The Gates Family

"Here they are. The Gates Family. They scrub up well for psychopaths. There's Garrett, his outcast-hating father, Ansel, and you must be Laurel. They're all long gone. So the question is, why did Goody lead me here?"
-Wednesday Addams about the Gates family

The Gates family is a rich family of normies living in Jericho. The family appears in seasons one and two of the 2022 Netflix TV series Wednesday.

History[]

In 1625, Joseph Crackstone and several Pilgrims locked up and burned several outcasts in the old building where they used to meet. However, one of the outcasts, Goody Addams, escaped and then devoted herself fully to her revenge. Shortly after that, she killed Crackstone, cursed his soul, sealed him in a coffin, and placed a lock of her own blood on the tomb so that no one except one of her direct descendants could open it. Crackstone founded the city of Jericho shortly before his death.

In 1990, Ansel Gates ordered his son Garrett Gates to break into Nevermore Academy in order to poison the prom punch bowl, the Rave'N. However, Garrett was in love with the outcast, Morticia Frump. She was in a relationship with Gomez Addams, who was invited that evening by Larissa Weems. Garrett walks into the academy and sees Gomez kissing Morticia. This sparks a fight between Gomez and Garrett. The fight leads to one of the roofs under renovation at the academy. However, in the scuffle, Garrett breaks the vial of nightshade poison in his pocket and becomes infected. Garrett, who is dying, is about to kill Gomez, but Morticia grabs a sword and accidentally stabs him. Garrett then falls from the roof and crashes to the ground just as Larissa, seeing that her partner had not arrived, leaves the ball and walks across the yard with an umbrella due to the storm. When she sees the body fall, she screams and looks towards the roof, where she sees Gomez brandishing a bloody sword, as Gomez didn't want Morticia to go to jail.

Ansel falls into depression and overdoses on alcohol, which proves fatal to him. After the death of her son Garrett, Mrs. Gates committed suicide by hanging herself after suffering from depression. After the death of her entire family, Laurel drowns on a boat while being transferred to an orphanage overseas. However, she actually faked her death in order to return for revenge against the outcasts, whom she deeply hates.

In 2022, Laurel buys back the family mansion in ruins under the name of Teresa L. Glau, a 90-year-old woman, dyes her hair red, and renames herself Marilyn Thornhill. She gets hired as the first normie teacher at Nevermore Academy, which she hates and intends to destroy. She bides her time patiently, and when Wednesday Addams is about to be transferred to Nevermore, she targets Tyler Galpin, whom she knows is a hyde. She reveals to him the species identity of his mother in order to unlock his hyde and enslave him, then chains him in a cave in order to drug him so that he kills and brings back severed human parts, necessary for the resurrection of Joseph Crackstone. She will, however, be unmasked by Wednesday and Larissa. Marilyn panics, poisons Larissa, killing her, and kidnaps Wednesday. She passes the resurrection ritual and then accompanies Crackstone to Nevermore, where she is abruptly dismissed by the pilgrim. After Wednesday succeeds in destroying Crackstone, she is about to kill her, but a swarm of bees controlled by Eugene Ottinger rushes at her and attacks her. Wednesday knocks her out and she is sent to prison.

In 2023, Marilyn is transferred to Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital and is later killed by Tyler.

Known Members[]

Joseph Crackstone - The ancestor of Ansel, Garrett, and Laurel.
Ansel Gates - He is the husband of Mrs. Gates and the father of Garrett and Laurel.
Mrs. Gates - She is the wife of Ansel and the mother of Garrett and Laurel.
Garrett Gates - He is the son of Ansel and the brother of Laurel.
Laurel Gates - She is the younger sister of Garret and the daughter of Ansel. Up until 2023, she was the last surviving member of the family.

Quotes[]

"But, throughout the centuries, my family has remained committed to Crackstone's mission. My brother died serving that cause."
-Marilyn Thornhill to Wednesday Addams^[src]