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T2 WHATS UP! July 5 - 11, 2020 BY RACHEL JONES TV Media T he Season 1 finale of "NOS4A2" couldn't have been more riv- eting: a maniacal im- mortal woke up from his coma, ready to feed on the souls of more children. While it was satisfying to see the show's famous car go up in smoke, the show's villainous vampire is indeed back in an- other thrilling season of this dark series. You can catch the second episode of Season 2 when it airs Sunday, July 5, on AMC. The series is based on au- thor Joe Hill's third novel, also named "NOS4A2." Hill's first two books, "Heart-Shaped Box" and "Horns," have al- ready been snapped up by filmmakers, so be on the look- out for those big-screen adap- tations. "NOS4A2," on the oth- er hand, is perfect for the tele- vision treatment. It's been giv- en a two-season-and-counting run on AMC, the network that's been home to mega-hits such as "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men." The show's title is ominous- ly pronounced "Nosferatu," and its license plate-styled spelling is a nod to the book's cover art and one of the story's most important characters, a 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith. Season 1 does a great job set- ting up an airtight, gripping plot. It opens in a town called Here, Iowa, where contempo- rary vampire Charlie (Zachary Quinto, "Star Trek Into Dark- ness," 2013) lures kids into the too-good-to-be-real Christ- masland, where every day is Christmas and sadness is a crime. Of course, he rarely mentions the part where he devours most of each child's soul. Meanwhile, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, a townie named Victoria "Vic" Mc- Queen (Ashleigh Cummings, "The Goldfinch," 2019) must come to terms with her own supernatural powers. She can find answers and missing things just by riding her bike across an old, decrepit bridge called the Shorter Way. While crossing the bridge, Vic meets Zachary Quinto stars in "NOS4A2" Vamp hunter continued on page T10 TV FEATURE