🎬 Wednesday Season 2 Review: Jenna Ortega Returns with Electrifying Charisma

Aug 06, 2025
Entertainment Culture
Micupost Digital News

🕷️ A Sinister Semester Begins Anew

Jenna Ortega returns as Wednesday Addams in the much-anticipated second season of Netflix’s "Wednesday", and she is more magnetic—and macabre—than ever. As Nevermore Academy reopens for a new term, fame haunts Wednesday like a ghoul. “I liked it better when I was feared and hated,” she deadpans, but the adoring crowd of students seems to disagree.

🌑 What’s New at Nevermore?

After saving the school from supernatural chaos in season one, Wednesday has become a reluctant campus celebrity. Fans recall her vanquishing the demon pilgrim Joseph Crackstone, resurrected by the sinister botany teacher Marilyn Thornhill (played deliciously by Christina Ricci). With Thornhill and her monstrous accomplice Tyler Galpin behind bars, peace seems restored—or so it seems.

🧛 New Faces & Returning Fangs

Season 2 introduces Steve Buscemi to the cast, promising another layer of oddball brilliance. Meanwhile, familiar faces return: Bianca Barclay (Joy Sunday), Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers), and of course, Thing, continue to provide gothic charm and tension.

This season ramps up its absurdity and gothic world-building, balancing Tim Burton’s eerie aesthetic with a barrage of sharp, morbid one-liners. Each frame oozes personality, and Ortega remains the magnetic core that makes this spinoff so compelling.

😂 More Jokes, More Darkness

Expect Season 2 to double down on its blend of dark humor, high school satire, and supernatural mystery. From sardonic quips to emotionally distant hugs, Wednesday remains a delightful contradiction—repelling affection with one hand and solving paranormal crimes with the other.

👑 Ortega: The Crown Jewel

Critics are unanimous: Jenna Ortega's performance could power 1,000 hearses. Her control of every expression, every glare, every chilling line delivery makes Wednesday not just a character, but a cultural force.


🎭 Final Thoughts

Season two is elaborate, hilarious, sinister, and refreshingly self-aware. With a cast of outcasts, murderers, and monsters, Wednesday is still the strangest (and best) show in town.


By ✍️ Yorlinda Ramìrez- MicuPost Team

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