Get ready to dance, dance, dance, with your hands, hands, hands raised in celebration because Wednesday Season 2 is happening on Netflix! File this news in the “no shit” drawer because after crossing 1 billion hours on the Netflix chart, there was no way the streaming platform would let this money-maker take a dirt nap. It only took a month for Wednesday to overtake Dahmer, becoming the second-most watched show in the U.S. behind Stranger Things Season 4.
Plot details for Wednesday Season 2 remain more mysterious than how Thing can see as he skitters around, but half the fun of these announcements is speculating about what may come. I suspect Jenna Ortega and Emma Myers will return as Wednesday Addams and Enis Sinclair, respectively. I also think Joy Sunday will return as the Siren Bianca Barclay to deal with lingering family matters presented in the first season. Will Gwendoline Christie’s Principal Larissa Weems return to oversee the restoration of Nevermore Academy? Anything is possible!
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, the show’s creators and showrunners, Al Gough and Miles Millar, gave some hints as to what they have in mind if / when Wednesday season 2 starts moving forward.
First, they addressed that the last episode solved the mystery that drove the plot forward in the first season. Millar said, “I think for us, it’s always about feeling that the season, because there’s only eight episodes, it feels like a book, so it feels complete and really satisfying. When you reach the end of a series, you wanna feel satisfied that the story is told. It’s about tying up those loose ends, and then you want expectations and cliffhangers for questions for the next season but really wrapping this mystery up, so we can really begin with a whole new mystery next season. “
Then they were asked what would come next for Wednesday and her fellow students now that Nevermore Academy is closed. Gough answered, “We wanna sort of explore and sort of complicate all of those relationships going forward. The school was closed when they left, which gave us the most possibilities for season two, and I think that’s something that we’re excited to explore. For us, the show also is really about this female friendship, with Wednesday and Enid really being at the center of that. The fact that they really connected with audiences, it has been really gratifying. So, we’re excited to explore now that Wednesday’s dipped her toe into the friendship pool, what’s that gonna look like? It’s like, she hugged. That was her big arc for the season, right? So it’s like now, we do that. Then, the other thing that’s really interesting is to continue to explore the Wednesday-Morticia mother-daughter relationship as well, which now that Morticia knows about the power, it has given her sort of an idea of how that’s going to go. How is their relationship going to evolve? “
Millar added, “One of the other elements is that Al and I have always loved the Addams Family and this character in particular, but we’re also the father of four daughters between us. So, we have definitely culled from life for this one, and I think we’re definitely inspired to write or find a teen girl character like this, who’s so rare, who’s so self-confident, literate, smart, weird and unapologetic about all those things. Often, teen girls can start off as an ugly duckling, and they blossom into a swan, whereas here Wednesday is fully formed. I think it’s such an amazing aspirational role model to see this character. It’s so rare to see a female teen protagonist like this, and it’s something that has been really gratifying to hear our daughters and their friends talk about the show in this way. It’s really hit that target in a really positive way, even though she is so morbid and dark and kooky and crazy, but she’s actually an incredibly positive force in her world and our world. So, that’s something that I really love about this show, that it’s actually put something very positive out there.”
In addition to tearing up the Netflix charts, Wednesday became a sensation on the social media app TikTok when a scene of Wednesday dancing became a dominating trend on the platform. TikTok users recreated the dance, using Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary” as a background track. The dance is taking over other forms of entertainment, including figure skating routines, cheerleading competitions, and dance recitals for up-and-coming dancers. Netflix could not have asked for better marketing material.
Are you excited about Wednesday Season 2? Which characters would you like to see in future episodes? I want to see more of the Addams family, including Cousin Itt, Grandmama, Ophelia Frump, and a nod to Uncle Fester’s ex-wife, Debbie Jellinsky.