Following the dramatic events of From Season 4, Catalina Sandino Moreno reflects on Tabitha’s emotional journey after Jim’s death, the challenges of portraying a grieving mother, and why she avoids creating her own theories about the show’s many mysteries. She also discusses one of the season’s most emotional scenes, working with the series’ unsettling practical effects, and her excitement over the show’s Season 5 renewal.

Congratulations on the Season 5 renewal.

Catalina Sandino Moreno: Thank you, it’s very exciting.

When are you going back to the set?

Catalina Sandino Moreno: I don’t know. I have no idea. I’ve learned not to say anything about dates.

So your character goes through the loss of her husband this season. How did you approach portraying Tabitha’s grief after losing Jim, particularly in how it alters her behavior?

Catalina Sandino Moreno: Well, she will be grieving as a normal person. Some people grieve by drinking; other people grieve by staying home all day. People grieve differently, and I think, for Tabitha, it is filling that void and feeling that she needs to find a way. She needs to find a reason. She needs to find answers as fast as possible because people are dying, and her husband just died, and she cannot let a child of hers die. I think she feels a lot of pressure to just do something. That’s her way of grieving.

Yeah, so what aspects of your character’s psychology were most challenging for you to portray this season?

Catalina Sandino Moreno: There’s many sides of Tabitha that are challenging. It’s like, what is to be a good mom? Is it to be with their children all the time, like looking up and holding their hand, or just going through the bottle tree and finding answers, and leaving them for her to come back? What’s best for her or for her children? So, I think this is a duality that you’re like, “Is this good or bad?” I don’t know where she is. I don’t know where she fits here, but that was challenging, that fine line.

Yeah, it’s such an extraordinary situation. They lost their father, and they are facing dangerous situations every day. It must be hard on her character as a mother. There’s this scene where she takes her to Victor, and Victor tells them what happened when he was all alone, so that was a really hard scene to watch.

Catalina Sandino Moreno: Yeah, it’s like this can happen. I’m a mother with a boy and a girl, and then the boy survives, and then everyone dies. I think one part of her is like, “That’s bullshit,” and the other part is like, “Maybe…” In From, anything is possible now. Anything is possible. You have to believe. You don’t have to dismiss anything. So, for Victor to have gone through lengths of like, “Yeah, this is my mom, then I put my sister, and maybe this is your sister…” It’s disturbing, but it could be a reality.

Yeah, so while working on the show, did you develop, like, your own theory about what’s happening, and has it changed over time?

Catalina Sandino Moreno: No, no, no… I don’t like to theorize myself because I’m always wrong. I’m always wrong. There’s nothing that I feel that I was close. No, I was very far away from the reality of what was happening. So, I just let go. I just trust that they know what they’re doing, and I just have to trust that they’re gonna do good for my character, and that’s it because I’ve been so wrong so many times.

Yeah, I understand. Were there any moments on set that genuinely surprised you or unsettled you?

Catalina Sandino Moreno: No, because once you read the script, it translates very well to reality. They have done a wonderful job in translating the dolls, or even the bird… It’s like they put in so much work. I don’t know specifically about what they want, that once you see it, it’s like, “Oh, okay… That’s great. It’s great.” It talks highly about how good they work together.

From Season 4 is now streaming on MGM+.