Wednesday season 2 part 1 is sinisterly moreish apart from one irritating new addition

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Wednesday.

Wednesday has made a comeback and it's just as devilishly hilarious and gripping as its first outing.

Jenna Ortega has donned her iconic black plaits and terrifying scowl for another series with Wednesday returning for season two on Wednesday, August 6, on Netflix.

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Only the first four episodes have been released so far, picking up after the summer holidays, where everyone was able to take a step back following the wreckage caused by Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci) and Tyler Galpin (Hunter Doohan).

Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) has spent her free time mastering her psychic abilities with the help of Goody’s book as well as catching a prolific serial killer - so the norm.

What the morbid teenager didn’t predict though was her newfound popularity as she is warmly greeted by her fellow students and the new principal, Principal Dort (Steve Buscemi), much to her disgust.

But, as teased in the official Netflix trailer, Wednesday soon gets her first vision of the semester, warning her of best friend Enid Sinclair’s (Emma Myers) death.

What’s even more disturbing is that Enid herself in the vision screams that it’s all Wednesday’s fault so as she awakens with black tears down her cheeks, she knows she must do all that she can to ensure it doesn’t come true.

It comes to pass that her vision could have something to do with murderous crows lurking around every corner but what is the connection?

As the Addams Family icon busies herself with preventing Enid’s pending doom, Enid herself stumbles into more typical teenage problems as she develops feelings for fellow werewolf Bruno (Noah B Taylor), leaving Ajax (Georgie Farmer) in the lurch.

While only the first four episodes have dropped so far, Wednesday season two is everything fans of the first series were hoping for: menacingly funny with twists that’ll catch subscribers off guard.

Ortega is unsurprisingly brilliant, with her razor sharp tongue and supported by a fantastic cast in the adorable Myers, as well as Catherine Zeta Jones and Luis Guzman as Morticia and Gomez Addams.

What makes this series potentially even better than the first are all the other famous faces joining the cast, including Joanna Lumley, Steve Buscemi, Thandiwe Newton and Billie Piper and the hotly anticipated cameo of none other than Lady Gaga.

However, there is one new addition which makes the spine tingle but not in a good way.

One word: Slurp.

Shortly after arriving at Nevermore Academy, Wednesday’s brother Pugsley Addams (Isaac Ordonez) manages to awaken a dead boy with a clockwork heart using his powers of electricity.

This results in Pugsley and Eugene (Moosa Mostafa) looking after a disgusting zombie with a frighteningly long tongue and a hunger for any and all meat.

Whenever this grotesque creature pops up on screen, these are the only moments where I lose interest in the new series, zoning out until Jenna and the rest of the stars are back.

Despite Slurp not exactly winning me over, every other aspect of Wednesday season two has yet to disappoint with more yet to come with part two dropping next month.

Wednesday season two, part two, premieres on Wednesday, September 3, on Netflix.