#barry dort

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@bowdensnow @hislittleraincloud

Last Year I said that in Season 2 we need a Pugsley who is a devious, mischievous, troublemaker who would literally eat you alive if you provoke him.

Two out of Three isn’t bad.

[xxroex]

Okay. I need to talk about this otherwise I WILL explode. If you don't want to know anything about Wednesday Season 2 from the clips on Thingtok then this is your warning to not read on from here. If you don't mind it, then go on ahead! Principal Barry Dort. This man INFURIATES ME. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM. It was the comments about Weems that got to me. Walking around the place talking about "righting her wrongs", GET OOOOOUUUTT. He acted like she was some mindless Principal who did everything she did because she was just bitchy and had some sort of prejudice against normies. That wasn't what she was about at all. To put shade on her name when she literally DIED for the kids at Nevermore is WILD. Now I'm not gonna sit here and be the person who preaches that their favourite character could do no wrong. Obviously some of the things Weems did were morally (and legally in some cases) wrong. Covering up a death with her Outcast abilities, for instance. She is a morally grey character, that I will acknowledge. But the things she did were never done with the wrong intentions. Nevermore and its inhabitants were Weems' pride and joy, she would've done and did anything in her power to protect them. It is absolutely infuriating to see her actions dismissed and mischaracterised by this guy. I know he's probably supposed to be that way but I don't care, it really got on my nerves ;-; Weems didn't get everything she did right, but she was trying, doing her best to do what she saw was right for her students. As anyone in her position should. She was, in the end, willing to hear Wednesday out and even went along with a plan that I can only imagine sounded bizarre to her when it was explained. After everything Wednesday had done, she should've realistically just sent her off back to her family. But she listened, and she went along with it because she genuinely cares for her students, Wednesday included. She was prepared to die for them, and she did. Dort coming onto the scene and immediately outright shaming Weems' decisions and actions in regards to both the Hyde situation and her handling of Normie relations grinds my gears so hard they are spitting SPARKS. The feminine rage rn

[psychic-refugee]

I have no reason to have thought this, other than WGF has a darker, more sophisticated feel towards Outcasts, but when they said Steve Buscemi was cast in Wednesday S2, I was picturing how he looked on Boardwalk Empire.

How in the hell am I supposed to take the right picture seriously as an authority figure? lol

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Indeed... 😏

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WEDNESDAY CHARACTER'S MIDDLE NAMES

Wednesday "Yes Enid" Addams

Enid "Howdy Roomie" Sinclair

Barry "fuck Normies" Dort

Gomez and Morticia "Inseparable" Addams

[fullofwoe5321]

Howdy Weyler Nation! WS2 Part 2 - Is Wednesday cursed? Who is the killer? What is Tyler's role on that?

As I told on the last post, the only thing I can trust now is those 6 minutes, BUT I will use some isolated scenes from teasers to illustrate some insights. ONCE AGAIN: THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN! IT'S JUST THEORIES. NOTHING IS CONFIRMED. Only for the voices in my head.

Here it lies more questions than answers but I decided to share because there's always someone clever than me (You guys) to helpto crack the code about Wednesday's plot and a possible Weyler's plot as well.

1- Is Wednesday cursed?

In my opinion, NO. But I need to explain: At first, I thought it was a curse, but now I don't think it is anymore. She is crying black tears because she is messing with Goody's book of spell. She is messing with High Dark Magic and she is not able to handle it. She wasn't supposed to cry black tears during a vision while being touched by someone else. She was supposed to trigger visions whenever she wants. But once again, she passed out when the serial killer touched her.

She was supposed to be trained by an ancestor and now she is training herself alone using ancient magic and her mom warned her how dangerous it could be to lead Goody's path and advices.

But another point here is that Goody lives inside her because Wednesday would have died and Goody didn't see any other way. LAUREL DIDN'T PLAN FOR CRACKSTONE TO KILL WEDNESDAY. Laurel just needed some blood. Crackstone's act was a surprise. I guess it was not Goody's intention to live inside Wednesday, but she couldn't do differently. However I guess she had plans to have her revenge in future and probably she thought she could influence Wednesday at some point. But now things took a dark turn....

The fact they both were a Raven shows us how they are powerful witches/psychics but also there is a real possibility they suffer from the same destiny: madness.

Is this girl Goody? hmm... I believe the Black Tears is the consequence of using Raven's powers uncontrollably.

"Secrets can have deadly consequences." As we could see Wednesday hasn't told anyone she's been training alone and I dare to say that she hadn't told anyone Goody had saved her from death as well. NO ONE KNOWS THAT GOODY LIVES INSIDE HER.

So my theory is that Wednesday will lose sense of reality and will lose control litlle by little because we all know she is going to use her psychic abilities to solve the cases, but she will suffer the consequences. She is going to use those powers like there's no tomorrow. She will be drunk by the power and she will overload her systems until the point she gets literally nuts. I think she will do things she won't remember and I dare to say, evil things. She will be out of control.

It would be a clever mirror to Tyler's Hyde. But I'll be come back to him soon.

2- Who is the killer? HERE IT LIES MY BOLDEST THEORY! LOL GET READY!

