Season One Review

I finally sat down to watch this show after literally everyone but me had watched it... so peer pressure strikes again.

I love Addams Family, and I was very cautious about going into this show, seeing as the focus is one just one, although one I generally like, but I think season 1 was pleasantly surprising, it went above and beyond. When a friend told me it was like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina I facepalmed, I didn't get along very well with that show at all, but thankfully I think it was nothing like that but instead far superior than Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

One of the things this show does is hit me with what I love most about media. Characters. I love good characters, this is one of those shows where character really trumps story. The story is fine and all if not a little predictable, but I absolutely loved the characters. Jenna Ortega as Wednesday is the best Wednesday since Christina Ricci, I might even say better. She really gives off a great deadpan expression. Emma Myers who plays Enid is just a treat, she is great, she has a charming way with expressions and emoting on camera, Enid and Wednesday's chemistry together is perfect I cannot keep my eyes off them.

Even the Addams Family themselves are all good, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán as Morticia and Gomez Addams are perfect, straight from the old cartoon iterations themselves.

Even some of the side characters are fun and they are for the most part not as boring as I would have thought, Joy Sunday as Bianca is a character I really enjoyed, she plays that high class snobby but also quite sympathetic character you can get behind as time goes on. Jamie McShane as the Shieff isn't half bad and has a few moments.

Everyone in this show has their own little quirks and identity and its enjoyable to watch.

As mentioned before the story is very hit and miss but it still hooks you in, its a detective/mystery plot for the most part and it does its part well but its the characters that really help drive that story along and I am completely okay with that.

The writing for the most part is fine, there are some lines of dialogue that make me roll my eyes, a bit too many buzzwords thrown in that will probably date this show in time, thankfully the great writing on the characters keeps everything well enough so you don't really care too much. That is the true strength of this shows quality.

There are few negatives about the show really. It does come across as a very X-Men school type of show. The dealing with outside prejudice, a school of misfits with powers, even though that is kind of played down a bit in this show. I do admit maybe the love interests of Wednesday and Enid are a bit bland at times but they still command a bit of interest. Additionally the whole love triangle trope is a bit eye rolling at times and plays like a young adult show. In fact the whole show at times feels more like a young adult fare than it does anything else.

Overall a awesome show, though not perfect delivers everything you would expect from a show based on Addams Family's Wednesday. Any show that can get me to smile this much throughout must be worth it. If you come in expecting a full on Addams Family show you might be disappointed, but if you liked Wednesday enough and the idea that she's grown up and in a boarding school, then you may find something of worth.

I certainly enjoyed season one for sure and look forward to season two.