You can’t deny Capri playing ‘Zombie’ on piano while Slurp sets himself free in Wednesday Season 2 was a pretty neat trick

The second season of Wednesday episode 4, titled 'If These Woes Could Talk,' dropped on August 6, 2025 and featured Isadora Capri playing a piano rendition of Zombie while Slurp sets himself free from the asylum killing some patients and fighitng with guards, and Wednesday freeing uncle Fester, finding out a hidden facility where some outcasts are being experiemented.

Therefore, that “Zombified piano trick” in Season 2 is more than just a musical interlude. It is a beautifully crafted moment brimming with suspense, misdirection, and thematic flair, most liked by the fans. The music gains a crescendo in between and drops down, providing a strange calm over the room while the tension underneath is brewing.

Capri playing ‘Zombie’ on piano while Slurp sets himself free in Wednesday Season 2 was a neat trick

In season 2, episode 4, Capri’s moment with the "Zombie" by The Cranberries piano cover is basically a diversion tactic.

In the scene where Capri is seen playing the Zombie music, which has distracted staff and calmed down the patients gives Slurp time to set himself free from the chains. More brutal and stronger, he goes head to head with the guards, and the chaos intensifies with the Zombie song rhythm intensifying along with Slurp action, suggesting that Slurp has become unstoppable this time.

Slurp kills both Dr. Fairburn and Augustus Stonehurst, consuming their brains and even speaking for the first time. He says, "Hello, old friend." This suggests that he is no more a Zombie but is rather evolving both physically and mentally. Therefore, Capri's song becomes of utmost significance; it becomes about the rise of Slurp.

The song is adding to the visuals, the action comes with a subtext and a meaning, adding to the narrative and serving as a cover in the story, and a distraction while Slurp goes on a killing spree in the facility. Essentially, Capri’s music softens the atmosphere for the patients but also fuels the emotional undercurrent of rebellion and unrest in the facility.

How does Wednesday and Fester use the distraction of the song?

While in the Slurp case, the song is a nice symbolic touch, "Zombie" is about resistance and cycles of violence, which mirrors the Outcasts’ fight against being caged and experimented on. Wednesday uses this distraction caused by the song to free Uncle Fester.

While Capri plays, Wednesday sneaks through the facility unnoticed, making her way toward the cell where Uncle Fester is being held. The timing is just perfect as the guards are glued to the song, paving the way for her.

Wednesday and Fester continue their investigation further and enter a code into a locked area. They see a secret passage there, and some shocking discoveries unfold. They discover an underground Lab where the Outcasts are being experimented on. Their deaths were faked against their wills.

Therefore, with this song sequence, the show concludes its major mysteries and subplots in just a few minutes. Wednesday rescues Fester while Slurp is free, and the massive conspiracy of fake deaths comes to light.

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