Jenna Ortega stars in Netflix’s ‘Addams Family’-inspired series from Tim Burton.
Season 2 of Wednesday is finally available to watch in its entirety on Netflix. And while the first half introduced a solid return, the second half almost holds up before a messy to-be-continued conclusion.
Tim Burton puts his whole Burtonesque business on full display with a third-act antagonist reveal that both works and doesn’t. The Addams family being at the mechanical heart of another mystery creates a lot of fun lore for Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) to discover about her parents. This time Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) isn’t the only Addams with a dark secret; Gomez (Luis Guzmán) and Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) are also involved.
And it all, of course, ties back to what makes Nevermore the center of the drama, both in its past and in its present. But did it all come together in a satisfying way? Very nearly, as season two’s writers room finds its footing with a good blend of diverse voices led by Miles Millar and Alfred Gough but gets mired by falling back into building an anticipation for more in season three with no solid conclusion to stand on its own.
We loved: Weems’ return
All hail Gwendoline Christie’s return to Nevermore. Weems is the perfect mentor-slash-foil to push Wednesday around as her guide and fight for her legacy at the school. Just speculating here, but if the writers created some woo-woo magic excuse to materialize her enough to be a visible specter, we would definitely accept her coming back as the school’s immortal principal. It’s a supernatural world; let’s do it. Season three without Weems wouldn’t be the same.We loved: The Addams family matters
If the show wasn’t an Addams Family spin-off, it would be a problem, but truly I love that at the core of a lot of the mystery is Wednesday’s family. They are the drama in this world and we love the goth telenovela aspect of it all.
