New year, new woes. In the trailer for Wednesday Season 2, Part 1, Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) is back at Nevermore Academy and facing a fresh threat: During one of her psychic visions, she learns that her best friend and roommate Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers) will die — and that she’s somehow responsible. “Enid dies, and it’s all my fault,” she says. 

“Wednesday definitely has to navigate a lot of relationships in Season 2, primarily with her mother and with Enid,” co-creator Miles Millar tells Tudum. “She discovers that those relationships are treacherous and it’s not easygoing. We really wanted to find some new obstacles for Wednesday. She thinks she has it all under control, and discovers that human interaction isn’t as easy as she thought.”

“Enid and Wednesday understand each other now on a deeper level,” Myers tells Tudum. “It’s fun to explore that friendship with Jenna.”

With Enid’s fate hanging in the balance, Wednesday must race against the clock to solve another mystery. “Secrets are the bedrock of the Addams family,” she says in the trailer. “The sooner I can get the answers, the sooner I can save Enid — or die trying.” The trailer hints that her mother, Morticia Addams (Catherine Zeta-Jones), may hold some answers. “I know what those tears mean,” she tells a typically sullen Wednesday after she starts streaming black tears during a vision. 

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Fans may recognize those tears from the sneak peek at the Season 2 premiere episode, released during Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event in May. In the clip, we learn that Wednesday has spent her summer honing her psychic Raven powers with the help of Goody Addams’ Book of Spells. She goes into Season 2 confident that she’s mastered her abilities — but of course, nothing is that simple. Wednesday’s powers soon start glitching, leaving her shedding the ominous black tears whenever she uses her powers. Can her visions be trusted? Or is something more nefarious at play? “Wednesday’s biggest Achilles heel is certainty,” co-creator Alfred Gough tells Tudum. “She’s always very certain that she knows what’s right. And a lot of the time, that is not the case.”

Still, Enid’s impending doom isn’t the only horror Wednesday faces this season. After saving the school from a Hyde in Season 1, she’s suddenly become … popular?! How perfectly awful. “The atmosphere at Nevermore in the beginning of the school year is a living hell. It’s this terrible situation for Wednesday and she’s very upset,” Ortega tells Tudum. 

The trailer offers a glimpse at some of Wednesday’s biggest fans, including Agnes DeMille (Evie Templeton), a new character whose red braids pay homage to her newfound hero. Also new to Nevermore? Principal Barry Dort (Steve Buscemi), who has replaced Larissa Weems (Gwendoline Christie) as the leader of Nevermore after her tragic death at the hands of Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci). 

“The thing that Principal Dort brings to the school is the idea of outcast pride,” Gough says. “Weems was all about the normies and outcasts trying to work together. There was Outreach Day and she brought in Professor Thornhill, who was a normie teacher. Dort has used all of that against her. He besmirches her legacy and says outcasts have to have pride. It’s all about, ‘We do it for ourselves.’ That’s an interesting energy to bring to the school.”

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The trailer also hints at new locations, a dazzling party, and the return of some familiar faces. Get ready to see more of the Addams family as Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) joins Wednesday at Nevermore. With their two children now enrolled, parents Morticia and Gomez (Luis Guzmán) now have more reasons to be on campus, much to Wednesday’s dismay.  “One would think that after Season 1, this mother-daughter relationship — this navigating the shoals of mother-daughter relationships — would’ve gotten better,” Zeta-Jones tells Tudum. “But one finds that it’s a little bit more strained. So that’s always wonderful to play.”

But Wednesday isn’t the only one facing problematic mother-daughter dynamics. The introduction of Grandmama Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley), Morticia’s mother and Wednesday’s ally, brings a new level of complexity to the Addams family women. “Family weaves quite heavily into this season,“ executive producer and director Tim Burton tells Tudum. “One of the most interesting things about Wednesday is the Addams family mythology. This idea of the whole Addams family being drawn back to school at this point in their lives is interesting, and it causes friction. This show is visually heightened, but at the heart of it are very real family dynamics.”

Sounds deliciously painful. Tune in for the torture when Wednesday Season 2, Part 1 premieres on Aug. 6, with Part 2 following on Sept. 3. In the meantime, you can catch up on Season 1 right here.