Netflix’s newest adaptation of the Addams family is currently the number one series, bringing back kooky cast members and new oddballs you’ll love to hate.

Goth teen with the mostest, Wednesday Addams, is back for another year at Nevermore Academy. This time, she’s wiser, more defiant, and ready to solve a new murder in the fictional town of Jericho, Vermont. She also contends with uncontrollable, disturbing visions of her roommate Enid’s death and black tears descending from her eyes. Adding to Wednesday’s distress is the loss of Goody’s book (spiritual guide from a deceased Addams relative), which Wednesday’s mother, Morticia Addams, confiscated, fearing she’d succumb to madness like her sister, Orphelia. Throw in a stalker to Wednesday’s turmoil, who seems to be three steps ahead of her at every turn.

Jenna Ortega (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Scream) reprises her role as Wednesday Addams, along with Luis Guzman (Dumb and Dumber, Carlito’s Way) as Gomez Addams, Catherine Zeta-Jones (Ocean’s 12, The Mask of Zorro), as Morticia Addams, Isaac Ordoñez (A Wrinkle in Time) as Pugsley Addams and Fred Armisen (Portlandia, SNL) as Uncle Fester. What’s super exciting about this version of the beloved show created by Charles Addams in 1938 as a single-panel cartoon that appeared in The New Yorker, and later adapted to a television show in 1964.

According to showrunners and principal writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, they wanted to emphasize Wednesday’s Latin heritage in the series, a representation often not seen in popular series or films:

“It’s so rare to find an iconic [Latina] character of this stature. We really try to find ways to [highlight that] authentically. What would Wednesday listen to when she was growing up? What would Gomez be playing? And finding moments where we could really make it feel like a girl who’s grown up in New Jersey with a Latino parent, and how would that resonate with her as a teen? Certainly, this season we’re looking for more ways to explore that.”

Season 2 of Wednesday does just that. We see Gomez (Luis Guzman) utter sayings like “Cara Mia” (signature Gomez phrase) and listen to “Besame Mucho” (the most sung Mexican song in history) by Mexican singer Consuelo Veláquez, recorded in 1941, during a shower scene. But more than these common Spanish-language interludes, there are noticeable Spanish dialogue sprinkled throughout the series. Phrases like “mi cariño” (my sweety), “lobo” (wolf), “tormenta” (storm). It’s refreshing and essential to the family dynamic to see Spanish dialogue sprinkled throughout, solidifying Wednesday’s roots.

But Wednesday is more than her ancestry; the character is 3-dimensional in that she’s an admirer of literary titans like Voltaire and Sylvia Plath, often quoting them, and laser-focused on taking down the patriarchy while saving the day in a hilarious student camp scene. Wednesday admonishes fitting in, especially when Nevermore’s new enthusiastic principal Barry Dort suggests so, played to perfection by character actor Steve Bucsemi (Fargo, The Sopranos). He’s eccentric, pushy, yet likable with a pyrotechnic ability. He asks Wednesday if she ever suffers from FOMO when not participating in camp activities, to which she replies, “No, I suffer from FOBI (Fear of Being Included) instead.” It’s quintessential Wednesday Addams, and Jenna Ortega nails her character to a tee. Her brother Pugsly has more screen time in season 2, joining his sister at Nevermore and developing his electrokinetic powers. He unearths a buried zombie with an insatiable appetite for brains, whom he keeps as a pet, naming him Slurp. Slurp is grotesque and can’t give up his taste for the mushy matter.

The first four episodes of Wednesday Season 2 do not disappoint. Stream it now on Netflix. Stay tuned for the next final four, dropping on September 3rd, with Lady Gaga making a guest appearance!