Warning: Includes MASSIVE SPOILERS for Wednesday season 2, part 1!
Wednesdayseason 2 kicks off with a critical plotline involving someone stalking the titular character, though the answer is quickly revealed.Wednesdayseason 2, part 1is now available on Netflix, and the season continues after a brief summer vacation with new mysteries to unravel.
Wednesday Addams begins an investigation surroundingnew murders from an Avian villain, beginning with Carl Bradbury and Donovan Galpin. She initially believes that these deaths are by the same hand as the mysterious person writing ominous notes to her, and who kidnaps and threatens Enid’s life in episode 2.
Much ofWednesdayseason 2 surrounds a vision of Enid’s impending death, with the main character setting out to prevent this future from coming true. Wednesday’s stalker plays a pivotal role in this development, moving the narrative forward in both plot and interpersonal dynamics.
Agnes Is Revealed As Wednesday Addams' Stalker
Agnes DeMille is a new character, played by Evie Templeton inWednesdayseason 2’s cast, who declares herself as the titular character’s number one fan. Followingseason 1’s ending, Wednesday Addams has a reputation at Nevermore, scarcely allowing her the isolation she so deeply craves.
Agnes is an Outcast with the power to turn herself invisible, which is why her death trap for Enid in episode 2 involved a mystery for Wednesday to solve, with the answer being H.G. Wells’The Invisible Man. This makes her exceptionally adept at gathering information, with Uncle Fester being the only character to notice her presence so far.
When Wednesday finds the missing book, Agnes frees Enid and Bruno, claiming that she had no ill intentions and that this was part of her Prank Day schemes. The rather extreme prank was executed in order to impress Wednesday, with Agnes brushing it off as if no harm was done after the fact.
Agnes notably even wears black to align herself with Wednesday in certain scenes. She’s determined to become Wednesday’s friend in a way that’s obsessive and evidently unhealthy, leading to some of the most dangerous behavior we’ve seen in the show so far. Still, Wednesday makes an ally out of her later on.
Why Agnes Was Stalking Wednesday
Agnes stalked Wednesday for the first two episodes of the season, breaking several personal space boundaries, breaking into bedrooms, and even threatening people’s lives. She does so in the name of impressing Wednesday Addams, and it might have worked if not for a few factors.
Wednesday is someone who’s likely to be impressed by devious acts, including a nice, clean kidnapping and a threatened execution trap. However, Wednesday evidently doesn’t want harm to come to Enid, which is essentially the core plot ofWednesdayseason 2. She also doesn’t like being duped.
Even though the young Addams Family member is beginning to find her humanity throughout the Netflix series, she’s one to hold a grudge. Even if Agnes had good intentions and wanted to help her solve the mystery, she crossed unacceptable boundaries and tried to manipulate Wednesday in the process.
Wednesday will have to come to the realization that Agnes' actions are similar to how she might act, or at least the old her. She did something reckless and life-threatening for the purpose of what she believed to be a good cause, but Wednesday has developed a sense of remorse that Agnes doesn’t have just yet.
Why Wednesday Keeps Using Agnes For Her Investigation In Season 2
Despite being put off by Agnes’s lack of boundaries, Wednesday isn’t above using her young fan to solve the mystery. In season 2, episode 3, she questions Agnes about how she broke into Galpin’s phone without the pass code.
Agnes then continues to use her invisibility power to gather information for Wednesday. As she says, she wants to contribute more than expected for their first case together. This causes a notable wedge between Wednesday and Enid.
Despite Wednesday working hard to save her friend’s life, following up on her growth from last season, she seems to dig her own grave (or possibly Enid’s) by pushing her friend away and focusing on the investigation instead. Wednesday is starting to have morally good intentions, desiring to stop a killer and save Enid, but her actions still cause problems.
As Morticia warns, Wednesday’s pursuit can actively make things worse. Involving Agnes in the case symbolizes this perfectly. Wednesday has no interest in fans or friends, but she’s willing to use someone as a follower if she believes it’s for the greater good. However, this offends Enid, as Agnes was the one who attempted to kill Enid in episode 2.
Wednesday initially thought the invisible prankster was the murderer she was looking for, but once that’s resolved, Agnes immediately becomes another pawn for her to use.Wednesdayseason 2 appears to be setting up a self-fulfilling prophecy. Wednesday pushing her best friend away, even in an effort to protect her, continues to be her biggest weakness.
It seems apparent that this growing divide between Wednesday and Enid will eventually lead to the devastation she envisioned. Hopefully,Wednesdayseason 2 will end with the titular character finding a way to save Enid at the last minute.
