Everything To Know About ‘Wednesday’ Season 2: Release Date, Plot, Cast

Wednesday. Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in episode 203 of Wednesday. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025

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After becoming Netflix’s most popular series ever, Season 2 of Wednesday is finally making its way back to the streamer this week. Here’s everything to know about the spooky next installment, including the two-part release schedule, cast, plot and much more.

It’s been almost three years since the first season of Wednesday dropped on Netflix, re-introducing the world to Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), a character based on Charles Addams’ original creations for The Addams Family franchise. The inaugural season spent 20 weeks on Global Top 10 and propelled to the Top 10 in 93 countries with 252.10 million views, according to Tudum.

Creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are back to helm the second season of acclaimed series, with executive producer and director Tim Burton also returning. “This season, Wednesday’s journey is darker and more complex as she navigates family, friends, new mysteries, and old adversaries, propelling her headlong into another year at Nevermore,” Gough and Miles Millar teased to Tudum.

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The Addams Family, including Morticia, Gomez, and Pugsley, will also have expanded roles in Season 2. Additionally, viewers will meet new characters, such as Joanna Lumley as Grandmama Hester Frump, Haley Joel Osment as the Kansas City Scalper and Grammy-winning superstar Lady Gaga, who will be playing Rosaline Rotwood, a legendary Nevermore teacher, in Part 2.

Learn more details about the highly anticipated second season of Wednesday below.

When Is Wednesday Season 2 Premiering On Netflix?

The first part of Wednesday Season 2 (Episodes 1–4) will be released on Netflix on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, at 3:00 a.m. ET / 12:00 a.m. PT. The final four episodes in Part 2 will follow on Sept. 3, 2025.

What Will Wednesday Season 2 Be About?

In the Season 1 finale of Wednesday, Wednesday uncovered that Tyler (Hunter Doohan) was the Hyde terrorizing Nevermore Academy. She also discovered that he was being controlled by Laurel (Christina Ricci), a descendant of Joseph Crackstone, a Colonial-era pilgrim obsessed with eradicating all outcasts from the town of Jericho

Laurel used Tyler’s powers as a Hyde to eliminate outcasts and gather the body parts needed to resurrect Crackstone, who would then help her kill all the outcasts. But she needed Wednesday because Wednesday’s ancestor, Goody Addams, had sealed Crackstone’s sarcophagus with a blood lock. Once Laurel got Wednesday’s blood, the lock would be broken and Crackstone would be freed.

Thankfully, Wednesday pieced everything together just in time during the finale, joining forces with the Nevermore students to take down Laurel and Crackstone. As actress Ortega told Tudum, “We ended Season 1 with a stalker that was still after me. Tyler has been sent to a psych ward, and half the school is burnt down.” She also teased that Season 2 will begin with Wednesday being kidnapped.

“Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), returns to prowl the Gothic halls of Nevermore Academy, where fresh foes and woes await. This season, Wednesday must navigate family, friends and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem,” the official synopsis reads. “Armed with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan charm, Wednesday is also plunged into a new bone-chilling supernatural mystery.

Who’s In The Wednesday Season 2 Cast?

Most of the Wednesday Season 1 cast are back for the next installment, including:

• Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
• Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams
• Victor Dorobantu as Thing
• Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams
• Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams
• Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair
• Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin
• Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay
• Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger
• Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus
• Noah B. Taylor as Bruno
• Evie Templeton as Agnes DeMille
• Steve Buscemi as Principal Dort
• Billie Piper as Isadora Capri
• Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Sheriff Ritchie Santiago

Season 2 newcomers and returning guest stars include:

• Joanna Lumley as Grandmama Hester Frump
• Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester
• Haley Joel Osment as the Kansas City Scalper
• Owen Painter as Slurp
• Jamie McShane as Sheriff Donovan Galpin
• Christopher Lloyd as Professor Orloff
• Joonas Suotamo as Lurch
• Heather Matarazzoas Judi
• Thandiwe Newton as Dr. Fairbur
• Lady Gaga as Rosaline Rotwood (Part 2)
• Frances O’Conner as TBA (Part 2)

Is There A Trailer For Wednesday Season 2?

Yes, Netflix released the trailer for Wednesday Season 2 on July 9, 2025. The streamer also dropped the first six minutes of Season 2 at its annual TUDUM fan event earlier this summer. Watch the official trailer below.