9 things we loved and 4 things that we do not have, about season two “Wednesday”, the first part

Netflix Hit Wednesday is back with the first part of the second season expected for a long time of Tim Burton Addams family Spin off. Jenna Ortega returns to these black shoes with new mysteries, while new threats go up against the Parias of the Nevermore Academy – but even if we largely appreciate what the first four episodes have brought to the table, there are a few things that we really hope to be clarified when the second part of the drops.

We loved it: no more family pouffons Addams

With Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) who frequents the Nevermore Academy with her sister this season, the rest of the Addams clan finds more reasons to be modeling parents and remain involved in the school – on Wednesday. She might not like more time with Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez (Luis Guzman), but we certainly do it.

We loved it: Camp Jericho

Speaking of the two, they get a delicious arc when Gomez volunteers volunteered to chaperone the camp of Nevermore alongside Morticia, which leads him to relive the dangers of the glory of his schools while supporting the independence of his children. Guzman plays Gomez with such a pizazz; It is a pure pleasure even when we worry about what he gets his brain eaten. See Contrecœur Wednesday joining the Fun camp to beat the Normie Scout troop which tries to claim the camp car because they were an explosion, even as the exhilarating in history gave us vibrations of summer slasher.

We loved: Bianca and Wednesday working together

The first season opposed Bianca (Joy Sunday) and Wednesday as part of the Nevermore level competition. But after working together to save the school (and killing a demon), it was great to see their unlikely partnership flowering, dealing with the toxic masculinity of the scout troop of Jericho who tried to push the outsets. We can’t wait to see their powers again.

We loved: Bianca never directs

Joy Sunday becomes so much more to do like Bianca this time, and it is an improvement so stimulating for the favorite character of fans. We can see its evolution continues to be both the girl never nasty and the ex of Xavier to stand on equal land with Wednesday as one of the school’s saviors. Bianca is one of the greatest forces of season 2, can take the reins as it leads the student body And As one of the closest allies on Wednesday, being practically the only person close to her so that she can get Wednesday to act on her care deeply hidden for her peers.

We loved it: the drama of the vision of the death of Enid

One of the greatest dramatic conflicts of season 2 is between Enid (Emma Myers) and Wednesday, after the latter obtained a vision of the old perish, which did it partly because of Wednesday. Practically her only and best friend entering the season, Enid is Wednesday’s Watson on Wednesday – and finally Wednesday cares so much of her that she is ready to go through the pain of cutting her from her life until she can avoid the fate seen in her vision, by putting herself in danger. The drama focusing on his love for Enid gave the game a very strong emotional nucleus, the one we really want to see continuing to flourish in the remaining episodes.

We loved: MORTICIA maternity

Morticia being more around this season means that we can see her attack the way of being really there for Wednesday. She knows that her daughter loves her limits, but we can see her concern about the way her visions lead her to do harm, just as they did the mysterious sister of Morticia, Ophelia. The conflict between the mother and the daughter taking up more space in the show explains why The Addams family is a timeless familiar name. They have always been a family of models in pop culture which represents love, radical acceptance and in -depth understanding, but it is still not without pain and the need for generational healing.

We loved it: the Frump family arguing

It already happens a lot in season 2, but there was a pure pleasure in just having the grandmother on Wednesday (Joanna Lumley) to stir the pot. Not only Lumley has fun, but his arrival allows the show to raise so many questions – his relationship with Morticia, the mystery on Aunt Ophélia, and even on Wednesday’s love for cruelty. There is always this family member who is the drama, and they know it; In this case, it is absolutely the frumps … and especially Hester Frump, which is money, which happens to be target of the director of Dort (Steve Buscemi) for massive donations for the school.

We loved: Pugsley chaos

Pugsley is a sweet summer child, whose inclination to chaos is never as thought as that of his sister. There is a killer moment when he decides to rekindle the body under the skull, leading to a comedy of errors in the wake of Pugsley – he will certainly need help for fixing. But hey, we like a moment of zombie horror spectacle, especially the one that could be more sinister than anything we have seen so far.

We loved: Tyler and the dynamic of love / hatred on Wednesday

Wednesday knows how to choose them! Tyler (Hunter Doohan) and Wednesday have a very stormy meeting in season 2, where you do not know if they want to destroy themselves or simply to be done. This gives Buffy and Angel Energy, in the best possible way. We can’t help but want the best for them, but can a hyde really change? A large collage point that we have with the first part seems to suggest, for the moment at least … not really. More about this shortly.

We don’t like: all new students from Nevermore

This season is already going on a lot, and throwing a whole new heap of children so that we can try to follow did not help us. They all gave the first part an overwhelmed feeling and embarrassed the characters we care, in particular the elevation of Red Herring with red hair on the role of an unpaid trainee in Wednesday Mystery Inc.

We don’t like: the director sleeps

Nevermore Academy is simply not the same without the director Larissa Weems (Gwendolyne Christie). Steve Buscemi as a Dort Director is another fabulously viscous character performance of the big actor, and he does a great job to be a slightly positive old Geezer. It’s just that in the first half of the season, stuffing his need to get money for school and by exploiting the powers of Bianca to do so, felt disgusting in a shorter rather than dramatic way. And perhaps it is supposed to feel this, but the amazing outing of the season leaves this suspension in a way that manages the otherly convincing role of Bianca in the series.

We do not like: the troubles of the Boy d’Enid

The love triangle enters Enid, Ajax (Georgie Farmer) and Bruno (Noah Taylor) is one of the most disappointing plots of the first part. We adore that Enid found herself and obtained more agency while it is distant from Wednesday, but the suddenness with which it is placed in a dynamic of the relational triangle (just as Wednesday itself out of it) feels just strange. It does not help that between Faiwning on Bruno and being unusually naughty with Ajax, it only makes the feeling of inid as confused as us.

We don’t like: the brutal cliffhanger

So yes, remember when we said we would have hope for Tyler and Wednesday as a couple? Tyler throwing on Wednesday from a window that crushes this. The brutal cliffhanger leaves so many questions in the air, without answer in a very disorderly way which feels forced to make people connect for the second part. It is definitely amplified by the echeloned outing of the season, but even then, it is a cheap point: we know Wednesday’s life cannot really be suspended in the scale at this stage of the series. It is a strange note to break the first part, especially since the teaser of the second part in difficulty in difficulty in difficulty on Netflix reveals that Wednesday is just in a coma, rather than fatally condemned.

The “Wednesday” season, the first part, broadcasts now; The second part fell on September 3 on Netflix.

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