‘Wednesday’ Season 2: Everything We Know So Far About the Netflix Show
Good news for Wednesday Addams’s group of outcasts.
Cue the snaps: What we’ve learned about Wednesday’s second season could make even Wednesday Addams herself grin.
Season 1 of the dark comedy put a modern spin on The Addams Family by focusing on the classic’s grimmest goth as Wednesday joins a school for supernatural students — and strange happenings start to unfold. A Tim Burton creation, the Netflix series has both bewildered and enthralled viewers. Racking up 341.2 million (!) hours watched in its first week alone, season 1 of Wednesday dethroned Stranger Things from its spot as the most-watched show.
Of course, fans of the show are dying to know what’s next. So far, both the showrunners and the cast have revealed a few juicy details about the show’s future. Here’s everything we know about Wednesday season 2, including what the creators have said about it so far.
Is there a release date for Wednesday season 2 yet?
The good news: Netflix has officially renewed Wednesday for season 2. Despite panic around MGM’s merger with Amazon Prime Video, the streamer assured fans that they’ll be getting a season 2 with an official video announcement on YouTube.
“Over the past few weeks, I’ve been hunted, haunted and mimicked millions of times across the internet,” Wednesday — played by actress Jenna Ortega — says in the clip, referencing her dance that blew up on TikTok. “It’s been pure torture. Thank you.”
What’s more, co-creator Miles Millar told Variety that they “always lay out at least three or four seasons’ worth of potential storylines for the characters.”
“For us, it’s always looking at the future, and when we sit down to create a show, it’s looking at multiple seasons, ideally,” he told the outlet. “That’s never expected, but that’s the anticipation that hopefully, the show is successful … We certainly have a pretty clear runway of what we want to do in future seasons.”
As for a release date, nothing specific has been released though. At this year’s Golden Globe Awards, Variety asked Jenna whether she’d seen a script yet. The actress played coy and replied, “I have seen nothing, and I know nothing.” She added: “I think they’re just starting to get a writer’s room together, so maybe, soon.”
“For us, it’s always looking at the future, and when we sit down to create a show, it’s looking at multiple seasons, ideally,” he told the outlet. “That’s never expected, but that’s the anticipation that hopefully, the show is successful … We certainly have a pretty clear runway of what we want to do in future seasons.”
As for a release date, nothing specific has been released though. At this year’s Golden Globe Awards, Variety asked Jenna whether she’d seen a script yet. The actress played coy and replied, “I have seen nothing, and I know nothing.” She added: “I think they’re just starting to get a writer’s room together, so maybe, soon.”
Do we know who will return for the Wednesday season 2 cast?
While we don’t yet have confirmation of who will appear in the Wednesday cast for season 2, we hope to see favorites from the first season return, including:
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams
Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams
Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams
Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester
George Burcea as Lurch
The Wednesday season 1 finale left its characters on quite the cliffhanger: Tyler (Hunter Doohan) lay restrained in the back of an armored vehicle as he morphed into the Hyde. Busted as the puppeteer of the mysterious crimes, Laurel (Christina Ricci) was attacked by bees but survived. Meanwhile, Enid (Emma Myers) finally tapped into her full werewolf abilities. In a sweet reconciliation, Xavier (Percy Hynes White) gifted Wednesday a cell phone, only for her to receive a strange message that suggests she has a stalker.
Though Principal Weems met her tragic ending at Nevermore, it may not be the final nail in her coffin. Actress Gwendoline Christie teased in a Digital Spy interview: “We haven’t seen her put in the ground, have we? I feel like Larissa Weems would not really be prepared to entertain or be dominated by anything as commonplace as death.”
Jenna also told Variety that she could envision a certain pop superstar making a future cameo. For context, Jenna’s Wednesday dance went viral on TikTok to a sped-up version of Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary,” which the singer then replicated in a video of her own. The interviewer floated the idea of including the House of Gucci actress in season 2.
“I’m sure Netflix would love that,” Jenna said to the publication. “If Lady Gaga were to be a part of it, they’d have to be two monsters who understand each other.”
Do we know what to expect from Wednesday season 2?
In an interview with TVLine, showrunners Miles and Al Gough revealed that they would love to explore the Addams family more.“We just touched the surface with those characters, and the actors are so amazing in those roles,” Miles told the outlet. “Catherine is, I think, an iconic Morticia. The relationship between Wednesday and Morticia is also essential to the show, and the idea that Wednesday is trying to forge her own path outside the family is so important.”
That doesn’t mean it’ll steer away from the series’ namesake, however. “The series is really about a girl who sees the world in black and white, and learning there are shades of gray,” Al revealed to TVLine.
He added: “I think like any relationship or any friendship, it can get complicated by other factors. It’s never going to be smooth sailing. And it’s really her learning to navigate the ups and downs of friendship.”
As for what Wednesday will sleuth out next, the creators hinted to The Hollywood Reporter that it may be a new mystery entirely. “When you reach the end of a series, you [want to] feel satisfied that the story is told,” Millar said. “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.”
How can I watch and stream Wednesday?
Wednesday season 1 is available to stream right now on Netflix. Like season 1, fans will only be able to watch Wednesday season 2 on Netflix.
Don’t have Netflix? Get started with a subscription plan for $9.99 per month. Apart from keeping up with Wednesday, the streamer offers a library full of other TV shows and movies that you can enjoy at anytime via the Netflix site or Netflix app. You can also watch along on your smart TV, game console, set-top box, Blu-ray player, smartphone, tablet, PC and laptop.
How can I watch and stream The Addams Family franchise while waiting for Wednesday season 2?
The Addams family’s macabre history has been retold over the decades through quite a few renditions. Here’s how you can watch the movies and shows all in order and on demand: