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Netflix’s Wednesday Season 2 Launches With Split Premiere and Darker Turn

Ortega’s Wednesday uses refined psychic powers to investigate a Thandiwe Newton–led asylum before part two debuts in September

Overview

  • Netflix divided the second season into two parts, releasing the first half on August 6 and scheduling the remainder for September 3.
  • Wednesday returns to Nevermore Academy after a summer spent honing her psychic abilities and capturing a serial killer.
  • The season’s central mystery centers on a psychiatric facility for supernatural individuals overseen by Thandiwe Newton.
  • Steve Buscemi appears as Barry Dort, Nevermore’s new director, intensifying the academy’s power dynamics.
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones’s Morticia Addams deepens mother-daughter tension as she takes on expanded duties at Nevermore.