I also loved the hug between Enid and Wednesday at the end. Their friendship was one of my favorite parts of the series.
The mystery into the seasons bad guy was decent. It was never clear who was going to be exposed and right when I thought I knew who, they had very good diversions but it was always the same 4 people since the beginning.
I’m kind of sad to see Weems gone. I love Gwendoline Christie but this is a supernatural show they can find a way for her to reappear I almost thought she was going to show up when Enid and Wednesday were in her office. Speaking of Enid she totally kicked ass and i love to see it.
I expect to see Ricci back as an escaped prisoner to find another way to take down Wednesday and the outcast.
And most interesting what is the deal with Bianca and her mother? Need an answer in S2 or as Netflix will probably do, part 2.
I actually rlly enjoyed this show and I love Jenna Ortega
Wednesday is entertaining casual watching, but not something I'm likely to re-watch. Maybe my hopes were too high with all the big names involved. I was expecting an Addams Family show with a lot of Tim Burton influence but we got a CW teenage drama with Addams Family characters and barely any Burton influence. Jenna Ortega is carrying that show because it is mediocre. It would have been better as a movie. It's very much a Netflix generic show, nothing spectacular. There are definitely good parts to it, but cannot be compared to the classics.
As I said, Jenna Ortega is note perfect as Wednesday. She captured the essence of what the character was all about. However, I found her a bit too "the new girl who's not like the other girls in those YA movies/shows", which annoyed me a lot. A school full of 'outcasts' and everyone but Wednesday acts like your regular high schooler she looks down at. And it feels like the writing started to slip on the second half because Wednesday just going around accusing people made her seem kind of dumb.
Catherine Zeta Jones and Luis Guzman have zero chemistry, and I'm sorry but Luis Guzmán just does not have charm as Gomez. The family, minus Wednesday, is miscast to be fair. Pugsley was there as decoration. Morticia is uninteresting. Genuinely shocking how little effort was put in for the supporting characters vs Wednesday, I have to imagine it was the script and direction. The male characters are especially bland, I got so tired of the back and forth with Xavier and Tyler. It felt like almost all the relationships between characters were told to us and not shown to us. Everything had to happen for the plot but it effected character's development.
A lot of the dialogue lands so flat, "Why do u look so pale?", "Wednesday always looks half dead" - like I get what they're trying to do but it's so on the nose, it doesn't seem organic.
All in all, Wednesday was OK for light watching but I wouldn't set up your expectations too high, it definitely gets better as the show goes on which is a good sign but it doesn't feel so much like an 'Addams' show, and it lacks the screwball charm of the originals. The Addams family as an ensemble unapologetically juxtaposed against normal society seems to work better than yet another gothy, supernatural high school drama. I just feel the need to say that for those who may have been looking for something darker in tone.
Personally I think they needed to push the confrontation with Crackstone to next season and elaborate on it. Feels like all that build up was wasted. Also, what's up with magic staff? I thought Crackstone is all about normal natural burning of the witches, yet he uses witchcraft.
Speaking of wasted potential, confrontation with Thornhill was great with Weems and Wednesday finally working together, only for it to be wasted with a stupid death, so what was the point other than to kill off Weems? She and her dynamic with Wednesday was one of the best aspects of a show, and it seems like her death was just glossed over
Not gonna lie, I cried with that hug
The finale wasn't great and had a lot of developments that feel more needed by plot instead of actually earned, including a full on Deus Ex Machina not dying anymore fake out. I guess they wrote themselves into a corner or two.
Still way better than Sabrina ever was.
I thought the season long arc about the monster was the least interesting part of the show.
Everybody got a lick in. That was my favorite part. Arrow, sword, bees. Damn
I thought it was insanely obvious from very early on that Kinbott was the supposedly 'dead' sister who drowned. I didn't expect Tyler to be the monster though.
I actually thought this was probably the worst episode of the season - it was a lot of action, and I thought the action in this show was mostly poor and kinda boring.
Jenny Ortega shines as Wednesday, and scenes of her interacting with others and just being herself are the best parts of the show.
