An eventful semester at Nevermore Academy has come to a close. Netflix's new mega-hit Wednesday premiered on November 16, and it's still holding strong as the streamer's current no.1 show. Based on the iconic Addams Family, the cast is led by Jenna Ortega as the morbid and morose Wednesday Addams, who uncovers the secrets surrounding her new school for outcasts and its adjacent normie town Jericho.
Beyond Wednesday's killer one-liners and the lovable students (mostly Enid), Season 1's strength is in its compelling mystery, as the teen investigates a monster that has been haunting the woods around Nevermore. Even though she witnesses an attack in the premiere, there are several forces undermining her, including the surly town sheriff and Principal Weems, who doesn't want news of a possible monster to further sour the normies' opinions of the outcasts. Eventually we find out along with Wednesday that the season-long puzzle centers around her own history, leading back to a battle between her ancestor, Goody Addams, and Jericho's founder Joseph Crackstone—and setting the scene for a possible season two.
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