Wednesday season 2 confirms Weems' return: All possible clues you missed about her reappearance
Earlier today (14 August) Netflix revealed the very exciting news during a live event for fans in Australia that Christie would be reprising her role as Principal Weems for the second half of season two. Appearing on stage alongside Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton, Christie entered onto stage, while her character Larissa Weems is overheard saying: "Did you really think Nevermore would let me go so easily? I was never gone, you just stopped looking."
Weems had seemingly died at the end of season one, but many fans theorised this wasn't quite the last we'd seen of Weems and turns out they were right. But what actually happened to Weems last time around and what does this mean for season two? Here's everything you need to know, including all the clues we missed she was back.
At the end of season one, we saw Weems meet what we thought was a tragic end. After being unconvinced of Wednesday's theory that Miss Thornhill was Tyler's master in control of his hyde formation, she shape-shifted into Tyler and went to see Miss Thornhill herself.
After finding out the truth she shifts back into herself and that's when Miss Thornhill pulls a syringe full of nightshade poison out of her pocket and plunges the needle into Weems' neck. Wednesday later confirms her principal is dead.
During the return announcement, we're told "I was never gone, you just stopped looking," which feels like a pretty good hint from the team behind the show that there's actually been a bunch of clues we've missed to suggest Weems has been alive in the show in some capacity the whole time in season two.
Prior to season two kicking off many fans theorised Weems wasn't really dead and instead had shape-shifted herself to safety.
Some fans theorise the clue was there right at the end of season one when Wednesday is driven home by Lurch, and the camera focusses on his face for quite a long time. This is then carried on at the start of episode one in season two, when Lurch gets a lot of camera time during that family drive to the school. Could Weems have shape-shifted into Lurch?
There's then all of new Principal Dort's suspicious behaviour, in part of his first conversation with Wednesday he attempts to "speak ill of the dead" which Wednesday shuts down. He then later unpacks a painting of Principals Weems and seems pretty enamoured with it. Why would he do this if he doesn't like Weems? Maybe Weems has returned and shape-shifted into another principal?
Meanwhile other fans think she could have in fact been shape-shifting into new music teacher Isadora Carpi. As one user pointed out on Reddit: "Weems loves music. Look at her reaction in this picture to Wednesday playing the cello. Also, during the Crackstone statue unveiling, Weems is swaying along to the orchestra. Meanwhile, Capri asks Wednesday to play cello for the gala orchestra in season 2. Capri says she was 'inspired by a group of young people who saved their school in the face of overwhelming odds'. This is SUCH a Weems thing to say!"
There is also the possibility Weems is still dead and we're only going to see Christie return for flashback moments or scenes as a ghost, but given what the show has said about "I was never gone", we're pretty much sure she's going to be alive and kicking in season two part two which comes out on Netflix on 3rd September.
Wednesday season two part one is available on Netflix now
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