NOS4A2 (TV series)

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NOS4A2
Genre	Supernatural horror drama
Created by	Jami O'Brien
Based on	NOS4A2; by Joe Hill
Starring	Ashleigh Cummings; Zachary Quinto; Jahkara J. Smith; Ólafur Darri Ólafsson; Virginia Kull; Ebon Moss-Bachrach; Ashley Romans;
Opening theme	"Carol of the Bells"
Composer	Mike Patton
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Jami O'Brien; Joe Hill; Kari Skogland; Lauren Corrao;
Producer	Shana Fischer Huber
Production locations	Providence, Rhode Island; West Warwick, Rhode Island; Warren, Rhode Island
Cinematography	Martin Ahlgren
Editor	Todd Desrosiers
Running time	40–56 minutes
Production companies	O'Brien Construction; The Tornante Company; AMC Studios;
Original release
Network	AMC
Release	June 2, 2019 –; August 23, 2020

NOS4A2 (pronounced Nosferatu) is an American supernatural horror drama television series, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Joe Hill, that ran on AMC from June 2, 2019 to August 23, 2020. The series was created by Jami O'Brien and stars Ashleigh Cummings, Zachary Quinto, Jahkara Smith, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Virginia Kull, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. The series deals with a working-class artist who uses supernatural abilities to track an immortal being who preys on children. In August 2020, the series was canceled after two seasons after completing the storyline presented in the original novel.

