Why Thing feels he is being treated like a servant in Wednesday Season 2? Family drama explored

Thing’s blatant declaration: "Stop treating me like a servant," is a blink-and-you-will-miss-it moment in Wednesday Season 2, Episode 2, but it is also one of those little emotional whammy scenes that sticks.

Amid gothic comedy, the episode grants Thing an unusual voice: He yells his frustration as Morticia scolds him for being disloyal, and he shoots back with that line. It is a moment that might seem insignificant on the pages but is bigger on the display screen as it is both hilarious and heartfelt at the same time.

Why does Thing feel like a servant in the Addams family?

Thing may be a little prosthetic hand, but he has a heart that is big enough to feel and love. In the second episode of Wednesday Season 2, 'The Devil You Woe,' we get a brief moment where his feelings come rushing to the surface. When Morticia criticizes Thing severely, accusing him of not showing his loyalty to the Addams Family, as he was supposed to tell them everything that Wednesday was doing, Thing retaliates by saying that he is fed up with being made to feel like their servant.

The show goes on a brief, humorous yet uncomfortable montage in which the family continually tasks Thing to do household chores such as serving drinks or acting as the golf tee, where Gomez even accidentally hits Thing instead of hitting the golf ball. The scene hits with a comedic beat and emotional genuineness.

Thing's voice makes us remember that even in a world of walking dead pets, the most important things in life are family relations and the hurt of being ignored have real gravitas. We see Morticia immediately admitting their mistake and apologising:

“I admit, perhaps there may have been times when we overstepped. I'm so sorry we depend on your steady hand so much.”

While Wednesday compensates by gifting him a Napoleonic-era thumbscrew, Morticia and Gomez book him a special massage day appointment at their place.

A forgotten birthday

Following the “servant” scene, there is another such hook; it turns out to be Thing’s birthday, and sadly, nobody remembered, not even Wednesday. One of the presents (a ridiculous one from Uncle Fester) catches Enid's eye, and she makes Thing an honorary wolf-pack member.

The tone shifts: It is no longer about running errands but feeling as if you do not exist to those whom you expect to take care of you. The humor works not only because it is absurd: A little hand with a little party that Enid arranged in less than a minute, but also because it stings. Skewed love, drunk mini-bottles, and a single present: All of it tells us how devastated Thing feels being ignored by his family.

The Addams family dynamics on Wednesday

It is a well-known fact that the Addams family is affectionate; still, we see Season 2 experimenting with the possibilities of love and hierarchy. Morticia can be a very dominating figure, Gomez is fun-loving yet inattentive to housekeeping decisions, and the rest of the family members tread on paths between comfort and affection.

Thing does not quite slot into it easily: He is family and also the hand that everyone wants to undertake all the fiddly work. That makes a traditional story of power imbalance in the family, such as the one performing the free labor and the others who reap the emotional benefits. It is usually Enid, though, who turns a subtle eye of observation towards Thing as being bigger than just a dismembered hand.

In a world replete with psychic visions, murder-plot crow riddles, and invisible stalkers, Thing still manages to steal the spotlight with his mini emo breakdown. In spite of having zero dialogues, Thing gives the macabre some heart, the gothic a little humor, and, more importantly, some much-needed empathy to the dysfunctional dynamics of the Addams Family.

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