1 00:00:06,049 --> 00:00:08,051 [jauntily macabre music playing] 2 00:00:11,387 --> 00:00:13,014 [student laughing] 3 00:00:13,097 --> 00:00:15,141 [heavy footfalls echoing] 4 00:00:24,567 --> 00:00:27,445 [girl] I'm not sure whose twisted idea it was 5 00:00:28,446 --> 00:00:31,699 to put hundreds of adolescents in underfunded schools 6 00:00:33,659 --> 00:00:36,662 run by people whose dreams were crushed years ago… 7 00:00:39,415 --> 00:00:41,084 but I admire the sadism. 8 00:00:42,293 --> 00:00:44,337 [heavy footfalls continue echoing] 9 00:00:46,547 --> 00:00:48,424 [school bell rings] 10 00:00:51,135 --> 00:00:52,970 [jocks guffawing] 11 00:00:58,935 --> 00:01:00,103 [gags, whimpers] 12 00:01:00,186 --> 00:01:01,062 [thud] 13 00:01:04,565 --> 00:01:05,691 I want names. 14 00:01:05,775 --> 00:01:07,527 I don't know who they were, honest. 15 00:01:08,111 --> 00:01:11,155 -It happened so fast. -Pugsley, emotion equals weakness. 16 00:01:12,031 --> 00:01:12,949 Pull yourself together. 17 00:01:13,032 --> 00:01:14,075 [whimpers] 18 00:01:14,158 --> 00:01:15,701 Now. 19 00:01:16,452 --> 00:01:17,912 [eerie whooshing] 20 00:01:17,995 --> 00:01:18,996 [jocks jeering] 21 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,832 [jock] You scared, kid? Scared? 22 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:23,918 -[jocks laughing] -[locker slams] 23 00:01:25,795 --> 00:01:27,171 [school bell rings] 24 00:01:27,255 --> 00:01:28,089 You okay? 25 00:01:28,172 --> 00:01:29,924 [girl] I'm not about to confess to my brother 26 00:01:30,007 --> 00:01:32,385 that I've recently been plagued by visions. 27 00:01:32,969 --> 00:01:34,428 They come on without warning, 28 00:01:34,512 --> 00:01:38,391 and feel like electroshock therapy, but without the satisfying afterburn. 29 00:01:38,474 --> 00:01:39,976 Leave this to me. 30 00:01:40,059 --> 00:01:41,018 Wednesday? 31 00:01:41,853 --> 00:01:43,563 What are you gonna do? 32 00:01:43,646 --> 00:01:44,981 What I do best. 33 00:01:45,773 --> 00:01:49,694 ["Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" by Édith Piaf playing] 34 00:01:52,196 --> 00:01:53,197 [whistle blows] 35 00:01:56,617 --> 00:02:01,664 ♪ Non, rien de rien… ♪ 36 00:02:01,747 --> 00:02:02,790 [jock 1] Yo, Dalton, look. 37 00:02:03,583 --> 00:02:04,709 Pigsley's sister. 38 00:02:08,004 --> 00:02:09,213 Hey, freak. 39 00:02:09,755 --> 00:02:12,383 -This is a closed practice. -[jocks chuckle] 40 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:15,636 The only person who gets to torture my brother is me. 41 00:02:19,182 --> 00:02:23,352 ♪ Non, rien de rien ♪ 42 00:02:23,436 --> 00:02:24,270 [jocks clamor] 43 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:29,150 ♪ Non, je ne regrette rien ♪ 44 00:02:29,233 --> 00:02:34,655 ♪ Car ma vie, car mes joies ♪ 45 00:02:34,739 --> 00:02:36,365 [whistle blowing frantically] 46 00:02:38,117 --> 00:02:43,289 ♪ Ça commence avec toi ♪ 47 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:45,833 [shrieks] 48 00:02:45,917 --> 00:02:49,086 [elegant music swells, fades away] 49 00:02:49,921 --> 00:02:51,923 [jauntily macabre theme music playing] 50 00:03:56,779 --> 00:03:59,198 [radio squawks, playing "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison] 51 00:03:59,282 --> 00:04:02,451 ♪ I close my eyes ♪ 52 00:04:03,244 --> 00:04:07,581 ♪ Then I drift away ♪ 53 00:04:07,665 --> 00:04:11,919 [passenger singing along] ♪ Into the magic night ♪ 54 00:04:12,003 --> 00:04:15,381 ♪ I softly say ♪ 55 00:04:16,340 --> 00:04:20,594 [both] ♪ A silent prayer ♪ 56 00:04:20,678 --> 00:04:24,557 ♪ Like dreamers do ♪ 57 00:04:25,141 --> 00:04:29,395 ♪ Then I fall asleep to dream ♪ 58 00:04:29,478 --> 00:04:32,315 ♪ My dreams of you ♪ 59 00:04:34,942 --> 00:04:36,610 -♪ I remember ♪ -[bird chirps] 60 00:04:36,694 --> 00:04:41,866 -[birds thudding in time to music] -♪ That you said goodbye… ♪ 61 00:04:42,783 --> 00:04:44,577 [feeble tweeting] 62 00:04:48,372 --> 00:04:50,374 [both moaning] 63 00:04:52,251 --> 00:04:53,544 [woman] Mmm. 64 00:04:54,378 --> 00:04:55,379 [man sighs] 65 00:04:56,756 --> 00:05:00,259 Darling, how long do you intend on giving us the cold shoulder? 66 00:05:02,053 --> 00:05:05,848 Lurch, please remind my parents that I'm no longer speaking to them. 67 00:05:05,931 --> 00:05:06,766 [Lurch grunts] 68 00:05:07,350 --> 00:05:08,184 [woman] Hmm. 69 00:05:08,267 --> 00:05:10,144 I promise you, my little viper, 70 00:05:10,227 --> 00:05:12,730 you will love Nevermore. 71 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:13,731 Won't she, Tish? 72 00:05:13,814 --> 00:05:16,067 Of course. It's the perfect school for her. 73 00:05:16,150 --> 00:05:19,278 Why? Because it was the perfect school for you? 74 00:05:19,362 --> 00:05:21,572 I have no interest in following in your footsteps. 75 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,616 Becoming captain of the fencing team, 76 00:05:23,699 --> 00:05:26,619 Queen of the Dark Prom, President of the Séance Society. 77 00:05:26,702 --> 00:05:31,248 I merely meant that finally you will be among peers who understand you. 78 00:05:31,332 --> 00:05:33,584 Maybe you'll even make some friends. 79 00:05:35,252 --> 00:05:37,922 Nevermore is like no other boarding school. 80 00:05:39,215 --> 00:05:40,758 It's a magical place. 81 00:05:41,509 --> 00:05:43,219 It's where I met your mother. 82 00:05:44,095 --> 00:05:45,679 And we fell in love. 83 00:05:45,763 --> 00:05:47,848 [yearning sigh] 84 00:05:47,932 --> 00:05:49,892 You guys are making me nauseous. 85 00:05:50,935 --> 00:05:51,977 Not in a good way. 86 00:05:52,061 --> 00:05:55,231 Darling, we aren't the ones who got you expelled. 87 00:05:55,314 --> 00:05:59,610 That boy's family was going to file attempted murder charges. 88 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,821 How would that have looked on your record? 89 00:06:01,904 --> 00:06:02,863 Terrible. 90 00:06:03,948 --> 00:06:06,117 Everyone would know I failed to get the job done. 91 00:06:07,159 --> 00:06:08,244 Hmm. 92 00:06:12,832 --> 00:06:14,333 [man] Just over here is fine. 93 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:25,302 -Thanks. -You sure you want to get out here? 94 00:06:26,345 --> 00:06:30,224 The trail might look pretty, but it runs right past Nevermore. 95 00:06:30,891 --> 00:06:32,101 That school for outcasts? 96 00:06:32,184 --> 00:06:34,603 Huh. That's a polite way of putting it. 97 00:06:34,687 --> 00:06:37,064 I never had a problem with outcasts. 98 00:06:37,148 --> 00:06:39,400 My counselor at summer camp was a werewolf. 99 00:06:39,483 --> 00:06:40,484 Great guy. 100 00:06:40,568 --> 00:06:43,237 Yeah, they're just like you and me, 101 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,905 until they rip your throat out. 102 00:06:48,534 --> 00:06:50,286 [chuckles wryly] Thanks. 103 00:06:55,958 --> 00:06:57,042 [bird caws] 104 00:07:08,554 --> 00:07:10,556 [low, menacing music playing] 105 00:07:27,281 --> 00:07:28,782 [branches snapping] 106 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:33,913 [ragged breathing] 107 00:07:33,996 --> 00:07:36,457 -[creature snarls] -[panicked screaming] 108 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,920 [gate hinges creak] 109 00:07:44,089 --> 00:07:46,091 [ominous music builds] 110 00:07:56,268 --> 00:07:59,730 [sighs] At least it's turning into a beautiful day. 111 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:01,815 [bells tolling] 112 00:08:01,899 --> 00:08:03,817 [thunder rumbling] 113 00:08:03,901 --> 00:08:06,820 [playfully gloomy music playing] 114 00:08:18,791 --> 00:08:21,585 Wednesday is certainly a unique name. 115 00:08:23,087 --> 00:08:24,838 I'm guessing it was the day you were born? 116 00:08:24,922 --> 00:08:26,840 I was born on Friday the 13th. 117 00:08:26,924 --> 00:08:30,886 Her name comes from a line from my favorite nursery rhyme, 118 00:08:30,970 --> 00:08:33,389 "Wednesday's child is full of woe." 119 00:08:35,975 --> 00:08:40,020 You always had a unique perspective on the world, Morticia. 