Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in episode 203 of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix © 2025.
‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Half 1 receives 8 out of 10 stars.
Arriving on Netflix on August fifth is the primary a part of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2, (4 episodes, adopted by an extra 4 making up Half 2 on September third).
With Jenna Ortega (‘Scream’) again because the titular troublemaker, right here trying to hone her psychic skills whereas digging into a brand new thriller, the present additionally options Emma Myers (‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’), Joy Sunday (‘Dear White People’) and, upgraded to regulars this yr, fellow Addams relations Catherine Zeta-Jones (‘Chicago’), Luis Guzmán (‘Punch-Drunk Love’) and Isaac Ordonez (‘A Wrinkle in Time’).
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Preliminary Ideas
(L to R) Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams in episode 203 of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix © 2025.
If all of the reporting on it and promotion for the present wasn’t sufficient to persuade you, ‘Wednesday’s return for a second season on Netflix proves that it’s a large sensation from the off, because it sports activities a tailor-made introductory sting that includes everybody’s favourite disembodied hand, Factor, interacting with the steamer’s brand.
‘Wednesday’, although, finally has much more than the sprawling fanbase to reside as much as –– it should ship what audiences loved in regards to the first season whereas increasing the world and discovering some new mysteries for our morbid heroine to discover.
On the proof of the primary a part of the brand new season (break up, as is the streamer’s customized, into two chunks premiering on this case roughly a month aside), ‘Wednesday’s little one continues to be stuffed with woe –– and mightily entertaining besides.
Script and Path
Evie Templeton as Agnes DeMille in episode 201 of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2. Photograph: Helen Sloan/Netflix © 2025.
Returning showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar know what makes ‘Wednesday’ tick: loads of Ortega’s deadpan supply, a lethal thriller enveloping her and her classmates, lots for animated physique half Factor to deal with and a few brightness to stability the dour central determine within the type of Emma Myers’ peppy werewolf roommate Enid.
Whereas the factor of shock is probably missing this time, the main focus is as a substitute on easing us again into Nevermore Academy, with this yr bringing the added notion of getting Wednesday’s household –– that might be Morticia, Gomez, Pugsley and looming, groaning manservant Lurch (Joonas Suotamo) –– round on campus greater than she would actually desire.
The thriller is one other beguiling one, and several other of the brand new characters match seamlessly into the story.
Nonetheless, whereas the addition of the prolonged Addams household does draw just a little an excessive amount of focus, at the very least the writing workforce retains the stability most satisfying, Gomez and Pugsley used sparingly whereas the fractured dynamic between Morticia and her daughter is pushed to the fore.
Factor in episode 202 of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix © 2025.
On the directing entrance, Tim Burton is again, splitting episodes with Paco Cabezas, affords the requisite type and quirk we’ve come to count on from Wednesday. Whereas not each impact is, er, efficient (the Hyde stays some very plasticky CG work), others are nonetheless wonderful (Factor specifically).
And a transfer to Eire for the brand new season hasn’t impacted the present’s gothic charms, with an episode set at a close-by camp citing recollections of Wednesday’s memorable time at summer time camp in 1993 film ‘Addams Family Values’.
Forged and Performances
Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair in episode 203 of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2. Photograph: Jonathan Hession/Netflix © 2025.
With Ortega entrance and middle as at all times, Wednesday herself stays a beautiful creation, all darkish moods, gloomy zingers and a wealth of expertise. This can be a near-perfect mix of actor and function, and Wednesday’s journey this season permits her to deepen with out altering an excessive amount of.
Emma Myers additionally stays a delight as Enid, the perky werewolf roommate with the love of rainbow colours and, this yr, a burgeoning love life. She balances nicely with Ortega and the 2 make a strong double act.
The returning members of the Addams clan (now common forged members) are extra of a combined bag. Catherine Zeta-Jones is ever slinky and very good as Morticia, right here handed her personal deeper emotional throughline with totally different generational points and a extra energetic function in present-day Nevermore.
Luis Guzmán is equally good as Gomez, although he has much less to do (however does all of it nicely). Isaac Ordonez is much less convincing as Pugsley, however does at the very least have a enjoyable plotline –– which additionally introduces some actually Burton-tastic animation for its backstory.
Beforehand unseen is Grandmama Hester Frump, Morticia’s mom, delivered to vibrant, emotionally distant life by UK sitcom and appearing legend Joanna Lumley. She suits easily into the broader ensemble.
Billie Piper as Isadora Capri in episode 205 of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2. Photograph: Bernard Walsh/Netflix © 2025.
Of the brand new recruits, Steve Buscemi makes for an interesting new principal, the goofy Barry Dort, a tireless campaigner for outcasts’ proper who additionally has a hidden agenda, whereas Billie Piper works nicely as Isadora Capri, the brand new music instructor on the college.
There’s a enjoyable, small supporting function for Christopher Lloyd (who performed Uncle Fester within the live-action ‘Addams’ motion pictures) and Thandiwe Newton supplies thriller and energy as the top of a close-by asylum which is able to change into key to the plot on this early chunk of the season.
Last Ideas
Joanna Lumley as Grandmama in episode 204 of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2. Photograph: Owen Behan/Netflix © 2025.
If it’s powerful to comply with a success, ‘Wednesday’s second season to date reveals little signal of the pressure, bringing again what followers like in regards to the present whereas layering in new mysteries and a few worthwhile recent faces.
Now it’s up the second batch of episodes to stay the touchdown…
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What’s the story of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2?
Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), returns to prowl the Gothic halls of Nevermore Academy, the place recent foes and woes await.
This season, Wednesday should navigate household, mates and previous adversaries, propelling her into one other yr of delightfully darkish and kooky mayhem.
Armed together with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan allure, Wednesday can also be plunged into a brand new bone-chilling supernatural thriller.
Who’s within the forged of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2?
- Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
- Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair
- Pleasure Sunday as Bianca Barclay
- Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams
- Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams
- Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams
- Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort
- Thandiwe Newton as Dr. Fairburn
- Christopher Lloyd as Professor Orloff
(L to R) Joonas Suotamo as Lurch, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, Isaac Ordonez aș Pugsley Addams, Factor, Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams in episode 201 of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2. Photograph: Helen Sloan/Netflix © 2025.