So this was another old request which was to review Netflix’s 2022 Wednesday series. However the reason I’ve decided to review season one now is because the second season is coming out in early August (at least part one) so it seems like a very good time to rewatch the show.
I have a very bad habit of not rewatching shows prior to the release of a new season because I’m under a false impression that I remember the show well enough from my intentional only watch through and I don’t. Example of my false sense of a of great memory would be Arcane and Andor.
So anyway Wednesday Season One review is a go and I think I’m going to aim for an episode a week but we shall could change that. Also of course these posts will be on Wednesdays.
Now for background preamble. I wouldn’t exactly say I’m big fan of the Addams’ Family but I do enjoy their kooky macabre antics. I love the Addams Family Values movie, I quote that movie a lot, and I have seen a few episodes of the 60s show and enjoyed it. I also had a pet named after one of the characters, I shall remain mysterious on which one character. So I do enjoy The Addams Family and their spooky antics, just not a massive major super fan.
I will FULLY admit at first I did not have high expectations for a Wednesday lead show as part of Addams Family’s core identity is that they are a weird eccentric family playing off “normal” society and a satirical reflection of American values. Also they are that they are not some kind of supernatural/cryptid in origin. They could be but that’s not the overall point of the characters or the humor. Separating the family is antithesis of the origin concept and the plots of the 90s movies. So the concept for a Wednesday Addams centric show that had shades of Harry Potter didn’t sound appealing, so I was going to pass on it.
BUT when it came out the word of mouth was positive so I did watch it and enjoying it at the time. I did and still do have criticism of it but we’ll get to those later and I will try to have an open mind.
Will it be better than the first watch or will the mystique be gone?