After setting a pack of piranhas loose in a swimming pool where her brother's bullies were training, Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) is expelled from school. She subsequently gets shipped off to Nevermore Academy, a school for gifted outcasts where her parents Gomez and Morticia met and fall in love. Although she has no intention of fitting in her new school, she nevertheless finds friends, even a couple of romantic interests, while on a quest to hunt for a serial killer in their community.

A crisp dialogue dripping with sarcasm and dark humor as well as a gripping mystery keeps this drama highly engaging. Jenna Ortega's version of Wednesday Addams is fascinating. I also enjoyed Catherine-Zeta Jones' Morticia. It was a treat to see flashbacks of Gomez and Morticia as students in the academy. I actually hope their young characters would have a full-length drama.