120 00:08:40,104 --> 00:08:41,063 Hmm. 121 00:08:41,146 --> 00:08:43,691 Did your mother tell you we were roommates back in the day? 122 00:08:44,608 --> 00:08:47,194 And you graduated with your sanity intact? 123 00:08:47,278 --> 00:08:48,571 Impressive. 124 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:53,450 You've certainly had a very interesting educational journey. 125 00:08:53,534 --> 00:08:55,327 Eight schools in five years. 126 00:08:55,411 --> 00:08:58,205 They haven't built one strong enough to hold me. 127 00:08:58,289 --> 00:09:00,374 I bet this place won't be any different. 128 00:09:00,457 --> 00:09:02,042 What our daughter is trying to say 129 00:09:02,126 --> 00:09:04,795 is that she greatly appreciates the opportunity. 130 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:11,302 Nevermore doesn't usually accept students mid-term, 131 00:09:11,885 --> 00:09:14,722 but given Wednesday's perfect grades 132 00:09:14,805 --> 00:09:17,683 and your family's long history with the school, 133 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:20,769 I've spoken with the board and we've made an exception. 134 00:09:23,147 --> 00:09:25,149 [quirky music playing] 135 00:09:27,026 --> 00:09:29,862 Larissa, what about Wednesday's, um… 136 00:09:30,779 --> 00:09:32,114 therapy sessions? 137 00:09:32,698 --> 00:09:34,325 The court ordered them. 138 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:38,162 Hmm. The school has a relationship with a therapist in Jericho. 139 00:09:38,746 --> 00:09:42,333 -She can meet twice a week. -Did you hear that, my little storm cloud? 140 00:09:42,416 --> 00:09:44,084 You're in excellent hands. 141 00:09:44,168 --> 00:09:46,378 We'll see if she survives the first session. 142 00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:51,759 I've assigned you to your mother's old dorm. 143 00:09:51,842 --> 00:09:52,760 Ophelia Hall. 144 00:09:52,843 --> 00:09:54,261 [gasps, chuckles excitedly] 145 00:09:55,471 --> 00:09:56,764 [Wednesday] Refresh my memory. 146 00:09:56,847 --> 00:09:58,682 Ophelia's the one who kills herself 147 00:09:58,766 --> 00:10:01,560 after being driven mad by her family, correct? 148 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:10,944 Should we go meet your new roommate? 149 00:10:16,575 --> 00:10:17,660 [Morticia gasps] 150 00:10:18,577 --> 00:10:20,537 It's so… vivid. 151 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:25,876 [inhales excitedly] Howdy, roomie. 152 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:29,129 Wednesday, this is Enid Sinclair. 153 00:10:29,213 --> 00:10:30,756 Are you feeling okay? 154 00:10:30,839 --> 00:10:32,341 You look a little pale. 155 00:10:33,842 --> 00:10:35,552 Wednesday always looks half-dead. 156 00:10:35,636 --> 00:10:36,804 Oh. 157 00:10:37,471 --> 00:10:38,931 Welcome to Ophelia Hall. 158 00:10:40,849 --> 00:10:42,643 Not a hugger. Got it. 159 00:10:42,726 --> 00:10:44,269 Please excuse Wednesday. 160 00:10:44,353 --> 00:10:46,480 She's allergic to color. 161 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:47,731 [Enid] Oh, wow. 162 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:49,733 What happens to you? 163 00:10:50,234 --> 00:10:53,904 [flatly] I break out into hives and then the flesh peels off my bones. 164 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:57,700 Luckily, we've special ordered you a uniform. [chuckles] 165 00:10:57,783 --> 00:10:59,952 Enid, please take Wednesday to the registrar's office 166 00:11:00,035 --> 00:11:02,204 to pick it up along with her schedule, 167 00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:04,289 and give her a tour along the way. 168 00:11:04,415 --> 00:11:06,291 [ominous music playing] 169 00:11:14,466 --> 00:11:16,218 [haunting choral vocalizations] 170 00:11:16,301 --> 00:11:18,303 Nevermore was founded in 1791 171 00:11:18,387 --> 00:11:20,013 to educate people like us. 172 00:11:20,097 --> 00:11:21,765 Outcasts, freaks, monsters, 173 00:11:22,349 --> 00:11:24,768 fill in your favorite marginalized group here. 174 00:11:24,852 --> 00:11:26,979 You can save the sanitized sales pitch. 175 00:11:27,813 --> 00:11:30,399 -I don't plan on staying here for long. -Why not? 176 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:32,067 This was my parents' idea. 177 00:11:32,651 --> 00:11:35,154 Oh look, there's my mother smirking at me. 178 00:11:35,821 --> 00:11:38,240 They've been looking for any excuse to send me here. 179 00:11:38,824 --> 00:11:42,286 It's all a part of their nefarious, yet completely obvious plan. 180 00:11:42,369 --> 00:11:43,412 What plan? 181 00:11:43,996 --> 00:11:46,081 To turn me into a version of themselves. 182 00:11:46,915 --> 00:11:49,418 In that case, perhaps you can clear something up. 183 00:11:49,918 --> 00:11:52,588 Rumor's been swirling around that you killed a kid at your old school, 184 00:11:52,671 --> 00:11:54,548 and your parents pulled strings to get you off. 185 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:56,884 Actually, it was two kids, but who's counting? 186 00:12:01,263 --> 00:12:02,681 Welcome to the quad. 187 00:12:05,768 --> 00:12:07,144 It's a pentagon. 188 00:12:08,604 --> 00:12:12,065 The whole snarky Goth girl thing might have worked at normie school, 189 00:12:12,149 --> 00:12:13,776 but here things are different. 190 00:12:14,485 --> 00:12:16,987 Let me give you a wiki on Nevermore's social scene. 191 00:12:17,488 --> 00:12:20,908 I'm not interested in participating in tribal adolescent clichés. 192 00:12:20,991 --> 00:12:24,661 Well, then use it to fill your obviously bottomless pit of disdain. 193 00:12:24,745 --> 00:12:26,997 There are many flavors of outcasts here, 194 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,250 but the four main cliques are Fangs, Furs, Stoners and Scales. 195 00:12:30,959 --> 00:12:34,421 Those are the Fangs, AKA vampires. 196 00:12:34,505 --> 00:12:37,508 Some of them have literally been here for decades. 197 00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:41,720 That bunch of knuckleheads are Furs, AKA werewolves. 198 00:12:41,804 --> 00:12:44,014 -Like me! -[Furs howling] 199 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:46,391 Full moons get pretty loud around here. 200 00:12:46,475 --> 00:12:47,684 That's when Furs wolf out. 201 00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:50,229 I suggest you pick up noise-cancelling headphones. 202 00:12:50,312 --> 00:12:52,356 I'm assuming Scales are sirens? 203 00:12:52,981 --> 00:12:54,191 [Enid] You catch on quick. 204 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:55,901 And that girl, Bianca Barclay, 205 00:12:55,984 --> 00:12:58,654 is the closest thing Nevermore has to royalty. 206 00:12:58,737 --> 00:13:00,781 [enchanting whooshing] 207 00:13:00,864 --> 00:13:02,825 Although her crown's been slipping lately. 208 00:13:02,908 --> 00:13:05,911 She used to date our resident tortured artist, Xavier Thorpe. 209 00:13:05,994 --> 00:13:08,247 But they broke up at the beginning of the semester. 210 00:13:08,330 --> 00:13:10,082 Reason unknown. 211 00:13:10,666 --> 00:13:12,292 -Fascinating. -I know, right? 212 00:13:12,376 --> 00:13:15,754 My vlog is, like, the number one source for Nevermore gossip. 213 00:13:15,838 --> 00:13:19,383 Yo, Enid! You're not gonna believe the dirt I heard about your new roommate. 214 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:21,593 She eats human flesh. 215 00:13:21,677 --> 00:13:23,595 Chowed down on that kid she murdered. 216 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:25,305 You better watch your back. 217 00:13:26,515 --> 00:13:27,516 Quite the contrary. 218 00:13:27,599 --> 00:13:29,476 I actually fillet the bodies of my victims, 219 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:31,687 then feed them to my menagerie of pets. 220 00:13:33,355 --> 00:13:35,774 Ajax, this is my new roommate, Wednesday. 221 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:37,943 Whoa. 222 00:13:38,777 --> 00:13:40,320 You're in black and white. 223 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,365 -Like a living Instagram filter. -Ignore him. 224 00:13:43,448 --> 00:13:45,534 Gorgons spend way too much time getting stoned. 