Wednesday Addams knew exactly how she wanted to spend her summer vacation: Tracking down her favorite serial killer.
During Netflix‘s live Tudum event on Saturday, the streamer released the first six minutes of Wednesday‘s highly anticipated second season, which features Jenna Ortega‘s teenage sleuth tracking down The Kansas City Scalper, “America’s most elusive serial killer,” at least according to Wednesday.
In the footage, which you can watch above, the series follows Wednesday’s obsession with the serial killer from the time that she was 11 and gave a presentation about him in class. Now, with a little help from Thing — and the psychic abilities that she’s been working on — she’s able to use a piece of (stolen) evidence to locate the killer.
Haley Joel Osment at PaleyFest LA 2025; Jenna Ortega as Wednesday on Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’. Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty; Bernard Walsh/Netflix
And it just so happens that the killer looks a lot like Haley Joel Osment. The actor, who made news recently when he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and possession of cocaine at a ski resort, was known to be part of season 2, but until now, his role had been kept secret. But as the footage reveals, Osment is playing the aforementioned Kansas City Scalper.
In the clip (above), the Sixth Sense star has Wednesday tied up before she pulls out her secret weapon: Thing. Thing attacks the serial killer, knocking him out, while Wednesday frees herself. She then pulls out an actual weapon — a knife — and tells the scalper, “Let’s play dolls.”
The dark opening won’t surprise fans, especially considering that season 1 opened on Wednesday releasing piranhas into a pool filled with her brother’s bullies, but according to show creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, season 2 will be even darker.
“There’s some moments which are definitely horror movie-worthy,” Millar previously told Entertainment Weekly. “We have that in season 1, but I think this season there are moments that are very intense, I’ll say.”
Jenna Ortega in ‘Wednesday’ season 2. Netflix
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One other tidbit worth pointing out from the scene: Thing calls out the fact that Wednesday’s eyes are bleeding, which she calls “a minor psychic glitch” before telling Thing he has to keep it a secret … particularly from her mother.
For more, you can watch the full opening six minutes of Wednesday season 2 above. The series is set to premiere Part 1 on Aug. 6 and Part 2 on Sept. 3 on Netflix.
