Back in 2023, Wednesday was the series with the highest ratings on Netflix. The 8-episodes featured the surly Wednesday Addams–based on Charles Addams classic cartoons that originally appeared in a series of 150 standalone single-panel comics, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker between 1938 and Charles Addams death in 1988– dealing with the dangers of Nevermore Academy, a school for “Outcasts” like vampires, werewolves, and sirens. Wednesday was just learning how to deal with her power: visions.
While Wednesday nearly loses her life in Season One, her return to Nevermore plunges her right into a series of killings caused by “a murder of crows.” Netflix dropped four of the eight episodes on August 6 with the final four episodes being released on September 3rd. The Wednesday cast–Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair, and Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay with other returning regulars including Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams–is already in Ireland filming Season Three. If you’re a fan of the Addams Family, you’ll enjoy this new series! GRADE: Incomplete…but trending towards a B+
Enjoyed it, and Jenna Ortega is an intriguing character, but her deadpan manner can be a bit tiring and the humor can wear on you after a while. There is enough cleverness here to sustain the show through its second season. I wonder if there will be enough for a third?
Jerry, as long as subscribers tune in to WEDNESDAY on Netflix, they’ll keep filming more episodes. I was pissed at the reviewer in the WALL STREET JOURNAL who dismissed Jenna Ortega as an actress!
I’ve watched the first season and one of the new season. It’s ok, but not a must see for me.
Maggie, the Second Season of Wednesday lacks the surprises of the first.