The Clip That Made Addams Family Fans Freak Out
Tim Burton just pulled a fast one—and Addams Family loyalists are SCREAMING. In a newly dropped sneak peek for Wednesday season 2, Netflix teases a goth-soaked deep dive into the twisted roots of the Addams bloodline. There's Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) , back at Nevermore. There's Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez (Luis Guzmán), now hanging around campus like helicopter parents from hell. And then—plot twist—we meet Grandmama Frump, played by none other than Joanna Lumley.
Yes, that Joanna Lumley. And yes, that Grandmama—only not the one fans expected.
This Changes Everything (Or Just Confuses Everyone)
The real shock isn't just Wednesday's return to brooding mystery—it's the scope creep. While season 1 was all psychic teen sleuth, this time the show's opening its crypt to full Addams family lore. Morticia's now faculty. Pugsley might be part lightning rod, part emotional punching bag. And Frump? She's the wildcard nobody saw coming.
Joanna Lumley's casting feels like a throwback to when Doctor Who swapped lore-heavy storytelling for sheer camp (Colin Baker era, anyone?). And it's a wild bet. Burton might be building out the Addams mythos, but some fans wanted more Lurch, not another witchy grandma pulled from an unused cartoon storyboard.
Savage comparison? This is The Umbrella Academy meets What We Do in the Shadows—if both shows were stitched together with black lace and daddy issues.
Lore Overload or Gothic Gold? Let's Investigate
Here's what we know:
- The clip hints Pugsley's got Uncle Fester's electricity powers, which is either brilliant lineage-building or fanfic in disguise.
- Morticia's new job puts her under the same roof as her daughter—which is either a narrative masterstroke or high-voltage teen angst waiting to explode.
- Hester Frump isn't Grandmama Addams (the classic version)—she's Morticia's mom. Translation? The show's diving into maternal bloodlines with the intensity of a true crime podcast.
For longtime fans, this is both tantalizing and sacrilegious. Grandmama Addams—Gomez's feral, broom-riding mother—hasn't appeared yet, and viewers are asking: Why introduce a lesser-known branch when the original's still rotting unused?
Here's the kicker: Lumley slays the aesthetic. Her commentary in the teaser oozes Burtonian joy. “Gothic, bone-chilling, playful”—it's like she walked off the Corpse Bride set and into this timeline.
Still, a crew member (probably joking?) was overheard whispering: “Tim said if it doesn't feel like a Victorian séance crossed with RuPaul's Drag Race, we're not doing it right.”
Your Move, Outcasts
So here we are: Pugsley's sparking, Morticia's teaching, Frump's cackling—and Wednesday's unraveling another mystery that's not just supernatural, but familial. The vibe? Dysfunction meets destiny.
Genius or gothic overkill? You decide.
Would you binge this or bury it under the family crypt? No judgment. (Okay, maybe a little.)
