Wednesday returned with the primary a part of season 2 this month, and the show brought with it latest and familiar faces together with a brand new mystery for our endearingly weird protagonist.
The primary 4 episodes found Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) having psychic visions of her roommate, Enid (Emma Myers), dying and blaming Wednesday for her death. Meanwhile, a flock of crows is murdering local townsfolk, including the death of Donovan Galpin (Jamie McShane), the previous sheriff of Jericho and the daddy of Tyler (Hunter Doohan), the Hyde who went on a killing spree last season and consequently is now a patient at Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital. Elsewhere, Pugsley Addams (Isaac Ordonez), now a student at Nevermore Academy, sets loose a zombie he calls Slurp (Owen Painter), who also was a student there.
In episode 4, we learn that Willow Hill worker Judi Spannagel (Heather Matarazzo) shouldn’t be only the person behind the bird attacks but additionally running a program called LOIS (Long-term Outcast Integration Study) that’s doing experiments on Outcasts. Meanwhile, Laurel Gates/Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci) returns to set Tyler free, only to be killed by him moments later. The fourth episode also ends with what appears to be Wednesday’s death after Tyler (as Hyde) pushes her out a window.
Amongst the numerous other latest characters introduced this season: Nevermore student Agnes DeMille (Evie Templeton), Wednesday’s fangirl/stalker; Morticia Addams’ (Catherine-Zeta Jones) mother, Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley); latest Nevermore principal Barry Dort (Steve Buscemi); Dr. Rachael Fairburn (Thandiwe Newton), who runs Willow Hill and meets an premature end; Ron Kruger (Anthony Michael Hall), a Phoenix Cadet Master who goes head-to-head with Wednesday, also before meeting his own premature end; Miss Capri (Billie Piper), Nevermore’s latest music teacher; and Professor Orloff (Christopher Lloyd), a Nevermore teacher. Returning to the show are Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, Lurch (with Joonas Suotamo taking on the role from George Burcea) and Pugsley Addams (Isaac Ordonez, now a series regular).
Ahead of the Part 2 premiere, The Hollywood Reporter takes a have a look at among the burning questions and fan theories surrounding the brand new season.
Is Wednesday really dead?
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After she lands on the pavement and we see her covered in blood, Wednesday says in voice-over: “I’ve at all times dreamed of looking death within the face. But in my final moments, all I hear is my mother’s words ringing in my ears. Perhaps I actually have made things worse. Much worse.” But don’t expect a The Last of Us-style shocker. With the show renewed for a 3rd season, it’s highly unlikely she’s dead; the series is, in any case, titled Wednesday. Not to say, a teaser for the second a part of the season shows Wednesday appearing to get up from a coma.What role does Lady Gaga play?
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In May, Netflix posted on X: “Lady Gaga will guest star in Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 as Rosaline Rotwood — a legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday.” Nevertheless, Ortega later told Entertainment Tonight: “She’s not a teacher. That’s your little clue. She’s not. Whatever you heard, it’s mistaken.” One theory posits that she might show up as Wednesday’s latest spirit guide, replacing Goody Addams (also played by Ortega in the primary season). One other suggests she is likely to be a villain, on condition that we already came upon who the stalker is and who’s controlling the crows. Yet one more theory suggests that she might show up to disclose Nevermore secrets crucial to what’s really happening at the college and/or psychiatric hospital.Who’s the mystery woman that Wednesday saved within the LOIS chamber?
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Wednesday helps an unnamed Willow Hill inmate (Frances O’Connor) escape from Lois in episode 4. Some fans are speculating that it’s Ophelia Frump, Morticia’s sister, who’s playing an enormous role on this season’s storyline to this point. Others speculate that Gaga will probably be playing Ophelia. Nevertheless, seeing as Gaga appears only in a single episode and only within the second half of the season, and Ophelia is becoming very central to this season’s storyline, the latter theory seems unlikely. One other theory suggests that Miss Capri, the music teacher, is definitely Ophelia, given her advice to Wednesday about tips on how to reach her full potential by letting the music (and her powers?) control her as an alternative of the opposite way around. (Some fans are speculating that Miss Capri also might wind up being Wednesday’s latest spirit guide.) Or could the lady be Tyler’s mom? That might explain how Galpin knew in regards to the LOIS experiments. Her response to the Hyde (aka Tyler) also was not one in every of fear or surprise but more of a relaxed lack of emotion. But when she were his mom, why would Dr. Fairburn need to herald Laurel/Marilyn to assist with Tyler? (It needs to be noted that TV sleuths consider they’ve discovered who her character is predicated on the dubbing of the show, but we won’t spoil that here. You will discover their thoughts online.)How are Gus and Slurp connected?
