We rip apart the new trailer for Wednesday’s second season on Netflix – Wednesday (Netflix)

The new trailer for the second season of Tim Burton’s hit series Wednesday was released April 23 through Netflix’s official channels. As expected, the reactions to this short preview were immediate. Nevermore Academy is back, much darker and more mysterious than before.

At its most morbid and macabre, we are ready to tear apart the highlights that await us in this new season. A trailer full of new mysteries and new threats that Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) will have to solve and face. First, you can watch the trailer from Netflix below:

Second, get out of here if you haven’t seen Wednesday: Season 1 yet.

The trailer begins with Wednesday being disarmed (literally speaking) at an airport, staying true to Burton’s somber, sarcastic and humorous tone.

New crimes stalk Nevermore. A series of new murders involving creepy porcelain dolls are shown. Wednesday and her group must face new challenges and put their skills to the test.

Speaking of characters, it looks like Tyler Galpin (Hunter Doohan) will be much more present this time around. Tyler recalls past events and finds himself as a patient at the Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital, where he will be visited by the protagonist. This has raised suspicions that the two could form a powerful duo that relies on each other to survive the dangers ahead. Remember, Tyler is a Hyde; a dangerous creature that turns into a monster to kill, either of its own accord or under the control of its master. What if the mermaids, led by Bianca Barclay (Joy Sunday), use their song to sway Hyde to their side and manipulate him like a puppet? We will see how Tyler and Wednesday cope after their flirtatious kiss and gruesome revelation in the first season.

This time around, it looks like the broader Addams Family will play a much larger role. Characters such as Morticia Addams (Catherine Zeta Jones) or Gomez (Luis Guzman) will be at the center of one of the season’s main plots. Probably the solution to a family mystery.

Of course, to complete the Addams Family, Fred Armisen’s oddball Fester will also return, a character who, while admired, never quite reaches the charisma of Christopher Lloyd’s original version. But if anyone has endeared herself to the community, it is Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers), the charming roommate who revealed her fierce side in her first transformation into a werewolf. Her arc was an analogy about growing up and parental expectations, and now that Enid and Wednesday have a past, it will be exciting to see what spin they put on their undeniable chemistry of contrasts.

Of course, new characters are also added to the cast. By a cursory appearance in the preview, Steve Buscemi seems poised to take over as head of the school after the murder of Gwendoline Christie’s shapeshifting headmistress, Larissa Weems, at the climax of the first season. Other sources reveal that Thandiwe Newton and Lady Gaga will also join the cast, although their characters have not yet been revealed.

Overall, the season continues to honor the tone and style characteristic of all of Burton’s work. It seems to be an ode to darkness, intensity, gothic horror films, the stories of Edgar Allan Poe and the slasher. A director and genre that Jenna Ortega knows all too well, having worked on Beetlejuice and Scream, among others, which promise even more emotional content.

Therefore, it would not be surprising if we find some references to supernatural myths intertwined in the plots or mysteries. Looking deeper into the trailer, we can interpret certain nods to well-known myths, such as the Llorona (a famous Mexican myth) reflected in Wednesday or, why not, paired with a new plot. It would not be surprising, since the creator tends to pay homage to this kind of folklore. Just look back at the first season and remember Wednesday listening to the song La Llorona by Chavela Vargas in her bedroom. A possible nod to the future?

Ortega’s Mexican heritage may also be a determining factor in the inclusion of this myth. As she herself says: “Wednesday is technically a Latin sign and that has never been represented. So for me, when I have the opportunity to represent my community, I want that to be seen.” all during an interview with The Wrap.

We can only wait for the summer release, in August and September, to confirm all these theories.