Again, I am a little late to write about the TV series Wednesday. I actually watched it the first week it came out, but with November being busy and much of the first part of December being taken up with Holiday preparations, well I am late. 

If you haven’t heard of Wednesday, it is the story of Wednesday Addams when she is sent to a private school for the outcastes of the world. In the promotional material it is described as a coming of age story with a mysterious madman lurking in the background. 

I liked the series far more than I expected. I thought the casting was great: Jenna Ortega makes an excellent Wednesday Addams. They have Catherine Zeta-Jones for Morticia Addams, who is fabulous. I was less impressed with the young woman they had playing Morticia as a school girl, I didn’t find her as strong. Interestingly, I liked the young man playing school-aged Gomez Addams more than Luis Guzman who played the older version of the character. Luis was a bit stiff for me. The rest of the caste was well chosen. Emma Myers pulls off an amazingly colourful Enid!

The story was visually interesting. There is an interesting play of colour and shadow throughout the series. I liked the stylization of the costumes, buildings and locations. The plot flowed nicely from start to finish. There were lots of guesses as to what was happening and who was behind it all that left me guessing from one episode to the next. The final reveal did not come out of nowhere – which I really liked. I hadn’t exactly guessed ‘who dunnit’, but I wasn’t blindsided by the twist either. It made sense and worked with the story. 

It was easy to watch and very engaging. Which is impressive since it could have been very boring and painfully stilted (or ridiculously dramatic) with its focus on high school aged characters – such an awkward stage of life. I think I finished the series in four days – and generally I don’t binge watch TV. Overall I was quite surprised by how much I liked the show. I will give it a solid 4.5 out of 5 stars. 

The hardest part about writing a review of the TV series is that I did like it. There is really not a lot to comment on. I think if you enjoy the Addams family then you will like this continuation of Wednesday Addams’ story.