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Wednesday
S1 E03
Friend or Woe
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Series Premise
Wednesday Addams, the deadpan daughter of the Addams Family, enrolls at Nevermore Academy, a boarding school for outcasts.
Previous Episode
Rowan appeared alive but was expelled, confusing Wednesday. She won the Poe Cup race with her team and discovered a secret society called the Nightshades who captured her in their hidden chamber.
Recent Events
Wednesday discovered the secret Nightshades society and is investigating Rowan's mysterious death. The Poe Cup victory brought her closer to classmates but she remains focused on solving mysteries.
Scenes/Moments
S1 E01
0:10:00
Wednesday Meets Roommate Enid / School Tour
Characters:
Wednesday, Enid, Morticia, Gomez, Principal Weems, Ajax, Xavier, Bianca
Description:
Werewolf Enid enthusiastically greets Wednesday, offering friendship and school tour. Their opposing personalities create immediate tension. Enid explains school's supernatural social hierarchy: Fangs, Furs, Stoners, and Scales. When Enid plays music, Wednesday demands silence and Enid flashes werewolf claws.
Conclusion:
Both establish boundaries through strength displays, with mutual recognition of the other as formidable despite personality differences.
Location:
Ophelia Hall dorm room
Timeline:
Present day
Backstory:
Enid represents everything Wednesday typically despises - social media, bright colors, enthusiasm. Both girls are strong-willed and refuse to back down when challenged.
Analysis:
Central relationship establishment. Their contrasting natures create potential for character growth while highlighting Wednesday's isolation patterns.
S1 E01
0:25:00
Xavier Saves Wednesday from Gargoyle
Characters:
Wednesday, Xavier
Description:
Stone gargoyle breaks loose and plummets toward Wednesday. Xavier tackles her to safety as massive stone crashes down. In infirmary, he reminds her they met at his godmother's funeral when they were ten, where she saved his life.
Conclusion:
Wednesday begins to remember their childhood connection while maintaining emotional distance from his protective gesture.
Location:
Nevermore Academy courtyard and infirmary
Timeline:
Present day
Backstory:
Xavier and Wednesday have shared supernatural family history spanning generations. His godmother and her grandmother were friends, connecting their families' legacies.
Analysis:
Establishes protective dynamic and reveals deeper connections between Wednesday and Nevermore community than she initially realized.
S1 E01
0:34:00
Wednesday Meets Tyler at Cafe
Characters:
Wednesday, Tyler
Description:
Wednesday enters cafe seeking escape information. Tyler, sheriff's son and barista, shows immediate interest rather than fear. She fixes his broken espresso machine, impressing him with mechanical knowledge.
Conclusion:
Tyler offers to help Wednesday escape, showing genuine acceptance of her unusual demeanor and creating unexpected connection.
Location:
Weathervane Cafe, Jericho
Timeline:
Present day
Backstory:
Tyler represents normal world outside Nevermore's supernatural environment. As sheriff's son, he has insider knowledge that could help Wednesday navigate town.
Analysis:
First positive interaction with normie shows Wednesday can connect across supernatural divide. Tyler's acceptance provides validation she rarely experiences.
S1 E01
0:50:00
Monster Kills Rowan, Spares Wednesday
Characters:
Wednesday, Rowan, Monster
Description:
Rowan lures Wednesday into woods, reveals prophecy identifying her as Nevermore's destroyer, attempts to kill her with telekinetic powers. Monster emerges and brutally kills Rowan just as he's choking Wednesday, then looks at her but doesn't attack.
Conclusion:
Wednesday stares at Rowan's mutilated corpse, having witnessed her first death vision come true while being saved by mysterious creature leading to a physical altercation
Location:
Woods near Nevermore Academy
Timeline:
Present day
Backstory:
Rowan's family are seers who've guarded prophecy about Wednesday for generations. Monster's selective violence and timing suggest intelligence and possible protection of her.
Analysis:
Major revelation about Wednesday's destiny and supernatural forces viewing her as threat. Monster's restraint suggests larger forces protecting her.
