But Gomez reminds Wednesday that, before anything else happens, it's time for the traditional Addams family game, "Full Disclosure". Plotting to break up the happy couple, Pugsley steals a volatile potion from Grandma's private stache - Acrimonium - one swig of which is guaranteed to bring out the dark side in anyone who drinks it.Īfter what is likely a less-than-normal meal, Wednesday quiets the table for Lucas' surprise announcement. Pugsley, having witnessed Wednesday and Lucas making out, worries that he's lost his best friend to her new, disgustingly sunny disposition.
While, lost somewhere in Central Park, young Lucas asks his parents to resist any judgments and all catastrophic conflicts, so both families can enjoy one normal night. Wednesday begs her parents not to cancel the dinner, and exhorts the entire family to act as 'normal' as possible when Lucas and his parents arrive. Like any parents faced with a child in terrible trouble, Gomez and Morticia wonder, "Where did we go wrong?"
Their doubts bloom into actual terror when they eavesdrop on Wednesday, who, in the midst of her afternoon play-date with Pugsley, refuses to torture her brother. Wednesday is their baby, even if she is eighteen. Gomez and Morticia are understandably leery. Two different worlds are about to collide. So what's the problem? The young man, Lucas Beineke, is from Ohio, and his parents are coming to dinner to meet the family. What's the secret? Wednesday Addams has grown up and found love. The unchanging Addams family values are about to be tested.įester enlists their help to set things right, just in case a new family secret goes terribly wrong. But, at the end of the ritual, Fester blocks the ancestors' return to their graves. They seem at peace, not just with each other and their dead ancestors, too - who emerge from their graves on this night each year to join in this celebration of continuity. Gomez, Morticia, Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley and Lurch have gathered in the family graveyard, to celebrate life and death in a yearly ritual to connect with their past and ensure their future.
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