225 00:13:46,034 --> 00:13:47,244 He's cute, but clueless. 226 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:49,746 It's a small school. There wasn't much online about you. 227 00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:52,583 You should really get on Insta, Snapchat and TikTok. 228 00:13:53,625 --> 00:13:57,421 I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation. 229 00:14:04,011 --> 00:14:06,847 Look at you, my little deathtrap. 230 00:14:07,472 --> 00:14:11,184 Seeing you in this uniform brings back so many terrible memories. 231 00:14:11,268 --> 00:14:13,103 -Doesn't it, Tish? -Yes. 232 00:14:14,897 --> 00:14:16,857 Why don't you boys wait in the car? 233 00:14:17,441 --> 00:14:19,234 Wednesday and I need a moment. 234 00:14:24,573 --> 00:14:25,574 [Pugsley grunts] 235 00:14:26,408 --> 00:14:27,367 Pugsley, 236 00:14:28,577 --> 00:14:30,370 you're soft and weak. 237 00:14:30,454 --> 00:14:33,999 You'll never survive without me. I give you two months, tops. 238 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:36,501 I'm gonna miss you, too, sis. 239 00:14:42,507 --> 00:14:47,596 Any plans you have of running away end right now. 240 00:14:49,264 --> 00:14:50,891 I've alerted all family members 241 00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:54,728 to contact me the minute you darken their doorstep. 242 00:14:56,647 --> 00:14:57,856 You have nowhere to go. 243 00:14:57,940 --> 00:15:00,567 As usual, you underestimate me, Mother. 244 00:15:01,068 --> 00:15:03,695 I will escape this educational penitentiary, 245 00:15:03,779 --> 00:15:05,739 and you will never hear from me again. 246 00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:06,823 [sighs] 247 00:15:06,907 --> 00:15:09,034 You are a brilliant girl, Wednesday, 248 00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:11,286 but sometimes you get in your own way. 249 00:15:13,747 --> 00:15:16,959 I'm sure you'll grow to love Nevermore, 250 00:15:17,751 --> 00:15:21,338 and find it as life-changing as I did. 251 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,010 Oh, I got you a little something. 252 00:15:29,805 --> 00:15:30,806 W… 253 00:15:32,224 --> 00:15:33,058 M. 254 00:15:33,642 --> 00:15:34,726 Our initials. 255 00:15:35,310 --> 00:15:37,521 It's made of obsidian, 256 00:15:38,647 --> 00:15:41,817 which Aztec priests used to conjure visions. 257 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,362 It's a symbol of our connection. 258 00:15:48,073 --> 00:15:51,201 Which one of your spirits suggested this toe-curling tchotchke? 259 00:15:52,494 --> 00:15:54,037 I'm not you, Mother. 260 00:15:55,247 --> 00:15:58,625 I will never fall in love, or be a housewife, or have a family. 261 00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:04,589 I'm told girls your age say hurtful things, 262 00:16:05,173 --> 00:16:06,842 and I shouldn't take it to heart. 263 00:16:08,343 --> 00:16:09,678 Fortunately, you don't have one. 264 00:16:12,806 --> 00:16:15,100 Finally, a kind word for your mother. 265 00:16:18,687 --> 00:16:21,982 Lurch, the crystal ball, please. 266 00:16:25,027 --> 00:16:28,071 We can't talk to you for the first week while you're settling in, 267 00:16:28,155 --> 00:16:30,532 so we'll call you next Sunday. 268 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,290 [delicate, emotional music playing] 269 00:16:46,173 --> 00:16:47,549 [car door closes] 270 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:58,727 Don't worry, my love. 271 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:01,563 Our little scorpion won't be alone. 272 00:17:05,108 --> 00:17:06,526 [undercarriage clattering] 273 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:13,033 [fingers scuttling] 274 00:17:19,164 --> 00:17:21,166 [thunder booms] 275 00:17:27,589 --> 00:17:28,590 Where's the rest of him? 276 00:17:29,174 --> 00:17:31,927 Well, the torso and arm are over there. 277 00:17:32,844 --> 00:17:34,679 We found a leg by the lake. 278 00:17:34,763 --> 00:17:37,682 There's an arm in that tree over there, 279 00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:40,393 and the rest of the parts are so far unaccounted for. 280 00:17:40,894 --> 00:17:43,814 It matches the profile of the other two attacks last week. 281 00:17:45,065 --> 00:17:48,110 All right, issue a warning. Keep hikers out of the woods. 282 00:17:48,193 --> 00:17:51,530 Don't approve any more campfire permits for the foreseeable future. 283 00:17:51,613 --> 00:17:53,532 What do you want me to tell the press? 284 00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:56,827 You know they're going to be swarming like mosquitos in July. 285 00:17:57,702 --> 00:18:00,831 -Tell them the bear is back. -You don't believe that, Sheriff. 286 00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:01,915 No, I don't. 287 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:05,293 Whatever did this wasn't human. 288 00:18:06,211 --> 00:18:08,296 Look, I know these murders are connected to Nevermore. 289 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:10,507 I just can't prove it yet. So until I can… 290 00:18:12,509 --> 00:18:13,760 it's a goddamn bear. 291 00:18:28,441 --> 00:18:30,694 What the hell did you do to my room? 292 00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:33,488 Dividing our room equally. 293 00:18:36,158 --> 00:18:38,577 It looks like a rainbow vomited on your side. 294 00:18:39,077 --> 00:18:40,912 -I-- -Silence would be appreciated. 295 00:18:40,996 --> 00:18:42,664 This is my writing time. 296 00:18:42,747 --> 00:18:44,166 Your writing time? 297 00:18:44,249 --> 00:18:46,459 I devote an hour a day to my novel. 298 00:18:46,543 --> 00:18:49,671 Perhaps if you did the same, your vlog might be coherent. 299 00:18:49,754 --> 00:18:52,674 I've read serial killer diaries with better punctuation. 300 00:18:52,757 --> 00:18:54,384 I write in my voice. 301 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:57,262 It's my truth. It's what my followers love. 302 00:18:57,345 --> 00:18:59,598 Your followers are clearly imbeciles. 303 00:19:00,557 --> 00:19:03,643 They respond to your stories with insipid little pictures. 304 00:19:04,227 --> 00:19:05,312 Uh, you mean, emojis? 305 00:19:05,896 --> 00:19:09,524 It's how people express their feelings. I realize that's a foreign concept to you. 306 00:19:11,318 --> 00:19:14,529 When I look at you, the following emojis come to mind. 307 00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:17,490 Rope, shovel, hole. 308 00:19:18,992 --> 00:19:20,660 By the way, there are two D's in Addams. 309 00:19:20,744 --> 00:19:24,372 If you're going to gossip about me, at least spell my name correctly. 310 00:19:24,456 --> 00:19:26,750 [music player beeps, playing peppy pop song] 311 00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:29,085 Turn that off. 312 00:19:31,129 --> 00:19:32,964 This is your final warning. 313 00:19:33,048 --> 00:19:34,174 [playfully] Rawr! 314 00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:36,384 Don't mess with me. 315 00:19:36,468 --> 00:19:40,180 This kitty's got claws, and I'm not afraid to use them. 316 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,724 -[door opens] -Good evening, girls. 317 00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:44,768 Oh, sorry about the mud. 318 00:19:44,851 --> 00:19:48,563 I wanted to make sure that Wednesday was settling in. 319 00:19:53,276 --> 00:19:55,612 Ah. Is this a bad time? 320 00:19:57,364 --> 00:20:00,158 I'm Ms. Thornhill, your dorm mom. 321 00:20:00,242 --> 00:20:03,036 Apologies, I wasn't here to greet you when you arrived. 322 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,914 I trust Enid has given you the old Nevermore welcome. 323 00:20:05,997 --> 00:20:07,916 She's been smothering me with hospitality. 324 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,001 I hope to return the favor. 325 00:20:10,835 --> 00:20:12,087 In her sleep. 326 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,509 Well, here's a little welcome gift from my conservatory. 