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Augustus Stonehearst (Philip Philmar), who’s now within the psychiatric hospital, is a former Nevermore professor and father to Judi who began the experiments on Outcasts. A so-called Normie, Gus desired to determine tips on how to transfer the Outcasts’ powers to himself and even experimented on his daughter, giving her the ability to manage the crows. Nevertheless, his experiments caused him to go mad, resulting in his being admitted as a patient at Willow Hill. At the top of episode 4, Slurp dines on Gus’ brains, but not before chatting with him (the primary words the reanimated corpse utters): “Hello, old friend.” Do they know one another from Nevermore? From Willow Hill? One theory suggests that Slurp was Gus’ former student. One other posits that Slurp was one in every of his early subjects. Yet one more suggests he can have helped Gus construct the machine he used for experiments. Or perhaps a mixture of all three is correct.Is Slurp regenerating?
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We see that he’s growing a brain and was capable of speak to Gus before he took a bit out of him. Fans have noted that he gets smarter each time he eats someone. At any rate, many consider this zombie will play an enormous role within the upcoming events given how much screen time the character has received to date.Who will kill (or attempt to kill) Enid?
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Before he escapes the psychiatric hospital, Tyler tells Wednesday he plans to kill Enid. But is the reply that obvious?Is Laurel/Marilyn really dead?
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Co-creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar won’t say she’s definitively deceased. “Christina Ricci is just an incredible person and actor, and he or she brings such value to the show, and the character’s so wonderful. Never say never,” Gough told Netflix. Added Millar: “I’ll say, on this show, nobody is officially dead dead. There’s at all times a way.”What’s Dort’s role in all this, and why is he so obsessive about money?
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Dort asks Morticia to be this yr’s gala chair after which extorts Bianca (Joy Sunday) to make use of her siren song to force the Addams matriarch to ask her mother for an enormous donation. One fan theory is that he owes loads of money to someone. Adding to the suspicion surround him is a phone conversation Bianca and Ajax (Georgie Farmer) overheard him having in his office: “I’ve at all times had your back, you’ve at all times had mine. So chill out. I’ve never been more confident about anything. I actually have it under control.” One theory speculates that he’s working with someone on a solution to further the LOIS experiments. One other theory speculates that he himself is an Avian — someone who can control birds, like Judi — given his response to Wednesday’s query. Yet one more fan suggests that he is likely to be a descendant of Edgar Allan Poe given there’s been multiple references to the writer this season, including Dort referencing a portrait of Poe and a close-up of Dort when the lyrics about Poe were being sung by the scholars in the college’s alma mater.Is Bruno working with Agnes?
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Agnes, who can turn out to be invisible, was revealed to be Wednesday’s stalker. Meanwhile, Enid has a brand new love interest, Bruno, who stopped Enid when she bared her claws at Agnes. Many fans appear to think each are a bit suspicious and play a much bigger role in every thing that’s happening that it might sound. The evidence? Agnes tied up each Enid and Bruno in a twisted game that just about killed them until Wednesday showed up (seems it was all a stunt to impress the young Addams). But how did a lady of such a petite frame carry them each up inside that tower? Did she have help? In that case, might it have been Bruno? Furthermore, some fans suggest, the characters appears to be designed purely to maintain Wednesday and her roommate preoccupied with other things.Where is Cousin Itt?
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We’ve seen everyone from Lurch to Fester, and now Morticia’s mother, so why has the hairy figure been absent to date? Ortega has previously said she’d “like to see Cousin Itt,” but there’s been no indication that an appearance will occur in season 2. Nevertheless, some fans have noted the inclusion of Cousin Itt products within the Wednesday toy line, leading many to wonder if that is likely to be a touch of things to return.Will Wednesday get her psychic powers back?
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Morticia burned the book that Wednesday believes would help her get her powers back. One theory suggests that somebody — perhaps Ophelia and even Wednesday’s own grandmother — is the offender. Morticia reveals that Ophelia had the identical psychic powers and starting experiencing the identical black tears that Wednesday was. One other theory speculates that Grandmama is manipulating Wednesday as a solution to drive a wedge between Morticia and her daughter.How does Bianca’s mom, Gabrielle, figure into all of this?
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Your guess is nearly as good as ours, though interestingly, one theme that runs throughout this season thus faris that of the sometimes shaky mother-daughter relationship: Wednesday with Morticia, Morticia and Ophelia with Hester, and Bianca with Gabrielle.Will we get to see Wednesday dance again?
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Gaga will drop a brand new song, “Dead Dance,” that also will appear in an upcoming episode. One in all season 1’s highlights was seeing Wednesday dance at a faculty function, so one can only wish for a reprise. Nevertheless, director Tim Burton can have put a damper on any hopes for one more viral moment, recently telling The Hollywood Reporter when asked about attempting to top that moment: “This sums up what I like about working with Jenna. We didn’t do an enormous Broadway rehearsal [for the dance scenes]. We didn’t hire a choreographer. I picked the song and said, ‘You simply go do it.’ She showed up on the day — I believe she even had COVID — and we just did it. It was probably the most fun I had on the show because we just let it go. But to your query: No, we didn’t give it some thought this time because we didn’t think [about the dance number being a big deal] to start with. It gets dangerous to say, ‘We now have to do something like this again.’”Part 1 of Wednesday Season 2 is streaming on Netflix. Part 2 will probably be released Sept. 3.