Theories about the woman in Willow Hill
I remember seeing a Wenclair mutual on X post an interview with the show's creators that said something like, "Nobody really dies on the show."
And that made me think about all the aforementioned "deaths" from the series. Mentioned ones we haven't seen on screen.
Which deaths we DID see:
Which deaths we DIDN'T see:
Rowan's Mother (My crazy Theory)
I was thinking about all those deaths mentioned in the show (that I remember) after reading that post on X. It's possible that the real deaths in the show are the ones we're shown (I don't think Rowan counts because we know it was Larissa pretending to be him).
And the other deaths that are mentioned, but not seen, may leave the door open for that character to "return" in some way.
The way Wednesday is thrown around in episode 4 reminded me of Rowan Laslow and the Da Vincis. They can move objects with their minds, and Rowan's mother is supposed to have died, but we never saw her die.
Excerpt from Rowan to Wednesday:
"My mother drew that picture 25 years ago when she was a student at Nevermore. She was a powerful seer. Told me about it before she died."
"My mother said it was my destiny to stop this girl if she ever came to Nevermore, because she would destroy the school and everyone in it."
What I find curious is the trivia on the Addams Wiki page:
The ironic part of Rowan's goal is that he was right in the meta/multiverse sense; Wednesday was the threat his mother predicted. Not just the titular version of her, but instead the 1990s film version.
This means that Rowan's mother was talking about Christina Ricci's Wednesday, who years later became Marilyn Thornhill. Rowan's mom was right, but she got Wednesdays wrong.
With this I could rule out Rowan's mother, but there are still two women who, I think it's a general thought in the fandom, could be either Ophelia Frump or Francoise Galpin.
With this, I could rule out Rowan's mother, but there are still two women who, I think it's a general belief in the fandom, could be either Ophelia Frump or Francoise Galpin.
Francoise Galpin:
This is one of the most popular theories, and the one that's probably the correct one. That the Willow Hill woman is Francoise Galpin.
Excerpt from the Addams Wiki:
At some point in her life, Francoise met Donovan Galpin, a normie living in Jericho. They later fell in love, got married, and had a son named Tyler together. After her pregnancy, Francoise suffered from postpartum depression, which then led to her being released from hyde. According to her personal medical records, her transformation into a hyde led her to be institutionalized at the Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital.
She later died at some point afterward. Her death would have profound consequences for her family in the years to come, as Donovan would neglect and emotionally distance himself from a vulnerable Tyler, whom he feared inherited his late wife's genetic outcast.
If this is true, Donovan hid from Tyler his entire life that his mother was still alive.
From the way Wednesday fell in Episode 4, it really must have been someone with incredible strength who pushed her, and obviously, she was facing off against Tyler's Hyde.
If he was the one who pushed her, where was the woman who was with her?
This is by far my favorite. That the woman Wednesday rescued was her aunt Ophelia. It's true, her cell was the most protected of all, and it makes sense that it's because Francoise's Hyde must have been contained, but this still doesn't make sense to me.
I still don't understand that Donovan didn't realize his wife was locked in that cell when he knew about L.O.I.S.
Excerpt from the Addams wiki about Ophelia:
In season two, Ophelia is constantly mentioned by her older sister, Morticia; it is revealed that, like her niece Wednesday, she was a psychic raven. However, she took her power to the extreme and finally ended up going insane. Hester, her mother, was forced to admit her to an asylum despite Morticia's pleas not to do so. Morticia knew that the asylum would only make Ophelia's condition worse. Hester did not listen to Morticia and sent Ophelia to the asylum. Ophelia escaped and was never heard from again.
Ophelia is supposed to have escaped from Willow Hill at some point, but do you think, given how strict Hester Frump seems to be, that she wouldn't have sought out her daughter to lock her up again?
Another thing that caught my attention was that the woman had no other containment than that cell. If she's a Hyde, she should have had at least chains, but no. Just a small, super-secure cell, apparently. Not very good for containing a Hyde, considering how Tyler was locked up and what he said about the cell he was locked in.
We never saw where the woman escaped to, but if she's Tyler's mother, something tells me she must have recognized him as a Hyde because she's one too.
Now, if the woman is a Hyde, does that mean that by freeing her, Wednesday has become her master?
I wouldn't like that to happen very much. That would be a direct link between Wednesday and the Galpins, and we already know Jenna and Wednesday don't want anything to do with them.
That's why it's better that the woman is Ophelia. That she was locked up like a monster because it was the only way Hester could keep her locked up without the danger of her escaping.
A Hyde couldn't be contained, because they're monsters that only masters can contain.
The only detail that wouldn't fit with Ophelia would be her hair, because Ophelia was always blonde, but this is a reinvention, so they were able to do it in a way that…
Finally, the photo of young Morticia's fencing team.
Finally, the photo of young Morticia's fencing team.
Francoise, could the brunette girl be a mermaid? Xavier's or Rowan's mother? And Yoko's mother?
I don't even know who they are other than the ones we already know, but I think it's interesting to see a little more about this.
Place your bets, folks. Who's that woman? Friend or Enemy?
