Fans have noticed that the second season of Netflix’s Wednesday has only returned with four episodes
Season two of Netflix’s Wednesday has finally landed to rave reviews, with fans getting four spine-chilling new episodes to devour, reports the Express.
The programme made its much-anticipated return after first premiering back in 2022.
Numerous fans have been left utterly baffled after the Jenna Ortega series only came back with four episodes.
Here’s the lowdown on Wednesday season two and why there are merely four episodes available.
Is Wednesday season 2 only 4 episodes?
No, is the short answer. There are currently just four episodes of Wednesday available on Netflix – additional ones will be dropping next month.
Wednesday season two’s launch has been divided into two separate phases.
Similar to its forerunner, there’s a total of eight episodes in Wednesday season two, but they’re being rolled out in two portions. So fans can relax knowing further episodes are coming.
Netflix chose to divide season two of Wednesday in half, with the initial four episodes released together on Wednesday, August 6.
The latter half, consisting of episodes five to eight, arrives on Wednesday, September 3.
Speaking about the release pattern, Wednesday’s co-creator Alfred Gough revealed to Forbes that the choice was “something that came from Netflix.”
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Nevertheless, it allowed both Gough and fellow co-creator Miles Millar to structure the storyline differently and leave fans hanging on a massive cliffhanger. Gough revealed that this fresh format allowed them to “change up the storytelling mystery” and for the first half of the season to “feel complete” in itself, rather than making audiences wait until the final eighth episode.
This release schedule is a stark contrast to the first series, when Netflix released the entire first season of Wednesday all at once.
Other programmes that have seen their seasons divided include Bridgerton’s third season and Cobra Kai’s sixth season, with the latter being split into three parts.
The upcoming fifth and final season of Stranger Things will also be extended over three parts spanning a few months.
Netflix has been progressively dividing the release of its major shows to sustain interest and crucially, keep subscribers on its platform.
Watch Wednesday on Netflix for free with Sky
Sky is giving away a free Netflix subscription with its new Sky Stream TV bundles, including the £15 Essential TV plan.
This lets members watch live and on-demand TV content without a satellite dish or aerial and includes hit shows like Wednesday.
This decision comes amidst an increasingly congested streaming market, with numerous video-on-demand platforms vying for space and subscribers.
When Netflix initially launched with its first-ever Original series House of Cards, the platform would release entire shows as a boxset for fans to binge-watch.
Seeing Netflix’s success, other platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Disney+, and many others subsequently launched.
However, the significant difference is, many of these platforms, particularly Apple TV+, release episodes on a weekly basis to maintain their subscription base.
Netflix is likely to persist with this trend of releasing shows in parts moving forward as they strive to retain their share of the streaming market.
Wednesday season 2, part 1 is streaming now on Netflix and part 2 will be released on September 3
