The following article contains spoilers for Wednesday Season 1, now streaming on Netflix.
While it remains to be seen if Netflix's Addams Family spinoff series Wednesday will return for a second season on the platform, creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar already have an idea of where they'd like to take the series in the event of a renewal.
Wednesday Addams -- played in the new series by Jenna Ortega -- is a character who has long been defined by her deadpan personality and misanthropic tendencies. Over the course of her Netflix solo series, however, the heiress to the Addams name does show a modicum of growth, even allowing her werewolf roommate, Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers), to hug her after having initially given her the cold shoulder.
During an interview with TVLine, Gough explained that should Wednesday be renewed for Season 2, he would like to delve further into Wednesday's growth and her friendship with Enid. "The series is really about a girl who sees the world in black and white, and learning there are shades of gray," Gough said. "I think like any relationship or any friendship, it can get complicated by other factors. It's never going to be smooth sailing. And it's really her learning to navigate the ups and downs of friendship."
Meanwhile, Millar would like to flesh out the rest of the Addams Family should the show continue. "We felt like we just touched the surface with those characters and the actors are so amazing in those roles," Millar told TVLine. "Catherine [Zeta-Jones] is, I think, an iconic Morticia. The relationship between Wednesday and Morticia is also essential to the show, and the idea that Wednesday is trying to forge her own path outside the family is important."
At the end of the day, the show is titled Wednesday, so Miller says he and Gough "really want to focus the show on Wednesday." That said, they would also "definitely want to feature the family as we did this season in a couple of episodes if we were to get a second season." In addition to Ortega as Wednesday and Zeta-Jones as Morticia, the spinoff series features Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams and Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.
Wednesday Is Streaming on Netflix Now
Wednesday premiered on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Netflix describes the series as a "sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday’s years as a student at the peculiar Nevermore Academy. Wednesday's attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago - all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships of the strange and diverse student body." Wednesday Season 1 consists of eight episodes, with the first four being directed by Tim Burton.
Wednesday Season 1 is currently streaming on Netflix.
Source: TVLine