S1 E02
0:01:10
Alive Rowan Shocks Everyone
Characters:
Wednesday, Sheriff Galpin, Principal Weems, Rowan
Description:
Sheriff questions Wednesday about Rowan's death while police find no body or evidence. Wednesday insists monster killed Rowan. Deputy Santiago brings completely alive Rowan into the office, contradicting Wednesday's account.
Conclusion:
Everyone stares at living Rowan while Wednesday looks shocked and confused by his impossible survival.
Location:
Principal Weems' office
Timeline:
Present day - Morning after monster attack
Backstory:
Wednesday witnessed Rowan's brutal mauling by monster in woods the previous night.
Analysis:
Undermines Wednesday's credibility and establishes major mystery about what really happened to Rowan.
S1 E02
0:41:20
Wednesday Discovers Nightshades Legacy
Characters:
Wednesday,
Description:
Wednesday asks Marilyn about watermark on Rowan's book page, learning it's symbol of defunct Nightshades secret society. She finds symbol on Poe statue, solves riddle "snap twice," and opens secret passage to hidden library. Discovers photographs showing parents Morticia and Gomez as former members.
Conclusion:
While examining Nightshades book and parents' photos, someone places black hood over her head, capturing her and ending episode on cliffhanger.
Location:
Nevermore Academy library, Edgar Allan Poe statue, and secret library
Timeline:
Present day
Backstory:
Wednesday took page from Rowan's book during monster attack. Parents attended Nevermore and were members of secret society.
Analysis:
Major revelation connecting family legacy to school's secret history and establishing current Nightshades still exist and view Wednesday as person of interest.
Recap Videos
Premise
Wednesday learns about the Nightshades and investigates Jericho's history during mandatory Outreach Day.
Summary
Nightshades reveal their society to Wednesday; she declines membership. Outreach Day sends students to work in town. Wednesday investigates Pilgrim World, learns about Joseph Crackstone and Goody Addams. Has vision of burning meeting house. Xavier and Wednesday see monster tracks. Crackstone statue unveiled.
Conclusion
Thing destroys Crackstone statue as Wednesday plays cello on balcony. A homeless man becomes the monster's next victim, with body parts stolen.
Analysis
Connects Addams family history to current events through Goody Addams visions. Establishes Joseph Crackstone as historical antagonist. Wednesday's growing supernatural abilities and her family's connection to Nevermore's dark past.
Scenes/Moments
S1 E03
0:00:01
Wednesday Rejects Nightshades Society
Characters:
Description:
Wednesday's captors remove her hood, revealing Bianca leads current Nightshades. Xavier invites Wednesday to join their elite social club, but she calls them pathetic amateurs, frees herself from ropes, and walks out.
Conclusion:
Wednesday dismisses the secret society as harmless social events rather than anything genuinely dangerous or worthwhile.
Location:
Nightshades secret library beneath statue
Timeline:
Present day - Continuing from previous episode
Backstory:
Wednesday captured by Nightshades in previous episode's cliffhanger. Society disbanded 30 years ago when normie student died.
Analysis:
Establishes Wednesday as someone who cannot be impressed by exclusivity or social status, preferring genuine danger over performative rebellion.
S1 E03
0:13:00
Wednesday Defends Eugene from Bullies
Characters:
Description:
Lucas and friends grab Eugene who vomits on one of them after eating fudge. They try to lock him in historic stocks as punishment. Wednesday arrives and locks one bully in stocks instead while others flee.
Conclusion:
Wednesday tells Eugene he reminds her of Pugsley minus the desire to strangle him, establishing their friendship.
Location:
Pilgrim World - town square stocks
Timeline:
Present day - Outreach Day
Backstory:
Eugene is lonely outcast at Nevermore with no friends. Wednesday recognizes kindred spirit in fellow bullied student.
Analysis:
Shows Wednesday's protective instincts extending beyond family to other outcasts, developing her capacity for friendship.
