I thoroughly enjoyed this series, even if I'm probably 3 decades past the target audience. Jenna Ortega does a fantastic turn as an angsty teenage Wednesday Addams. Like all good Tim Burton heroines, she manages to perfectly encapsulate a zealous thirst for the macabre and doe-eyed vulnerability in equal measure. The female cast members were all particularly strong, although the overly expansive cast left most characters woefully underdeveloped outside of a couple core relationships.

The story is a whodunit mystery that most will likely figure out, but I thought the quirky journey and characters made up for the predictability of the plot. Overall, it felt similar to Stranger Things as a homage to past shows, rather than being purely derivative. To me, it seemed like some strange love child of Teen Wolf and Daria... but not in a bad way! An enjoyable weekend watch.