"I'm a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else." .............................. --Wednesday Addams on her Halloween Costume

Gomez is unhappy, as the 25th anniversary of his brother Fester's disappearance is approaching. 'Don't torture yourself, Gomez', Morticia advises him. 'That's my job.' Meanwhile, the Family lawyer, flat-broke Tully Alford, arrives, with his wife, Margaret. His plans to fleece the Family fail. He owes money to Mrs. Craven, who has her thuggish son, Gordon, threaten Tully. Tully notices that Gordon looks a lot like Fester, and a plan evolves for the three of them to get their hands on the Family's money. When the annual seance is held by the Addams Family, Fester arrives at the door, accompanied by Mrs. Craven, posing as Dr. Pinderschloss, a psychiatrist. She claims that Fester was fished out of the ocean alter being stranded with amnesia in the Bermuda Triangle. Wednesday is very suspicious of this story, but Gomez accepts the newcomer.

Wednesday plays with Pugsley in the electric chair, a new game called 'Is there a God?' Gomez shows Fester the vault, below the house and down an underground river. The combination is '2-10-11: eyes, fingers, toes'. Gomez admits his own jealousy drove Fester away and asks for forgiveness. Fester agrees, but he's forgetting too much, and Gomez is growing suspicious of him. 'Dr. Pinderschhiss' cures Gomez's suspicions, and Fester starts to settle in.

Dr. Pinderschloss: The human spirit, it is a very difficult thing to kill.
Grandmama: Even with a chain saw!

That night is the children' s school play, and Fester helps them to make fall-apart limbs that spray the shocked audience with blood. Gomez throws a party to welcome Fester home, and they dance the traditional Mamoushka.

Gomez: How long has it been since we waltzed?
Morticia: Oh, Gomez... hours.

Mrs. Craven is furious with her son, and Wednesday overhears them plotting. Tully gets an idea and has the local judge (who loathes the Family) issue an order declaring that the Family treasures and property belong to the older brother, Fester. The Family is thrown out.

They have to take a room at a motel. Wednesday and Pugsley attempt to sell lemonade, while Morticia gets a job telling stories to children (leaving them shocked and in tears).


Girl Scout: Is this made from real lemons?
Wednesday: Yes.
Girl Scout: I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they're real lemons?
Pugsley: Yes.
Girl Scout: I'll tell you what. I'll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Wednesday: Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

Thing delivers overnight letters, while Gomez becomes addicted to chat-shows and sitcoms. Morticia returns to the mansion to try and talk sense to Fester. She's captured and tortured. Just as she' s enjoying herself, Thing returns with Gomez to the rescue. Gordon, finally, has become fed up with his mother and Tully and switches sides to help the Addams'. He causes a hurricane that sends Tully and Mrs. Craven spinning into graves. The children bury them. 'Are they dead?' asks Pugsley. 'Does it matter?' replies Wednesday. Gordon is hit by a lightning bolt which restores his memory. He really is Fester, and was lost in the Bermuda Triangle. The Family is together again. Margaret Alford falls in love with Cousin Itt, and the children all join happily in a game of 'wake the dead'. Bring your own shovel...

summary taken from here.

Ahhhh..... listen to this, mon cher.

-Kate