Get your snappin’ fingers ready, because your first look at Wednesday is here. In the new series, the iconic spawn of the Addams family is on her own for the first time — and things get predictably gothic. After she’s expelled from her “normal” human high school over an incident involving piranhas (yes, you read that correctly), Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) is sent away to Nevermore Academy, a school for, shall we say, unique students. What she discovers there is a tantalizing, bloody murder mystery — and maybe, just maybe, a few friends as odd as she is. 

The new teaser gives us a glimpse of Wednesday’s unorthodox fish-feeding methods, eerie dance moves and formidable cello abilities. We also take a brief tour of Nevermore and meet Enid (Emma Myers), Wednesday’s opposites-attract roommate. Living with such a sunny personality may seem like a nightmare in the making for the Addams Family storm cloud, but the string of murders in her midst is giving her other ideas. “I think I’m going to love it here,” Wednesday says. We’ll believe it when we see it. 

We’ve also got a look at a new Addams Family portrait — and the whole crew is here. From left to right: Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Wednesday, Gomez (Luis Guzmán) and Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez). Alas, handy severed appendage Thing is nowhere to be seen, but have no fear: As the teaser for the series demonstrates, he’ll be lighting fires right along with Wednesday.

The series stars Ortega (The Babysitter: Killer Queen, X, 2022’s Scream reboot) as Wednesday, alongside a crew of seasoned veterans and exciting newcomers. Gwendoline Christie makes the leap from The Sandman’s Lucifer to school administrator Larissa Weems, and Christina Ricci (who played Wednesday in the ’90s Addams Family films) gets the plum role of Nevermore dorm mom Marilyn Thornhill.

The new take on Addams lore comes from the gloriously twisted mind of Tim Burton himself (Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow); Burton directed several of Wednesday’s episodes. And creators Michael Gough and Miles Millar are no strangers to bringing an iconic character back to high school — they also co-created the CW’s Superman prequel Smallville. 

Wednesday  streams on Netflix this fall, just in time for the leaves to die. Wednesday loves it when things die.