Where Did Xavier And His Actor Go In ‘Wednesday’ Season 2?

While you may have expected that a number of now-dead actors on Wednesday would not return for season 2, it was a bit of a surprise for some that romantic interest and psychic painter Xavier Thorpe suddenly disappeared from the series after his prominent role in season 1.

The show tends to explain away real world developments that have happened which affect the series, like the fact that Pugsly is now two feet taller, which was a development over the two year break (“He really shot up over the summer!” Morticia says). But they also had a rationale for why Xavier was gone.

The show explained that Xavier’s father, Vincent Thorpe, was not amused that his son had been falsely accused of murder, and pulled his son out of school to send him to a different academy elsewhere. The move also left Nevermore in dire financial straits, given his endowment, which is now a major plot point of the season.

Xavier does show up by proxy, sending Wednesday another future-predicting painting of crows he believes is connected to her, and that is the central mystery of the season, who’s controlling those birds and murdering various people with them.

So, this was just a plot decision? They were just done with his character?

Not really. This situation arose when actor Percy Hynes White was accused of sexual harassment on social media, a claim he vehemently denied, and the accusatory posts were deleted.

“Somebody I’ve never met started a campaign of misinformation against me online,” White said Instagram in June 2023. “Because of this, my family has been doxxed, and my friends have received death threats.” The rumors are false. I can’t accept the portrayal of me as someone bigoted or criminally negligent of people’s safety. These are the kind of baseless, harmful claims that can create mistrust toward victims.”