'NOS4A2' Season 2 Episode 4: Wayne must throw away candy cane taken from Manx, angry fans say 'you had one job'
Spoilers for 'NOS4A2' Season 2 Episode 4 'The Lake House'
This episode was a very daunting one, with Tabitha Hutter (Ashley Romans) almost dying, the McQueen-Carmody family in hiding, and Charlie Manx (Zachary Quinto) visiting Wayne McQueen (Jason David) in his dreams. Vic McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings) has always been overprotective of her son, and her obsession with making sure that Manx doesn't kidnap Wayne and take him to Christmasland resulted in her drinking again, and running way from her family to kill Manx.
The stress seems to have gotten to Wayne, who is tired of his circumstances, and wants a "regular mom." Fans, although sympathetic to the little boy, were upset with the fact he refuses to listen to his mother and stay away from Manx. "#NOS4A2 Manx is not a good man Wayne. Charlie only wants to use you. The only reason your mom is messed up is all because of Manx. He’s a bad influence only wanting to use you to feed his power," tweeted a fan.
If you remember Episode 3 titled 'The Night Road,' where Manx almost got Wayne into the Wraith, Manx had given the little innocent boy a candy cane. Wayne has loved that candy cane since then, and it seems as though it is through this that Manx was able to speak to Wayne in his dreams. In one of his trances where his physical body is with his family and his mind is with Manx, he complains about how he doesn't want to hide anymore as Manx invites him into Christmasland. Manx is fishing for the location where Wayne and his family are hiding. It is then that Vic finds the candy cane and asks Wayne about it. "WAYNE U HAD ONE JOB.... #NOS4A2," wrote a fan speaking of the fact that all Wayne had to do was do nothing with Manx — yet he kept the candy cane. "Got dammit Wayne! If you don’t throw that candy cane away #NOS4A2," wrote another frustrated fan.
The conversation between mother and son ended up being a harsh one with fans tweeting, "Wayne bout ungrateful as hell.... #NOS4A2." Another one wrote. "#NOS4A2 What the heck, Wayne?! Those were some brutal words you just said to your mom."
"You lie, you disappear and you make dad sad. You suck. I want a regular mom with a regular home," Wayne had told his mom who had only told him, yet again, to not take anything from Manx. Even worse, during his last trance, Wayne had ended up telling Manx, "we are at grandpa's house," — another thing he was not supposed to do. "Don’t do it Wayne nooooooooo why #NOS4A2@NOS4A2," wrote another fan. 'NOS4A2' Season 2 episodes air on Sundays at 10 pm ET on AMC.