WARNING! This article contains major SPOILERS for Wednesday season 2, part 1!After just gaining her abilities shortly before attending Nevermore,Wednesday Addams’ powers stop workinginWednesdayseason 2. While catching up audiences on what happened afterWednesdayseason 1’s ending, Jenna Ortega’s titular character reveals that she “mastered” her psychic powers, but began experiencing dangerous symptoms over the summer.
In season 2,Wednesday Addams’ eyes stream black tears when using her psychic ability, a severe symptom she learns was also experienced byMorticia Addams’s sister Ophelia, another psychicOutcast who attended Nevermore. She then has an intense vision of Enid’s death, which results in black tears and convulsions before Wednesday loses consciousness. When she wakes up, Wednesday’s powers stop working – and they still aren’t back by part 1’s ending.
Wednesday’s Black Tears Are A Symptom Of Abusing Her Psychic Powers
Wednesday Puts Too Much Strain On Her Ability
As Morticia explains to her in episode 1,Wednesday’s black tears are caused by her overusing her psychic powers. Wednesday reveals that over the summer she was consistently using her psychic abilities in extremely intense situations, including tracking down a serial killer. By overexerting her powers with such intensity so often, Wednesday’s body began reacting with severe symptoms.
It’s comparable to whenEleven’s nose bleedsafter overexerting her powers inStranger Things, which similarly ends up causing her to briefly lose her powers. For psychics inWednesday, seemingly raven psychics like Wednesday and Ophelia in particular, that results in black tears. However, since Wednesday hasn’t been sharing her experiences with the dove psychic-powered Morticia Addams,it’s still unclear how she can make the black tears go away.
Wednesday’s Powers Stop Working After She Uses Them Too Much
A Dark Vision Of Enid’s Death Culminates In Her Powers Failing To Work
Like the black tears, the titularAddams family member’s powersstop working because her capacity for them has been overworked –she can no longer handle how much strain she’s been putting her psychic ability through. The black tears were the first symptom, more of a warning that if she continued to overexert them, they would stop working altogether.
However,Wednesday hasn’t fully lost her powers yet. She still has her psychic ability, she just hasn’t let it rest enough or unlocked a strategy for forcing them to return. But, with the way Wednesday has been recklessly using her powers, continuing to try to use them before they’re ready could end up resulting in far more grave consequences.
Will Wednesday Be Able To Get Her Powers Back In Part 2?
Wednesday Thinks The Answer Is In Goody’s Book
WithWednesday’s psychic powersbeing crucial to her story in the Netflix series, it’s highlylikely that they’ll start working again before the end ofWednesdayseason 2, part 2. Wednesday believes that the answer to getting her powers back is in herpsychic ancestor Goody Addams’ spellbook, but Morticia hints that using a strategy in the book may just make things worse.
In reality, findingOphelia Frump may be the true key to discovering how to get rid of the black tearsand reclaim her powers. Ophelia went missing after pushing her powers too far “drove her to madness,” but her similarities to Wednesday suggest that the answer to solving problems related to their powers will be the same.
However, in addition to a more formal strategy for raven psychics, getting her powers back will almost certainlyrequire Wednesday truly “mastering” her ability by learning to use them more cautiously. For that, she’ll likely need a new spirit guide, more conversations with herGrandmama Hester Frump, a reunion with Ophelia, and more openness to Morticia’s advice inWednesdayseason 2, part 2.
