Wednesday Addams Sees Her Best Friend Die in Chilling Season 2 Trailer and It’s Her Fault

Wednesday Addams is back, and she’s more legendary, more famous, and more cursed than ever.

Netflix just dropped the trailer for Season 2 of Wednesday, and it’s everything the fans could want: more creatures, more gothic drama, more murder, and yes, even more mascara-running tears. But as always in the Addams’ universe, the fun doesn’t come without a sprinkle of tragedy.

The Good News: Wednesday Is a Legend

The trailer starts with Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday returning to Nevermore Academy, not just as a student but as a full-fledged legend. Having saved the school from destruction in the Season 1 finale, she’s now being hailed as a dark messiah.

Her classmates flock to her like she’s a rock star. One student desperately requests her autograph, which she grants, but only in blood. Naturally. Her dormitory is plastered with disturbing fan art, black-and-white sketches of her morose mug turned iconography. Even Nevermore’s new headmaster, Principal Barry Dort, played by none other than Steve Buscemi, calls her “the savior of Nevermore.”

Yes, it’s that kind of show. Horror, camp, and teen angst all blended together in a delightfully grotesque brew.

The Bad News: Enid Sinclair Is Going to Die… Maybe

But fame comes at a price, and for Wednesday, that price might be her roommate’s life.

In a dark new twist of fate, Wednesday experiences a haunting premonition: Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers), her bubbly werewolf BFF, is dead… and it’s all Wednesday’s fault. The moment is characterized by black tears flowing down her face, tears that would otherwise kill if they weren’t foretelling the death of someone.

The emotional stakes are clear. In spite of her deadpan exterior, Wednesday has grown attached to Enid, whose rainbow-hued sweaters and limitless optimism once clashed so savagely with her gothic soul. Season 2 appears poised to rip that dynamic apart or at least test it to its bloody breaking point.

Monsters, Masquerades, and Musical Teases

The rest of the trailer teases what audiences actually showed up for: creepy, kooky carnage.

New creatures, gothic enigmas, cryptic rites, figures lurking in the woods, and a masquerade ball that seems to have been dressed by the fever dreams of Edgar Allan Poe. Add a haunting needle drop of “The Phantom of the Opera” on pipe organ, and we’re in Tim Burton country.

And that musical choice, could it portend what we want it to?

Is There a Musical Episode in the Pipeline? Gaga Theories Begin

There have been whispers for months that Lady Gaga will be guest-starring in Season 2, and the musical intro only fuels the black-flamed speculation.

The trailer’s invocation of Phantom of the Opera is either a red herring or a huge screaming hint that a musical episode might be on the cards. And with the gothic splendor of Wednesday’s universe, there’s no better setting to host a macabre musical meltdown. Fans are already conjuring up a Gaga-Wednesday duet that sets Nevermore on fire.

A Legacy to Uphold

Season 1 of Wednesday was a pop culture phenomenon. It became the second most-watched show on Netflix of all time, second only to Squid Game. Ortega was nominated for a Best Actress in a Comedy Emmy, and the show was nominated for Best Comedy. And who could forget that TikTok dance? Wednesday’s rigid, dead-eyed dance to The Cramps’ “Goo Goo Muck” was a global obsession, covered by everyone from SNL to Drag Race queens.

With expectations that lofty, can Season 2 top it?

The stakes are certainly higher. Emotional stakes. Life-or-death stakes. Possibly even stakes through the heart.

Returning Cast and New Blood

In addition to Ortega and Myers, Season 2 brings back stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Joy Sunday, Hunter Doohan, and Isaac Ordonez, among others. New faces include Billie Piper, Noah Taylor, and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, with even more enigmatic entanglements awaiting at Nevermore.

If the trailer is any indication, Tim Burton has doubled down on what fans loved most: high gothic style, pitch-black humor, and the deeply strange heart that beats under all the grave dirt.

When Can You Watch It?

Wednesday Season 2 premieres this August on Netflix, with no date set just yet. To tide us over, though, Netflix has released the first six minutes of Season 2 for early viewing, a tasty amuse-bouche before the main course of chaos.

So whether you’re watching for the monsters, the murder, the musical prospects, or another classic Ortega eye-roll, one thing is certain:

Wednesday Addams is ready to ruin your summer. And you’re going to love every bloody second.