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A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Netflix Original Series

Yesterday, Netflix released it's newest Original series, A Series of Unfortunate Events starring Neil Patrick Harris, Louis Hynes, and Malina Weissman. It is based the children's novel series of Lemony Snicket.

Synopsis

The series follows the adventures of three siblings: the Baudelaire orphans. Snicket explains that very few positive things happen to the children, but much misfortune befalls them. Violet Baudelaire, the eldest, is fourteen when the series begins and is an inventor. Klaus Baudelaire, the middle child, is twelve when the books begin; he loves books and is an extraordinary reader. Sunny Baudelaire is a baby in the beginning of the series, and enjoys biting things; she develops a love for cooking later in the series.

The children become orphans after their parents are killed in a fire at the family mansion. In The Bad Beginning, they are sent to live with a distant relative named Count Olaf after briefly living with Mr. Poe, a banker in charge of the orphans' affairs. The siblings discover that Count Olaf intends to get his hands on the enormous Baudelaire fortune, which Violet is to inherit when she reaches 18 years of age. In the first book, he attempts to marry Violet, pretending it is the storyline for his latest play, but the plan falls through when Violet uses her left hand to sign the marriage document.

In the following six books, Olaf disguises himself, finds the children and, with help from his many accomplices, tries to steal their fortune, committing arson, murder, and other crimes. In the eighth through twelfth books, the orphans adopt disguises while on the run from the police after Count Olaf frames them for his own murder. The Baudelaires routinely try to get help from Mr. Poe, but he, like many of the adults in the series, is oblivious to the dangerous reality of the children's situation.

As the books continue, the children uncover more of the mystery surrounding their parents' deaths and find that their parents were in a secret organization, V.F.D., along with several other adults they meet. After the acronym first appears at the end of The Austere Academy, the siblings find several red herrings that share the initials. They then start to meet "volunteers" and gradually learn about the organization, although they discover several mysteries that are never explained. In The End, the children find a diary written by their parents that answers many of their questions, but also raises many more. Snicket does not know what happened to the children after the end of the series.

[ from Wikipedia.com ]

Episodes and Other Information

The series consists of 8 episodes with confirmed Season 2 and Season 3 follow-up. Most critics voted positive on this series. Based on the 37 reviews, it got 8.2/10. RottenTomatoes gave it a 92% rating. We are sure that this series is good!. For our Colours rating. We gave this series a score of 8.5/10. It's good and entertaining for us here at Colours.

Be sure to catch "A Series of Unfortunate Events". Now Streaming on Netflix!