Location from Wednesday by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
A dynasty of gleeful weirdos — wealthy, morbid, loving, and completely uninterested in being normal, which makes them the most functional family in a show full of dysfunction.
The Addams Family is the franchise's foundational concept — a family that inverts every domestic norm while being genuinely, passionately loving. They adore each other. They also torture each other, poison each other's food (affectionately), and consider attempted murder a bonding activity. The love is real. The danger is also real. These coexist without contradiction. In the show, the family functions as Wednesday's origin story and her safety net. They made her who she is — the deadpan darkness, the morbid sensibility, the loyalty expressed through creative violence. They also represent what she's trying to separate from: her mother's expectations, her father's secrets, the weight of being an Addams at Nevermore where every teacher remembers Morticia.
The Addams family as a unit is unmistakable: everyone in black, everyone pale, everyone behaving in ways that alarm normies and delight each other. They move through the world as a coordinated gothic statement. Their family gatherings look like costume parties at a funeral home, and everyone is having a wonderful time.
Also known as: The Addams Family, The Addams, House Addams