Netflix plans 'Wednesday' season 2

Netflix is releasing the second season of “Wednesday” in two parts rather than as a single drop, according to Netflix’s Tudum site. Part 1 arrived on August 6 and Part 2 is scheduled for September 3, with eight episodes total for the season. (netflix.com) The split rollout gives a firmer structure to a season that Netflix has been previewing for months through trailers, photos and an episode guide. (netflix.com) Netflix has also outlined the main returning conflict: Wednesday Addams comes back to Nevermore Academy facing a new supernatural mystery, unstable psychic powers and a vision that her roommate Enid Sinclair will die. ### How is Netflix releasing the season? Netflix’s official materials say Season 2 is divided into two four-episode blocks. Part 1 includes Episodes 1 through 4 and debuted on August 6, while Part 2 includes Episodes 5 through 8 and is set for September 3. (netflix.com) The eight-episode count matches the episode guide published by Tudum. That guide lists the release structure explicitly and names Tim Burton as director on multiple episodes, including the premiere and the finale run. (netflix.com) ### Which episode titles has Netflix confirmed? Netflix Tudum lists Episode 1 as “Here We Woe Again,” Episode 2 as “The Devil You Woe,” Episode 3 as “Call of the Woe,” and Episode 4 as “If These Woes Could Talk.” The back half is titled “Hyde and Woe Seek,” “Woe Thyself,” “Woe Me The Money,” and “This Means Woe.” (netflix.com) The same guide says Episodes 1 and 4 were directed by Burton, with Paco Cabezas directing Episodes 2 and 3, Angela Robinson directing Episodes 5 and 6, and Burton returning for Episodes 7 and 8. (netflix.com) ### What has Netflix said about the story this time? Jenna Ortega returns as Wednesday Addams, and Netflix says the character heads back to Nevermore Academy for another year of “fresh foes and woes.” Co-showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar told Tudum that the season is darker and more complicated, while Millar said Wednesday returns thinking she understands Nevermore and quickly finds that she does not. (netflix.com) The trailer materials add a more specific plot line. Netflix says Wednesday foresees Enid Sinclair’s death and believes she is responsible, setting up a race to change that outcome. (netflix.com) Morticia Addams is also shown telling Wednesday that she knows what the character’s black tears mean, tying the mystery to Wednesday’s malfunctioning psychic visions. ### Who is back, and who gets more screen time? Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán return as Morticia and Gomez Addams, and Isaac Ordonez returns as Pugsley. Netflix has said the Addams family will have a larger role on campus this season, with Pugsley beginning his own time at Nevermore. (netflix.com) Steve Buscemi joins the school storyline as Principal Barry Dort, replacing Larissa Weems after the first season’s ending, according to Tudum. Emma Myers also returns as Enid, whose fate is central to the new season’s plot. (netflix.com) ### What is the next concrete date to watch? September 3 is the next key date in Netflix’s release plan. Netflix’s episode guide and trailer materials say that is when Part 2 — Episodes 5 through 8 — will be released. (netflix.com 1) (netflix.com 2) (netflix.com 3)