When Jenna said the Death of Red Masque was as inspiration for the plot, I got curious and I googled it. SPOILER ALERT:

In "The Masque of the Red Death," Prince Prospero attempts to escape a deadly plague, the Red Death, by isolating himself and his courtiers in a fortified abbey. He throws a lavish masquerade ball within the abbey's seven elaborately decorated rooms, each representing a stage of life, to distract from the plague raging outside. At midnight, a mysterious figure, resembling a Red Death victim, appears and walks through all the rooms, culminating in the black room where Prince Prospero confronts him. The prince dies upon confronting the figure, who is revealed to be the Red Death itself, and all the revelers die soon after. 

Today they released a new teaser about Barry Dort and how he is going to lead Nevermore. He is anti normie. He is a proud outcast.

If I was going to theorize something about it, I would say Barry Dort would represent Prince Prospero. But let's not say it literally. Let's say that the fact he is an anti normie and wants to protect the outcast from normies, it would make him to isolate them at Nevemore because in his mind, he is doing the right thing for his community. It's better isolation than integration, because I assume Jericho now is against all types of outcasts after Tyler. I assume the normies can't stand to be near outcasts anymore which complicates the situation once Nevermore is the responsible to prop up the town. Let's move on...

Once the murders starts to happen or even when Tyler escapes form WH, Dort will become more and more protective over Nevermore and students and he will isolate them there eventually. I mean, the outcasts will be first suspects around the crimes And maybe the normies just need an excuse to show how outcast are dangerous and close the school. So I assume Dort will do everything to shield Nevermore and students.

Ok, but what does it have to do with the killer? PAY ATTENTION NOW:

The killer is wearing a RED hood. I assume this person is representing the death according to the reference of the Death of Red Masque. Bart will be so worried about protecting students inside Nevermore that he won't realize that DEATH IS ALREADY INSIDE the school. Yes, I assumed it's a student. and now... WHO IS THE KILLER?

OK, IT'S JUST THEORY!!!! FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!

Have you paid attention that the killer is wearing a doll-face's mask? Who was surrounded by dolls recently?

Yeah, the first thing I noticed, since the beginning, it was how the hands of the killer were small. It made me think it is a girl.

Then i noticed how the killer is short:

We can see the victim is taller than the killer. So the killer knocks the victim down and straddles his chest to choke him.

But what really makes me support this theory is the plot of the death of red masque: the Red Death is the Prince Prospero, THE MAIN LEAD!! The illusion of control is being explored here! Wednesday thought she was in control of her ability and herself, but she was never! She is totally taken by her power and she cant do anything about it. She cannot win anymore and the prediction of Rowan's mother was right: she would destroy the school and everyone in it in one way or another.

Jenna herself said that Wednesday would be in a situation she cannot win.

Yeah, i know it sounds delulu, but who knows?

Another point there is that Wednesday is a celebrity and has a fan named Annie. She looks a bit nuts. Take a look:

OF COURSE IT COULD BE HER AS WELL!!! THE WAY SHE IS CLEARLY OBSESSED WITH WEDNESDAY! LOL

I wouldn't doubt if she is killing some people to get some attention from Wednesday because she know how our girl loves to solve mysteries.

But she could be a red herring as well. Another ginger? Of course she will be first suspect.

3 - What about Tyler? My shayla!

If there's one person who can totally understand Wednesday in the middle of the chaos, this person is Tyler!

He knows how it is feels to do thing you don't remember, to do things you would never agree to do and to be controled by his own power.

I can totally assure he will be the first person to realize that something's wrong with Wednesday.

It would be a great opportunity to show Wednesday and to viewers how Tyler couldn't do anything about Laurel's orders. It would be a chance to clarify how things worked. Because I don't think Tyler agreed with killing people but he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't stop his Hyde because he couldn't control him just like Wednesday can't control her abilities anymore. She thinks she doesnt' need help and she can do it all by herself, but everybody needs help. Tyler didn't have any and he is the example of how things turned totally wrong. It's more about a development about your emotional issues than the abilities themselves.

What makes me worried is the fact that Wednesday might be his master at some point of the show! But I dont think they will repeat the same old story: Wednesday making Tyler kill. I think they will make things differently now and I have one good theories about them.

I want to talk about Weyler and Tyler tomorrow because I have theories about Wednesday being his master and Tyler is masterless. This post would be massive if I start now. So I'll leave it for tomorrow.

What are your thoughts about my delulu theories? lol

Let me know everything!

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Wednesday: Season 2 | Cast Reveal

Season 2 of Netflix's Wednesday is now in production.

Season 2 cast

Starring:

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams

Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort

Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair

Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin

Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay

Victor Dorobantu as Thing

Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger

Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Ritchie Santiago

Billie Piper as Capri

Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus

Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams

Evie Templeton

Owen Painter

Noah Taylor

Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addam

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams

Guest starring:

Joanna Lumley as Grandmama

Thandiwe Newton as Dr. Fairburn

Jamie McShane as Donovan Galpin

Frances O'Connor

Haley Joel Osment

Heather Matarazzo

Joonas Suotamo

Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester

Christopher Lloyd

[allergictocolor]

Steve Buscemi's character in Wednesday season 2 is Barry Dort, but I keep thinking it's Bort, which makes me think of the Simpsons, because I'm a million years old and all my pop culture references are stuck in the 1900s.