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Season	Episodes	Originally released
Season	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	10	June 2, 2019 (2019-06-02)	July 28, 2019 (2019-07-28)
2	10	June 21, 2020 (2020-06-21)	August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Shorter Way"	Kari Skogland	Jami O'Brien	June 2, 2019 (2019-06-02)	1.108^[4]
The immortal 135-year-old Charlie Manx lures a child from his home in Here, Iowa into his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith bound for Christmasland, a magical place "where every day is Christmas and unhappiness is against the law". Meanwhile, Victoria "Vic" McQueen, a Haverhill, Massachusetts townie discovers her supernatural abilities when she is able to portal through an old covered bridge that was demolished long ago.
2	2	"The Graveyard of What Might Be"	Kari Skogland	Mark Richard	June 9, 2019 (2019-06-09)	0.891^[5]
After crossing the Shorter Way bridge into Here, Iowa, Vic meets Maggie, a medium who uses Scrabble tiles to seek answers to the strange happenings. She explains that like her, Vic is a Strong Creative, a chosen one to find lost children who were kidnapped by Charlie Manx. Meanwhile, Manx visits Haverhill to find Vic but instead recruits school custodian Bing Partridge, who is eager to work in Christmasland and help Manx "rescue and recover" kids from their bad parents.
3	3	"The Gas Mask Man"	John Shiban	Marcus Gardley	June 16, 2019 (2019-06-16)	0.921^[6]
Vic visits her dream art school RISD with her wealthy friends. Her dream seems out of reach without financial aid, so on Willa's advice, Vic forges her father's signature on a tax return. Back in Haverhill, Manx senses the presence of a Strong Creative, an old woman in the town's psychiatric ward, who used her roller skates as her "knife" to portal. With Bing Partridge's help, Manx tries to track down Vic by the Shorter Way bridge, but meets Vic's young neighbor, Haley, who is looking for her lost cat, Mittens. Later, Bing, while wearing a gas mask, gasses Haley's mother with sevoflurane and kidnaps Haley.
4	4	"The House of Sleep"	John Shiban	Megan Mostyn-Brown	June 23, 2019 (2019-06-23)	0.729^[7]
Bing's childhood in Sugarcreek, Pennsylvania with his abusive father and his submissive mother comes into perspective about his adult life as a serial killer. As a teenager, when his father insults him for hanging the Christmas lights too slowly, Bing kills him with a nail gun. When his mother finds out, he mistakes her motherly behavior for romantic affection and ends up raping and killing her, as well. Bing, easily influenced by Manx, re-creates his crime by doing the same with Haley's mother, Sharon. The Shorter Way leads Vic to Bing's house where she discovers the evidence of her kidnapping in the basement. Later, Vic finds her corpse buried in dirt with a nail through her skull. Manx asks that he and Vic meet in person.
5	5	"The Wraith"	Tim Southam	Lucy Thurber	June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30)	0.737^[8]
Manx lays out his plan for Vic; come to Christmasland and serve as a mother to all the kidnapped children. However, Vic vows to find it and burn the whole place down. Maggie finds the Wraith and the vanity license plate, but when Maggie touches the car, Manx senses it. The Wraith's ignition starts up and slams into Maggie. Vic is questioned by Tabitha Hutter, the detective on the case and she tells her the truth about Manx and his Wraith. Hutter suggests that Vic should be committed to a psych ward. After a little prodding from her dad, Vic signs a voluntary commitment form.
6	6	"The Dark Tunnels"	Tim Southam	Thomas Brady	July 7, 2019 (2019-07-07)	0.666^[9]
In 1954, Saugus, Massachusetts, young Charlie Manx proposes to Strong Creative Jolene, a carhop at a drive-in. He wants to take her to Christmasland to be a family with all the children he's saved, but she refuses. In the mental ward, Vic is placed in the same room with an aged Jolene, who tells her about Manx. They're transported in Jolene's new knife, a wheelchair, to the Dark Tunnels, Jolene's Inscape where missing child posters dot the walls. Before she dies, Jolene uses her ability to destroy the Wraith's engine, which turns Manx into an old man. In order to leave the hospital, Vic tells the doctor that she made everything up. She asks Maggie, who was discharged earlier, to team up again, but Maggie is done due to her incident with the Wraith. She tosses her Scrabble bag into the trash and returns to Iowa.
7	7	"Scissors for the Drifter"	Jeremy Webb	Jami O'Brien	July 14, 2019 (2019-07-14)	0.660^[10]
A vulnerable Manx finds himself dying and without the Wraith running. After Vic's mother sells her bike, Vic is without her knife and needs to access the Shorter Way to find Manx. She reaches Maggie but she's is no help and is abusing her pain pills. Vic heads to Bike Week with her father to look for another dirt bike, but cannot find one to connect with. Over the course of the episode, Vic continuously gets calls only she can hear from the kidnapped children from Christmasland, including one who calls herself "Millie Manx". Manx and Bing arrive at a scrap yard in Nebraska that has Wraith parts. The proprietress calls Sheriff Joe to report them but, before the local police can respond Manx kills her, and taunts her for being a bad mother and taking her son and grandson many years ago. A sober Maggie wakes up in Joe's home to find his squad car's lights flashing outside. Manx kidnapped Joe and took him to Christmasland to play a deadly game of Scissors for the Drifter.
8	8	"Parnassus"	Jeremy Webb	Megan Mostyn-Brown	July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21)	0.775^[11]
