As “Wednesday” heads into production in Ireland with Jenna Ortega back at Nevermore Academy, Netflix’s “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” Season 2 is already proving it has its own grip on viewers—ranking among the ten most-watched shows in the U.S. and climbing
In April, the world got its first real look at the next chapter for Jenna Ortega’s nihilistic psychic teen. Wednesday Season 3 entered production in Ireland, and Ortega is set to return to Nevermore Academy for what’s described as her toughest case yet.
This time, the search for Enid—played by Emma Myers—stays front and center, with Tyler (Hunter Doohan) looking poised to return as well. Winona Ryder has also joined the cast, adding extra buzz after she teamed up with Ortega and Tim Burton on the legacy sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
The “Wednesday” momentum is hard to ignore, especially for Myers, whose role as Pip Fitz-Amobi comes from a different kind of obsession: a cozy British murder-mystery. Myers’ standout small-screen work is in A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, based on Holly Jackson’s popular book trilogy.
Season 2 of that series recently landed on Netflix and is already gathering serious attention. As of the time of writing. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Season 2 ranks among the ten most-watched shows on Netflix in the U.S. The show can’t knock The Boroughs from the top spot. but it still returns strong—reaching as high as #2 in Hungary. Latvia. and Sri Lanka.
In a review for Collider, Jasneet Singh praised Season 2 for being “even darker, stronger,” and added that “Season 2 has forged its identity and hit a stride that elicits more excitement for the future of Pip’s story.”
The numbers online tell their own story about just how much viewers are willing to binge. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Jenna Ortega’s teen series has an average score of 80% (critics) and 81% (audiences). By comparison, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Season 2 posts an 86% critics score and a near-perfect 96% audience score.
Taken together. it’s a reminder that when actors like Emma Myers step into a world. audiences don’t just follow a character—they follow the hook that makes them keep pressing play. While Wednesday Season 3 prepares to raise the stakes in Ireland. Pip’s puzzle-solving streak on Netflix is already pulling viewers back in. chapter after chapter. as A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Season 2 streams now on Netflix.
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