With Wednesday season 2’s release date fast approaching, Netflix has been releasing new trailers and information about the cast and plot details for the upcoming season, including some hints as to who the new villain will be. Wednesday season 2 will see many of the main cast members from the previous season reprise their roles, with several notable actors joining the main cast. Lead actor, Jenna Ortega, has also teased that season 2 will expand on Wednesday season 1’s premise, including new supernatural elements.

Wednesday‘s recent updates include a Nevermore recruitment video and the first six minutes of the new season, which have definitely helped build excitement for season 2. Following Nevermore’s closing at the end of Wednesday season 1, it will be interesting to see how the school and the outcast community will rebuild, especially knowing that the Addams Family as a whole will play a much larger role at the school, though that may not be a good thing when it comes to Wednesday season 2’s villain.

Christopher Lloyd’s New Character Is Wednesday Season 2’s Main Villain – Theory Explained

Netflix And The Cast’s Teases Point Toward This Conclusion

Out of all Wednesday season 2’s new cast announcements, Christopher Lloyd is arguably the most exciting new addition because the series will allow him to step back into the world of the Addams Family. Lloyd previously played Uncle Fester in the 1991 movie The Addams Family and the 1993 movie Addams Family Values. In the upcoming season of Wednesday, Lloyd will make his debut at the Nevermore Academy as Professor Orloff, “Nevermore’s longest-serving teacher…always on the lookout for troublemakers” (via Netflix).

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Lloyd’s introduction is already an exciting prospect for the new season, but Netflix’s teases so far hint that he could be involved in the season in a much more unexpected way. In ScreenRant’s interview with Pugsley Addams actor Isaac Ordonez, the actor revealed that his “powers and the main villain for this season are connected. Pugsley has a very deep connection with the main villain.” This hints that the villain could be an outcast with similar powers or potentially a new mentor for the younger Addams sibling.

Lloyd’s role as Professor Orloff is largely being kept under wraps, including what his power will be and exactly what he will be teaching at Nevermore.

Meanwhile, Netflix’s character descriptions for the new season tease that “it doesn’t take long for Pugsley Addams to end up on [Orloff’s] radar,” (via Netflix). Lloyd’s role as Professor Orloff is largely being kept under wraps, including what his power will be and exactly what he will be teaching at Nevermore. While other new faculty members have gotten more information released about them, it is interesting that Orloff seems more secretive, so it is possible that learning too much about the character could give his villainous role away.

More specifically, knowing that Orloff takes an early interest in Pugsley because of his trouble making might be leaving out a potential interest in Pugsley’s electrifying powers. If this is the case, then it would make sense for Orloff to be the main villain for the new season. Whether the villain becomes interested in Pugsley thanks to the pair having similar powers or in an attempt to use his powers for their own gain, Pugsley may take too long to realize the truth.

Christopher Lloyd Being Wednesday’s New Villain Would Repeat Season 1’s Christina Ricci Casting Twist

Wednesday’s Villain Twist Would Not Be As Surprising The Second Time Around

I love that Wednesday seems to be consistently adding familiar faces, including Addams Family veterans like Christopher Lloyd, but if he were to be the main villain for season 2, it would repeat season 1’s big twist. Christina Ricci’s character in season 1, Marilyn Thornhill, was a normie teacher at Nevermore who grew close to Wednesday and Enid throughout the season. By the end of Wednesday season 1, though, it was revealed that Ms. Thornhill was actually Laurel Gates, who hoped to destroy the outcasts.

Ricci’s persona in the series is quite friendly and light for the majority of the season, creating a great contrast to her previous role in the Addams Family franchise . In the same 1990s films in which Christopher Lloyd played Uncle Fester, Ricci took on the iconic role of Wednesday. Her appearance in Netflix’s Wednesday was an incredibly fitting nod to her former role, but Wednesday making another former Addams Family actor into a villain for season 2 would make the twist too predictable for audiences, especially since season 2 is teased as more expansive.

What’s more, after Wednesday season 1’s ending, the titular character will certainly be more wary of new adults in the school. Pugsley will create a new dimension to this, though, as he may be less aware of potential problems, causing Wednesday to come to his rescue in addition to conducting her own investigations. Though the information about the new season released thus far does hint at a villainous turn for Christopher Lloyd’s Professor Orloff, it may not be the best choice for the series to go for the same twist twice.

Wednesday Season 2 Shouldn’t Make Another Nevermore Staff Member The Main Villain

The Show Should Switch It Up

Given that Ordonez has teased that the show’s new villain will target Pugsley, it does make it seem like the villain will be a Nevermore teacher. As a new student, he will likely be interacting with the faculty and the other students the most, but Wednesday season 2 should avoid repeating season 1’s twist. Even if it is not Christopher Lloyd’s character who is the villain, and the series avoids directly repeating the previous Addams Family casting twist, the other staff could still seem too suspicious.

Instead, it would be more exciting and unexpected for the show to go in an entirely different direction with its season 2 antagonist. Because Wednesday season 2 has introduced so many great new cast members, there is ample opportunity for any of them to become the main villain. Outside the Nevermore staff, Tyler’s doctor at Willow Hill Psychiatric Facility, Dr. Fairburn (Thandiwe Newton) and her assistant Judi (Heather Matarazzo) could be characters to watch out for due to their interest in potentially controlling Tyler’s Hyde.

Though Ordonez’s recent statement certainly implies that the villain will be another outcast and potentially a mentor, it is possible that the Wednesday star is creating a misdirect to keep the big reveal hidden.

Likewise, the law enforcement of Jericho could spell trouble for Nevermore, especially if Tyler’s father is out for revenge after the ending of Wednesday season 1. Beyond the main cast for the new season, Wednesday could also opt to keep the main villain actor a secret leading into the season to help keep everything as hidden as possible. Though Ordonez’s recent statement certainly implies that the villain will be another outcast and potentially a mentor, it is possible that the Wednesday star is creating a misdirect to keep the big reveal hidden.