In the aftermath of Joe's disappearance, Maggie initially turns to her mother for consolation, but can't bring herself to return due to the strict rules. Maggie's Scrabble bag strangely returns and confirm Joe's death at the hands of the Christmasland children. In response, Maggie proceeds to binge on drugs and alcohol. Meanwhile, Vic receives word that she's been accepted into RISD and is invited to a party hosted by Willa. Vic's mother and father briefly reunite at the party, with Linda showing concern about Vic being ready for a college education. After the party, Vic and her mother have an argument which ends in Vic storming out of the house before being captured by Bing. Luckily, she manages to escape from Bing's clutches and, after a phone call from Maggie, recovers her bike and saves Maggie from an overdose. In a bar, Charlie Manx meets with another Strong Creative named Abe and proposes the idea of having Vic be a mother to his children. Abe, however, strongly disagrees, proposing that Manx kill Vic due to the extent of her abilities.
9	9	"Sleigh House"	Hanelle Culpepper	Thomas Brady	July 28, 2019 (2019-07-28)	0.676^[12]
Craig attacks Bing in his house to avenge Vic's abduction. Vic and Maggie arrive to find the house empty. Bing brings Craig to Manx, who questions him about Vic's purity. Vic travels The Shorter Way to Manx's house, where she finds the Wraith with Craig locked in the back, and one of Manx' children hunting her. Manx tosses Vic's bike into the bridge, destroying it, and then burns the house down with Vic trapped inside, but she narrowly escapes. Maggie convinces Detective Hutter that her powers are real and directs the police to find Bing in his old workplace, but they are too late.
10	10	"Gunbarrel"	Stefan Schwartz	Jami O'Brien	July 28, 2019 (2019-07-28)	0.676^[12]
Craig escapes his constraints in the trunk of the Wraith and sabotages it by punching a hole in the fuel tank with a crowbar. Vic flags down a biker named Lou Carmody and seeks help in a gas station in what she learns is Colorado. The Wraith pulls up outside the gas station in the same moment. Craig escapes from the trunk into the car, where the child attacks him. Lou holds up Manx at gunpoint, but Manx takes the gun from Lou. Vic sets fire to the Wraith, causing Manx to age horribly. The Wraith explodes, killing Craig. In the hospital, Vic learns that she is pregnant, and that Manx is in a coma. Hutter visits Maggie, and they ask the tiles where Bing is. At Craig's funeral, Vic tells her father that she's pregnant and leaves the town for good. Vic vows to Maggie to find Christmasland and rescue the children. Six months later, Bing is seen working at a dentist's with access to more of the gas. Vic is with Lou and hears Haley inviting her to Christmasland. An automechanic starts the Wraith, causing Manx to wake up from his coma.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by ^[13]	Original release date ^[14]	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Bad Mother"	John Shiban	Jami O'Brien	June 21, 2020 (2020-06-21)	0.417^[15]
Eight years on, Vic discovers Charlie is dead. Maggie takes a risk and consults her tiles. Bing hunts down the destroyed Wraith but hits a roadblock. Millie discovers new aspects of Christmasland.
12	2	"Good Father"	John Shiban	David Grimm	June 28, 2020 (2020-06-28)	0.432^[16]
Charlie Manx fights for his life. Millie Manx determines to never let the lights go out in Christmasland again. Bing receives a long-awaited call. Wayne McQueen, attempting to understand his mother, walks headlong into danger.
13	3	"The Night Road"	Craig Macneill	Lucy Thurber	July 5, 2020 (2020-07-05)	0.385^[17]
Vic McQueen takes the Shorter Way to Haverhill. Lou and Wayne face a terrible threat in her absence. Charlie Manx engages an old friend for a mysterious favor. Millie Manx confronts the past.
14	4	"The Lake House"	Craig Macneill	Megan Mostyn-Brown	July 12, 2020 (2020-07-12)	0.341^[18]
Vic has to take her family in hiding as Charlie Manx hunts Wayne. Wayne suffers from nightmares. Tabitha follows a lead on Bing.
15	5	"Bruce Wayne McQueen"	Hanelle Culpepper	Thomas Brady	July 19, 2020 (2020-07-19)	0.410^[19]
Vic McQueen returns to the Lakehouse and bloody chaos ensues; the Hourglass Man and Charlie Manx collaborate on an important mission.
16	6	"The Hourglass"	Hanelle Culpepper	Loy A. Webb	July 26, 2020 (2020-07-26)	0.404^[20]
Maggie puts herself in danger while attempting to take a dark, strong creative off the board.
17	7	"Cripple Creek"	Tricia Brock	A. Rey Pamatmat	August 2, 2020 (2020-08-02)	0.360^[21]
Bing Partridge has some questions for Charlie Manx. Manx revisits his difficult childhood.
18	8	"Chris McQueen"	Tricia Brock	Megan Mostyn-Brown	August 9, 2020 (2020-08-09)	0.333^[22]
Vic and Chris take the Shorter Way to a junkyard; Chris loses his temper; Bing leverages a secret to seek forgiveness; Vic, Lou, Maggie, and Chris hatch a plan; Tabitha impresses her boss.
19	9	"Welcome to Christmasland"	Toa Fraser	Thomas Brady	August 16, 2020 (2020-08-16)	0.347^[23]
Vic and Maggie embark on a dangerous journey. Charlie Manx confronts his deepest fears. As her world falls apart, Millie must choose between freedom and her father.
20	10	"Bats"	Toa Fraser	Jami O'Brien	August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23)	0.353^[24]
After taking Wayne to the Sleigh House, Vic returns to Christmasland for Maggie; Lou and Tabitha realize that smashing the ornaments returns the kids to normal. Badly weakened, Manx chases Vic and Maggie onto the Shorter Way bridge, but Vic drops the Wraith off the bridge and into the static below, finally killing Manx. In the aftermath, Wayne and the other kids struggle to adapt to normal lives while Millie, who refuses to break her ornament, intends to rebuild Christmasland and get the kids back. Vic, Lou and Wayne move back to Haverhill while Maggie starts searching for others like herself against Vic's wishes. Manx's body and the wrecked Wraith wash up in Haverhill a month after his defeat and Manx is cremated and the Wraith crushed to ensure his final end.