327 00:20:17,592 --> 00:20:20,845 I try to match the right flower to each of my girls. 328 00:20:20,929 --> 00:20:23,181 When I read your personal statement in your application, 329 00:20:23,265 --> 00:20:24,975 I immediately thought of this one. 330 00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,184 The black dahlia. 331 00:20:26,268 --> 00:20:27,310 Oh, you know it? 332 00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:30,146 Of course. It's named after my favorite unsolved murder. 333 00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:33,108 Thank you. 334 00:20:33,692 --> 00:20:37,028 Okey-dokey. Before I leave, I want to go over a few house rules. 335 00:20:37,654 --> 00:20:39,948 Lights off at 10:00, no loud music, 336 00:20:40,031 --> 00:20:42,200 and no boys, ever. 337 00:20:42,284 --> 00:20:44,494 What's the story about going into the local town? 338 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:47,330 Passes to Jericho are a privilege, not a right. 339 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:51,167 It's a brisk 25-minute walk, or there's a shuttle on the weekends. 340 00:20:51,251 --> 00:20:54,921 The locals are a tad bit wary about Nevermore, 341 00:20:55,005 --> 00:21:00,927 so please don't go making any waves, or perpetuating any outcast stereotypes. 342 00:21:01,011 --> 00:21:05,181 That means keep your claws to yourself, and no smothering people in their sleep. 343 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:06,766 Are we clear? 344 00:21:09,352 --> 00:21:10,812 Great talk. [chuckles] 345 00:21:12,522 --> 00:21:13,523 [door opens] 346 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:21,614 [foils clattering] 347 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:37,964 [fencer grunts] 348 00:21:39,382 --> 00:21:40,425 [fencer grunts] 349 00:21:42,218 --> 00:21:44,220 Coach, Coach, she tripped me. 350 00:21:45,013 --> 00:21:46,848 It was a clean strike, Rowan. 351 00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:50,060 Maybe if you whined less and practiced more, you wouldn't suck. 352 00:21:50,143 --> 00:21:53,021 Seriously, Coach, when am I gonna get real competition? 353 00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:54,981 Anyone else want to challenge me? 354 00:21:55,065 --> 00:21:56,066 I do. 355 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:57,650 [ominous music playing] 356 00:21:57,734 --> 00:22:01,237 Oh, you must be the psychopath they let in. 357 00:22:01,321 --> 00:22:03,114 You must be the self-appointed Queen Bee. 358 00:22:03,698 --> 00:22:07,327 Interesting thing about bees. Pull out their stingers, they drop dead. 359 00:22:07,410 --> 00:22:08,661 [fencers] Ooh! 360 00:22:09,788 --> 00:22:12,165 Rowan doesn't need you to come to his defense. 361 00:22:12,248 --> 00:22:15,335 -He's not helpless, he's lazy. -Are we doing this or not? 362 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:22,300 En garde. 363 00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:25,678 [dramatic music playing] 364 00:22:32,977 --> 00:22:34,979 [both grunting] 365 00:22:48,743 --> 00:22:50,370 [coach] Point to Wednesday. 366 00:22:55,625 --> 00:22:57,627 [both continue grunting] 367 00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,087 [coach] The score is even. 368 00:23:03,007 --> 00:23:05,718 That first point was clearly beginner's luck. 369 00:23:06,594 --> 00:23:07,804 Let's finish this. 370 00:23:09,139 --> 00:23:12,183 For the final point, I would like to invoke a military challenge. 371 00:23:12,267 --> 00:23:13,184 No masks. 372 00:23:13,268 --> 00:23:14,602 -No tips. -[fencers] Ooh. 373 00:23:15,979 --> 00:23:18,565 -Winner draws first blood. -[dramatic musical flourish] 374 00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:25,196 It's your decision, Bianca. 375 00:23:29,534 --> 00:23:31,744 Let's see if you bleed in black and white. 376 00:23:31,828 --> 00:23:33,204 [dramatic music continues] 377 00:23:55,518 --> 00:23:56,519 [rapier tip slices] 378 00:24:01,191 --> 00:24:02,275 [disbelieving exhale] 379 00:24:05,528 --> 00:24:08,948 Your face finally got that splash of color it so desperately needed. 380 00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:11,159 [chuckles] 381 00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:20,793 [Rowan] You're Wednesday, right? 382 00:24:24,047 --> 00:24:25,006 Rowan. 383 00:24:26,257 --> 00:24:28,635 -I know how you feel. -I guarantee you don't. 384 00:24:29,427 --> 00:24:32,013 My mother promised me I'd finally fit in somewhere. 385 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:38,478 I never thought it was possible to be an outcast in a school full of outcasts. 386 00:24:39,771 --> 00:24:42,357 But it looks like you're gonna give me a run for my money. 387 00:24:43,066 --> 00:24:44,067 Uh… 388 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,778 Sorry about the… nick. 389 00:24:46,861 --> 00:24:48,947 No good deed goes unpunished. 390 00:24:56,371 --> 00:24:58,373 [quirkily sinister music playing] 391 00:25:00,416 --> 00:25:02,502 [water tank gurgling] 392 00:25:09,092 --> 00:25:12,470 [chilling choir vocalizations] 393 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:17,267 [stone scraping] 394 00:25:20,103 --> 00:25:20,937 [boy] Wednesday! 395 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:31,239 Welcome back. 396 00:25:32,615 --> 00:25:34,075 Just take it easy. 397 00:25:35,285 --> 00:25:38,871 Nurse said you don't have a concussion, but you probably have a nasty bump, huh? 398 00:25:38,955 --> 00:25:41,207 The last thing I remember I was walking outside 399 00:25:41,291 --> 00:25:44,127 feeling a mixture of rage, pity and self-disgust. 400 00:25:45,461 --> 00:25:46,838 I never felt that way before. 401 00:25:46,921 --> 00:25:49,549 Losing to Bianca has that effect on people, I think. 402 00:25:49,632 --> 00:25:52,969 Then I looked up and saw that gargoyle coming down and I thought, 403 00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:55,179 "At least I'll have an imaginative death." 404 00:25:56,848 --> 00:25:58,766 Then you tackled me out of the way. 405 00:25:59,642 --> 00:26:00,476 Why? 406 00:26:01,269 --> 00:26:03,354 [clicks tongue] Call it instinct. 407 00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:06,566 So you were guided by latent chivalry, 408 00:26:06,649 --> 00:26:09,736 the tool of the patriarchy, to extract my undying gratitude? 409 00:26:09,819 --> 00:26:12,113 Mm-hmm. Most people just say thank you. 410 00:26:12,196 --> 00:26:13,531 I didn't want to be rescued. 411 00:26:13,615 --> 00:26:15,825 I shoulda just let that thing smash you to mush? 412 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:19,454 -I would have rather saved myself. -[scoffs] Good to see you haven't changed. 413 00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:23,708 If makes you feel any better, let's just say I returned the favor. 414 00:26:25,084 --> 00:26:26,044 Xavier Thorpe? 415 00:26:26,711 --> 00:26:27,962 You probably don't remember me. 416 00:26:28,046 --> 00:26:31,466 Last time we met, I was about two feet shorter, 40 pounds heavier. 417 00:26:31,549 --> 00:26:32,717 What happened? 418 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,512 -[exhales] Puberty, I guess. -What happened the last time we met? 419 00:26:37,347 --> 00:26:38,348 Oh. Uh. 420 00:26:39,057 --> 00:26:41,184 Yeah, it… it was my godmother's funeral. 421 00:26:41,768 --> 00:26:45,063 She was friends with your grandmother, and they spent their twenties in Europe, 422 00:26:45,146 --> 00:26:47,815 swindling the rich and notorious. 423 00:26:49,192 --> 00:26:52,028 I don't know, but we were ten, and we were bored, 424 00:26:52,779 --> 00:26:54,364 decided to play hide and seek. 425 00:26:54,447 --> 00:26:57,784 I had the inspired idea to hide in her casket. 426 00:26:57,867 --> 00:26:59,702 I got stuck as it was headed to the crematorium. 427 00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:00,828 I'd heard muffled screams. 