Even though Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) has clearly seen Rowan (Calum Ross) being killed by some monster last episode, the police can find no traces of the boy's body, and what's more, he eventually turns up alive and apparently unscathed - but it's said he'll be leaving the school. Wednesday siccs her reduced-to-a-hand relative and roommate Thing after Rowan but Thing loses him at the trainstation - and one can't blame Thing because who appeared as Rowan was actually a shapeshifter. Wednesday wants to investigate the scene of the crime herself, so has her roommate Enid (Emma Myers) cover for her at her extra-curricular activity - bee-keeping - in return for a favour of course, to become a member of their dorm's rowing team. Of course, Wednesday within minutes finds a clue the sheriff (Jamie McShane) and all his search team, including dogs, have overlooked, Rowan's broken glasses. But the attention is soon shifted to the annual Poe Cup, a rowing competition with pretty much no rules, and a competition that's usually won by the school's queen bee Bianca (Joy Sunday) - not very surprisingly as her team's helped by a merman with a predilection for crushing rowboats on her side. But Wednesday has equipped her team's boat with a few gadgets to both take care of the merman and destroy other boats, and she has also Thing on her side - so of course, the team of her dorm wins in the end, the first time since her mother rowed for the dorm, as her bubbly dorm mother (Christina Ricci) tells her.

I won't say this episode isn't beautifully made and very well-acted, it just takes a tangent from its main story into typical high school drama way too soon with the rowing competition. And that part of the story isn't really worked at, it seems to be just good for a few sight gags (some of which are at least really funny) but lacks substance - also because it's pretty clear from the beginning that Wednesday's team will win this. And it's a shame too that this tangent has been taken as what little we got from the main story was pretty interesting.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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