It's been quite a while since anything to do with The Addams Family has been spotlighted and even longer since anything to do with The New Addams Family has been spotlight. Well I thought that now was the absolutely right time to kill two birds with one stone and talk about an episode from The New Addams Family as that's a version of the characters that really isn't talked about all that much even if it was the last time the family appeared in live action media until 2022's Wednesday and so then join me as I review that has shockingly quite alot of violence in it with the episode in question being called simply just "Deadbeat Relatives" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when Wednesday accidently brings back someone from the dead it's up to her , Pugsley and Uncle Fester to send him back before he offs Gomez and marries Morticia once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as unlike alot of this shows episodes this wasn't based off of an episode of the original TV show and is instead an original plot line that's exclusive to this show and with that in mind the plot of this episode whilst it isn't all that bad it's also not all that good either as it's a plot line that could have been better by showing Uncle Vlad attempting and failing to woo Morticia all the while while showing the kids and Fester trying to prevent him all of which really would have shown that this is a strong family unit and yet because of the fact that we really don't get to see much of that all the plot of this episode does is make the characters look dumb but in an enjoyable sense tho with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is The Devil's Rejects star Glenn Taranto as Gomez Addams and Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist star Ellie Harvie as Morticia Addams. Also starring in this episode is Betty Phillips as Grandmama , Doctor Who: The Movie star Michael Roberds as Uncle Fester , Brody Smith as Pugsley Addams , Nicole Fugère as Wednesday Addams , Steven Fox as Thing , John DeSantis as Lurch and Christopher Shyer as Uncle Vlad.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As the episodes cast do make the most of what little that there given to do with the true standout performer in this episode being Christopher Shyer as Uncle Vlad who is obviously having the time of his life playing this character and that is something that really does shine through as does the fact that Nicole Fugère is also having a blast in this episode with her being a very underrated version of Wednesday and while her acting in this episode isn't as good as it has been in previous episodes that's more due to the scripts and direction that she's given and not due to her as an actress with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is so good that all this episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this episode.
For some rather odd reason despite her being apart of the main plot the episode really doesn't give Morticia all that much to actually do in this episode. As while the character does appear in alot of scenes in this episode she really doesn't do anything to advance the overall plot of the episode with her instead just going along with everything that's going on in the episode which is something that a character like Morticia wouldn't do as the second that she saw that Gomez was going through something she'd go out of her way to make sure that he's OK and yet even tho this version of the character sees Gomez is going through something she doubles down on it and makes matters worse with that being really the only thing that she contributes to the plot of the episode and that's really it but apart from that she adds nothing to the overall plot of the episode and while the episode couldn't have happened without her due to her being a key part of the plot there should have been some effort to make sure that she at least adds something to the actual plot of the episode instead of just having her lie in bed and do nothing for the vast majority of the episodes running time.
As a villain Uncle Vlad is a pretty entertaining villain as he does have alot of really fun moments in this episode. With it being helped by the fact that the character does have a clear end goal in mind in trying to get Morticia to marry him and while his end goal would also come back in the two part episode Morticia's Romance it would have been better if this episode was a two part episode as it would have allowed Uncle Vlad to be alot more villainous then what he is in this episode and it would have allowed for alot more fun moments with this character as well but at the same time there's only so many time that you could see try and fail to off Gomez before it would start to get boring with that element being one of the more entertaining elements of this episode and while Vlad as a villain is a really fun villain he's also one that does have a limited shelf life as there's only so long that you can see a character like him try and fail to marry Morticia and try and fail to off Gomez and with that in mind while this episode would have been better off a two part episode it also would be stretching the character thin something that isn't the case with the episode as it is.
For a kids show this episode is also very shockingly violent as you straight up see Wednesday cut Uncle Vlad in half. While yes they do explain how he is able to survive such things as he's already dead it's still something that you wouldn't expect to see in what is quite literally a kids TV show with this being made all the more worse when you take into account that both Vlad and Gomez have a sword fight and an actual fight near the end of the episode and yet not one bit of it is censored and while yes they do have alot of kid friendly fights as well as you see Gomez and Vlad have a pillow fight and have a Thumb War that doesn't take away from the fact that the two of them do have a fairly violent fight something which does make sense for the The Addams Family as a brand as they are a family that are into the dark the macabre and would hit in each other with alot of sharp weaponry it's still shocking to see them get away with this level of violence in a kids TV show and it makes you wonder why they don't do more of it on shows where it would also make sense for them to be acting like that and it also makes you wonder why this version of The Addams Family are as violent as they really are in this very show.
As is pretty much the norm for The Addams Family adaptations they do make Wednesday the main character of this episode. Which is something that does make sense as she is the one who would be into casting spells but at the same time there's only so many stories that you can tell with her as a main character and this is sadly one of them with the episode not really doing a good job of showcasing why Wednesday needed to be the main character as they very easily could have had Grandmama fill in the exact same role that Wednesday plays in this episode with there being nothing about the plot that would needed to be changed as both characters have the same interests and it would also make alot more sense for Grandmama to be the one that brings back Uncle Vlad as she's always been written as a character that isn't the sharpest tool in the shed and as a result of that is the fact that having her be the one to bring back Vlad would make alot of sense for her character and it would also give her character something to do instead of just straight up disappearing from the episode whilst Wednesday could help Gomez out in his plot to try and Morticia for himself.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and seven seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstanderd running time for this show to have to this episodes credit it really does have more then enough plot there to really cover that large amount of running time and while yes this episode really would have been better if it was longer as that allow more time for the characters to get across what it id that there personalities instead of just having them all fight for screen time which is something that is very sadly the case with this episode it would also mean stretching the plot of the episode thin with this making the plot of the episode even more thinner then what it already is and while on the flip side of that is the fact that it would also mean having more Vlad which would make the episode alot more entertaining to watch when push does come to shove the plot of the episode has to always come first and if the plot of the episode doesn't require a long time then the episode shouldn't be forced to have that much more longer time but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us n this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us un this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As this episode does have alot of really cute and funny jokes about like the fact that instead of sunbathing the family at the start f the episode are moonbathing which is something that they wold do and alot of the jokes in this episode are like that as alot of that are things that these characters would say and do like the fact that Uncle Fester is openly happy that Pugsley dislocated just one of his shoulders while his on a stretching rack which is funny and it's totally in keeping with the types of jokes that these characters would indeed make and while yes alot of this episodes jokes are really good there are some bad jokes to be found in this very episode as well but those don't represent the overall majority of the jokes that are in this episode and are instead the minority of the jokes that are in this very episode as alot of this episodes jokes are really good , funny and cute jokes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a solid episode that had alot of really funny jokes in it but at the same time tho it's an episode that did have alot of flaws in it and could have been alot better then what it actually ended up being this is despite the fact that it did have alot of things going for it it just doesn't live up to all of the potential that this episode really did have in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally use in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the really wonderful the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page as since all of the images that are currently up and featured / presented to us up and on the really great and really and really truly wonderful on the official The Addams Family fandom wiki page are all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being all really fairly freaking high in definition.