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Wednesday brought many life lessons, or shall we say death lessons, in the second season. But the one that you should take to your grave is: “even if you were considered dead, it doesn’t mean that you necessarily are gone.” Season two began with Wednesday locked up in a serial killer’s basement. But little did the viewers know that was the most non-lethal threat of the season.

With a stalker on the loose, a zombie awakened, and a looming threat hovering over the outcasts, Wednesday season two even had the deadpan character navigating her Nevermore journey without her psychic powers. But this time, it’s not only the walls of Nevermore that have secrets buried. Sure, it all comes back to it.

Yet, by the time part one pulls down the curtain, viewers are left with far more questions than answers. In fact, the cliffhangers were so tightly guarded that the one question that hauntingly recurs is whether Wednesday dies.

Especially, with Hyde out of the psychiatric ward, it’s only natural that the worst comes to mind. So, here’s an entire breakdown of Wednesday’s mid-season finale and what it means for the protagonist’s fate in what’s to come this upcoming September.

What is Lois?

Nevermore has always been the main character in Wednesday. But in season two, the answers to every question seemingly lie in the Willow Hill Psychiatric Facility. Wednesday turns to Uncle Fester, helping him infiltrate by getting him admitted. Now the question is: Is Lois the lunch lady Fester gets into a brief romance with? As fate would have it, Lois is not the cafeteria person, but an acronym for the Longterm Outcast Integration Study (LOIS).

Fester and Wednesday discover that the outcasts who were announced dead were actually held captive in the basement of Willow Hill. Augustus Stonehearst signed the death certificates of these presumably dead outcasts in order to be experimented upon secretly. Sheriff Galpin tried to solve this mystery before getting pecked to death by the crows. He even approached Wednesday for her help, fearing Tyler would become part of the LOIS program. But as it turns out, it’s not even Stonehearst pulling the strings in the present day.

Then, who is controlling the crows?

Chasing the clue Galpin had left for Wednesday, she ends up at a hunting cabin where she stumbles upon the faked-outcast obituaries. But it isn’t until she sneaks into Willow Hill that she truly unmasks the hooded figure controlling the crows. Wednesday initially suspects Dr Fairburn. However, it’s the seemingly non-threatening executive assistant, Judi, who’s behind it all. She hired Dr Fairburn while continuing what her father began before.

Stonehearst launched the program in an attempt to harness the power of the outcasts, hoping to become one himself. While that failed, he turned his daughter into an Avian. But what brings her downfall is underestimating a teenage girl like Wednesday. However, as everyone knows, she’s no ordinary girl.

As for Stonehearst’s connection to Nevermore, it’s revealed that he was a science teacher at the academy. And later, he served as the normie head doctor in Willow Hill. Professor Orloff reveals to Wednesday that before he arrived in Nevermore, his wife had already passed away. But he built an aviary for Judi in Iago Tower, where Agnes had earlier held Enid and Bruno captive.

While attempting to inculcate the powers of an outcast within himself, Stonehearst ended up a patient at his own asylum. Uncle Fester then uses this information to track down Stonehearst in Willow Hill, and ultimately manages his parrot to rattle out a single clue: 51971. This turns out to be the passcode of the LOIS basement in the facility.

Many might wonder if there’s more to Judi than they’ve seen in the first four episodes. And honestly, Heather Matarazzo has some ideas, like what about a crazy twin? While it’s too early to predict how Wednesday would approach Judi’s arc, expect nothing but twice the twists.

What about Wednesday’s black tears?

From the beginning of season two, Wednesday has been wiping her black tears. But when she approaches Uncle Fester to infiltrate Willow Hill, he reveals he had done it before for his mother to check on Aunt Ophelia. Although he couldn’t get a hold of her, she has now been missing for 15 years; this piece of information makes Wednesday confront Morticia.

Morticia reveals Ophelia was discovered with black tears during her sophomore year at Nevermore – a consequence of pushing her psychic abilities beyond limits. She was sent away by Grandmama, and Morticia couldn’t help it despite knowing it would worsen her condition.

With Wednesday exerting similar conditions as Ophelia, Morticia is determined to protect Wednesday at any cost, even if it means burning Goody’s book of spells. The upcoming part will focus much more on Grandmama Hester Frump’s relationship with Morticia and also Gomez, which will, in turn, impact the pedestal on which Wednesday has put her all this time.

What happens to Slurp?

Slurp briefly becomes Fester’s cellmate after being admitted to Willow Hill. But when Wednesday helps Fester escape, so does Slurp, feasting on multiple guards, Dr Fairburn, and even Stonehearst. Before chewing Gus’s brain, he says, “Hello, old friend.” And that’s enough to clarify that Slurp has been regenerating with every brain he eats, both physically and mentally.

Miles Millar hints that in part two, Slurp would be able to entirely metamorphose. So, viewers should buckle up for more zombie chaos.

Who is Agnes?

Remember the stalker from season one who’d been sending Wednesday creepy texts? Agnes de Mille, a younger enrolment at Nevermore blessed with the power of invisibility, turns out to be a superfan of Wednesday, and simultaneously, also her stalker. But despite her intentions, she becomes useful to Wednesday in placing the dynamites to help Wednesday infiltrate Willow Hill.

And her presence eventually becomes a challenge to the relationship that Wednesday and Enid share. Meanwhile, Enid herself is involved in a love triangle between Ajax and newcomer Bruno. To make things even more interesting, Bianca Barclay grows close to Ajax.

What happens to Tyler and Marylin Thornhill?

Dr Fairburn brought Marilyn Thornhill to Willow Hill, hoping to understand her motivations and rehabilitate Tyler. But Thornhill doesn’t share a similar sentiment. When the confrontation escalates between Uncle Fester, Wednesday, and Judi, the former unleashes an electric wave that cuts the power across Willow Hill, freeing the patients, including Tyler.

As Thornhill approaches Tyler, she is instead greeted by a monstrous Hyde, reeking with vengeance. Although he knows killing the master would bring his own doom, he couldn’t help but feel betrayed, convinced that breaking free from her shackles is the only chance to be free.

So, does that mean Thornhill is dead? Well, Alfred Gough says, “Never say never.”

Is Wednesday dead?

The reunion between Wednesday and Tyler was always in the cards for season two. She had already gone to Willow Hill to inform him about Galpin’s death. But the meeting doesn’t exactly go the way Tyler had planned, especially when he realises she’s only there to investigate yet another case. While he doesn’t evolve entirely into Hyde during their first meeting, with Thornhill out of the scene and the shock collar gone, he goes all out once he finds her again.

Upon discovering her, he plunges and throws her through a window. And plummeting from that height, she lies bleeding on cobblestones. Now, the question is: does Wednesday survive? As Hunter Doohan puts it to Tudum, “Tyler might have killed Wednesday; he throws her out a window and makes his escape. It leaves Wednesday with an uncertain fate – and also a lot of new threats if she does wake up.”

While a sneak peek from part two reveals Wednesday in a coma, it ends with her opening her eyes. So, for what awaits next, stay tuned for Wednesday season two, part two, coming up on September 3rd.