Wednesday Season 2 Review. Review 68 — Wednesday Season 2 (2025)…

Review 68 — Wednesday Season 2 (2025), Showrunner : Alfred Gough and Miles Millar

“Wednesday’s child is full of woe” The phrase fits Wednesday Addams perfectly not just because she carries sorrow within her, but because she often leaves a trail of it for others. It’s the essence of who she is, and in many ways, the heartbeat of the show that bears her name.

Season 2, feels a little uneven. The mystery is there, but it’s scattered, lacking the tightness of the first.

So let’s dive deeper into what worked, what didn’t, and where the future might take this version of Wednesday Addams.

This is a lengthy one so hold on.

Season 1

Season 1 followed Wednesday Addams, a teen outcast sent to Nevermore Academy, a school for the supernatural. Drawn to mystery, she investigated a string of killings by a creature called the Hyde, an adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde but here the monster and its master are separate people. Eventually, she uncovered that the Hyde was Tyler, someone she trusted, and that he was being controlled by her teacher, Thornhill. Both were exposed, arrested and taken away, closing out the season.

Season 1 was clear-cut, it was about Wednesday with the occasional cameo’s from the members of the Addams family. It had intrigue, mystery, and real character development, all wrapped in a narrative that was thrilling without dragging or misleading. Even with its innumerous twists, it remained fun to watch. And despite the chatter online, I found it to be a fascinating and modern take on gothic horror.

Whose Story Is It?

The reason this question pops up is because from time to time the story of season 2 shifts focus. Sometimes its about Wednesday and her doing her thing, while other times its about the other members of Addam’s family i.e. Morticia Addams (Catherine Zeta Jones), Gomez Addams (Luis Guzmán), Pugsley Addams (Isaac Ordonez), Wednesday’s Grandmother Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley) etc.

Which begs the: is this season truly about Wednesday or is it about the Addams family as a whole?

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate it, I love it. This version of Gomez and Moriticia like all are a match made in hell (pun intended). Pugsley who actually compared to season 1 is now much taller because of the filming gap compared to the real time gap of 1 year in the show makes it funny to think about, but his character has a solid story.

What’s happening now is that there are multiple plotlines, and while they intersect, they don’t center on Wednesday. Which means Wednesday barely gets enough time to do anything meaningful. It feels like, because people enjoyed the other family members in Season 1, instead of keeping them as rrecurring characters in Season 2, the writers elevated them into the main plot.

The season begins with Wednesday doing what she does best, solving a crime and tracking down a killer. When she returns to Nevermore, she’s targeted, investigates further, and uncovers secret experiments being conducted on outcasts. This path eventually leads her to Tyler in the facility, and by the mid-season finale, through a string of mishaps, Tyler escapes as the Hyde while Wednesday ends up in a coma.

Part 2 shifts focus again, with Wednesday still trying to solve things but now with her family pushed more to the forefront. Morticia, in particular, takes a heavy hand in “keeping things proper,” not helping Wednesday but outright telling her what to do. The revenge plot that starts off aimed at Wednesday transitions into revenge against Morticia and Gomez.

Now, I personally enjoyed the characters and the direction the story went, so I didn’t mind watching it unfold. But it’s clear that Wednesday was sidelined to a noticeable degree, and that’s not how it should be in a show named after her.

The Overall Plot

Season 2 revolves around two big intersecting plots.

The first is the new Principal Barry Dort(Steve Buschemi) and his cult, which connects back to Season 1 through Bianca, a siren (able to influence and control minds). Dort blackmails her, forcing her to help him target Wednesday’s wealthy grandmother, Hester Frump, by manipulating her supposed “donations” so he can steal her fortune. His schemes unravel, and he meets an ironic fate, stoned by a gorgon (Medusa-like powers) and crushed by a chandelier in a sequence that felt very old school Bollywood, which is a compliment.

The second is the Addams family revenge arc. Flashbacks to Gomez and Morticia’s Nevermore days reveal Isaac Night, a mad scientist, who misled Gomez into powering a machine meant to cure his Hyde sister, It was a supernatural to normal machine. Morticia intervened to save Gomez, but in doing so disabled his powers and the machine malfunctioned, killing Night. His sister long thought dead is revealed in the mid-season finale to have survived and escaped during the facility breakout. She is also the mother of Tyler, the Hyde. A horror-fascinated Pugsley accidentally resurrects Night as a zombie, who then plots revenge and tries once more to cure his sister, using Pugsley as the power source. In the end, Night is destroyed permanently, his sister dies despite Tyler’s attempts to save her, and Tyler is left alone once more.

There’s also a smaller subplot involving Wednesday being haunted by ravens. In Part 1, the manager of the facility is revealed to have used Night’s machine in reverse, normal people into supernaturals and was terrorizing others as a result. Thandie Newton appears as a psychiatrist at the facility and seemed like an intriguing addition, but she’s abruptly killed during the breakout. The manager is later taken out by Night, but the entire thread including the raven haunting’s vanishes by Part 2. It comes off less like meaningful storytelling and more like filler to stall until the real plot kicks back in, which is frustrating and frankly lazy.