[creepy-kooky-mysterious-spooky]

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The Dormitory of Xavier and Ajax is Caliban Hall. Which means that All Dormitories are Named after Shakespeare Characters.

There are New Traditions at Nevermore Like:

Prank Day

The Founder’s Pyre Ceremony

Camp Outcast

Day of Remembrance

We SHOULD Talk about Bruno

[shewolf-sinclair]

OKAY this post is gonna be long, bear with me.

Wednesday s2 is in production. here are my thoughts + what we know so far. -> anything in bold is my personal opinions and annectdotes. regular text is confirmed information. I will color code this by character and list in order of appearance in post. (percy hynes white/xavier addressed in italics. it is its own thing kinda)

Tyler

Bianca

Xavier

Yoko

Addams Family

Ajax - also listed eugene and pugsley (related information)

New Sheriff - Enid - Divina&Kent - Barry Dort - Dr. Fairburn (i am running out of colors so they don’t get one/each only has one mention/not much information.)

Capri

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New headmaster - who???

Stalker arc - so excited, is it someone old or new? (see yoko)

New mayor? -> What’s the deal with lucas? I hope to see him return as he became really interesting towards the end, in his interactions with Bianca and suggested past with tyler. His actor is not listed on any casting announcements, he (iman) is however interacting with the announcements on social media.

New Sheriff! Donovan Galpin’s actor is only listed as gueststarring, yet the deputy from last season is listed as recurring and in the cast picture with all the regulars for the season. This suggests donovan is stepping down or something and we will have a new sheriff for Wednesday to butt heads with during her investigation. however donovan isn’t entirely gone, suggesting he still has some part to play in story progression — likely involved with Tylers S2 story.

TYLER!! if you follow my blog for a while you’ll know I’m the tyler apologist ever. I wholeheartedly believe he was innocent (yes he did the crimes but like. mind control. i’ll link the thread here and bottom of post) personally I’m hoping we get a redemption arc. We know that hunter doohan is a season regular and major player based on his spot on the cast list. He broke out last season.. but how/why? I’m excited to see more of tyler. i love him sm you guys. -> thornhill is not coming back, as christina ricci is not listed and is seemingly univolved. the general consensus is thornhill died in her last few minutes of screentime though nothing on that was ever confirmed. I am looking foward to confirmation and what that means for Tyler, not having a master to force him to kill and all (again, ties into my previous point and I have evidence for why this in particular is important) (see bottom of this post)

Moving on: Bianca. Joy Sunday is listed as a series regular and a major player. After last seasons ending, I am excited to (hopefully) see the continuation of her growth and development away from being a bully and also hear more of her backstory with her mom and ‘morning song’.

That being said, nightshades. Percy Hynes White is confirmed to be not returning, neither percy nor netflix has made a statement, and we are unsure if this decision was percy’s or netfix’s. We do not know if Xavier is to be written out or was recast. -> Naomi (yoko) is also not returning. Naomi made a statement on instagram as to why. However, she was in last season’s promotional materials which suggests she was intended to be important. there were many theories she was the stalker. Here’s to hoping for a S3 return!-> the dias-watson twins (divina and kent) are not listed on any casting announcements nor have the twins posted anything regarding the production announcements. However, nothing has been confirmed regarding their return and no statements have been made. -> we don’t know what this means for the nightshades but I hope to see more of them this season, including inducting enid. maybe pugsley and eugene, who are both set to be series regulars - as is ajax. Personally ajax is one of my favorite characters and I am excited for him to play a bigger part in the story. enjax truthers unite!

Addams family members are also set to return. Morticia and Gomez are now considered series regulars according to the production announcements. Additionally, we will be seeing Grandmamma and Fester (Fred Armisen) as guest starring characters. The 90’s actor of fester is also confirmed to be making an appearance, though no character name has been announced.

STEVE BUSCEMI?! WHAT IS HE DOING HERE HELLO??? (I love him guys he’s so silly) -> Several other new cast members has been announced. Steve Buscemi is confirmed to be playing someone named Barry Dort, we have no further information on the character. Thandiwe Newton is confirmed to be playing someone named Dr. Fairburn, we have no other information on the character. Based on the gueststar status and Dr. in the name, there are many theories that they will be the new therapist, but nothing is confirmed. We also have Billie Piper as Capri. no further official information. I am so excited to meet this capri!! All I can say is that I doubt they will be the new headmaster because what headmaster has only a first name?? However, they also likely won’t be a new student because it’s Billie Piper, who is the same age as the other adult characters’ actors in the show whereas the students’ actors are in their 20’s/early 30’s. I think there’s a good chance they’re a siren as Capri is an tropical island. (please be morning song pleaseeee I’m desperate) -> three members of our new cast have no character names (Evie Templeton, Noah B. Taylor, Owen Painter) There are RUMORS (nothing confirmed) That Taylor or Painter may be Xavier recasts. -> All of these new cast members (besides Newton who is a gueststar I think probably a new therapist to replace kinbott) are listed as reoccurring, with Steve Buscemi listed directly under Jenna Ortega and above Emma Myers on the cast list, suggesting he has a major role. Earlier this year there were rumors or Buscemi’s casting, with people suggesting he may play the new headmaster. THIS IS JUST A RUMOR at this time. There was speculation that Weems (Gwendoline Christie) may still be alive, but with Christie being seemingly uninvolved it is likely to be false speculation. There are more new cast members plying unnamed characters, listed as gueststars.

