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Woe there, outcasts! Feel that chill running down your spine? It’s your first clue that “Wednesday” is back for another season of supernatural adventures and terrifying mysteries. Season 2 will premiere in two parts on Netflix, with Part 1 debuting on Aug. 6, followed by Part 2 on Sept. 3.
A new teaser takes you back to Nevermore Academy, where Jenna Ortega returns as the titular Wednesday Addams. And the knives — not to mention, brass knuckles, swords, and Hydes — are out, as the teen detective’s next chapter begins. “The most exciting thing is being able to revisit her,” Ortega, who is also a producer this season, tells Tudum. “Wednesday Addams is one of the coolest characters of all time, so to have gotten the opportunity to play her once was incredible, and then to be able to slip into the costume and tone again, it’s so much fun. She runs circles around everyone that she has a conversation with, so to play someone who’s so much more intelligent than you will ever be, it’s quite funny and strange and enjoyable.”
This year, Wednesday is joined at school by a new member of the Addams family: her little brother Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez), who begins his own Nevermore journey. Their parents, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez Addams (Luis Guzmán), will also have an increased presence on campus — a rare new form of torture for the fiercely independent amateur sleuth.
“Season 1 really focused on Wednesday, but you met the other characters but didn’t get to know them, and now we get to expand their storylines and expand the scope and breadth of the show,” creator Alfred Gough tells Tudum about this upcoming chapter. Indeed, the teaser hints at some never-before-seen locations, and introduces some new faces alongside familiar favorites like Wednesday’s roommate Enid (Emma Myers), frenemy Bianca (Joy Sunday), barista by day and murderous Hyde by night Tyler (Hunter Doohan) and, of course, Thing (Victor Dorobantu).
Still, if you think you know what to expect from Wednesday’s antics — brace yourself. “Nothing is what it seems in Season 2,” creator Miles Millar tells Tudum. “Wednesday goes into this season thinking she knows Nevermore. It’s the first time she’s returned to a school willingly. But as soon as she gets back, nothing happens that she’s expecting. She thinks she’s going to be in control, that she knows where all the bodies are buried, and she doesn’t.” After all, what would be the fun in that?
Grab a shovel and start digging through the first-look photos below — and tune into Wednesday Season 2 when Part 1 hits Netflix on Aug. 6, if you dare.