Ok, that hug moment was pretty frickin’ fantastic. None of us want Wednesday to lose her signature indifference, but it was pretty powerful to see her care for her friend in the way her friend wanted/needed to be cared for. Loved it.
I kept thinking how Gwendoline Christie was such a great presence on this show, so it was a major bummer to see Weems meet her end, ESPECIALLY in such an anticlimactic way.
I really felt like the Crackstone scenario happened way too fast. I feel like he could’ve been a long-game big bad, looming over the school in an epic seasonal arc. Like more of a war than a single battle. Dude was pretty creepy.
All in all, Wednesday is a fun show with a solid cast of characters you care about. With tons of potential. And Ortega killed it.
Hopefully next season will be a lot less predictable (tho that shapeshifting scene totally got me!)
ENID LET'S F GOOO! Her pink hair on her werewolf form was so F cute hahaha. And EUGENE MY BOY!!! The two real MVPs tonight. This was really enjoyable! Also Rest In Peace Gwendoline, such a great actress, was great to see her here!
Thoroughly enjoyed every episode.Great to watch with my daughter,and can't wait for another season.
There can't be two wednesdays..
Episode 8 starts with Wednesday meeting with Tyler in the woods and confronting him about being the Hyde. He is quick to deny the allegations. He asks Wednesday why she would confront him alone in the woods if she really thought he was the Hyde. Wednesday replies that she didn't come alone; she's brought a few sirens along and Bianca uses her powers to sedate him. They take him to Xavier's art studio and tie him down on the chair with chains. Wednesday starts interrogating him. As it turns out, Tyler's mom was a Hde and she thinks Tyler got the genes from her. Tyler pleads that being a son of an outcast doesn't necessarily make him a monster. Wednesday is not moved by his fake tears and switches it up to some "light torture." The sirens didn't sign up to see someone being tortured so they leave her on her own and report her to the principal. The principal calls the sheriff who was listening to Dr Kinbott's assessment of Tyler in their therapy session. Before her death, the therapist was deeply concerned about the psychological trauma, his mother's death had on Tyler. After receiving the call, he rushes to rescue Tyler from the determined hands of Wednesday. The sheriff doesn't press charges but warns Wednesday not to push the matter any further. As Wednesday is about to leave the police station, Tyler asks to speak to her privately. He confesses to the crime and mocks her for being wrong. He tells her that every time he killed he felt thrilled by his victim's fear. He warns her that she has no idea what is coming. Wednesday completes her novel and she and Enid visit the principal's office to pay their respects. They acknowledge that they will miss her and that they respect that she died for the school. Classes for the rest of the semester are cancelled and Enid invites Wednesday to visit her in San Francisco. Wednesday thanks Bianca for her help and it seems like they might start getting along. Wednesday also talks with Xavier and they patch things up. He gives her a phone and asks her to text him sometime. He asks if she will be coming back next semester but she doesn't reply. Es, indeed the suspense is killing us; what happens to Tyler? Who is the person texting Wednesday on her new phone? Technically only Xavier should have her number. It was also fulfilling to see Enid wolf out, I mean what an epic wolfing that was! She saved many lives when she went up against monster Tyler in that epic showdown at the end. The finale was thrilling with everything coming to a decent conclusion and all the students working together to save their school. Larissa Weems would have been so proud!
not sure how to feel about this but it was a very bad end imo cause it just made random surprises which had no basis it was just bad
i'm all in for season 2!
Nice wrap-up, although it has the same problem that so many series have of dispatching the Big Bad too easily. I would’ve liked a nice little Easter egg of the school doing the Vic Mizzy theme and opening.
They ended this on a high note. Incredibly stirring music and some shocking revelations as well as some satisfying conclusions to various plotlines.
Does this make Wednesday smile? Depends on if smiling requires using both sides of the mouth. But it might put a smile on your face.
Wednesday the character was shallow and too nice compared to the original Adams family. I was expecting a little more depth, wickedness, with a touch of sinister for a Adams show. Good season but I will not be waiting for season two in anticipation.