S1 E03
0:24:35
Wednesday's Vision of Goody Massacre
Characters:
Description:
Wednesday experiences full vision of ancestor Goody Addams during witch trials. Crackstone locks Goody's family and friends in meeting house, sets it on fire to burn them alive. Goody's mother tells her to run and escape to avenge their deaths.
Conclusion:
Wednesday understands her family's bloody history with Jericho and why she's having visions at Nevermore - her ancestor escaped genocide here.
Location:
Original Pilgrim Meeting House ruins
Timeline:
Past - 1600s pilgrim era
Backstory:
Joseph Crackstone is Jericho's founding father. Wednesday found meeting house location from Tyler and Xavier's information.
Analysis:
Major revelation connecting Wednesday's psychic abilities to family history and establishing generational conflict between Addams family and Crackstone legacy.
S1 E03
0:32:40
Wednesday Blows Up Crackstone Statue
Characters:
Description:
During unveiling ceremony for new Joseph Crackstone statue, Wednesday plays cello with marching band. Thing lights match and explosives blow up the bronze statue while Wednesday continues playing Vivaldi's "Winter" as chaos erupts.
Conclusion:
Wednesday calmly plays classical music while townspeople flee burning statue debris, showing no remorse for destroying monument to her ancestor's killer.
Location:
Jericho town square
Timeline:
Present day
Backstory:
Wednesday learned Crackstone burned her family alive in witch trials. Principal Weems forced her to perform at ceremony honoring him.
Analysis:
Demonstrates Wednesday acting on family history knowledge and her willingness to commit public acts of rebellion against historical injustice.
S1 E03
0:38:00
Monster Kills Fabian
Characters:
Description:
Homeless man Fabian returns to meeting house ruins with stolen camera, trying to make it work. Monster attacks and kills him while camera accidentally photographs the creature during the mauling.
Conclusion:
Fabian's mutilated body found by police with camera containing photographic evidence of the monster's existence.
Location:
Original Pilgrim Meeting House ruins
Timeline:
Present day - Night
Backstory:
Fabian stole analog camera from antique shop during Outreach Day. Wednesday had scared him away from meeting house earlier.
Analysis:
Provides crucial evidence about monster while showing its continued killing pattern. Death occurs during statue ceremony chaos as distraction.
S1 E03
0:40:00
Enid and Ajax Failed Date
Characters:
Description:
Ajax preparing for first date with Enid under rare Blue Moon. While shaving, he accidentally looks in mirror and his gorgon snakes turn him to stone, preventing him from meeting Enid.
Conclusion:
Enid waits alone, thinking Ajax stood her up, leaving her heartbroken and angry at his apparent rejection.
Location:
Ajax's dorm room
Timeline:
Present day - Evening
Backstory:
Enid finally convinced Ajax to ask her on date during Outreach Day. Blue Moon is rare romantic opportunity.
Analysis:
Demonstrates how supernatural abilities can interfere with normal teenage experiences, deepening Enid's insecurities about being late-blooming werewolf.
S1 E03
0:42:50
Sheriff Develops Monster Photos
Characters:
Description:
Sheriff develops film from Fabian's stolen camera, revealing clear photographs of the monster during its attack. Images provide first concrete evidence that creature exists and is not a bear as Mayor claimed.
Conclusion:
Sheriff now has photographic proof to investigate monster despite Mayor's pressure to dismiss attacks as bear incidents.
Location:
Sheriff's office darkroom
Timeline:
Present day
Backstory:
Mayor insisted attacks were from bears to protect Nevermore tourism revenue. Sheriff suspected supernatural involvement.
Analysis:
Major evidence breakthrough that will drive law enforcement investigation toward supernatural rather than natural explanation.
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S1 E03
0:32
Space Song
Depression Cherry
Beach House
S1 E03
0:33
Don't Stop
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
S1 E03
0:35
Winter (from The Four Seasons)
The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi
S1 E03
0:39
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica (cover)
Apocalyptica
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