This post contains spoilers for "Edward Scissorhands" and "Wednesday" season 2.

Tim Burton's distinctive vision defines Netflix's "Wednesday," which is back with a two-part second season that promises to double the Gothic mysteries offered by the first one. Sure enough, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) is pulled into a mysterious case as soon as she returns to Nevermore Academy, which serves as the perfect site for ooky-spooky monsters (and the odd stalker) to come out and play. Season 2 leans into Burton's aesthetic blueprint to create its own visual identity, which comes to life through muted yet colorful palettes, macabre Gothic architecture, and Wednesday's gloomy presence (which both contrasts and complements her surroundings).

But Burton's vision encapsulates much more than the wor

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