Went through the whole first season, here's what I got (no spoilers):

There is an obvious and deliberate through story. I would call this more of a mini series instead of just a series. Without spoilers, I did guess the main end reveal in the very first episode.

The production design is awesome and I believe it was only the first couple of episodes that Tim Burton directed and it showed. That is what I gave the 6/10 for. Had it not been for that I would have given the first season a 4. Here's the problem; the entire through-plot could have been any series, any characters, any time and place, and anywhere. The plot has nothing inherently specific to do with the Adams family I know from the television series and the movie in the 90s. It's so random. The entire plot could service a western, could have been an episode of magnum PI, could have been a movie about a cult, or could have been an episode of saved by the bell. That's my main problem with this series. It felt like someone submitted a story concept with outlines to Hollywood, then shelved it, then attached the Adams family to it at a letter date, changed some character specific plot devices and called it a day.

The series is nice to watch, is gorgeous, and has serviceable acting. The Wednesday characters seems like she is on the bleeding edge of straying from character type and just being a normal trope that progresses the plot as described above. I would like to see Jenna Ortega is a few more things before attributing her performance as unintentionally wooden. It's the same problem with Brent Spiner playing data in Star Trek TNG, is he good at playing a robot, or just a good actor in general?

The roommate is useless and does nothing in the entire series except for the last moment. But she still had nothing to do with the series. You could have taken her out and nothing the driving the plot would have been sacrificed. There is absolutely no reason for Christina Ricci to be in this series other than fan service, she does nothing, although she gave me a little (fleeting) chuckle in the last episode.

Is it entertaining? Absolutely. If you're here for Christina Ricci then skip it, if you're here for the Adams family, skip it, if you're here for rehashed tropes of Harry Potter, twilight, and stranger things, all a lot better and more original source material, then you're good.