The best villains are relatable and fleshed out characters, not boring psychopaths that just run around terrorizing the townsfolk because they're supposed to as 'the bad guys'. But we'll get to that.

First I gotta say: as a detective, Wednesday Addams comes across looking like a bonehead more often than I'd like.

She stumbles through the series getting next to nothing right and constantly endangering her friends along the way, many of whom deserved more screen time than they got.

And alas, the eventual payoff of the big reveal very nearly doesn't warrant the investment. Since at that point it wasn't much of a reveal, and it sacrifices some well-rounded characters by turning them into rote villains, wasting the effort put into their backstories in the first place.

Jenna Ortega and her costars had a lot of work to do to make up for the shortcomings of the writing, yet while it is a near thing, they did manage to pull it off.

7/10 Stars. I wouldn't say no to a second season, but I won't go looking for it any time soon.