AND YES, THING IS RETURNING!!!

They will not be filming in Romania again. The majority of the show was not done on soundstage. and was filmed in and around real buildings in romania. This means they have to duplicate everything as a soundstage, possibly limiting some filming capabilities. They are, instead, filming in Ireland.

Lastly, we have the title for Episode 1: Here we woe again.

This is all for now!! Please let me know if you have more CONFIRMED information (i will add it to this post and tag you!) or have questions on anything mentioned. I will be sharing more as things come out.

My sources include: Season 1 references, Netflix’s official instagram, The cast’s official instagrams, and these articles.

if you want my comments on tyler: (be prepared it is literally a thought dump and not organized and composed like this post. i may properly write it out at a later date idk yet)

[psychic-refugee]

Here is the "teaser trailer." Unsure what makes it a teaser rather than a regular or "official" trailer, but we got some good info and some hints.

Pugsly has his powers, it looks to be lightening like Uncle Fester (which is annoying bc they clearly stole my idea from WGF that I haven't written yet. lol)

It's broken up in two parts. I am side eyeing this. I don't know how much sense it makes to premier in August and then the next in September. I feel like we could have just waited an extra month and not know the difference. It feels more like a autumn show rather than a late summer one. I know a lot of people are eager for it, but I find this more annoying than anything.

I think they're laying down hints of conflict between Enid and Wednesday. I'm sure they'll do some trite arc where they go through some growing pains and then come back as bester friends. lol

There is no 2 year time skip. Morticia mentions that Nevermore is the first school Wednesday's willingly come back to, I think this implies it's the next semester.

Hints of Bianca using her Siren power.

[nightshades-hq]

hey guys whats up i’m finally doing this.

S2 TRAILER BREAKDOWN

anything in italics is going to mean it is strictly my opinion/speculation but please don’t take any of what’s in italic as fact. anything bold will be undeniable facts.

Character Appearances

The only of the previously named new characters we were explicitly shown were grandmama, and barry dort

we have been shown nothing in lieu of whether xavier has been written out or recast for the love of god i hope they recast him hes such a fun character

It would appear neither of the twins are back but theres no way to be sure there won’t be background appearances I however doubt they will be there at all but I can hope

Bianca is featured in a segment of the trailer, she is seen using her siren song. this, to me, suggests she will have a large role this season, a theory aided by the previous cast list from the spring in which Joy Sunday was listed as starring.

Ajax (georgie farmer also being listed as a starring role) has not made an appearance I hope he gets a bigger role this season he is one of my faves everrrr

Tyler has a segment!! He is in what appears to be an asylum of sorts, with wednesday coming to ask him something? information? for help? ((not trailer but a sneak peak released today reveals the addams investigating a house/mini estate somehow releasing to laurel/thornhill)) chat please let him he a good guy this season. He is seen transforming too.

And, as previously stated, the addams family are set to be major players this season too!! With pugsley enrolling at nevermore, having the same powers as Fester. plus new mystery addams relative. and lurch.

I think Lady Gaga makes an appearance this season but don’t quote me on that.

Plot?

we have little to go on about the plot so far but here’s what we do have;

another murder mystery

wednesday getting kidnapped

my guess is we’ll see something about the stalker from s1e8

tying up last season’s loose ends? aftermath, rebuilding, probably trauma? normie/outcast relationship how’s that holding up? (pilgrim world is making a comeback!)

New sheriff!

Extra

there are some really cool costume changes this season!! I’m all for it I just hope they tie it into the plot ie. new headmaster new uniforms.

If you have any facts you wish to be added, put in the asks and I will update this post- I will either research it myself or ask you for your source first. If it’s a speculation you wish to see discussed it will get it’s own post <3

[tylernation]

Plot to Season 2 of Wednesday based on the Leaks.

SO I DECIDED TO CREATE THE PLOT TO SEASON 2 USING THE LEAKS AND SEEING WHERE THEY FIT IN EACH OF THE EPISODES. SOME STUFF IS MADE UP, OTHERS ARE LEAKS. I CREATED THIS BECAUSE I LIKED SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS REVEALED AND I WONDERED HOW IT WOULD ALL FIT IN TO AN EPISODIC SEASON.

HENCE THIS POST. WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THE LEAKS ARE TRUE OR NOT, I DO HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY WHAT I WAS ABLE TO MUSTER…

MAIN CAST:

- JENNA ORTEGA - Wednesday Addams

- STEVE BUSCEMI - Principal Barry Dort

- EMMA MYERS - Enid Sinclair

- VICTOR DOROBANTU - Thing

- HUNTER DOOHAN - Tyler Galpin

- JOY SUNDAY - Bianca Barclay

- MOOSA MOSTAFA - Eugene Ottinger

- BILLIE PIPER - Isadora Capri

- LUYANDA UNATI-LEWIS NYAWO - Sheriff Ritchie Santiago

- NOAH B. TAYLOR - Bruno Dort

- OWEN PAINTER - Karloff

- GEORGIE FARMER - Ajax Petropolus

- EVIE TEMPLETON - Annie

- ISAAC ORDONEZ - Pugsley Addams

- LUIS GUZMÁN - Gomez Addams

- CATHERINE ZETA-JONES - Morticia Addams

RECURRING CAST:

