Wednesday co-creator Miles Millar discusses his and Alfred Gough’s approach to the Addams Family spinoff show’s whodunnit aspect.
Wednesday co-creator Miles Millar has opened up about his and Alfred Gough’s approach to the Addams Family spinoff series’ whodunnit aspect, and why the show deliberately avoided leaving any loose ends regarding Season 1’s central mystery.
“Well, Al and I had never done a whodunnit, so it was something we were really excited to try,” Millar told The Hollywood Reporter when asked about the Wednesday finale’s shocking reveals. “It was actually much more complicated and difficult than we anticipated just in terms that you wanna make sure that if you look back at the show that there are no loose ends. There’s no — we call it Fight Club moments — where it’s like, ‘Well, that couldn’t have happened.’ It was definitely a jigsaw puzzle.”
He elaborated, “And so we had all eight episodes complete, and then we could really make sure that all the red herrings were there, and it felt like a complete mystery, but then we didn’t know it was gonna work until an actual audience saw it. So, it’s actually a real nail-biter when you do a whodunnit because it could be so obvious. Then, when we cast Christina [Ricci], it was like, ‘Oh, is [she] gonna be like the guest star, who is clearly the bad guy?’ which often is the case. But it’s so gratifying to hear that people were really into the mystery, and the red herrings were working. It could be that person. It could be that person. Misdirect. So that’s literally the most satisfying thing about the show for us. It’s the thing we were most worried about.”
When asked why exactly he and Gough opted to steer clear of leaving and loose ends, Millar replied, “Well, I think for us, it’s always about feeling that the season, because there’s only eight episodes, it feels like a book, so it feels complete and really satisfying. When you reach the end of a series, you wanna feel satisfied that the story is told.” He concluded, “It’s about tying up those loose ends, and then you want expectations and cliffhangers for questions for the next season but really wrapping this mystery up, so we can really begin with a whole new mystery next season.”
Will Wednesday Get a Second Season on Netflix?
Wednesday premiered the entirety of its first season on Netflix on Wednesday, Nov. 23. The series follows Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega), who is sent to Nevermore Academy, where she not only has to come to grips with her burgeoning supernatural abilities, but also gets wrapped up in a murder mystery. While Netflix has yet to officially renew the Addams Family spinoff for a second season, reports indicate that the show’s massive success has made a renewal little more than a formality. Negotiations are expected to go smoothly, though Wednesday Season 2 likely won’t be officially announced until 2023.
Wednesday Season 1 is currently streaming on Netflix.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
