Wednesday
Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe
TV Flash files “Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe” as the hour the catalog opens — Wednesday (2022–present) on Netflix, season 1, episode 1, aired 2022-11-23, 59 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 16 in the Wednesday guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2022-11-23 (59 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Chapter II: Woe Is the Loneliest Number” (S01E02).
November 2022 full-season dump. The first chapter sells the stare, the school, and the binge contract.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When a deliciously wicked prank gets Wednesday expelled, her parents ship her off to Nevermore Academy, the boarding school where they fell in love.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe sit in the Wednesday guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 16 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Wednesday S01E01 air?
Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe aired 2022-11-23 and is listed at 59 minutes.
Do I need to know the old Addams Family shows?
No. Same family mythology, new continuity centered on teen Wednesday at Nevermore. The winks land nicer if you know Ricci and the 1960s, but they are not homework.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it as Netflix event goth: Ortega’s deadpan star turn, a Nevermore mystery, and a dance-and-ship weather system that turned an Addams offshoot into stan infrastructure. Mute the tags if you are behind. The clips will not.
So about the dance: you already know the one. Even if you have not pressed play, it arrived on your lock screen like a jump scare in someone else’s story. Wednesday premiered on Netflix in November 2022 as an Addams Family offshoot from Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, Tim Burton’s name on the gothic stamp, Jenna Ortega as a deadpan teenager who treats Nevermore Academy like a crime scene with better eyeliner. Then the algorithm did what the algorithm does. **The dance ate the timeline.** (I said spoiler-free. I…
Filed against
- Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams
Jenna Ortega made Wednesday Addams a TikTok-native gothic pop star on Netflix’s Wednesday — dance number included, sequel pressure inevitable. Deadpan teen icon status arrived at warp speed. Wenclair diplomacy and a cello-and-black-braids…
- Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair
Emma Myers plays Enid Sinclair on Wednesday — color against Jenna Ortega's deadpan goth, a Nevermore roommate the timeline turned into ship weather. TV Flash files her as Netflix event-teen voltage: the smile the dance clips cannot crop…
- Gwendoline Christie as Larissa Weems
Gwendoline Christie plays Larissa Weems on Wednesday — Nevermore's adult silhouette, gothic administration in a Netflix dump that turned cello and black braids into stan weather. TV Flash files her as the principal the dance clips still…
- Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams
Luis Guzmán’s Gomez Addams is the velvet-dad gravity under Wednesday’s gothic teen weather system — a Nevermore patriarch who can charm a room while Jenna Ortega’s deadpan daughter treats the timeline like a crime scene. Netflix event…
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams
Catherine Zeta-Jones reincarnates Morticia Addams for Netflix’s Wednesday — gothic glamour meeting TikTok-native event seasons, a photocall the image desk could live on. Film-star polish in a franchise that thrives on dance numbers and…
- Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill
Christina Ricci’s Marilyn Thornhill brought gothic pedigree to Netflix’s Wednesday — 1990s Wednesday in a new adult role, Addams-adjacent heat with a twist that fed event-season discourse. Former child-star cool meets franchise sequel…