- GRACY GOLDMAN - Gabrielle

- TEDROY NEWELL - Gideon

- JAMIE MCSHANE - Donovan Galpin

- PHILLIP PHILLMAR - Augustus Stonehearst

- JOONAS SUOTAMO - Lurch

GUEST CAST:

- JOANNA LUMLEY - Hester “Grandmama” Frump

- FRED ARMISEN - Uncle Fester

- THANDIWE NEWTON - Dr. Rachael Fairburn

- CHRISTOPHER LLOYD - Professor Orloff

- HEATHER MATAZARRO - Judi

- HALEY JOEL OSMENT - Chet / The Kansas City Scalper.

Takes place between late August and late October 2023.

CHAPTER I: “Here We Woe Again.”

• Takes place at the beginning of the new school year.

• Prologue has Wednesday using her psychic visions to track down ‘The Kansas City Scalper’, a serial killer she has been determined to find since childhood. She uses her visions to identify the killer and track him down in Kansas City. With Thing’s help, Wednesday subdues and brutally kills the man in his basement.

• Before leaving for Nevermore, Morticia is now revealed to be a new member of the Nevermore Board of Trustees under its chairman, Augustus Stonehearst.

• Arriving at Nevermore, Barry Dort, the newly appointed principal of Nevermore introduces himself. Dort is a very polarising figure in the Outcast community due to his Magneto-style feelings towards Outcast–Normie interactions. His controversial appointment by the board leads to several students not returning such as Xavier, Yoko, and Divina. However, other parents and students welcome Dort following the near destruction of Nevermore at the hands of a Normie and a feared outcast type the previous year.

• Dort has Morticia and Gomez located in Rotwood Cottage, the former Nevermore residence of Laurel Gates. Named after long dead Nevermore teacher, Rosaline Rotwood.

• Donovan Galpin, having been forced to resigned as sheriff in disgrace, attempts to get Tyler released from Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital. He goes before the board and asks them to take custody of Tyler and help him gain control of his Hyde. But the board refuses, citing their ban on Hydes and his crimes. Donovan angrily tells them that they refused to help his wife years earlier and that they’re doing the same now. Wednesday has tense encounter with Donovan as he leaves. She tells him that he is purely blind for still not accepting what his son has become. Donovan rebuffs her and tells her that that’s not who he really is, but Wednesday thinks he’s deluding himself.

• During the first school assembly outdoors at night, Nevermore’s choir under music teacher Isadora Capri peforms. Dort gives a welcome back speech where he honours Larissa Weems and announces controversial new changes such as forbidding students from going into Jericho, abolishing Outreach Day, and disbanding the Nightshades.

• Dort’s son Maxim is introduced as a new student. He is very charming, and becomes instantly popular with the student masses except Wednesday.

• Everyone gets settled into their new schedules the next day as Wednesday and Enid attend their new classes.

• Enid notices Maxim checking her out, but she politely rejects him by citing that she has a boyfriend already.

• Pugsley befriends Eugene, and they both find themselves at odds with new student Annie, a high IQ telekinetic who becomes somewhat of an annoying know it all.

• Donovan goes to his successor, Sheriff Ritchie Santiago in regard to Tyler, but she too rebuffs him, and he soon finds himself at odds with his former deputies who express anger over Donovan suppressing evidence of Tyler’s crimes.

• Wednesday struggles to adjust living in a school where her family now resides also. But Enid likes it as it allows her to get closer to them.

• Ajax arranges a date between himself and Enid, but she doesn’t show when gets distracted trying to help Maxim who is still trying to find his way around Nevermore. Ajax is left hurt as it is not the first time Enid has bailed on a date.

• Tyler is woken up in his cell ominously by the person in the next cell (Karloff) calling his name.

CHAPTER II: “If These Woes Could Talk.”

• Tyler has been locked up at Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital for the past several months alongside other outcasts who have been rendered as insane.

• Tyler is treated by the facility’s chief psychiatrist, Dr. Rachael Fairburn. During one of his therapy sessions, he professes to Dr. Fairburn that he is an innocent kid and didn’t want any of this, to which she believes and really wants to help Tyler. But after returning she leaves, he shows his true dark self and expresses no remorse over his actions.

• Back at Nevermore, Wednesday starts taking music lessons under Capri’s tutorship, who takes interest in her musical talent with the cello.

• Dort continues to implement his new changes which causes a divide amongst the student body. There is skepticism in both Gomez and Morticia over Dort’s reforms. Though the board is still loyal to him.

• The board is revealed to be under the influence of Gabrielle Barclay, Bianca’s mother and a leader of Morning Song alongside her husband Gideon.

• Gabrielle is responsible for the board electing Dort as the new principal of Nevermore, secretly citing him as important to Morning Song’s future plans. They share Dort’s view of Outcast-supremacy.

• Bianca grows weary of her mother’s role as she knows how manipulative and conniving she can be, but Gabrielle feigns a genuine care by saying that her only concern is the well being of the school.

• Morticia asks Wednesday to keep an ear out on what the student reaction is to Dort and his policies.