428 00:27:01,788 --> 00:27:03,831 I just figured your godmother had cheated death 429 00:27:03,915 --> 00:27:05,667 and was trying to claw her way out. 430 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:07,502 Either way, you hit the big red stop button 431 00:27:07,585 --> 00:27:09,879 and saved me from being flame-broiled. So… 432 00:27:11,255 --> 00:27:12,465 now we're even. 433 00:27:12,548 --> 00:27:15,551 [mournful rendition of "La Llorona" playing] 434 00:27:15,635 --> 00:27:17,637 [typewriter keys clacking] 435 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,099 ♪ Ay de mí, Llorona ♪ 436 00:27:22,433 --> 00:27:26,521 ♪ Llorona, tú eres mi chunca ♪ 437 00:27:27,814 --> 00:27:29,691 [bed squeaking] 438 00:27:29,774 --> 00:27:31,776 ♪ Ay de mí, Llorona ♪ 439 00:27:32,610 --> 00:27:36,906 ♪ Llorona, tú eres mi chunca… ♪ 440 00:27:38,491 --> 00:27:39,325 I knew it! 441 00:27:40,118 --> 00:27:41,160 Hello, Thing. 442 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:44,163 [bed frame rattling] 443 00:27:45,373 --> 00:27:48,334 Did you think my highly trained olfactory sense wouldn't pick up 444 00:27:48,418 --> 00:27:52,213 on the faint whiff of neroli and bergamot in your favorite hand lotion? 445 00:27:53,381 --> 00:27:54,632 I could do this all day. 446 00:27:55,216 --> 00:27:56,134 [desk trembling] 447 00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:57,885 Surrender? 448 00:27:57,969 --> 00:27:59,220 [tapping frantically] 449 00:28:01,764 --> 00:28:04,434 Mother and Father sent you to spy on me, didn't they? 450 00:28:05,768 --> 00:28:08,062 I'm not above breaking a few fingers. 451 00:28:08,563 --> 00:28:12,108 That they thought I wouldn't find out proves how much they underestimate me. 452 00:28:13,067 --> 00:28:15,903 Oh, Thing, you poor, naive appendage. 453 00:28:16,612 --> 00:28:18,406 My parents aren't worried about me. 454 00:28:18,489 --> 00:28:19,449 They're evil puppeteers 455 00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:21,409 who want to pull my strings even from afar. 456 00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:24,871 The way I see it, you have two options. 457 00:28:25,663 --> 00:28:26,664 Option one. 458 00:28:27,790 --> 00:28:30,543 I lock you in here for the rest of the semester, 459 00:28:30,626 --> 00:28:34,172 and you go slowly insane trying to claw your way out, 460 00:28:34,255 --> 00:28:36,632 ruining your nails and your smooth, supple skin. 461 00:28:36,716 --> 00:28:38,634 And we both know how vain you are. 462 00:28:38,718 --> 00:28:39,802 Option two. 463 00:28:41,471 --> 00:28:43,014 You pledge your undying loyalty to me. 464 00:28:43,097 --> 00:28:46,058 ♪ …que no se apartan de mí…♪ 465 00:28:48,978 --> 00:28:52,482 Our first order of business is to escape this teenage purgatory. 466 00:28:53,024 --> 00:28:55,109 -[tapping] -Of course I have a plan. 467 00:28:56,527 --> 00:28:58,029 And it begins now. 468 00:28:58,529 --> 00:29:00,531 [mysterious music playing] 469 00:29:18,007 --> 00:29:20,009 [indistinct chatter] 470 00:29:26,808 --> 00:29:29,435 [Weems] Dr. Kinbott's office is on the second floor. 471 00:29:29,519 --> 00:29:31,646 Other Nevermore students swear by her. 472 00:29:32,688 --> 00:29:34,315 You'll be here until I'm done? 473 00:29:34,982 --> 00:29:37,944 Perhaps afterwards we can visit the Weathervane for hot chocolate. 474 00:29:38,027 --> 00:29:41,280 Principal Weems, this feeble attempt at bonding is beneath you. 475 00:29:44,242 --> 00:29:47,453 And chauffeuring your students around is below your pay grade. 476 00:29:48,037 --> 00:29:51,290 Given your history, I'm sure you're intent on running away. 477 00:29:53,501 --> 00:29:55,670 I'm here to prevent that from happening. 478 00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:58,756 I wish you luck. 479 00:29:59,549 --> 00:30:00,550 [door slams] 480 00:30:03,469 --> 00:30:05,555 I read the notes from your school counselor. 481 00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:08,724 Mrs. Bronstein. She had a nervous breakdown after our last session 482 00:30:08,808 --> 00:30:10,768 and had to take a six-month sabbatical. 483 00:30:11,727 --> 00:30:13,104 Go ahead and take a seat. 484 00:30:15,189 --> 00:30:16,732 How did you feel about that? 485 00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:17,942 Vindicated. 486 00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:20,903 But someone who crochets for a hobby isn't a worthy adversary. 487 00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:22,822 Adversary? 488 00:30:22,905 --> 00:30:26,409 I hope we can forge a relationship based on trust and mutual respect. 489 00:30:26,492 --> 00:30:28,870 -[scoffs] -This is a safe space, Wednesday. 490 00:30:28,953 --> 00:30:31,372 A sanctuary where we can discuss anything. 491 00:30:31,455 --> 00:30:33,624 What you're thinking, feeling, 492 00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:35,793 your views on the world, personal philosophy. 493 00:30:35,877 --> 00:30:39,171 That's easy. I think that this is a waste of time. 494 00:30:39,755 --> 00:30:41,924 I see the world as a place that must be endured, 495 00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:44,594 and my personal philosophy is kill or be killed. 496 00:30:45,094 --> 00:30:47,722 So, for instance, when someone bullies your brother, 497 00:30:47,805 --> 00:30:50,057 your response is to dump piranha in the pool. 498 00:30:50,141 --> 00:30:53,227 You know the old saying, never bring a knife to a sword fight. 499 00:30:54,562 --> 00:30:55,730 Unless it's concealed. 500 00:30:56,314 --> 00:30:59,025 Point is, you assaulted a boy, and showed no remorse for your actions. 501 00:30:59,108 --> 00:31:01,819 -That's why you're here. -He lost a testicle. 502 00:31:02,695 --> 00:31:05,698 I did the world a favor. People like Dalton shouldn't procreate. 503 00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:07,533 I've answered all your questions. 504 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:09,452 We're not done yet. 505 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:10,995 [mysterious notes play] 506 00:31:12,872 --> 00:31:16,042 Therapy is a valuable tool to help you understand yourself. 507 00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:18,544 It can teach you new ways to deal with your emotions. 508 00:31:18,628 --> 00:31:21,172 It can also help you build a life that you want. 509 00:31:21,255 --> 00:31:22,965 I know the life that I want. 510 00:31:23,633 --> 00:31:24,634 Tell me about it. 511 00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:29,388 Everything said in these sessions is strictly confidential. 512 00:31:32,058 --> 00:31:34,477 Do your plans involve becoming an author? 513 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,312 I understand you've written three novels 514 00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:38,981 about a teen girl detective, Viper De La Muerte. 515 00:31:40,107 --> 00:31:41,484 Can you tell me about her? 516 00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:44,111 Viper is smart, perceptive, chronically misunderstood. 517 00:31:44,195 --> 00:31:45,947 Any luck getting your work published? 518 00:31:47,782 --> 00:31:50,701 Editors are short-sighted, fear-based life forms. 519 00:31:50,785 --> 00:31:53,162 One once described my writing as gratuitously morbid, 520 00:31:53,245 --> 00:31:55,164 and suggested I seek psychiatric help. 521 00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:56,248 [Kinbott] Hmm. 522 00:31:56,332 --> 00:31:57,541 Ironic, isn't it? 523 00:31:58,125 --> 00:31:59,585 How did you take that? 524 00:32:01,045 --> 00:32:02,713 I sent her a "thank you." 525 00:32:02,797 --> 00:32:06,592 [mischievous music playing] 526 00:32:08,094 --> 00:32:09,512 [screams] 527 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:13,891 I've always been open to constructive criticism. 528 00:32:14,684 --> 00:32:15,893 I'm glad to hear that. 529 00:32:16,394 --> 00:32:19,480 Because I was sent the manuscripts as part of your psych evaluation. 530 00:32:19,563 --> 00:32:21,440 The relationship I found most intriguing 531 00:32:21,524 --> 00:32:23,651 was that of Viper and her mother, Dominica. 