She's back! Yes, Gwendoline Christie is officially returning as Larissa Weems for Wednesday season two, part two.
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.
The real reason why Weems is back for season 2
Ok so after much debate amongst fans as to what Weems' role in the new series could be, the trailer released earlier today has finally confirmed why she is back.
Drum roll please...Weems is Wednesday's new spirit guide. In the trailer Weems is seen telling Wednesday what role she is having in her life now. Wednesday awakes from her coma (yay) and then asks Weems who has turned up in her hospital room: "If I'm not dead then why are you here?" to which Weems replies: "Because I am your new spirit guide."
Back in season one Wednesday had the spirit guide of her family ancestor Goody, however Goody sacrificed herself to save Wednesday and so Wednesday was left without a guide for the first half of the season.
What happened to Weems in season 1?
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.
All the theories fans had about Weems' return
Though we now know that Weems will be Wednesday's spirit guide many fans theorised Weems hadn't actually died and was instead alive and shape-shifting to save herself.
Some fans theorised right Weems had shape-shifted into Lurch 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.
There was 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, which lead to some thinking he could be Weems in disguise.
Meanwhile other fans thought 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!"
We can't wait to see Weems back in action on 3rd September.
Wednesday season two part one is available on Netflix now