• Tyler and Karloff grow closer as their lives in Willow Hill are further explored. He confides in Karloff about he hates the life card he was dealt and wants nothing more than to make the world around him suffer because of it. He tells him that the world was never kind to him, so why should he be kind to the world.

• Ajax, after beginning to feel neglected in his relationship with Enid after she has repeatedly missed out on their dates, decides to break up with her which devastates her.

• Enid goes to Wednesday for comfort, but her lack of emotion struggles to resonate with Enid.

• Maxim takes notice of a depressed Enid and asks her out. Thinking it will help her move on from Ajax, she accepts. She tells Wednesday who is not sure what to make of it.

• Donovan visits Tyler at Willow Hill and tells him that he’s not going to give up on getting him released. He tells Tyler he will make sure he doesn’t end up dying here like his mother did. Tyler scoffs and coldly tells his father that he is what he is and that allowed he allowed it to happen. He then leaves his father grappling with guilt.

CHAPTER III: “The Great Outwoes.”

• The students are all assigned to go on a camping retreat at Camp Jericho, which has just been booked out for Outcasts only that weekend.

• The camp counsellors, both of whom are Normies, attempt to coax Wednesday into participating in the “fun” activities. But she instead ignores them and has Pugsley and Eugene orchestrate a series of pranks that turn the retreat into a nightmare for the counsellors.

• During the retreat, a few students start to go missing, prompting Wednesday to investigate as she doesn’t trust Santiago or the Jericho deputies to handle it properly.

• Enid helps her in her investigation, but she soon becomes distracted by her growing relationship with Maxim.

• Maxim offers to help in the investigation, but Wednesday, who is distrustful of him, rebuffs his help. Maxim clearly notices this and hides his anger over the refusal, but it can still be seen.

• Showing off, Maxim plays the guitar and sings to Enid (musical number) which she enjoys. The other students are impressed also.

• Wednesday gets kidnapped by one of the camp counsellors, Joanna, who has a creepy obsession with dolls. She reveals herself as the one responsible for the disappearances and plans on making them into her new playtoys in her basement.

• Wednesday manages to break free and subdue Joanna before releasing the students. Wednesday ties up Joanna and brutally kills her.

• The police arrive to attend to the rescued students, and Wednesday, who has hid Joanna’s body, lies and tells Santiago that she fled.

CHAPTER IV: “If You Woe What’s Good For You.”

• Following the events of Camp Jericho, Dort becomes further determined to keep Outcasts sequestered at Nevermore. He cancels all extracurricular events that were to occur outside school grounds and the students feel more isolated than before.

• Wednesday gets a letter, summoning her to meet her grandmother at her estate. When she is granted permission to leave by Dort, he gives a subtle remark about her grandmother which indicates he knows her. The remark leaves Wednesday somewhat confused.

• Uncle Fester arrive at Nevermore to visit the family much to the delight of Gomez and Pugsley.

• At Grandmama’s estate, Wednesday learns from her that she and Dort have a contentious history together. Grandmama was a former mentor of Dort and were good friends, but the emergence of his radical views following his wife’s death led to their estrangement.

• Wednesday learns through her grandmother that Dort’s wife was killed by Normies, hence his distrust and superiority complex over them.

• Dort attempts to bring Maxim into his plans by reminding him of his late mother and her legacy. Maxim, who sees this as an opportunity to prove himself to his father, begins to repeat some of his radical views which disturb Enid.

• Maxim uses his popularity to manipulate the students into accepting his father’s controversial changes as part of the greater good for all Outcasts.

• Fester bonds with Pugsley and Eugene.

• After meeting with her grandmother, Wednesday returns to Nevermore and launches an investigation into Dort. Enid offers to help, after starting to find herself at odds with Maxim.

• Maxim learns about Wednesday looking into his dad and becomes angry when he learns Enid is helping him. He confronts Enid and demands that she stop helping Wednesday. Enid refuses and Maxim gets rough with her by grabbing her arms and bruising her.

• Grandmama arrives at Nevermore unexpectedly to petition the board to get Dort removed, but her attempt is unsuccessful as the board is still loyal to Dort.

• Dort then learns of Grandmama’s presence at Nevermore and taunts her. She in turn gives him a chilling warning to him about messing with the Addams Family and to not underestimate Wednesday.

• Wednesday learns about the bruises Maxim gave Enid and tells her to end things with him at once. Enid gets angry at Wednesday and tells her that if she had comforted her and been there for her after her breakup with Ajax instead of putting up her stoic walls, then she wouldn’t have sought out that comfort in Maxim since he was the only one who offered it.

CHAPTER V: “Oh Hell Woe.”

• After her fight with Enid, Wednesday decides to pause her investigation on the Dorts and look into something new to keep her distracted.

• Thing offers her a missing person’s case that went cold the previous year. The missing person is a local Jericho resident.

• Enid decides to break up with Maxim. Meeting him in the Nightshades Library, she tells him that their relationship is over and that she doesn’t like how toxic he has been to her.

• Maxim becomes shocked and thinks it’s a joke. He angrily tells Enid that they are not over. She responds that they are and attempts to leave, but Maxim grabs her and prevents from leaving, causing her to use her claws to scratch his face. Maxim curses Enid as she runs off.

• Bianca notices Enid and comforts her.

