Wednesday: Season 2 Episode 2 – Recap and Review

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Episode 2 “The Devil You Woe” Details

• Available On: Netflix
• Public Release Date: August 6, 2025
• Director(s): Paco Cabezas
• Writer(s): Matt Lambert

Storylines

• Wednesday’s psychic abilities go blank, just as she needs them the most, as the threat against Enid’s life becomes dire and Gilpin gets killed, violently.
• Principal Dort forces Bianca to use her siren song to coerce Morticia to contact her mom and get a large donation for Nevermore Academy
• Enid and Bruno grow closer after Wednesday’s stalker, or one of her stalkers, Agnes DeMille, uses them to prank Wednesday on Nevermore’s annual prank day.

New Cast and Characters

Agnes DeMille (Evie Templeton)

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• Character Summary: Agnes calls herself Wednesday’s biggest fan and is revealed to be her stalker since the end of season 1. The reason Wednesday has had trouble catching her is that Agnes can completely turn invisible, alongside whatever she wears.

Dr. Orloff (Christopher Lloyd)

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• Character Summary: Dr. Orloff is one of the longest tenured professors at Nevermore Academy, and currently, he is, Futurama style, a floating head in a jar.

Dr. Fairborn (Thandiwe Newton)

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• Character Summary: Dr. Fairborn is the head of Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital, and despite not being born an outcast, she is considered an expert on outcast psychology.

Slurp (Owen Painter)

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• Character Summary: Slurp is the name of the zombie that Pugsley brings back to life, who is the genius boy with the clockwork heart in Ajax’s story of the Skull Tree, from the first episode of this season.

Judi (Heather Matarazzo)

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• Character Summary: Judi is Dr. Fairborn’s assistant, who seems notably eccentric.

Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley)

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• Character Summary: Hester is Morticia and Ophelia’s mother, one of the richest outcasts alive, and that is thanks to her business, Frump Mortuaries.
• *Mentioned this episode, not physically seen until episode 4.

Notable Locations & Items

• Rotwood Cottage: Where Morticia is staying as chair of the Nevermore fundraising gala
• Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital:
• Corinthian Coral: An item that keeps people from being affected by a siren’s song
• Iago Tower: A still-damaged tower in Nevermore Academy, home to such lore as the boy with a clockwork heart

Terminology

• Avian: A rare kind of outcast, not seen in ten years at Nevermore Academy, that can control birds

Groups & Organizations

• Frump Mortuaries: The business Morticia’s mother owns, which is the biggest and most successful outcast-owned business.

Other Noteworthy Information

• Tyler is visited, and Wednesday reads him for filth.
• Pugsley’s zombie, the boy with the clockwork heart, Slurp, gets loose and has his first kill
• Isadora invites Wednesday to play cello at the gala’s orchestra.
• Apparently, Gomez is a lawyer by profession.
• Fernando Fingertips: Thing’s former alias
• Bruno was a late bloomer like Enid

Collected Quote(s)

• Your ability is not a weapon to be deployed. It’s a gift to be respected. — Morticia

Slide Text

1. Intro Slide
2. Recap: As Wednesday loses her psychic abilities, she finds herself on the ropes a bit as Gilpin gets murdered by ravens, and the Sheriff puts a spotlight on her for being at the murder scene.
3. Recap: Then, to make matters worse, Morticia takes her book from Goody, and Wednesday’s stalker kidnaps Enid, the 13-year-old Agnes DeMille – an outcast with invisibility powers
4. Recap: Luckily, Wednesday saves her, but with a day filled with visiting Tyler, Isadora trying to get her to perform at the gala, and forgetting Thing’s birthday, Wednesday is in no mood.
5. Recap: But, soon her ire will be pointed at Bianca, who, coerced by Principal Dort, uses her siren song on Morticia to make Morticia call her mother and secure a large donation to Nevermore.
6. Review: Wednesday is feeling a little bloated as it adds in Christopher Lloyd, Thandie Newton, and more characters than it needs to tell a coherent story.
7. Review: What makes things worse is, the casting continues to feel like its purely about name recognition rather than about needing their character to join the show
8. Review: Then, even with non-famous actors, like the one who plays Agnes, there is the question of whether there is a long-term point or if this is just filler, having an outcast who can be invisible lurking?
9. Review: For like in season 1, it feels like spectacle matters more than substance, and now with a lack of lore regarding Nevermore or anything else, the heart of the show is as rusty as Slurp’s.
10. Overall (77/100): With potentially one mystery down, and falling flat on its face, the murder mystery hopefully picks up in such a way to compensate and not show a negative pattern for Wednesday.

What To Check Out Next

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  Wednesday: Season 2 – Review and Summary

  While watching season 2 won’t cause woe, it does present itself as season 1.5, as it seems unsure what to do with anyone not named Wednesday, and who isn’t fodder for her.

• 

  Wednesday: Season 2 Episode 4 – Recap and Review

  Another mystery gets wrapped up as we learn who is controlling the ravens that have been stalking Wednesday and killing multiple people.

• 

  Wednesday: Season 2 Episode 3 – Recap and Review

  Sick of her mother’s interference, Wednesday challenges Morticia to a duel as Principal Mort takes the school on a field trip.

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