Wednesday (2022) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Wednesday Addams
(played by Jenna Ortega) — protagonist
Protagonist expelled from her original school and transferred to Nevermore Academy. She possesses a cold, defiant personality and inherited psychic abilities, which she uses to solve a murder mystery...
Barry Dort
(played by Steve Buscemi) — supporting
Principal at Nevermore Academy and successor to Larissa Weems. He intends for Morticia to handle fundraising while he pursues his own personal interests.
Enid Sinclair
(played by Emma Myers) — supporting
Tyler Galpin
(played by Hunter Doohan) — supporting
Bianca Barclay
(played by Joy Sunday) — supporting
Eugene Ottinger
(played by Moosa Mostafa) — supporting
Pugsley Addams
(played by Isaac Ordonez) — supporting
Wednesday's brother who was bullied by the water polo team, leading to her expulsion. He later enrolls at Nevermore Academy.
Sheriff Ritchie Santiago
(played by Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo) — supporting
Thing
(played by Victor Dorobantu) — supporting
Gomez Addams
(played by Luis Guzmán) — supporting
Morticia Addams
(played by Catherine Zeta-Jones) — supporting
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Morticia Addams → Gomez Addams
(Spouses) — Morticia and Gomez operate as a united parental team despite tensions surrounding Wednesday.
"They jointly respond to family crises, discuss Wednesday's psychic condition, and arrange specialist care for Thing."
Wednesday Addams → Morticia Addams
(Mother and Daughter) — Their relationship combines family loyalty, psychic inheritance, disagreement, and cooperation.
"Morticia discusses Wednesday's psychic exhaustion, urges her to surrender the spell book, and later combines abilities with her to locate Pugsley."
Tyler Galpin → Sheriff Ritchie Santiago
(Sheriff and Suspect) — The sheriff's law-enforcement role places him in direct opposition to Tyler's concealed violence.
"The sheriff investigates the attacks connected to Tyler and later learns about Tyler's mother and Tyler's escape."
Wednesday Addams → Gomez Addams
(Father and Daughter) — Wednesday's loyalty to Gomez is tested by the mystery surrounding his past.
"Wednesday investigates the old murder accusation against Gomez during Parents' Weekend, while Gomez later helps arrange care for Thing."
Tyler Galpin → Wednesday Addams
(Manipulated Asset and Controller) — Tyler's Hyde identity is shaped by coercive control, making power and agency central to his connection with Wednesday.
"Tyler secretly works for a master, admits that he was controlled after awakening covered in blood, and is later manipulated again through the Hyde st...
Wednesday Addams → Barry Dort
(Student and Principal) — Dort holds administrative authority over the environment in which Wednesday operates.
"Barry Dort is Nevermore's principal, while Wednesday is a student whose investigations and actions create institutional problems."
Morticia Addams → Barry Dort
(Fundraising Partners) — Dort relies on Morticia for fundraising while retaining institutional authority.
"Dort intends for Morticia to handle fundraising, and Morticia organizes a fundraising gala for Nevermore."
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Wednesday Addams → Tyler Galpin
(Protagonist and Antagonistic Force) — Tyler's actions organize much of Wednesday's investigative and supernatural storyline.
"The Season 1 murder mystery centers on Tyler's hidden Hyde identity, and Season 2 continues with his manipulation, escape, and pursuit."
Wednesday Addams → Thing
(Investigative Partners) — Thing assists Wednesday's investigations and remains physically invested in her safety.
"Thing searches files about the monster's victims while Wednesday performs an autopsy, and later receives urgent medical attention after being injured...
"Wednesday intervenes when Pugsley is bullied and joins the search after he is kidnapped."
Morticia Addams → Thing
(Family Protector and Protected Ally) — Morticia treats Thing as a trusted protector and a member of the family's support network.
"Morticia and Gomez previously sent Thing to protect Wednesday, and Morticia helps arrange specialist care after Thing is injured."
Wednesday Addams → Bianca Barclay
(Reluctant Allies) — Their relationship begins with confrontation and develops into practical cooperation around Nevermore's dangers.
"Bianca and the Nightshades abduct Wednesday but explain their secret society, after which Wednesday works with allies connected to the group."
Gomez Addams → Thing
(Family Support) — Gomez supports Thing through the family's medical emergency.
"Gomez and Morticia arrange for a specialist to repair Thing after Thing is seriously injured."
Wednesday Addams → Eugene Ottinger
(Investigative Allies) — Eugene's injury gives Wednesday a personal stake in identifying the monster.
"Wednesday investigates Eugene's monster attack and continues pursuing the creature while he remains in a coma."
Wednesday Addams → Enid Sinclair
(Mystery-Solving Allies) — Their alliance is strengthened by shared danger even when Wednesday's methods create mistrust.
"Enid repeatedly remains present in Wednesday's supernatural investigations, while Season 2 frames their conflict around Wednesday's attempt to preven...
Story Analysis
The series follows Wednesday's movement from isolated investigator to a reluctant member of a family and community network facing layered supernatural threats.
Plot Progression
Season 1: Arrival and Ominous Evidence
— Wednesday arrives at Nevermore after a violent act at her former school. Her first encounter with the monster and the sheriff's skepticism establish the central mystery.
Season 1: Family Secrets and the Hyde
— The investigation connects mutilated victims, Eugene's attack, and the old accusation against Gomez. Wednesday's social resistance gives way to a dangerous confrontation with Tyler.
Season 2: Psychic Exhaustion
— Wednesday pursues a serial killer during the summer and then suffers a frightening vision involving Enid. Morticia challenges her reckless use of psychic power while Thing's injury intensifies the fam...
Season 2: Willow Hill and Escalation
— Wednesday investigates the manipulation of Tyler's violent nature at Willow Hill. She loses her powers, helps free Tyler, and faces a second Hyde during a public ceremony.
Season 2: Family Under Siege
— The sheriff uncovers the truth about Tyler's mother while Tyler escapes Jericho. A hidden movement develops around Nevermore, and Pugsley's kidnapping forces Wednesday and Morticia into a shared psych...