• Sneaking into Jericho, Wednesday approaches Santiago and offers to look into the case, but Santiago brushes her off and doubts her abilities to get further than what the police could last year, but Wednesday reminds Santiago that her investigating prowess is what helped her figure out that both Tyler and Laurel Gates were responsible for the murders that took place last year. After hearing this, Santiago reluctantly allows her to have the missing person case files.

• Returning to Nevermore, Wednesday learns from Bianca about what happened between Enid and Maxim. Wednesday finds an emotionally upset Enid in their dorm. Wednesday reconciles with he by giving her a meaningful hug. Wednesday offers to go after Maxim in retaliation, but Enid declines wanting that, citing the principal as his dad.

• At Willow Hill, Gabrielle visits Tyler and offers to secure his freedom if he agrees to help her and Morning Song with their plans against Nevermore. Tyler is tempted by the offer to go up against Nevermore, but is not trustful of Gabrielle and her intentions.

• Gabrielle attempts rectify Tyler’s concerns by using her Siren Song to brainwash Tyler into allowing her to become his new master, but the procedure goes wrong and Karloff accidentally becomes his new master instead. Tyler has no qualms about Karloff becoming his new master as he trusts him fully.

• Karloff tells Gabrielle to leave as he wants Tyler to have no part in what she is planning. Karloff instead wants to focus Tyler on their own agenda.

• Maxim uses his popularity and influence to turn the student body against Enid and anyone closely associated with her, including Wednesday and Bianca.

• Morticia confronts Dort over Maxim’s behaviour, but he retorts that he has been lenient with Wednesday and her behaviour. He threatens to take further action against her if Morticia gets involved in the affairs involving Maxim.

• However, knowing that Wednesday and her friend group have been ostracised, Dort uses this as an opportunity to offer a new alliance to Wednesday. He dedicates an assembly ceremony to her by commemorating her actions in saving the school last year.

• Wednesday sees through the ploy and in a defiant display of rebellion, burns the poster in front of the whole school much to Dort and Maxim’s anger.

• Tyler continues to grow closer to Karloff, and they both bond over their dark desires. Tyler opens up to him about Laurel. He resents her for using him, but admits that he was the only one who cared for him and gave him any proper attention, unlike his dad. He continues to manipulate Fairburn into giving him more freedom at the hospital.

• Returning to her investigation on the missing person. Wednesday learns that the last person to see her alive was someone who was a former patient at Willow Hill and resided in the same ward as Tyler. Wednesday suspects that he might have knowledge about the disappearance, which leads her to make a controversial choice.

CHAPTER VI: “The Devil You Woe.”

• After learning about Tyler’s connection to the missing person case. She decides to secretly go to Willow Hill to interrogate him for information. Enid offers to go with her due to her own resentment of Tyler, but Wednesday tells her that this is something she has to do herself. Before Wednesday leaves, she asks Thing to look out for Enid and to keep Maxim away.

• Maxim, still resentful towards Enid, begins to orchestrate an attack on her.

• Arriving at Willow Hill, Wednesday briefly interacts with Karloff, whom she finds creepy, even to her tastes.

• Tyler is surprised by Wednesday’s visit, but takes a sadistic glee in her visit by taunting her and how he almost succeeded last year.

• Morticia checks up on Thing in Wednesday and Enid’s dorm. She expresses her worry about how the school she loves so much is going under Dort’s direction. Morticia asks Thing if he thinks Wednesday will be alright dealing with Tyler, to which he responds that she can easily handle herself and take care of Tyler if need be.

• Back at Willow Hill, Wednesday begins pressing Tyler on the missing person who was once a former colleague of his at the Weathervane. But Tyler begins playing a cat and mouse game with her. He demands a Quid Pro Quo for the information he provides. He wants to be released from Willow Hill, but Wednesday angrily denies him to which he responds that she will not get a word out of him then.

• Tyler then proposes that she come visit him on an occasional basis. Wednesday warily agrees to do so on the condition that he agrees to tell her what he knows.

• Before Tyler can say what he knows, Karloff initiates an escape from Willow Hill, killing two security guards and an orderly in the process. Willow Hill goes into lockdown, trapping Wednesday and Tyler in the visiting room.

• Enid stays with Bianca and becomes closer to her as she tries to avoid Maxim. Bianca confides in Enid her worry about her mother’s intentions, to which Enid passes on to Morticia.

• Whilst waiting for the lockdown to lift, Tyler ominously tells Wednesday that something else is coming for Nevermore, but doesn’t tell her that it’s Morning Song. Wednesday thinks he’s just playing a trick on her.

• After the lockdown is lifted, Wednesday is about to leave when she learns it was Karloff who escaped. Tyler is shocked and angered that his “friend” left him behind.

• Wednesday becomes side tracked from her investigation in order to try and find Karloff.

CHAPTER VII: “Woe To The Wicked.”

• Both Dort and Santiago are warned about Karloff’s escape. Gabrielle is also informed, and realises that this is an opportunity to advance Tyler into her plans.

• Maxim orchestrates a group of mythical creatures to attack Enid during the full moon that night. Enid is wounded but manages to fight them off successfully.

• Enid is cared for by Bianca, Thing, Pugsley and Eugene.

• Wednesday continues tracking Karloff and follows him to the woods outside Jericho and Nevermore but manages to lose him there.

