Summary

Wednesday season 2 premieres August 6 on Netflix, featuring new characters like Grandmama Frump.
Grandmama Frump's introduction reveals the Addams' wealth from a mortuary empire.
Season 2 explores a unique mother-daughter relationship and mysterious fan theories.

Netflix's Wednesday season 2 will return this summer as Jenna Ortega (Wednesday Addams) and her spooky family return to Nevermore Academy, premiering in August and September 2025. Fans have already had a taste of what Wednesday season 2's episode titles will be, but before all of that, one new character heading to the series explains how the gothic-loving family became so wealthy to begin with.

In a bid to keep its audience glued to their seats in anticipation, season 2 recently received a teaser trailer, which showed off Jenna Ortega's return as the titular Wednesday Addams for another season of supernatural adventures and terrifying mysteries where fresh foes and woes await. Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzmán as Gomez, and Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley, season 2 will lay out the red carpet for new cast members like Lady Gaga, who fans can't wait to see since her narrative has been shrouded in mystery so far. Another new character, Grandmama Frump, played by Joanna Lumley, brings some interesting information with them to the Netflix show that answers the age-old question about the family's financial status.

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Wednesday Season 2’s Grandmama Frump Is a “Wealthy Mogul”

According to Netflix's Tudum, Wednesday season 2 will introduce Grandmama Hester Frump , played by the absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley. It wasn't previously known whose mother Grandmama would be, as different Addams Family adaptations have seen the figure linked to Gomez’s mother or Morticia’s mother, but as reported by the site, this time, Grandmama Frump is linked to Morticia for Wednesday season 2, as well as revealing some background on "one of the most successful outcast-owned businesses in the country."

By uncovering more about Grandmama Hester Frump's life, fans get a sneak peek into the Addams Family's finances quite a bit more and how they actually acquired so much money. "Immaculately coiffed, emotionally cold, and armed with a razor-sharp tongue, Hester is calculated in everything she does, from running her empire to managing her family’s legacy," so it seems as though Grandmama's riches from owning Frump Mortuaries have kept the rest of the family swimming in cash and explains how the family can afford grand cars, massive mansions, tailor-made clothes and the finest luxuries in the world. It certainly seems like a fitting narrative for the show to showcase Gomez and Morticia's wealth to come from a mortuary empire.

Wednesday’s co-creators have said that Grandmama Hester Frump will bring a “different mother-daughter relationship” to season 2, and since the wealthy mogul is Wednesday's favorite person, she will "use it against her mother. It’s a delicious family triangle to set up.” A recent Wednesday season 2 fan theory has been going around lately that seemingly suggests that Principal Larissa Weems (Gwendoline Christie) has shapeshifted into Lurch (Joonas Suotamo), which would put a very strange and confusing stance on the series if true.

Wednesday Season 2, part one, will be released on August 6, while the second section of episodes will debut on September 3 via Netflix.