A Series of Unfortunate Events

The dreadful history of the Baudelaire children begins with a deadpan narrator, a terrible fire and the ominous arrival of a distant relative.

After the Baudelaires move in with Dr. Montgomery, a renowned expert in reptile behavior, their new guardian hires a frighteningly familiar assistant.

The orphans arrive at the aptly named Lake Lachrymose to meet their widowed Aunt Josephine, a strict grammarian whos haunted by the past.

The children arrive at the Lucky Smells Lumber Mill and unearth some unsettling accusations about their parents. Count Olaf courts an old flame.

The Baudelaires begin life at boarding school and meet a pair of mysterious siblings whose tragic lives sound eerily similar to their own.

Violet, Klaus and Sunny get new guardians in a fashionable building, where stairs are in -- and the elevators out. Jacques Snicket trains a recruit.

Mr. Poe brings the Baudelaires to V.F.D., a bird-loving village with an Old West vibe. Jacques and Olivia continue their search for the Quagmires.

Life on the lam leads the Baudelaires to a horrifying hospital with an enormous library that could hold the answers to all of their questions.

Come one, come all to the creepiest circus the world has ever seen, a place where puzzling mysteries -- and a familiar face -- await.

While Count Olaf makes his way to V.F.D. headquarters with Sunny, Klaus and Violet are exactly where we left them: careening toward the edge of a cliff.

A young submarine captain with ties to the V.F.D. reveals shes looking for the sugar bowl. But so is Esmé Squalor, whos on a mission to find it first.

Various parties converge at the Hotel Denouement, where the mysterious "J.S." has called the V.F.D. together -- and things arent always what they seem.

The final chapter takes the orphans to a deserted island: a place of lost lives, old stories and new beginnings. It all ends here.