I started watching this show after hearing all the buzz around it. While it doesn't really have much to do with the Addams family, I appreciated this show going in a new direction with this whodunit teen drama. The show is more geared towards young adults but I think older viewers can still find entertainment in it because of the characters, mystery, and it's unique sense of humor.

The Characters are very hit or miss, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday does a great job and really anchors the series. I particularly like her chemistry with her roommate Enid (played by Emma Myers). The two are polar opposites, them being assigned roommates makes for an entertaining dynamic that blossoms into friendship. I also think the casting for the entire Addams family is very good, while they don't get much screen time they nail the few scenes they get. Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester is a riot, he serves as a pleasant surprise and good comedic relief in the later episodes. Some of the characters are not so great, Tyler and Xavier are water vapor characters, they are void of any charisma and dampen the scenes they are in.

I think the first few episodes of this series are quite good, they are more lighthearted and the characters get a chance to shine before the whodunit plot really kicks in. However, the last few episodes kinda fall off in terms of quality in my opinion. The show becomes to obsessed with plot twists and knocking the viewer off their trail that it fails to provide enough explanation for the villains motivations and the history of the towns feud with Nevermore and the outcasts. The amount of red herrings this script contains is obnoxious. There are multiple times where Wednesday is boldly and loudly wrong about her suspicions, which just doesn't track with a character that is shown to be much smarter than that.

Overall, I think the show has enough good that it is worth the watch. I would be interested in a season 2 although hopefully this time around the writing is a little more cohesive.