532 00:32:25,027 --> 00:32:26,529 Why don't we dig into that? 533 00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:32,827 Part of this journey requires us going to uncomfortable places emotionally. 534 00:32:32,910 --> 00:32:34,120 I don't travel well. 535 00:32:36,205 --> 00:32:38,541 Would you mind if I use the powder room first? 536 00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:42,086 [tense music builds, fades away] 537 00:32:46,924 --> 00:32:47,925 [lock clicks] 538 00:32:49,552 --> 00:32:50,803 [clattering] 539 00:32:50,886 --> 00:32:51,846 [Kinbott] Wednesday? 540 00:32:51,929 --> 00:32:53,389 Is everything okay? 541 00:32:55,474 --> 00:32:57,601 You can't hide for the rest of the session. 542 00:32:57,685 --> 00:32:58,686 [Wednesday] I'm all right. 543 00:32:58,769 --> 00:33:02,398 Just preparing myself for our uncomfortable journey. 544 00:33:04,025 --> 00:33:04,984 Nail file. 545 00:33:06,569 --> 00:33:09,071 [dark electronic arrangement of theme music playing] 546 00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:33,596 On Saturday, I can do in the afternoon, sometime around four o'clock? 547 00:33:35,890 --> 00:33:36,766 [eerie whooshing] 548 00:33:36,849 --> 00:33:38,142 [cell phone rings] 549 00:33:38,225 --> 00:33:40,227 [ominous chanting] 550 00:33:45,066 --> 00:33:46,442 [chanting subsides] 551 00:33:47,193 --> 00:33:48,486 [farmer] Who let you out? 552 00:33:48,569 --> 00:33:50,446 You goddamn weirdo. 553 00:33:57,203 --> 00:33:59,330 [espresso machine whirs, hisses] 554 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:07,129 Holy crap! 555 00:34:07,213 --> 00:34:10,091 Do you make a habit of scaring the hell out of people? 556 00:34:10,174 --> 00:34:11,509 It's more of a hobby. 557 00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:13,928 You go to Nevermore. 558 00:34:14,762 --> 00:34:16,764 Didn't realize they changed the uniform. 559 00:34:16,847 --> 00:34:18,140 I need a quad over ice. 560 00:34:18,224 --> 00:34:19,225 It's an emergency. 561 00:34:21,477 --> 00:34:22,978 It's four shots of espresso. 562 00:34:23,062 --> 00:34:24,730 Yeah, I… I know what a quad is, 563 00:34:24,814 --> 00:34:28,275 but, spoiler alert, the espresso machine's having a seizure, 564 00:34:28,359 --> 00:34:29,610 so all we have is drip. 565 00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:31,821 But drip is for people who hate themselves 566 00:34:31,904 --> 00:34:34,240 and know their lives have no real purpose or meaning. 567 00:34:37,701 --> 00:34:39,370 What's wrong with your machine? 568 00:34:39,453 --> 00:34:41,664 It's a temperamental beast with a mind of its own, 569 00:34:41,747 --> 00:34:44,583 and it doesn't help that the instructions are in Italian. 570 00:34:49,547 --> 00:34:53,300 I need a tri-wing screwdriver and a four-millimeter Allen wrench. 571 00:34:53,384 --> 00:34:55,553 Wait, you read Italian? 572 00:34:56,512 --> 00:34:58,973 Of course. It's the native tongue of Machiavelli. 573 00:34:59,932 --> 00:35:02,351 Here's the deal. I'm going to fix your coffee machine, 574 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:04,478 then you're going to make my coffee and call a taxi. 575 00:35:04,562 --> 00:35:07,898 Uh, no taxis in Jericho. 576 00:35:07,982 --> 00:35:08,983 Try Uber? 577 00:35:09,066 --> 00:35:12,069 I don't have a phone. I refuse to be a slave to technology. 578 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:14,572 Then you're out of luck. 579 00:35:14,655 --> 00:35:16,198 Where you going anyway? 580 00:35:16,282 --> 00:35:19,285 That's on a need-to-know basis. What about trains? 581 00:35:20,286 --> 00:35:23,289 Nearest station is Burlington. It's half an hour away. 582 00:35:23,372 --> 00:35:25,916 You have a valve issue. I've seen it before. 583 00:35:27,126 --> 00:35:29,461 Where? You have one of these monsters at home? 584 00:35:29,545 --> 00:35:32,381 Steam-powered guillotine. I built it when I was ten. 585 00:35:33,507 --> 00:35:35,467 I wanted to decapitate my dolls more efficiently. 586 00:35:38,262 --> 00:35:39,221 Sure. 587 00:35:39,305 --> 00:35:42,016 Grim Reaper Barbie, makes perfect sense. 588 00:35:42,099 --> 00:35:44,768 [steam vents, subsides] 589 00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:47,062 Wow. 590 00:35:47,688 --> 00:35:48,564 Thanks. 591 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,901 I never met a Nevermore kid who got their hands dirty. 592 00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:55,571 I'm Tyler, by the way. 593 00:35:55,654 --> 00:35:58,866 I didn't catch your name, or is that on a need-to-know basis too? 594 00:36:00,492 --> 00:36:01,327 Wednesday. 595 00:36:02,036 --> 00:36:03,078 Tell you what, Wednesday. 596 00:36:03,162 --> 00:36:06,373 To show my appreciation, how about I drive you to Burlington? 597 00:36:06,457 --> 00:36:08,918 Perfect. Put that quad in a to-go cup. 598 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:11,462 Uh, but I don't get off for another hour. 599 00:36:13,547 --> 00:36:14,632 I'll sweeten the pot. 600 00:36:16,091 --> 00:36:17,551 Twenty whole dollars… 601 00:36:17,635 --> 00:36:19,094 Tempting, but no. 602 00:36:21,305 --> 00:36:22,473 I'll make it 40. 603 00:36:22,556 --> 00:36:23,515 Uh… 604 00:36:23,974 --> 00:36:27,603 Listen, Wednesday, one fun fact about me… 605 00:36:28,312 --> 00:36:32,816 I can't be bought, so either wait, or find someone else to drive you. 606 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,819 [melancholic string music playing] 607 00:36:35,903 --> 00:36:37,112 [exhales softly] 608 00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:40,950 [wry chuckle] 609 00:36:53,671 --> 00:36:54,713 What happened? 610 00:37:00,386 --> 00:37:01,929 Hey, boys, check it out. 611 00:37:02,012 --> 00:37:03,138 -Who's that? -Bro… 612 00:37:03,222 --> 00:37:04,223 Come on. 613 00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:10,437 [boy 1] What's a Nevermore freak doing out in the wild? 614 00:37:10,521 --> 00:37:11,855 [boy 2] This is our booth. 615 00:37:12,481 --> 00:37:14,733 Why are you dressed like religious fanatics? 616 00:37:15,859 --> 00:37:18,070 -We're pilgrims. -Potato, po-tah-to. 617 00:37:18,153 --> 00:37:19,446 We work at Pilgrim World. 618 00:37:23,659 --> 00:37:26,328 It takes a special kind of stupid to devote an entire theme park 619 00:37:26,412 --> 00:37:28,580 to zealots responsible for mass genocide. 620 00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:31,250 My dad owns Pilgrim World. 621 00:37:31,333 --> 00:37:32,710 Who you calling stupid? 622 00:37:33,669 --> 00:37:35,045 If the buckled shoe fits. 623 00:37:35,129 --> 00:37:36,547 Guys, back off. 624 00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:38,841 -Stay out of this, Galpin. -Yes, stay out of this. 625 00:37:38,924 --> 00:37:40,801 [sinister music playing] 626 00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:42,803 So tell me, freak… 627 00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:46,432 you ever been with a normie? 628 00:37:47,266 --> 00:37:49,184 I've never found one that could handle me. 629 00:37:54,106 --> 00:37:54,940 -Boo! -Hey! 630 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:56,442 [boy grunts] 631 00:37:57,901 --> 00:37:58,777 [bone cracks] 632 00:37:59,278 --> 00:38:01,989 [boys grunting] 633 00:38:08,203 --> 00:38:09,204 [patrons chattering] 634 00:38:09,288 --> 00:38:10,456 [coughing] 635 00:38:14,043 --> 00:38:16,587 So where'd you learn those kung fu moves? 636 00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:17,880 [Wednesday] My uncle taught me. 637 00:38:17,963 --> 00:38:20,549 He spent five years in a Tibetan Monastery. 638 00:38:21,175 --> 00:38:22,426 Was he a monk? 639 00:38:22,509 --> 00:38:23,385 Prisoner. 640 00:38:25,304 --> 00:38:26,180 [Tyler] Dad! 641 00:38:28,057 --> 00:38:29,892 Tyler, the hell's going on in here? 642 00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:33,437 They were harassing a customer, and she put them in their place. 643 00:38:35,314 --> 00:38:37,524 This little thing took down three boys? 644 00:38:38,192 --> 00:38:39,526 Did you help her? 645 00:38:40,110 --> 00:38:42,237 Dad, I swear, I wasn't involved. 