I was close to boycotting this show altogether. I mean, what on Earth is this release schedule? An Addams Family series -- directed by Tim Burton, no less -- that gets released well after Halloween?

I understand perfectly if the show wasn't completed yet (Lord knows I've roasted a fair number of straight-to-streaming shows for seeming to have been released on a strict schedule rather than "whenever it's ready"), or if the creators wanted the image of a pilgrim statue set ablaze to better coincide with Thanksgiving. Still, releasing something like this in November just feels wrong.

Wednesday is often enjoyable, albeit not as distinctly creepy and kooky as it could've been; many of the actors sans Jenna Ortega are unremarkable and it doesn't help that the show often feels more like The Umbrella Academy or some CW superhero show than The Addams Family. Could Burton not decide between an Addams adaptation and a Miss Peregrine spin-off so he did both?

I've also seen some complaints re: Luis Guzmán as Gomez from "long-time fans", claiming that he's completely wrong for what the role is supposed to be. I already pointed this out in my review of 2019's Addams Family reboot, but if you Gomez Addams fans out there are perturbed that he "isn't tall or handsome anymore", then you're not actually fans of Gomez Addams, but rather the Raul Julia-John Astin variation that is decidedly less faithful to the Charles Addams comics than this is.

That's a good Gomez too, but if you're gonna come at this new show with puritan pretenses, I just want you to keep straight what the "original" is.