Wednesday posted on Thursday marks the end of Spring Season/Series Ender post series.
I was never a huge fan of the Addams family, however the Wednesday Addams by Charles Addams, created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, is loads of fun. Reminds me a little bit of a better Sabrina also recently on Netflix.
Jenna Ortega plays the titular character, with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Fred Armisen, along with Christina Ricci also starring in the hit series.
Four out of the eight episodes are directed by Tim Burton, who also serves as executive producer.
The first season revolves around Wednesday Addams, who attempts to solve a monster mystery at her school.
Filming took place in Romania between September 2021 and March 2022. Wednesday premiered on mid-November, so I am still playing catch up a little. However this was one, easy watch.
Within three weeks of release, it became the second-most watched English-language Netflix series. It received two Golden Globe nominations: Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Ortega.
Spoilers ahead, here is a brief plot before a guide to episode eight below. Wednesday Addams is expelled from her school after dumping live piranhas into the school's pool in retaliation for the boys' water polo team bullying her brother, Pugsley.
Consequently, her parents, Gomez and Morticia Addams, enroll her at their high school alma mater, Nevermore Academy, in the town of Jericho, Vermont, a private school for monstrous outcasts.
Wednesday's cold, emotionless personality and her defiant nature make it difficult for her to connect with her schoolmates and cause her to run afoul of the school's principal. However, she discovers she has inherited her mother's psychic abilities which allow her to solve a local murder mystery.
Fast forward to episode eight, it's an easy watch so you are there before you know it. Just wait for that Lady Gaga dance sequence!
Wednesday and her classmates kidnap Tyler, and Wednesday starts torturing him to make him confess. Disagreeing with her methods, her classmates alert Weems, and Wednesday is arrested.
At the police station, Tyler finally confesses to being the monster. Fed up with Wednesday's behavior, Weems expels her from Nevermore.
Wednesday visits Eugene at the hospital, whose description of the figure he saw at the monster's cave matches Ms. Thornhill, a teacher at Nevermore. Weems, disguised as Tyler, and Wednesday get Thornhill to confess that she is Laurel Gates and manipulated Tyler into killing the victims as part of her scheme to resurrect Joseph Crackstone and wipe out all outcasts.
However, Gates manages to kill Weems and subdue Wednesday. Using Wednesday's blood, Gates resurrects Crackstone and leaves Wednesday to die, but Goody appears to heal her. Enid, having transformed into her werewolf form, defeats Tyler in his Hyde form while Crackstone breaches Nevermore. With help from Bianca, Wednesday destroys Crackstone, and Eugene helps defeat Gates.
Xavier is released from prison, Tyler is detained, and Wednesday departs Nevermore, which is closing for the remainder of the semester.
The episode closes with some serious questions to be answered. I am almost positive after the success of this series it will 100% be back for a second run. This was really good TV. Honestly after an average year for the movies, TV is really shining with series like this.
Tomorrow the RATED list will be posted for the Spring Season/Series Ender post series. See you then.
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