Overview

• Part 1 of the eight-episode season premiered on August 6 at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT/2 a.m. CT and 8 a.m. BST, with Part 2 set to arrive on September 3
• Jenna Ortega returns as Wednesday Addams alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Hunter Doohan and Isaac Ordonez
• New cast additions include Steve Buscemi as Principal Dort, Joanna Lumley as Grandmama Hester Frump, Billie Piper as Isadora Capri and Lady Gaga as teacher Rosaline Rotwood
• The season opens with Wednesday’s kidnapping and picks up a bone-chilling stalker storyline introduced at the end of Season 1
• Producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and director Tim Burton lead a split-release strategy that Netflix has paired with an early Season 3 renewal to expand the franchise