• During her tracking, Wednesday undergoes a series of visions that are designed to test her character.

• Morticia, after being warned about Gabrielle by Bianca, confronts her. The two clash in an interesting fight. Morticia threatens her to be extremely careful about who she is dealing with.

• Realising that the Addams Family are a threat, both Gabrielle and Gideon create a plan to keep them out of their way.

• Wednesday returns to Nevermore to be give an update to Enid.

• A deranged Maxim confronts Wednesday and Enid. Wednesday steps in to defend Enid, but she experiences another vision, leading Enid to defend herself against Maxim. Using her werewolf strength, she subdues him and knocks him out cold with a damaging injury to his head.

• Maxim is taken to Jericho General Hospital and is left in a catatonic state much to his dad’s shock and horror.

• Wednesday is impressed with Enid’s abilities. The two solidify their friendship.

• Gabrielle and Gideon track down and ambush Karloff. They kill him in order to sever his control over Tyler.

• Tyler feels his bond with Karloff severe.

CHAPTER VIII: “Woe Is Not Over Yet.”

• Dort starts to become deranged and vengeful after learning about what happened to Maxim at the hands of Enid. He becomes disgusted over his son being treated in a Normie hospital by Normie doctors.

• Dort becomes more tyrannical than ever before and imposes new and much harsher policies on the students who now start to rebel against him now that Maxim’s influence is no longer there.

• Dort attempts to get both Enid and Wednesday expelled, but fails after both girls convince the board that Enid acted in self-defense towards Maxim, as well as witness statements from Bianca, Pugsley, and Eugene about Maxim’s behaviour towards Enid.

• Ajax and Enid reconcile, though they agree to remain friends from now on.

• Resentful at being left on his own by the now dead Karloff, Tyler is taken to another session with Fairburn where he doesn’t pretend with her anymore and he breaks down and expresses his true anger and resentment.

• With Bianca’s help, Wednesday investigates Gabrielle. She gathers convincing evidence of her true intentions regarding Morning Song which is the plan to brainwash the Normies in Jericho to serve the Outcasts, as well as their intention to expand their plans throughout the whole country.

• Wednesday’s evidence is presented by Morticia and it is enough to sway the board to remove Gabrielle from their ranks.

• Wednesday gets an alert on her phone and realises that her stalker has reemerged. The stalker warns about getting too close, leading Wednesday to suspect that they’re connected.

• Morticia challenges Dort infront of the board by accusing him of being in league with Gabrielle and placing the school in danger. After much convincing by Morticia, the erratic Dort is finally removed from his position at long last as Gabrielle is absent to prevent the board’s decision. Dort protests, but the board’s chair, Augustus Stonehearst, believes that Dort is too emotionally distracted by what happened to Maxim to continue being principal of Nevermore. Dort silently but resentfully accepts. He departs the school.

• Gabrielle tells Gideon that Dort is no longer necessary for their plans and suggests that they move to next stage.

• Gabrielle launches a breakout at Willow Hill with help from Fairburn who is revealed to be secretly in league with Morning Song and was the one who allowed Karloff to escape so he can be killed. After freeing Tyler from his chains, he transforms into a Hyde and escapes the facility. But things turn sour for Tyler as he is ambushed and kidnapped by Gabrielle and her followers in order to be used for their upcoming plans.

• Gabrielle uses her siren powers to take control of the Hyde and prevents Tyler from transforming without her authorisation. Tyler becomes truly fearful as he is now powerless for the first time in nearly a year.

• The Addams Family learn about Tyler’s escape and abduction from Donovan Galpin who arrives and begs them into helping rescue Tyler.

• Knowing the harm Tyler could do under Morning Song’s control. Wednesday agrees to rescue him.

Note: I am developing my own original third season.

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Let's talk Wednesday season 2

Let’s share some thoughts about yesterday’s content about season 2 of Wednesday! I can’t mention the new season without talking of the exit of Naomi (Yoko) and Percy (Xavier). I’m sad that their characters won’t be part of the show anymore. Although Yoko didn’t have a lot of lines, her character was lgbtq+. Wednesday doesn’t have many lgbtq+ characters, other than Divina — and Kent, if I’m right. As for Percy, his departure was — sadly — expected due to the loud negativity of ‘fans’ since the accusations came up. I loved his character — I’m a sucker for loner artists with longer hair — and will miss him getting constantly rejected by Wednesday! I loved their characters’ banters. 

Now, on to the cast and the guest list for season 2! Additional characters were briefly introduced in the cast reveal post (loved the format, btw!). Joanna Lumley as Grandmama (is this grandma Frump?), Steve Buscemi as Barry Dort, Billie Piper as Capri, Thandiwe Newton as Dr. Fairburn (maybe the new principal…but don’t quote me on that). Nothing was revealed about those new characters, but hopefully more will be shared soon. I also spotted some interesting guest stars, including Christopher Lloyd, who played Uncle Fester in the 1990s Addams Family movies, and Heather Matarazzo. I’m so excited for Christopher Lloyd! I assumed he would reprise his role of Uncle Fester, but Fred Armisen is still on the guest list. 

What are your thoughts and hopes for season 2 of Wednesday? Who are you excited to see the most in the new characters/cast?