Plot: In the second season, Wednesday returns to Nevermore and, while developing her psychic abilities, must face a new tormentor and prevent her roommate’s death. In addition, Pugsley enrolls at Nevermore as Weems’ successor Barry Dort wants Morticia to take on a fundraising role while he looks after his own interests.
Season 2 of Wednesday was Good
Part 1
Pros: I like where people look up to Wednesday Adams. I’m glad the rest of the Addams family had a lot more to add this time around. The new students surprised me a lot including Agnes DeMille. Each episode being a hour long gave us time to believe soaking what happened. Mystery is being intriguing to follow. I’m impressed to see characters from the previous season and the last episode lead us into part 2 in huge possibilities.
Cons: Her brother can get too cartoonish for me. A lot of the outcomes were quite predictable to me. I hate the white for a mouth for the second half.
Part 2:
Pros: Part 2 did felt like a surprising declaration to all that set up from part 1. The episode spends time Wednesday and Enid swap bodies was my favourite. A lot of blood and gore was sprinkled. I’m surprised how they used Slump, Thing & Tyler within the main plot. Agnes was my highlight character, and it’s twists & turns impressed me of how they were pull off.
Cons: With what happened to Enid was sad to see. Steve Buscemi’s Barry Dort felt more like a second-tier villain instead of the main one. A lot of the whiting felt lazy at times. There were ton of fake out deaths. The finale was good but not that great & splitting this season in half was a mistake.
Genre: Black comedy, Coming-of-age, Drama, Gothic, Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller
Created by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Based on Characters; by Charles Addams
Showrunners: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Christina Ricci, Moosa Mostafa, Steve Buscemi, Isaac Ordonez, Owen Painter, Billie Piper, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Victor Dorobantu, Noah B. Taylor, Evie Templeton, Luis Guzmán & Catherine Zeta-Jones
Theme Music Composer: Danny Elfman
Composers: Danny Elfman, Chris Bacon
Executive producers: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Tim Burton, Steve Stark, Andrew Mittman, Gail Berman, Kayla Alpert, Jonathan Glickman, Tommy Harper, Kevin Lafferty, Kevin Miserocchi, Jenna Ortega
Producer: Carmen Pepelea
Cinematography: David Lanzenberg, Stephan Pehrsson
Editors: Jay Prychidny, Ana Yavari, Paul Day
Production companies: Millar Gough Ink, Tim Burton Productions, Toluca Pictures, MGM Television
Network: Netflix
Casts & Characters:
Main
- Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, a teenager who possesses psychic abilities
- Ortega also portrays Goody Addams (season 1), Wednesday’s deceased ancestor from the 1600s, who appears in her visions
- Emily Ring (season 2) portray a young Wednesday Addams
- Gwendoline Christie as Larissa Weems (recurring season 2), the shapeshifting principal of Nevermore Academy and a former student who was Morticia’s roommate. During the second season, Weems returns as Wednesday’s spirit guide because they are 13th cousins twice removed.
- Oliver Wickham portrays a young Larissa Weems
- Jamie McShane as Donovan Galpin (recurring season 2), the sheriff of Jericho
- Ben Wilson portrays a young Donovan Galpin
- Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin, a local coffee shop barista and Sheriff Galpin’s son
- Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair, Wednesday’s werewolf roommate at Nevermore
- Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay, a siren queen bee at Nevermore and Xavier’s ex-girlfriend
- Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus, a gorgon student at Nevermore who has a romantic interest in Enid
- Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill / Laurel Gates (guest season 2), the botany teacher at Nevermore and dorm mother of Wednesday and Enid. Ricci previously portrayed Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values.
- Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger, a student at Nevermore with the ability to control bees and later other types of arthropods
- Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort (season 2), the pyrokinetic successor of Principal Weems at Nevermore Academy
- Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams (season 2), Wednesday’s younger brother. In the second season, he begins to develop the ability to generate static electricity similar to his uncle.
- Owen Painter as Isaac Night / “Slurp” (season 2), the reanimated corpse of a former student at Nevermore
- Billie Piper as Isadora Capri (season 2), a former child prodigy and werewolf music teacher at Nevermore
- Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Ritchie Santiago (season 2), a deputy of Sheriff Galpin. In the second season, she is the new sheriff of Jericho following Galpin’s resignation.
- Victor Dorobantu as Thing (season 2; recurring season 1), a sentient disembodied hand who is sent to watch over Wednesday at Nevermore
- Noah B. Taylor as Bruno Yuson (season 2), a werewolf student at Nevermore
- Evie Templeton as Agnes DeMille (season 2), Wednesday’s obsessed fan and a student at Nevermore with the ability to turn invisible
- Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams (season 2), Wednesday’s lawyer father and Morticia’s passionate husband
- Lucius Hoyos portrays a young Gomez Addams
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams (née Frump) (season 2), Wednesday’s mother, who attended Nevermore Academy with her husband when she was younger and is a psychic similar to her daughter
- Gwen Jones portrays a young Morticia Frump
Recurring
- Joonas Suotamo (season 2) as Lurch, the Addams family’s towering butler
- Heather Matarazzo as Judi Spannagel (season 2), an executive assistant at Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital with a dark secret
- Joanna Lumley as Grandmama Hester Frump (season 2), Morticia’s formidable and estranged mother, who is a fabulously wealthy mortuary mogul
- Frances O’Connor as Françoise Galpin (née Night), (season 2), Tyler’s Hyde mother, who is discovered by Wednesday to still be alive as a patient at Willow Hill
- Kristen Smith portrays a young Françoise Night
Guest
- Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester Addams, Wednesday’s criminal uncle who possesses the ability to generate static electricity
- Jonathan Horvat portrays a young Fester Addams
- Haley Joel Osment as Chet LaTroy / Kansas City Scalper (season 2), a down-on-his-luck beauty school dropout and an infamous serial killer whom Wednesday targets
- Christopher Lloyd as Professor Orloff (season 2), Nevermore’s long-serving biology teacher, whose head is preserved in a jar. Lloyd previously portrayed Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values.
- Thandiwe Newton as Dr. Rachael Fairburn (season 2), the chief psychiatrist at Willow Hill
- Anthony Michael Hall as Ron Kruger (season 2), the scoutmaster of the Phoenix Cadets who clash with Nevermore Academy
- Lady Gaga as Rosaline Rotwood (season 2), a psychic teacher at Nevermore during the 1960s
- Casper Van Dien as Arnold Hunt / Gideon Sterling (season 2), Bianca’s stepfather and a cult leader
I recommend watching both half’s of this season all on Netflix.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
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