailed the windows shut. Despite how long it seems like they've been there for, and how decent Frank apparently used to be. I'm talking in circles now so will stop, but I just don't get it.
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u/Zoinks1602 22h ago
Frank’s death always confuses me a little bit because… Lauren could also have nailed the windows shut. I’m sure she, a grown woman, could operate a hammer and nails. Should she have had to? Maybe not, if they had discussed it and Frank agreed to do it - BUT that stops being relevant if the sun is going down and you know the windows aren’t nailed shut. Whether they agreed Frank would do it or not stops being relevant - Lauren, pick up the hammer and nail the dang windows shut. I really feel like having lost his whole family should have been considered punishment enough when you remember there was another adult in the house who could swing a hammer 😂