I grew up with the original Addams Family. Loved it. Loved the cast. Also liked the first of the movies. Wednesday was, of course, a second tier character because Gomez and Morticia were the stars. So it was a clever idea to build a new series around her - a mystery series with good characters and black humour. I worked out early that this was a sort of variation of Harry Potter, and instead of a wizarding school we had a school for outcasts. I personally much preferred this over Harry Potter. We don't see much of Gomez and Morticia, which is fine - Zeta-Jones is good as Morticia but Luis Guzman lacks the looks and charm to be a credible Gomez. Jenna Ortega, though, is brilliant as Wednesday. A really excellent performance. Emma Myers and the rest of her fellow students were generally very good, and Christina Ricci did nicely in her role - and a nice bit of casting to include a former Wednesday. Overall, well worth watching and I look forward to the second series.