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    NOS4A2 S02E05 Review: Bruce Wayne McQueen – Showdown at the lake house

    By Salome G
    | July 19, 2020
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    For a guy who didn’t know her from Eve, The Hourglass sure has pivoted quickly to attacking Vic. Because after a flashback to Wayne’s birth, we check back in at the lake house, where The Hourglass (Paul Schneider) is already causing mayhem.

    NOS4A2 S02e05 Paul Schneider Jonathan Beckett

    His knife, unsurprisingly, is an actual hourglass. Well, a sand timer–it’s not a true hourglass. Anyway, he uses it to make people do things. It’s kind of like hypnosis, at least in the way we always see on TV and in movies, because the people affected don’t seem to realize they’re in his thrall. They just move dutifully toward completing the task he’s assigned.

    And in this case, it’s the two FBI agents he’s enthralled. He orders them to go back to the house and kill Lou and Chris, sparing Wayne. So they return and immediately start shooting at Chris, but he manages to wound Agent Ash (Beth Petrou), the female agent. Before Agent Chen (Michael Tow) can fire at him, though, the sand runs out in the hourglass and Chen kills himself.

    NOS4A2 S02e05 Jason David Jonathan Langdon Wayne Mcqueen Lou Carmody

    As Wayne and Lou are in the house, watching this terrible scene unfold, Wayne smells what Lou must realize is gingerbread smoke. So Lou spirits him out of the house, but they don’t get far before Bing gasses Lou. And after a brief chase, he catches Wayne, and he and Manx bundle the boy into the Wraith.

    By this point, Vic has returned from Maine, but she’s returned to a tricky scene. She’s got the ANFO detonator, but of course, her son is now in the Wraith. It only gets worse when Charlie mows her down with it. Then Manxwell comes after her with his silver hammer.

    Wait, is she wearing body armor? I think so. I also think Manx thinks he’s breaking her bones, but he’s hearing the ceramic plates or whatever shatter. Perhaps because of that, he does a whole James Bond villain speech while he’s working her over. Uh, what usually happens, though, when a villain jabbers on at length?

    That’s right–she’s able to gather her strength, kick him, and steal the hammer. After she knocks him down, she goes to work on the Wraith, which of course, also hurts Charlie. However, she’s unable to get the doors open and Bing is shooting at her, so she runs to the dock and jumps in.

    Then we see things from Wayne’s perspective. He’s able to text Lou, who’s regained consciousness, but Lou can’t get the Wraith open, either. And just as he’s cracking the glass, Manx regains strength and beats him unconscious.

    NOS4A2 S02e05 Ashleigh Cummings Vic Mcqueen

    Vic takes shelter behind a swimming dock (?) and then eventually right underneath Bing on the actual dock. He and Manx both taunt her for a while. I don’t know if they’re trying to annoy her to death, but it’s working on me.

    In all the commotion, though, I lost track of what happened to Chris. I don’t know if he lost consciousness or what, but he ends up flanking Bing and Charlie. He shoots Bing, then fires repeatedly at the Wraith, as Charlie has returned there for safety. It’s to no avail, though, as Manx drives off (without Bing).

    And as they’re driving away, Manx is such a hypocrite. I mean not to make the cover story of No Duh Weekly, but still. He’s raging to Wayne about Vic being violent in front of him, but of course, he literally ran her over in front of her son. Ran her over with her son in tow, to be exact.

    NOS4A2 S02e05 Zachary Quinto Charlie Manx

    While Chris and Lou stay behind and wait for help to arrive, Vic takes her bike after the Wraith. She unloads what sounds like a full clip into the car, but it has little effect. I would like to know the physics of what does and does not affect the Wraith.

    *I go off to do research and end up calculating, for some reason, how many books I’ve read since I read NOS4A2*

    Unfortunately for Vic, though, The Hourglass didn’t leave after his initial visit. Instead, he’s lying in wait, just in place to plow into Vic. And just like the beginning of the episode, she’s once more in a hospital, crying for her son.

    8/10 – The threat of Manx taking Wayne has been looming over the season since it began. Having it happen halfway through is only a little brave–although many shows would leave it until like, the penultimate episode–but it is very stressful. How’s Vic going to get him back?

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    Samuel234D
    Samuel234
    2 years ago

    I really like the new character hourglass! I know he’s not a good guy but it’s cool what he can do. He really does have it out for Vic.

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    Rick
    Rick
    2 years ago

    It seems like the writers forgot a Cardinal rule that they established early in Season 1. Remember when Charlie freaked out when Bing grabbed a little girl by the arm? His exact words were, “Unhand her Mr. Partridge!… We NEVER mishandle children! This is your first warning, and your last!”
    In this episode, Charlie was just fine with Bing roughly grabbing Bruce Wayne and lifting him up in the air.

