Wednesday’ Season 2 Review: Jenna Ortega’s Charisma Could Raise the Dead
Tim Burton’s hit Addams Family spinoff returns in full force — darker, funnier, and now featuring Steve Buscemi. The show’s elaborate, joke-loaded comeback sees Jenna Ortega in top form.
Wednesday Addams is back — darker, sharper, and more deadpan than ever.
In Wednesday Season 2, Jenna Ortega once again owns the screen with a performance so magnetic it could power a thousand hearses.
As Nevermore Academy kicks off a new semester, Wednesday’s not enjoying her new-found fame after “the demon pilgrim thing” — and she’d very much like to be feared and hated again. But peace doesn’t last long. This season opens with a bang: a scalp-hunting serial killer, ominous death threats, cryptic notes from a mystery stalker, and — yes — more gothic chaos.
🕵️♀️ New faces, new threats:
- A Bruce Springsteen-loving principal played by Steve Buscemi
- A possibly magical music teacher (Billie Piper)
- And a murder of crows that literally murders someone
All while Wednesday has creepy visions and her loyal roommate Enid may be in danger.
⚰️ Tim Burton’s signature style is on full display — with fast-paced plot twists, pitch-black humor, and eerie visuals.
The show remains a genre-bending blend of teen drama, murder mystery, and supernatural satire — and Ortega is the glue that holds it all together.
Season 2 is off to a thrilling, wickedly fun start — and if the first episodes are any indication, the second half (coming September) will be even deadlier.
Cast of Wednesday Season 2
- Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) …
- Pugsley Addams (Isaac Ordonez) …
- Morticia Addams (Catherine Zeta-Jones) …
- Gomez Addams (Luis Guzmán) …
- Enid (Emma Myers) …
- Principal Dort (Steve Buscemi) …
- Thing (Victor Dorobantu) …
- Bianca (Joy Sunday)
