Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in 'Wednesday.' onathan Hession/Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr Logo text Wednesday returned with the first part of season 2 this month, and the show brought with it new and familiar faces along with a new mystery for our endearingly weird protagonist. The first four episodes found Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) having psychic visions of her roommate, Enid (Emma Myers), dying and blaming Wednesday for her death. Meanwhile, a flock of crows is murdering local townsfolk, including the death of Donovan Galpin (Jamie McShane), the former sheriff of Jericho and the father of Tyler (Hunter Doohan), the Hyde who went on a killing spree last season and as a result is now a patient at Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital. Elsewhere, Pugsley Addams (Isaac Ordonez), now a student at Nevermore Academy, sets loose a zombie he calls Slurp (Owen Painter), who also used to be a student there. In episode 4, we learn that Willow Hill employee Judi Spannagel (Heather Matarazzo) is not only the person behind the bird attacks but also running a program called LOIS (Long-term Outcast Integration Study) that's doing experiments on Outcasts. Meanwhile, Laurel Gates/Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci) returns to set Tyler free, only to be killed by him moments later. The fourth episode also ends with what appears to be Wednesday's death after Tyler (as Hyde) pushes her out a window. Among the many other new characters introduced this season: Nevermore student Agnes DeMille (Evie Templeton), Wednesday's fangirl/stalker; Morticia Addams' (Catherine-Zeta Jones) mother, Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley); new Nevermore principal Barry Dort (Steve Buscemi); Dr. Rachael Fairburn (Thandiwe Newton), who runs Willow Hill and meets an untimely end; Ron Kruger (Anthony Michael Hall), a Phoenix Cadet Master who goes head-to-head with Wednesday, also before meeting his own untimely end; Miss Capri (Billie Piper), Nevermore's new music teacher; and Professor Orloff (Christopher Lloyd), a Nevermore teacher. Returning to the show are Luis Guzmán as Gomez Addams, Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, Lurch (with Joonas Suotamo taking over the role from George Burcea) and Pugsley Addams (Isaac Ordonez, now a series regular). Ahead of the Part 2 premiere, The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at some of the burning questions and fan theories surrounding the new season. Is Wednesday really dead? Image Credit: Netflix Logo text After she lands on the pavement and we see her covered in blood, Wednesday says in voice-over: "I've always dreamed of looking death in the face. But in my final moments, all I hear is my mother's words ringing in my ears. Maybe I have made things worse. Much worse." But don't expect a The Last of Us-style shocker. With the show renewed for a third season, it's highly unlikely she's dead; the series is, after all, titled Wednesday. Not to mention, a teaser for the second part of the season shows Wednesday appearing to wake up from a coma. What role does Lady Gaga play? Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Logo text In May, Netflix posted on X: "Lady Gaga will guest star in Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 as Rosaline Rotwood - a legendary Nevermore teacher who crosses paths with Wednesday." However, Ortega later told Entertainment Tonight: "She's not a teacher. That's your little clue. She's not. Whatever you heard, it's wrong." One theory posits that she might show up as Wednesday's new spirit guide, replacing Goody Addams (also played by Ortega in the first season). Another suggests she might be a villain, given that we already found out who the stalker is and who is controlling the crows. Yet another theory suggests that she might show up to reveal Nevermore secrets crucial to what's really going on at the school and/or psychiatric hospital. Who is the mystery woman that Wednesday saved in the LOIS chamber? Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Logo text Wednesday helps an unnamed Willow Hill inmate (Frances O'Connor) escape from Lois in episode 4. Some fans are speculating that it's Ophelia Frump, Morticia's sister, who is playing a big role in this season's storyline so far. Others speculate that Gaga will be playing Ophelia. However, seeing as Gaga appears only in one episode and only in the second half of the season, and Ophelia is becoming very central to this season's storyline, the latter theory seems unlikely. Another theory suggests that Miss Capri, the music teacher, is actually Ophelia, given her advice to Wednesday about how to reach her full potential by letting the music (and her powers?) control her instead of the other way around. (Some fans are speculating that Miss Capri also might wind up being Wednesday's new spirit guide.) Or could the woman be Tyler's mom? That w