Wednesday season 2: the end of part 1 explained
The authors analyze the last moments of the last episode, pending part 2.
It is a final with the appearance of a witness transmission …
The first part of season 2 of Wednesday ended on a brutal death.
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Indeed, Christina Ricci made a surprise return in the skin of Marilyn Thornhill, the evil teacher of Nevermore, great bad guy of season 1. But the joy was short -lived: from the following episode, her character is indeed eliminated … for good.
In a total chaos scene in an asylum, Thornhill finds Tyler the Hyde and immediately tries to return it against Wednesday: without success. Tyler kills her coldly, planting his claws in the body of his former mistress.
A comeback as brief as it is striking for the one who obviously made himself known by playing Wednesday, at the time of the films the Addams family, in the 1990s. His participation in season 1 had all the wink. His death in season 2 takes turns of transmission. She leaves room. Christina Ricci is no longer Addams on Wednesday. It is now totally Jenna Ortega.
Questioned by TVLine, the Co-showrunner Miles Millar explains this daring choice:
“Killing such a significant character is a reminder: yes, people die in this universe. There are real issues, and not everyone will get out. It is an important choice, even if we consider the series above all as a comedy. We hope that this season will be even funnier than the first, but there will also be moments of extreme tension, and dead.”
His comrade, Alfred Gough, confirms that the decision to kill Christina Ricci was “a difficult decision”.
“When you kill such an important character, you want it to have weight. It has to lead somewhere, and this is the case here. We have established that a Hyde cannot really live without a master. So what does it imply? You end up with an unstable monster dropped in nature. We wanted this death to have a real impact …”
We’ll see that in the future. Part 2 of season 2 of Wednesday is expected on September 3 on Netflix.