I watched the final episode on.. wednesday. It felt good! done deal!
Tim Burton's got some spooky talent... I've enjoyed this tale as much as I've enjoyed all his past creations.
"It's crazy to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results."
This is probably the best commentary on the way Wednesday "fought".
Am I crazy? Did I watch something different than anyone else?
I thought this show was great right up until this episode. Everything was so rushed. Weems cleverly eavesdrops on evil lady's monologue...then immediately dies right after. Enid finally goes wolf and curbstomps evil guy in seconds (I actually didn't mind this, just wanted a longer fight maybe? And maybe using the fight to add to the father/son storyline?) . Dollar Store Voldemort that's been hyped up the whole season gets resurrected...just to do absolutely nothing to no one. He doesn't even get to kill any outcasts, just shows up to the school, lights it on fire and dies very quickly. I actually looked to see how much episode was left when he died and was surprised I was at the end. People kept teleporting between locations whenever the plot demanded they be somewhere.
This needed to be either a longer episode or a two-parter. Overall though, I definitely love the show. I hope the writing for the main storyline in Season 2 will be better.
This show was such a pleasant suprise, just awesomely entertaining and intriguing. Glad I was able to give it a watch. Although I think a second season would be fun I really do not think we need it...
Best episode of them 8.
The finale had all the hallmarks of the show so far (and the last episodes in particular): somewhat interesting setup; tepid payoff. There were some really nice shots (again, closeups, mostly), but just as many points where the scene called for wit from the script, and it just had nothing to give. It ended up feeling like it wanted to be a Goosebumps movie, and the villain reveal I actually had guessed halfway through the show, which is not something I normally do, as I don't try too much to figure something out while watching it so that I can give it its best chance to wow me.
The "don't meet your heroes" line elicited a chuckle, but it's not at all the type of dialogue or tone I was hoping for, and one that felt out of place and MCU-ified, especially given the real world issues brought up by 17th century New World Hitler. We are indeed still living under the spectre of idiot murderer post-Puritan assholes who actually perpetrate mass killings of "undesirables". And are you seriously telling me the writers just hard wrote-out Goody?! What the fuck. Goody is best girl! I could listen to Jenna speak in that accent as that character for an entire season. They better bring in some retcon master to undo this nonsense.
Given they've essentially made a full remake and made their own setting and characters, they haven't actually ruined anything that prevents them from retooling the show and making it into something darker and more serious, with some better and more inspired writers. Here's hoping that's what happens. It's not like it's a Witcher situation. Nothing else could be that bad. Right?
The finale was quite an emotional episode, though I still think kids shouldn't watch it as it was quite dark and at times disturbing. At the beginning the ep seemed to be dragging a bit, but the later part was quite engrossing. My favourite scene was the reunion of Wednesday and Enid at the end, it was even moving to see the girls hug as Wednesday finally overcome her aversion to showing friendship and affection she feels to other people.
Good! Some parts were like nickelodeon’s monster high and others almost gave a harry potter vibe, maybe a bigger budget next season can help.
I loved Enid wolfing out to save her friend.
The only part I disliked was so many deaths, I feel like those characters had so much development left that I wanted to see next season, specially Gwendoline :/ we didn’t see a body tho so I’m hopeful for next season.
I liked it, more the episodes directed by Tim Burton.
Let's see, you are "normal" and you want the "not normal" people to die and for that, you are resurrected by magic and you use a magic staff to set fire to the school, all very normal and coherent.
The other episodes were not that good, but this one is just pure garbage
I really enjoyed this season. I'm sad to see Weems go. Really hoped she's be resurrected somehow. The overall stand-off was mediocre. I'm glad Bianca got to save Wednesday... I really hope we see more Bianca next season. She is much more than just the It-girl.
The conclusion was a bit predictable but I still enjoyed it.
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Wasn’t expecting Christina Ricci’s character to be evil. That was a good plot twist with a well-done reveal in my opinion. Christina is good at playing a villain.