Millie Manx/Season 2

### Bad Mother

Millie Manx and the vampire children of Christmasland play a sinister game. They repeat the phrase "Bite the smallest! Eat him up!" Meanwhile, a group of kids sneak out into the woods to get a look at Sleigh House, or at least where it once stood. They’ve heard stories of how Charlie Manx used to cook kids and eat them. There’s believed to be a large number of missing kids buried on the land.

Back in Christmasland, Millie and the vampire children notice the lights flicker on and off. They suddenly start to hear the kids from the real world. Millie follows the voices into the woods, where a breach between Christmasland and the real world has formed. Millie stabs her sword through the static, and it appears on the other side. Rather than taking the risk herself, she pushes one of the vampire children through the breach. He makes it over and bares his fangs, causing the frightened human kids to run. He goes chasing after them but immediately disintegrates. And then, all at once, the lights of Christmasland flicker out. Millie fears the worst for her father.

Millie calls Vic McQueen and demands to know what she’s done to Christmasland, as it has gone dark. Vic tells Millie to stop calling her house. Millie advises Vic to leave Christmasland alone or else her father will stick a fork in her eyes and pop them out like corks. Millie calls Vic a liar and a pest. Vic informs Millie that she’s coming for Manx and to never call her again.

### Good Father

Flashback; Millie interrupts a fight between her parents and Manx takes her back to her room. He lays Millie in bed. She wonders why her mother was crying. Manx replies that she’s merely worried about grown up things, but he does fears that she doesn’t have faith in him. Millie, on the other hand, will always have faith in her father. She then gives him an Eskimo and butterfly kiss. Manx tells Millie to close her eyes and dream of Christmasland.

Present day; Manx exits the car, covered in blood and barely able to walk. Manx calls Millie from a pay phone and tells her to stay brave. She asks when he is coming home. He isn’t sure, but he tells her not to worry as Christmasland is forever. They’ll always be safe inside his gates. However, Millie reveals to him how the lights went out and the white noise crept up all the way up to the Sleigh coaster. Millie begs her father to return. He promises her that the lights will never go out again and that he’s on his way.

Flashback; Manx returns home with a 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith in pristine condition. Millie is overwhelmed with joy, but Cassie is not impressed, questioning how much the vehicle cost. Manx reveals that it cost $3,000. He pawned her mother’s rings, which was the last thing Cassie had of her. She tells Manx to take back the Wraith or else she and Millie are leaving. Millie approaches her father and gives him an Eskimo kiss. Inside, Cassie packs her and Millie’s belongings. Millie, however, doesn’t want to go to her aunt Beatrice’s. Cassie reveals that they’re taking a bus. She purchased tickets last week, having planned ahead for just this moment. Manx admits to having failed them and offers to drive them to her sister’s house himself.

Cassie tells Manx that she and Millie are freezing in the back of the Wraith. He intentionally misses the turn off to her sister’s house and speeds up the car. He tells her that he was never going to allow her to take his daughter and everything he’s ever worked for. He claims that all women are alike. They’re all hen-pecking harpies and whores. Millie appears to be sick. She shows her mother that her teeth are coming out, though Millie is amused, whereas Cassie is frightened. Millie’s fangs come in and she attacks her mother, ripping the skin off her face. Manx is empowered by this act. He passes out but soon awakens to find himself more youthful than before. Millie then points towards Christmasland, which up until now, Manx didn’t know was real. They exit the Wraith and approach the gates.

Present day; Manx arrives at Christmasland and greets his children. Millie runs into his arms. He introduces everyone to Mike, though Millie is only interested in whether her father is staying. To make up for his absence, Manx feeds Nathan Demeter, who he’s had tucked away in his trunk, to the kids. However, Millie doesn’t join in as her only concern is with her father. He tells her that he will be leaving soon as there are other children that need saving, though he promises her that he will return.

