When Is Wednesday Season 3 Coming? Here's What We Know So Far About Netflix's Hit

Wednesday just wrapped a two-part second season that killed off a bunch of threats, cracked open some family secrets, and then politely left the door wide open for Season 3. Nevermore is in limbo, summer break is here, and Wednesday has a to-do list that starts with visiting her grandmother and probably ends with poking a hornet nest labeled 'Frump family business.'

Where Season 2 leaves things

The immediate crisis is done, but the fallout is not. The school year is over, the kids are scattering, and Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) owes Grandmama Hester Frump a summer stay. That last bit is not just polite family time. The Season 2 finale strongly hints that sticking to that deal is how Wednesday uncovers a very old, very dark Frump secret.

Who is (probably) back, who is not, and the wild card

Netflix renewed Wednesday for Season 3 before Season 2 even dropped. There is no official cast sheet yet, but expect the core players to return. A lot of people did not survive Season 2, though, so any reappearances for them would have to be ghostly or vision-y. And yes, this show does that: Gwendoline Christie popped back in this season as Larissa Weems, so never say never.

• Likely returning: Jenna Ortega (Wednesday), Hunter Doohan (Tyler), Emma Myers (Enid), Joy Sunday (Bianca), Georgie Farmer (Ajax), Moosa Mostafa (Eugene), Isaac Ordonez (Pugsley), Billie Piper (Isadora), Victor Dorobantu (Thing), Evie Templeton (Agnes), Luis Guzman (Gomez), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia), Joanna Lumley (Grandmama Hester Frump)
• Season 2 casualties (unlikely to return unless as ghosts/visions): Donovan Galpin (Jamie McShane), Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci), Barry Dort (Steve Buscemi), Isaac Night (Owen Painter), Judy Spannagel (Heather Matarazzo), Professor Orloff (Christopher Lloyd), Dr. Rachael Fairburn (Thandiwe Newton), Francoise Gilpin (Frances O'Connor)
• Question marks: Bruno (Noah B. Taylor) and other minor players who drifted in and out this season
• Potentially expanded: Isadora Capri felt like a setup for a bigger role next time
• New character confirmed: Ophelia. Casting is under wraps. Fun, very inside-baseball possibility: Catherine Zeta-Jones could double up as Ophelia and Morticia, echoing Carolyn Jones playing both in the original sitcom. Or someone like Tim Burton regular Winona Ryder could slide in. None of that is confirmed; the only sure thing is that Ophelia will matter.

The threads Season 3 has to pick up

Enid: Wednesday promised Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen) would help her track down Enid after Enid fully wolfed out as an Alpha under the full moon just to save Wednesday. The catch: Enid might not be able to shift back to human. That is not a small problem, and Wednesday knows it.

Ophelia and the Frump secret: Wednesday is heading to Grandmama Hester Frump's house for the summer, which is exactly where her visions have been nudging her. The likely reveal: Hester has been hiding Ophelia in a basement for decades. Ophelia is not dead, despite everyone believing she vanished from an institution twenty years ago. Morticia handing over Ophelia's journal turned out to be a cheat code for Wednesday's psychic ability, and that aunt-niece link may be how she finally frees Ophelia and gets the truth. As for Hester's motive, it could be grim-but-protective (keep Ophelia from being killed or exploited) or just plain sinister. The creepiest part: Ophelia scrawled that she wants Wednesday dead on her wall. That is not your standard family reunion note.

Tyler: Wednesday and Tyler went from flirty-ish to mortal enemies, but there is still a pull there. When Isaac buried Wednesday alive, Tyler clearly felt something like regret, even if he did nothing about it. Later, Wednesday had a clean shot at killing him and chose to let him go instead, a decision she immediately questions as a potential fatal mistake. Tyler enrolling in Isadora's support group for Hydes and other dangerous outcasts could change him. Or it could make him more dangerous. That coin is still in the air.

When are we actually getting Season 3?

There was a two and a half year gap between Seasons 1 and 2, plus a one-month pause between Season 2's halves. The current expectation is that production starts in early 2026, pointing to a mid-to-late 2027 release. That is still a long wait, but shorter than last time. And yes, Netflix will probably split the season into two parts again. Of course they will.

"I'd have to bury you in a shallow grave."

That is showrunner Miles Millar on why nothing else is being shared yet. For now, the only sure things on the board are Enid heading north toward Canada in wolf form, Tyler's next move with Isadora's group, and the locked-room mystery that is Aunt Ophelia. See you at Grandmama's.