646 00:38:42,321 --> 00:38:43,947 [bullies groaning] 647 00:38:44,031 --> 00:38:44,990 Apologies, Sheriff. 648 00:38:45,074 --> 00:38:47,034 This one slipped away from me. 649 00:38:47,117 --> 00:38:48,994 Come on, Miss Addams, time to go. 650 00:38:50,746 --> 00:38:52,247 Wait a minute, hang on. 651 00:38:54,291 --> 00:38:55,417 You're an Addams? 652 00:38:57,586 --> 00:39:00,172 Don't tell me Gomez Addams is your father? 653 00:39:01,465 --> 00:39:04,385 That man belongs behind bars for murder. 654 00:39:04,468 --> 00:39:07,388 Guessin' the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 655 00:39:09,056 --> 00:39:10,391 I'm gonna keep my eye on you. 656 00:39:11,141 --> 00:39:12,142 Okay. 657 00:39:13,394 --> 00:39:16,480 [door opens, closes] 658 00:39:16,563 --> 00:39:19,775 Your first day and you're already on Sheriff Galpin's radar. 659 00:39:20,317 --> 00:39:23,404 -Wish I could say I was surprised. -What did he mean about my father? 660 00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:26,198 I have no idea, but a word of advice. 661 00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:29,201 Stop making enemies and start making a few friends. 662 00:39:30,119 --> 00:39:31,328 You're going to need them. 663 00:39:34,623 --> 00:39:36,208 [Weems] Looks like an accident. 664 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:38,502 I hope the driver's okay. 665 00:39:38,585 --> 00:39:39,878 [ominous music playing] 666 00:39:39,962 --> 00:39:40,963 He's dead. 667 00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:42,256 [siren wailing] 668 00:39:42,339 --> 00:39:43,257 Broke his neck. 669 00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:45,509 [police radio chatter] 670 00:39:45,592 --> 00:39:47,511 How can you tell from this angle? 671 00:39:56,437 --> 00:39:58,439 [tense, elegant cello music playing] 672 00:40:04,027 --> 00:40:06,029 [Wednesday playing "Paint It, Black"] 673 00:40:22,171 --> 00:40:25,007 [plucking out pizzicato rhythm] 674 00:40:30,512 --> 00:40:31,847 [shelf rumbling] 675 00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:42,941 [sweeping refrain builds] 676 00:41:28,362 --> 00:41:30,364 [cello continuing faintly in distance] 677 00:41:38,205 --> 00:41:40,207 [cello continuing faintly in distance] 678 00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:59,142 [sighs contentedly] 679 00:42:11,863 --> 00:42:14,658 [music swells, finishes] 680 00:42:15,617 --> 00:42:16,535 [exhales sharply] 681 00:42:17,327 --> 00:42:18,495 [tapping] 682 00:42:18,579 --> 00:42:20,163 No, I don't really feel better. 683 00:42:21,123 --> 00:42:23,500 There's just something wrong about this place. 684 00:42:23,584 --> 00:42:25,168 Not just because it's a school. 685 00:42:25,252 --> 00:42:26,086 [door opens] 686 00:42:26,169 --> 00:42:29,506 How the hell did you get that oversized violin out the window? 687 00:42:30,007 --> 00:42:31,466 I had an extra hand. 688 00:42:33,427 --> 00:42:34,428 Whoa. 689 00:42:35,095 --> 00:42:36,346 Where's the rest of him? 690 00:42:36,430 --> 00:42:38,932 It's one of the great Addams family mysteries. 691 00:42:41,977 --> 00:42:43,604 [Furs howling, baying] 692 00:42:49,443 --> 00:42:51,194 Why aren't you wolfing out? 693 00:42:52,529 --> 00:42:53,614 Because I can't. 694 00:42:55,907 --> 00:42:56,867 It's all I got. 695 00:42:59,369 --> 00:43:04,291 My mom says some wolves are late bloomers, but I've been to the best Lycanologist. 696 00:43:04,374 --> 00:43:06,835 I had to fly to Milwaukee, would you believe it? 697 00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:10,839 Yeah, she says there's a chance I may never… 698 00:43:11,757 --> 00:43:12,591 you know. 699 00:43:14,801 --> 00:43:16,094 What happens then? 700 00:43:17,554 --> 00:43:18,764 I'd become a lone wolf. 701 00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:22,517 Sounds perfect. 702 00:43:22,601 --> 00:43:25,854 Are you kidding me? My life would be officially over. 703 00:43:26,355 --> 00:43:29,733 I'd be kicked out of my family pack with no prospect of finding a mate. 704 00:43:30,567 --> 00:43:33,278 -I'm failing to see the problem here. -I could die alone. 705 00:43:34,988 --> 00:43:36,657 We all die alone, Enid. 706 00:43:38,784 --> 00:43:40,911 You really suck at this. 707 00:43:40,994 --> 00:43:42,245 Cheering people up. 708 00:43:43,997 --> 00:43:45,707 [cries shakily] 709 00:43:46,583 --> 00:43:48,919 -Why are you crying? -Because I'm upset! 710 00:43:50,045 --> 00:43:52,547 Haven't you ever cried, or are you above that too? 711 00:43:58,261 --> 00:44:00,180 It was the week after Halloween. 712 00:44:03,308 --> 00:44:04,768 I was six years old. 713 00:44:07,062 --> 00:44:09,773 I took my pet scorpion, Nero, out for his afternoon stroll, 714 00:44:09,856 --> 00:44:11,108 and we were ambushed. 715 00:44:16,405 --> 00:44:19,324 They wondered what kind of freak would have a scorpion for a pet. 716 00:44:19,408 --> 00:44:20,367 [boy] Yeah. 717 00:44:23,704 --> 00:44:25,831 Two of them held me down and made me watch… 718 00:44:28,959 --> 00:44:30,460 [bullies laughing] 719 00:44:32,754 --> 00:44:33,755 [gasps] 720 00:44:33,839 --> 00:44:34,840 [Nero squelching] 721 00:44:35,340 --> 00:44:38,885 …while the others ran Nero over until… 722 00:44:41,638 --> 00:44:43,640 [forlorn music playing] 723 00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:50,188 It was snowing when I buried what was left of him. 724 00:44:53,150 --> 00:44:55,318 I cried my little black heart out. 725 00:45:00,615 --> 00:45:02,617 But tears don't fix anything. 726 00:45:06,163 --> 00:45:07,998 So I vowed to never do it again. 727 00:45:08,582 --> 00:45:10,751 [Furs continue baying] 728 00:45:17,507 --> 00:45:18,717 Your secret's safe with me. 729 00:45:21,553 --> 00:45:23,638 Still think you're weird as shit, though. 730 00:45:24,347 --> 00:45:26,057 The feeling is incredibly mutual. 731 00:45:30,228 --> 00:45:32,481 How would you like your single room back? 732 00:45:32,564 --> 00:45:35,025 You just need to show me how to use your computer. 733 00:45:39,029 --> 00:45:40,822 [rapid knocking] 734 00:45:40,906 --> 00:45:42,908 [suspenseful music building] 735 00:45:48,246 --> 00:45:49,831 Holy shit! 736 00:46:00,258 --> 00:46:02,219 [tapping] 737 00:46:03,053 --> 00:46:03,887 Okay. 738 00:46:05,555 --> 00:46:08,642 Okay, I'm taking orders from a hand. 739 00:46:09,976 --> 00:46:12,062 This isn't weird at all. 740 00:46:18,318 --> 00:46:19,361 [ring tone trills] 741 00:46:21,154 --> 00:46:22,072 [video call whooshes] 742 00:46:22,656 --> 00:46:24,616 Uh… hi. 743 00:46:25,742 --> 00:46:26,785 That's Thing. 744 00:46:27,786 --> 00:46:30,330 Is he, like, your pet? 745 00:46:32,707 --> 00:46:33,834 He's sensitive. 746 00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:37,379 Look, I know Nevermore is ground zero for all things weird, 747 00:46:37,462 --> 00:46:39,881 but this is next-level. 748 00:46:40,549 --> 00:46:43,677 So, what happened to not wanting to be a slave to technology? 749 00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:44,970 Desperate times. 750 00:46:45,053 --> 00:46:46,596 Are you still willing to help me escape? 751 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:50,100 After what happened today, I figured they'd have you in solitary. 752 00:46:50,183 --> 00:46:53,603 There's the Harvest Festival this weekend. Attendance is mandatory. 753 00:46:53,687 --> 00:46:55,105 I'm going to use it as a cover. 754 00:46:55,188 --> 00:46:57,399 If you're willing to drive me to the station, 755 00:46:57,482 --> 00:46:59,025 I can make it worth your while. 756 00:47:01,695 --> 00:47:02,863 I'm in. 757 00:47:02,946 --> 00:47:04,865 And no charge. 758 00:47:04,948 --> 00:47:06,283 Consider it a freebie. 759 00:47:07,325 --> 00:47:08,410 Why? 760 00:47:08,493 --> 00:47:10,078 'Cause I wish I was going with you. 761 00:47:11,162 --> 00:47:13,748 At least one of us will get out of this hellhole town. 762 00:47:17,919 --> 00:47:19,921 [crowd chatters, laughs] 763 00:47:25,635 --> 00:47:27,762 Are you sure you can trust that normie? 