I have seen 1.7 episodes of Wednesday at this point. It took me about one week, in three sittings, to watch the first one, and I fell asleep before the second one could end. I don't think I'll torture myself any further.

I dislike this show on more than one level.

Reason 1: I don't like teen drama, and this is bad teen drama. It's like the kids in Twilight went on a school trip to Hogwarts and brought their useless heart-throbs and jealousies with them. From the 10th minute of the first episode we get to know that the kids are not just humans and they belong to species that could rule the world but no... they go to school just for the sake of being a pain in each-other's back. Wednesday goes through all this wearing the same exact face for the whole time (again, like Bella in Twilight) and every once in a while she drops an aphorism that has already been a meme on the Internet for the past 10 years.

Reason 2: This is not Wednesday Addams. I am a fan of the original series in black and white and I was already disappointed when Thing was made to walk around in the movies. The addams were always an eccentric family but they were depicted as humans. In this new show Vampires, Werewolves, Mermaids, Magic, etc... are dropped in the story cauldron on day one, removing any relatability between the characters and the audience. Even Wednesday has some magic power of sorts. Her moral compass keeps swinging. She is proud to be some sort of careless queen of death but then she tries to save someone for no specific reason. The characterisation is terrible and even the acting is not particualrly convincing. We are light-years away even from Christina Ricci's Wednesday.

Reason 3: It's boring. The Addams Family was a fast witted show. Every second there would be a new thing to laugh for, something that would hilight the difference between the boring regular people (us) and the mentally free and self-indulgent Addams family. This new show is slow. Nothing happens. Apart from a few unremarkable jokes every now and then, there is no direct contrast between normal people and anyone living at the school. There is no fun in following "detective Wednesday" venturing around the Victorian rooms of this American Hogwarts.

Reason 4: I am not American. While the original Addams family was just funny to watch regardless of one's background, this one is set in a rich American boarding school in which, obviously, most people in the world have never been. Secret societies, rowing competitions, houses... is stuff that is alien to most people, including me.

Reason 5: There is no moral complexity here. Wednesday is immediately depicted as a rebellious teenager who wants to move away from her parents as much as possible. She is made to look like an outcast, but she is thrown in a school for outcasts where she is not an outcast anymore. Needless to say, the moment she meets a normal guy he's happy to help.

Bottom line: are you a teenager and you want a modern version of Harry Potter set in a rich Americans' boarding school? You might like this show.

If you ever in your life liked the Addams family, then avoid Wednesday.