I went into this one cold out of nostalgia for both the original Addams Family show and the movie.

Episode 1 however set my expectations. This is not even adjacent to that one let alone a spin off, sure some of the characters share the name and aesthetic but that's about it. It's a show for grade schoolers only packaged in a dark aesthetic. Think the new Sabrina mixed in with Riverdale.

Jenna Ortega (as Wednesday) was amazing and the saving grace of this show. She killed it every second she was on screen, most of the humor worked because of her delivery.

The costume and set designs were also striking... but then you have the actual plot and writing.

The character development is nada. The world building is so simplified that it's down right childish. Some of the lines were good but that was only because of Jenna Ortega delivery, more often than not the show dipped into cheesy and cringe territory. The CGI monster... was something else.

Overall this show is a 4/10, it gets two extra stars for the acting alone but that's about it.