Garrett Gates

Character from Wednesday by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar

The dead boy at the center of the old mystery — a Gates family son killed at Nevermore years ago, whose death was pinned on Gomez Addams and whose sister spent years planning revenge.

Garrett Gates is the connecting tissue between the past and present mysteries. His death at Nevermore — which Gomez Addams was accused of — created the wound that his sister Laurel spent decades weaponizing. The truth of what happened to Garrett is more complicated than 'Gomez killed him,' involving the Gates family's anti-outcast agenda and events that both Gomez and Morticia have been concealing. His legacy is the engine of Season 1's plot: his death fuels Laurel's vendetta, feeds Sheriff Galpin's distrust of outcasts, and forces Wednesday to untangle a family secret her parents have been keeping.

Appearance

Seen primarily in flashbacks: a young man from a wealthy Jericho family. Clean-cut, normie appearance. His death occurred at Nevermore during Gomez and Morticia's time as students.

Also known as: Garrett, Garrett Gates

What They Know

• Died at Nevermore Academy during Gomez and Morticia Addams' time as students — the central cold case of Season 1
• His death was attributed to Gomez Addams, though the full truth is more complex
• Member of the Gates family — Jericho's founding family with a centuries-old vendetta against outcasts
• His sister Laurel Gates spent decades planning revenge for his death, infiltrating Nevermore to destroy it from within

Connections

• sibling_of — laurel_gates
• allegedly_killed_by — gomez
• member_of — gates_family

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