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    Gavin the Binge-WatcherD
    Gavin the Binge-Watcher
    2 years ago

    Vic needs to throw some holy water at the Wraith because it’s clearly possessed and every one knows holy water defeats both force fields and evil forces. Instead of a handgun she needs a squirt gun. I thought the hospital scene might’ve been a dream, especially once her mother said Wayne was never coming back. It’s just an odd thing to say to your daughter. It reminded me of Bing’s dreams in season one when Manx was messing with his head.

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    Salome G
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Gavin the Binge-Watcher

    Yeah, I almost wrote “maybe-flashback” in reference to the birth scene just because it was so weird.

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    Samuel234D
    Samuel234
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Gavin the Binge-Watcher

    Yeah, I agree with it being a dream or flashback. Although sometimes the show confuses me. I was hoping someone else thought the same.

    I like the idea of holy water because bullets certainly aren’t doing anything.

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    Rick
    Rick
    2 years ago

    1. MY GOD, but how Lou is completely useless!… he got knocked out TWICE in like 5 minutes! Accomplished exactly nothing.
    2. How in the world is the Wraith damaged by Hammer blows, but not by bullets? And would Vic and Chris really be shooting at the Wraith with Wayne inside? Makes no sense at all.
    3. LOVE The Hourglass Man!
    4. HATED the endless flashbacks!..Really distracting.

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    Gavin the Binge-WatcherD
    Gavin the Binge-Watcher
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Rick

    I’m not used to seeing Paul Schneider as a villain, as he was quite goofy in the first two seasons of Parks and Recreation. He pulled it off though in spades. He’s so creepy!  

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    ArabellaD
    Arabella
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Rick
    1. The whole plan was ridiculous! You’d think Chris and Lou would’ve fashioned some sort of gas mask for themselves and Wayne. They knew Bing would gas them.
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    Fade-to-Black
    2 years ago

    Did anyone else find it sinister when Manx promised Bing that there would be a feast beyond Bing’s imagination when he arrived at Christmasland? I’m assuming Manx means the children will feast on Bing the sadistic simpleton. I love that Manx shamed Vic by calling her a whore for having a child out of wedlock when just last season Manx visibly lusted after her when she was an underage teen. So add that to the hypocritical column, since even in his young, vibrant form Charlie Manx is an adult.

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    ArabellaD
    Arabella
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Fade-to-Black

    I didn’t pick up on that, probably because this episode had me on edge, but I bet you’re right about throwing Bing to his children. Manx couldn’t care less about Bing.

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    Rick
    Rick
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Arabella

    “Mr. PARTRIDGE”! 🤣

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    Snarky-GuruD
    Snarky-Guru
    2 years ago

    This programme is starting to feel like Killing Eve where the characters suffer what looks to be irreparable damage, yet they somehow manage to walk it off. How Lou, Bing, Vic, and Chris are still alive is beyond me.

    Bing’s, “boys who yelp, get no help,” was pitiful because you know that’s about his mother watching Bing get abused by his dear old dad and doing nothing about it. I felt sorry for him until I remembered that Vic had always treated Bing with kindness when she was young and this is how he repays her.

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    Rick
    Rick
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Snarky-Guru

    Don’t forget that Bing is a serial rapist, among other things. He raped his own mother for God sakes! And his comment to Wayne that he was “going to have fun with his mommy” when Charlie was done was creepy beyond words!

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    EvieD
    Evie
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Rick

    Absolutely disgusting and creepy! I didn’t forget that he’s a rapist. I really do think that Manx would have let the children do away with him.

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    PersephoneD
    Persephone
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Rick

    Oh yeah, gross, I bet you’re right. I didn’t think about that. I also keep forgetting how truly awful he is. Like raping his mother, raping Sharon, and snapping that poor kitten’s neck.

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    Samuel234D
    Samuel234
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Snarky-Guru

    I thought the same with Bing and Vic. I can’t believe he is being this way because she was so kind.
    The show does kind of seem like Killing Eve. You die there (or almost) and come back just fine. I think here it’s their special powers.

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    KeeperofUnicornsD
    KeeperofUnicorns
    2 years ago

    I think I screamed, “AIM FOR THE TIRES,” 793 times during the chase scene alone. I cackled like a hyena when Manx left Bing behind again. Is there something special about Wayne beyond being Vic’s kid? It just seems odd that the villains want him so badly.

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    Rick
    Rick
    2 years ago
    Reply to  KeeperofUnicorns

    They seem to be hinting that Wayne has some power that they can covet, which was a familiar theme in Stephen King’s books.

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