### The Night Road

Millie chases behind her father’s Wraith as he leaves Christmasland in search of more boys and girls to save. She finds herself outside the gate, which closes behind her. And so, Millie travels into the woods, beyond Candy Mountain, where she finds a house that resembles that of her childhood home. She enters, going room to room. One room in particular is filled with presents. She hears someone knocking on the door. He says "Let me out. The best sledding is the hill beyond the grove." But the door won’t budge. So, she walks into the next room over, where she finds clothes hanging in a closet. She tries them on, laughing as she does so. Suddenly, she finds herself being grabbed by her mother’s mangled ghost. She forces Millie to look at herself in the mirror, which shows a version of Millie prior to Christmasland. She then breaks free of her mother’s grip and runs out the house.

Millie calls Parnassus for her father. She asks when he is coming home. Manx tells her that while there’s been a delay, she’ll have a new friend to play with soon. Assuming she’s been a good girl. Millie reveals that she saw a light from a house on top of Candy Mountain. Manx reminds Millie that children who venture beyond the gates end up on the naughty list. She questions who is up there. Manx claims that nothing is up there and warns her that snooping will land her on the naughty list. He depends on her to spread Christmas cheer while he’s away and to take care of the children. He tells her Merry Christmas and hangs up the phone. The lights within the bar suddenly start to flicker.

Against her father’s wishes, Millie returns to the house on Candy Mountain. She cuts the head off a reindeer and places the head by the front door before ringing the doorbell and running away. She watches from a safe distance as her mother’s mangled ghost exits the house and stares at her from across the yard.

### Cripple Creek

Millie sits by the phone in Christmasland, waiting for her father to call. However, just like before, the lights start flickering. So, Millie returns to the ghostly house beyond Candy Mountain. Cassie’s mangled ghost appears to her, and Millie asks her why the lights are blinking again. Millie is surprised Cassie can talk, to which she replies that she doesn’t know how long it will last. They head upstairs, where the man trapped behind a door breaks it open and grabs Millie by the shoulder. Cassie releases his grip and shuts the door back. She explains that when Manx died, both his mind and Christmasland became unstable, the cause for the blinking lights and thinning of the veil. When Millie asked Manx about the house, he said it didn’t exist. Cassie presumes that he’s forgotten it. His deepest fears reside within the house. Fears he’s locked behind doors, but there is one in particular Cassie wants Millie to see. She opens the door revealing a version of Millie before she came to Christmasland. When she was just an innocent child. Human Millie asks to play, and they begin ripping open Christmas presents under the tree.

Millie and the human version of herself continue to play with dolls. Human Millie suggests they play a game where two adults are in on a date. She tells Christmasland Millie that it’s romantic and that she can’t wait to grow up and become an adult. She’ll be free to do whatever she pleases. Human Millie plans to leave the moment she turns 16. She has her entire life planned out. She wants a family and to explore the world.

Millie goes to her mother after finally realizing that the girl she’s been playing with is, in fact, her. Who she was before Christmasland. She wonders why her father keeps her there. Cassie explains that Millie is everything Manx wants — a girl eager only for fun. The Millie in the other room will grow up to be like Cassie, and there’s nothing Manx fears more than that. They look into the mirror and see the versions of themselves prior to Christmasland. Millie, a innocent human girl, and Cassie, alive and well. Manx claims to have given Millie the gift of eternal childhood, but he’s actually imprisoned her and stolen her chance to be a woman. Manx is a liar. If he's caught lying, cheating, or killing, he'll pin the fault on the closest woman and hide to escape the blame. Cassie only wants what’s best for Millie. Christmasland is falling apart. If Manx dies, Millie will too. Cassie tells Millie to ask her father to release her from Christmasland, and if he refuses, she has to find her own way.

### Chris McQueen

Vic follows the singing to the faltering veil, where Millie can see her but she can’t see Millie. She asks if Vic is going to kill her father. If Manx dies then so will all the Christmasland kids, Millie explains. Millie doesn't want to die. She wants to know what it feels like to grow up. So she asks Vic to help her get out. Millie agrees to show Vic a secret so long as she promises to rescue her. Millie grabs a snow ball and rolls it out the veil to Vic, only for it to disappear moments after.