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"The Shorter Way"	June 2, 2019	0.3	1.11^[4]	0.3	1.01	0.6	2.12^[46]
2	"The Graveyard of What Might Be"	June 9, 2019	0.2	0.89^[5]	0.3	1.02	0.5	1.91^[47]
3	"The Gas Mask Man"	June 16, 2019	0.3	0.92^[6]	0.2	0.82	0.5	1.74^[48]
4	"The House of Sleep"	June 23, 2019	0.2	0.73^[7]	0.2	0.73	0.4	1.46^[49]
5	"The Wraith"	June 30, 2019	0.2	0.74^[8]	0.2	0.76	0.4	1.50^[50]
6	"The Dark Tunnels"	July 7, 2019	0.2	0.67^[9]	—	0.74	—	1.41^[51]
7	"Scissors for the Drifter"	July 14, 2019	0.2	0.66^[10]	0.2	0.83	0.4	1.49^[52]
8	"Parnassus"	July 21, 2019	0.2	0.78^[11]	—	0.74	—	1.52^[53]
9	"Sleigh House"	July 28, 2019	0.2	0.68^[12]	—	0.64	—	1.32^[54]
10	"Gunbarrel"	July 28, 2019	0.2	0.68^[12]	—	0.64	—	1.32^[54]

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Bad Mother"	June 21, 2020	0.1	0.417^[15]	0.1	0.319	0.2	0.736^[55]
2	"Good Father"	June 28, 2020	0.1	0.432^[16]	0.1	0.287	0.2	0.719^[56]
3	"The Night Road"	July 5, 2020	0.1	0.385^[17]	0.1	0.334	0.2	0.719^[57]
4	"The Lake House"	July 12, 2020	0.1	0.341^[18]	—	0.308	—	0.649^[58]
5	"Bruce Wayne McQueen"	July 19, 2020	0.1	0.410^[19]	0.1	0.290	0.2	0.700^[59]
6	"The Hourglass"	July 26, 2020	0.1	0.404^[20]	0.1	0.329	0.2	0.733^[60]
7	"Cripple Creek"	August 2, 2020	0.1	0.360^[21]	0.1	0.313	0.2	0.673^[61]
8	"Chris McQueen"	August 9, 2020	0.1	0.333^[22]	0.1	0.208	0.2	0.541^[62]
9	"Welcome to Christmasland"	August 16, 2020	0.1	0.347^[23]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	"Bats"	August 23, 2020	0.1	0.353^[24]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

NOS4A2 (TV series)

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