Wednesday

• Title: Wednesday – Woe Is the Loneliest Number
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As Principal Weems (Gwendoline Christie) goes to lengths to cover up the death of one of her students, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) searches for answers about Rowan’s (Calum Ross) behavior and the book from which he ripped the page which he confronted her with on the night he tried to kill her. Things get a bit sidetracked in the middle with Wednesday helping out Enid (Emma Myers) beat Bianca (Joy Sunday) in a race she always wins. Friendship seems to be in the air for Wednesday, as not only does she help Enid (even if her motives are more about hurting Bianaca), but also befriends one normie teacher in the school who appears to take an immediate liking to Wednesday, although the seems to also know more about the book Wednesday is searching for than she lets on.

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• Title: Wednesday – Wednesday’s Child Is Full of Woe
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The first episode of Netflix’s Wednesday sets the stage for the show around the oldest child of the Addams family heading off to a private boarding school after getting in trouble at her latest high school for the attempted murder of the several students in the school pool. While the opening scenes certainly provide a vivid introduction to Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), the first episode doesn’t every really explore why Gozmez (Luis Guzmán) and Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) kept trying to put their daughter in regular public schools (or how she’s stayed out of jail). Now headed to the private school where her parents met, it doesn’t take long before Wednesday attempts her first escape. However, she will make some discoveries that lead to reasons to stick around.

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