The first season of Wednesday helped bring the titular character out of her shell. Now the show’s creators have revealed that Wednesday could very well have a lesbian romance with her friend Enid.
This was revealed by Al Gough and Miles Millar who spoke with THR about the possibility. Of course, fans will recall that the first season introduced a wide range of intertwined relationships. It seems they want to continue that path for the future.
As they’ve explained after being asked “what comes next” for the show:
“We wanna sort of explore and sort of complicate all of those relationships going forward,” Gough explained
He further discussed how they’ll have more possibilities for the second season:
“The school was closed when they left, which gave us the most possibilities for season two, and I think that’s something that we’re excited to explore,” he explained. “For us, the show also is really about this female friendship, with Wednesday and Enid really being at the center of that.”
He also mentioned how their friendship connected with audiences:
“The fact that they really connected with audiences, it has been really gratifying,” added Gough. “So, we’re excited to explore now that Wednesday’s dipped her toe into the friendship pool, what’s that gonna look like? It’s like, she hugged. That was her big arc for the season, right? So it’s like now, we do that.”
Miles Millar mentions that they pulled from their personal lives for inspiration:
“One of the other elements is that Al and I have always loved the Addams Family and this character in particular, but we’re also the father of four daughters between us. So, we have definitely culled from life for this one.
“I think we’re definitely inspired to write or find a teen girl character like this, who’s so rare, who’s so self-confident, literate, smart, weird and unapologetic about all those things,” Millar continued. “Often, teen girls can start off as an ugly duckling, and they blossom into a swan, whereas here Wednesday is fully formed.”
As a result, Millar believes “it’s such an amazing aspirational role model to see this character,” as he continued to discuss:
“It’s so rare to see a female teen protagonist like this, and it’s something that has been really gratifying to hear our daughters and their friends talk about the show in this way. It’s really hit that target in a really positive way, even though she is so morbid and dark and kooky and crazy, but she’s actually an incredibly positive force in her world and our world. So, that’s something that I really love about this show, that it’s actually put something very positive out there.”
Of course, many fans have connected with Wednesday and Enid in such a way that they “shipped” the two together in a lesbian romance. When asked about this, Miller had the following response:
“As Al said, this idea of sisterhood is key to the show,” before adding, “We’re not gonna discount anything, and, obviously, sometimes characters reveal themselves, which is the fun thing we love about television, that it’s an organic journey.”
“We have a roadmap, and we’d like to have routes along that map that take you in unexpected directions,” he continued. “So, we’re open to everything. We wanna explore that friendship in every way, but we’re not gonna be, this is where you sometimes get misdirected by fans and things like that, so it’s just being really open to see how those characters develop and that friendship. As Al said, that friendship is key to our sort of vision of the show.”
It seems like fans can expect – at the very least – for Wednesday and Enid to remain friends. Of course, it’ll be interesting to see how they “explore that friendship in every way,” and whether or not that’ll lead to a lesbian romance like some Wednesday fans hope for. Otherwise, it looks like Enid will still play a great part in bringing Wednesday further out of her shell.
In addition to Jenna Ortega as the titular character, the cast of Wednesday includes Gwendoline Christie, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Fred Armisen, and Christina Ricci.
Fans can currently view the entire first season of Wednesday on Netflix. Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for additional updates on the series as we have them.