764 00:47:27,846 --> 00:47:30,056 Dad, I didn't know they were gonna be here. 765 00:47:30,140 --> 00:47:32,350 I trust that I can handle myself. 766 00:47:32,434 --> 00:47:34,686 I don't want you talking to her. I want you home by 12:00. 767 00:47:34,769 --> 00:47:36,354 -1:00. -12:30. 768 00:47:36,438 --> 00:47:37,272 [Enid] Well, 769 00:47:38,315 --> 00:47:40,483 good luck and safe travels. 770 00:47:42,110 --> 00:47:44,279 Still not a hugger. Got it. 771 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:50,410 [tense music builds] 772 00:48:07,135 --> 00:48:09,137 [tense music trails off] 773 00:48:19,022 --> 00:48:22,901 Jeez, you get any better at this, you'll be taking home a whole pack. 774 00:48:22,984 --> 00:48:25,695 Pandas don't travel in packs. They prefer solitude. 775 00:48:26,821 --> 00:48:28,698 All right. Subtle hint taken. 776 00:48:30,533 --> 00:48:32,535 You should know I'm waiting for someone. 777 00:48:32,619 --> 00:48:35,497 Oh yeah, who's the lucky guy… or girl? 778 00:48:35,997 --> 00:48:37,123 What does it matter to you? 779 00:48:39,125 --> 00:48:40,710 Didn't mean to interrupt. 780 00:48:40,794 --> 00:48:41,753 You're not. 781 00:48:45,507 --> 00:48:47,133 This is gonna be trickier than I thought. 782 00:48:47,217 --> 00:48:50,053 Dad hit me with a curfew. We need to go if I'm gonna make it back in time. 783 00:48:50,136 --> 00:48:52,514 I've got some dead weight I need to lose first. 784 00:48:53,890 --> 00:48:56,643 Meet me behind the parking lot when the fireworks start. 785 00:49:00,647 --> 00:49:03,024 You see that sad, lonely woman over there? 786 00:49:04,359 --> 00:49:07,112 She needs this pathetic validation more than I do. 787 00:49:08,071 --> 00:49:09,572 Would you mind distracting her? 788 00:49:13,368 --> 00:49:15,203 [panda] I love you. I love you. 789 00:49:20,333 --> 00:49:22,168 [fireworks crackling] 790 00:49:25,672 --> 00:49:29,342 Hey, before you leave, I wanted you to have this. 791 00:49:30,301 --> 00:49:33,179 It's your dad's police file from when he was at Nevermore. 792 00:49:33,263 --> 00:49:35,348 I think it's the reason my dad hates him. 793 00:49:37,183 --> 00:49:38,351 You okay? 794 00:49:40,937 --> 00:49:43,189 I'm not used to people engaging with me. 795 00:49:43,857 --> 00:49:45,859 Most see me coming and cross the street. 796 00:49:45,942 --> 00:49:47,944 You're not scary. You're just kinda… 797 00:49:49,612 --> 00:49:50,447 kooky. 798 00:49:52,532 --> 00:49:53,867 I prefer spooky. 799 00:49:53,950 --> 00:49:54,784 Oh. 800 00:49:55,452 --> 00:49:58,204 Now my train leaves in an hour. We're burning moonlight. 801 00:49:58,913 --> 00:50:00,707 Uh, right, right. 802 00:50:00,790 --> 00:50:02,792 [low, menacing music playing] 803 00:50:03,293 --> 00:50:04,127 Hey. 804 00:50:05,795 --> 00:50:07,338 Come on, Wednesday. Wednesday! 805 00:50:07,422 --> 00:50:09,215 We can lose them in the crowd. 806 00:50:22,604 --> 00:50:23,646 Oh, whoa! 807 00:50:23,730 --> 00:50:26,399 [cryptic, high-pitched tones play] 808 00:50:29,819 --> 00:50:30,904 [caws] 809 00:50:32,197 --> 00:50:33,865 [wails] 810 00:50:33,948 --> 00:50:34,824 [flesh rending] 811 00:50:37,494 --> 00:50:38,495 Shit. 812 00:50:38,578 --> 00:50:40,371 Wednesday, we need to go. 813 00:50:40,455 --> 00:50:41,831 Wednesday, come on. 814 00:50:43,041 --> 00:50:44,459 -Wednesday! -Rowan, come back! 815 00:50:58,973 --> 00:51:00,475 Rowan, wait! 816 00:51:00,558 --> 00:51:03,603 What do you want? Why are you following me? 817 00:51:03,686 --> 00:51:06,147 I don't have time to explain, but you're in danger. 818 00:51:08,399 --> 00:51:09,317 [chuckles] 819 00:51:11,945 --> 00:51:13,738 I think you've got it backwards. 820 00:51:16,950 --> 00:51:17,784 [grunts] 821 00:51:19,953 --> 00:51:22,664 -You're the one who's in danger. -What are you doing? 822 00:51:22,747 --> 00:51:24,374 Saving everyone from you. 823 00:51:24,457 --> 00:51:25,708 [grunts] I have to kill you. 824 00:51:27,127 --> 00:51:29,254 The gargoyle, that was you? 825 00:51:29,337 --> 00:51:30,338 Yeah. 826 00:51:32,048 --> 00:51:33,299 It's always the quiet ones. 827 00:51:35,343 --> 00:51:37,762 [ominous whooshing] 828 00:51:37,846 --> 00:51:40,056 [Rowan] Girl in the picture. That's you. 829 00:51:45,478 --> 00:51:47,147 You want to kill me because of some picture? 830 00:51:47,230 --> 00:51:51,860 My mother drew that picture 25 years ago when she was a student at Nevermore. 831 00:51:51,943 --> 00:51:53,862 She was a powerful Seer. 832 00:51:55,572 --> 00:51:58,825 -Told me about it before she died. -Rowan, put me down. 833 00:51:58,908 --> 00:52:01,161 No! My mother said it was my destiny 834 00:52:01,244 --> 00:52:03,621 to stop this girl if she ever came to Nevermore, 835 00:52:03,705 --> 00:52:07,083 because she will destroy the school and everyone in it. 836 00:52:07,167 --> 00:52:09,169 -[arcane power surges] -[grunts] 837 00:52:09,252 --> 00:52:10,336 Rowan. 838 00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:11,754 Rowan. 839 00:52:11,838 --> 00:52:15,216 [tense, frenetic music playing] 840 00:52:16,926 --> 00:52:17,927 [bestial snarl] 841 00:52:19,804 --> 00:52:21,431 [screams] 842 00:52:21,514 --> 00:52:22,682 [bellows] 843 00:52:24,517 --> 00:52:26,352 -[Rowan wails] -[flesh rending] 844 00:52:33,943 --> 00:52:36,362 [raspy growling] 845 00:53:22,742 --> 00:53:24,577 Hello, my little black cloud. 846 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:28,706 So tell us darling, how was your first week? 847 00:53:29,415 --> 00:53:30,959 [Wednesday] Let's see. 848 00:53:31,042 --> 00:53:33,211 I narrowly avoided death twice, 849 00:53:33,294 --> 00:53:35,922 discovered that my father may be a murderer, 850 00:53:36,005 --> 00:53:38,633 learned that I could potentially destroy the school, 851 00:53:38,716 --> 00:53:41,970 and was mysteriously saved by a homicidal monster. 852 00:53:42,804 --> 00:53:45,723 As much as it pains me to admit, you were right, Mother. 853 00:53:46,724 --> 00:53:48,726 I think I'm going to love it here. 854 00:53:51,896 --> 00:53:54,065 [dramatic music swells] 855 00:53:54,148 --> 00:53:56,442 [narrator] This season on Wednesday… 856 00:53:56,567 --> 00:53:58,945 [Wednesday] This story's about to take a dark turn. 857 00:54:00,238 --> 00:54:01,114 Luckily, 858 00:54:02,073 --> 00:54:03,866 I'm not afraid of the dark. 859 00:54:05,243 --> 00:54:08,413 There's a monster out there, but everyone believes I made it all up. 860 00:54:08,496 --> 00:54:11,624 I need to find something that can prove I haven't lost my mind. 861 00:54:12,750 --> 00:54:15,628 [Tyler] You're really obsessed with this monster-in-the-woods thing. 862 00:54:15,712 --> 00:54:18,589 Would you rather I develop an obsession with horses and boy bands? 863 00:54:19,757 --> 00:54:21,384 So, tell us everything. 864 00:54:21,467 --> 00:54:24,971 [Wednesday] Since you've abandoned me, I've been hunted, haunted, 865 00:54:25,054 --> 00:54:26,973 and the target of an attempted murder. 866 00:54:27,765 --> 00:54:30,560 Ah, Nevermore, I love you so! 867 00:54:30,643 --> 00:54:32,228 [creature snarls, growls] 868 00:54:33,354 --> 00:54:37,233 How do you manage to end up at the center of every terrible thing that happens here? 869 00:54:37,317 --> 00:54:38,401 Incredible luck. 870 00:54:38,484 --> 00:54:40,111 [all screaming] 871 00:54:40,194 --> 00:54:41,821 [Wednesday] You insisted I go to this school. 872 00:54:41,904 --> 00:54:44,324 Did you really think I wouldn't find out your secret? 873 00:54:44,407 --> 00:54:45,700 You don't know the full story. 874 00:54:46,993 --> 00:54:49,537 When I suggested giving your side of the room a makeover, 875 00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:53,041 I did not have Ted Bundy's Pinterest in mind. Ew. 876 00:54:54,459 --> 00:54:56,127 [Wednesday] This ends now. 877 00:54:56,210 --> 00:54:58,046 [dramatic music intensifies] 878 00:55:03,843 --> 00:55:05,636 If you hear me screaming bloody murder, 879 00:55:05,720 --> 00:55:07,638 there's a good chance I'm just enjoying myself. 880 00:55:08,222 --> 00:55:10,308 [narrator] Watch all episodes now. 881 00:55:13,019 --> 00:55:15,021 [jauntily macabre outro music playing]