Despite the missteps, there is a solid story buried underneath, it’s just executed poorly. The intersecting plots could have worked, but the show keeps awkwardly shifting between them and Wednesday’s personal journey.

Wednesday and Characters

Wednesday and Enid

Looking at Wednesday’s arc this season, there’s definite growth. It gets muddy with the other intersecting plots, but she still emerges as a more developed character, learning to trust more and realizing that making things work takes more than sheer will. Her relationship with Enid remains strong; they still clash, but at the end of the day, they clearly care for each other.

Episode 6 stands out as particularly memorable. Things take a Freaky Friday-style turn when Wednesday, while trying to premonize an event, is interrupted by Enid, leading to their souls swapping bodies. Seeing each character inhabit the other was not only fascinating narratively, but also a showcase of brilliant acting. Jenna Ortega’s carefree, casual Enid contrasted perfectly with Emma Myers’ sharp, emotionless Wednesday. Easily one of my favorite episodes this season.

Enid doesn’t get much to do otherwise, but she still grows. By the end, she becomes an Alpha wolf, unable to transform back, and chooses to run away leaving Wednesday with a new mission: to find her.

Tyler

Tyler’s journey is much darker. Though not the main villain, he becomes the season’s primary recipient of trauma. Being a Hyde means needing a master, and killing one risks losing yourself. During the facility breakout, Tyler kills Thornhill, which I respect, but it leaves him isolated and adrift.

Across the show his arc has been brutal: discovering he’s a Hyde, the trauma of losing his mother, a distant father, then his father is killed in during the raven subplot, a death that still feels pointless. Captured and broken, he seeks revenge on Wednesday, only to discover his mother is alive and becomes his new, cruel master. When his uncle (Issac Night) reappears, Tyler is forced to witness their incestuous relationship which is unsettling and intentionally shocking, as shown by his horrified reaction, but still narratively baffling. His mother eventually dies, leaving him vulnerable again, with yet another potential master lurking. He’s been put through everything.

There’s also a strange layer of pandering: captivity scenes showing him shirtless, ripped, sweaty. While not overtly sexual, pairing that imagery with his grooming and trauma as a Hyde feels deeply uncomfortable. It feels like cheap appeal to a young audience and doesn’t feel right.

All of that said, I still like Tyler. He’s a character forced into impossible circumstances, and I can only hope he eventually finds freedom and peace.

The Police

Tyler’s father, the sheriff from Season 1, retired after his son was revealed to be the Hyde. But while the police were at least functional in Season 1, arresting people, digging into evidence, this time they’re reduced to a joke. They’re dismissive, carefree, and consistently useless, ignoring obvious threats. It feels like they were included for realism, but end up undermining it instead. Things like not listening to adivce or following up on tips is frustrating to watch.

Agnes

Agnes is a side character whose power is turning invisible, essentially a fangirl of Wednesday. She stalks and imitates her, down to copying her clothes. Wednesday tolerates her at first, even uses her, but eventually calls her out, sending Agnes spiraling. By the end, she learns to stand on her own without validation, which is a surprisingly strong and well-landed arc in such a messy season.

Morticia

Morticia is worth singling out. She acts as an anchor for many things, but it feels like the show is edging toward villainizing her or at least casting her as a wedge. From Wednesday’s perspective, that conflict makes sense, parent-child clashes aren’t unusual and it’s good ground to explore. But with so much happening in a non-cohesive way, these moments don’t always land as intended.

Other Stuff

• Thing (the sentient hand) is revealed to be part of Isaac Night, severed just before his death. It’s not a bad reveal, but it didn’t feel necessary either.
• Larissa Weems, the principal from Season 1, returns as Wednesday’s spirit guide. Their tense relationship makes their cooperation compelling, and Morticia’s occasional interactions with Spirit Weems add some nice texture.
• Lady Gaga has a brief cameo as a spirit guiding Wednesday. It’s short but fun.

Final Thoughts

All in all, Season 2 delivers solid Addams family drama. The acting is superb and the plot, while shaky at times, does hold your attention. The production value is outstanding, from the unsettling body horror to the enchanting set design, it’s clear that time and effort went into crafting the season, and it pays off visually.

While Part 1 comes across as filler (A term i use carefully), Part 2 feels rushed but still manages to pick up the pieces and deliver stronger conclusions and new directions, finally coming alive with stories that hold weight and maintain momentum.

The series remains engaging, but moving forward, the spotlight should stay firmly on Wednesday. If the creators want to explore the wider Addams family in more depth, a spin-off series would be the perfect outlet and would likely be a hit in its own right.

6/10 — The balance between strong performances and poor narrative cohesion lands this season in average territory.