### Welcome to Christmasland

Millie is in the Eternal Maze when Manx finds her. When she was the only child in Christmasland, Manx would always find her there. She wanted him to find her friends and he has. He’s even brought her another friend. Wayne. Millie replies that she has enough friends and that she wants to leave Christmasland. She reminds Manx of their previous home in the Real World. Manx then notices that Millie is wearing a golden cat brooch. Millie reveals that she found a house in the woods. He insists that there isn’t anything before the walls, but Millie offers to show him.

Millie takes Manx to her childhood home just beyond the gates. She takes him upstairs to see her mother. Manx is frightened. Cassie pulls him in to dance, though Manx remains in disbelief. Millie wishes for all three of them to leave Christmasland together, as a family. However, Cassie reveals that she can’t leave the house because of what Manx did to her. Cassie tells Manx that all he ever did was spin them around in circles and accomplished nothing. Manx insists that she's lying. He did more for their daughter than Cassie ever did. Cassie tells Manx that Christmasland isn’t a safe haven for children. In reality, it’s a way for him to escape his own failures. And that’s why Christmasland will turn into static now that Vic has arrived. Millie begs her mother to come with them, but she can’t. She simply warns Millie to leave Christmasland before Vic unleashes the Great White Static.

Manx drags Millie downstairs and tells her to go outside. Millie argues that going back to Christmasland will mean their deaths. She pleads with him to take her to the Real World, and Manx eventually agrees.

Millie, Manx, and Wayne meet with Vic near the costume shop. Manx swears that all his children are happy, but Vic reveals that it was Millie who told her about the faltering veil, which allowed her access to Christmasland. However, when Vic asks Millie to tell Wayne the truth, she is too afraid to speak. Vic gives Millie her word that she’ll be free of Christmasland if she brings Wayne over. However, Manx suggests that they let Wayne choose, and he chooses to stay in Christmasland.

Manx’s nose begins to bleed as a result of the Great Tree being blown up. However, he doesn’t blame Millie. She was poisoned by Vic and Cassie. Manx wants to hang Vic’s head from a tree, but Millie would rather let Vic leave with Wayne and have her father stay in Christmasland with her. Manx refuses as he has work to do. Millie realizes that she’s not enough for her father. She never was. Millie has no desire to kill Vic and plans to leave Christmasland on her own. Manx reminds Millie that he is her father and that she’s to do exactly what he says, but Millie has chosen her path. She is leaving Christmasland at whatever the cost.

Millie stands in front of the veil of white static separating the Real World and Christmasland. Millie can hear her father calling out for her, so she is forced to cross over. In doing so, she begins to disappear almost instantly. However, she re-materializes after grabbing her golden cat ornament from the tree that she previously hung it on many years prior. She then runs to take cover at the sound of Tabitha approaching.

### Bats

Hidden on the hill above, Millie watches angrily after discovering that Vic killed her father and destroyed Christmasland. Wayne arrives at Sleigh House, where he finds Millie feeding on deer. He wants to go back to Christmasland, but she hasn’t found a way to return and has been forced to live in the woods. He asks Millie what was it like to live in Christmasland. It was wonderful by her account. She was the boss of the kids, she had all the candy she could eat, and she had anything she ever wanted. But now, she has to live outside and hunt for food. Not to mention that Vic killed her father. The Real World is lonesome. Wayne advises her to break her ornament in order to turn back into a regular kid so that maybe she can be adopted. However, Millie doesn’t want to be weak and ordinary. She asks if Wayne wants to grow up, which he doesn’t. Most of the adults he knows are miserable and tired. Millie intends to keep her ornament and rebuild Christmasland;. S she’s going to bring back all the kids one-by-one and asks for Wayne’s help. Vic arrives in search of Wayne. Millie fears that Vic will try to kill her or break her ornament, so she runs off, but not before telling Wayne to remember her.

Two teens drive out to the Sleigh House, where rumor has it that the land is haunted. They are startled by the sound of a thud on the roof. It’s Millie. She punches through the front windshield and attacks.