What better way to kick off a long Thanksgiving weekend than the release of Addams Family spin-off Wednesday on Netflix? All eight episodes of the first season are available now to stream, and they follow the eldest Addams sibling as she gets shipped off to a boarding school for supernatural weirdos and finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery.
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Wednesday. If you haven't watched the show, head over to Netflix right now and fix that.
Thankfully, that murder mystery reaches its conclusion in the Season 1 finale, making sure fans aren't left hanging until a potential second season. Instead, Wednesday is able to reveal the killer (killers) in the finale, and the show manages to end with a pair of cliffhangers teasing what's to come, should the series continue. How did it all end, though? Let's break down the Season 1 finale, complete with insight from showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar.
Who was the killer?
It turns out the Hyde was lovable townie Tyler (Hunter Doohan) all along. Wednesday figured out it was Tyler that was transforming into the murderous monster. However, she was unable to convince others to stand by her side when she wanted to torture the truth out of him. Interestingly, though, it wasn't Dr. Kinbott (Riki Lindholme) that was pulling the strings and manipulating Tyler into becoming a killer. Instead, it was Nevermore dorm mother Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci) that was using Tyler to send a message.
It turns out Thornhill is a devoted believer of Joseph Crackstone, the evil preacher that used to lead the town of Jericho. Thornhill's plan was to resurrect him to rid the world of supernatural «freaks»--especially Wednesday, the descendent of
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