Frankly (and earnestly) I hope they aren't siblings because they were not looking at each other like siblings in some of their scenes ;-)

I like Patrick Warburton but I can see where you are coming from with the Jon Hamm thing as well.

In my bit of England, there were a fair few chip fires back in the day. Everyone loves proper chips (by which I mean potatos you cut yourself drenched in some form of boiling oil) but drunk people aren't always great at turning them off………

I think it was at the start of this one but I love Olaf's dark joke about how Uncle Monty won't mind being left alone. Also they hit some interesting subtext with Olaf when he tells Violet "I thought you were a nice girl" which of course is misogynist code for "be an uncomplaining victim sweetie".

I loved Wonderfalls. Great characters.

When he gets a job or brings a significant other to Christmas Dinner.

Well in the remaining books you missed (nine main ones, ten main ones counting Book 14 and the supplementary stuff) Handler starts building in a conspiracy plot around V.F.D and what everyone's parents were up to. It raises a ton of questions of varying degrees of interest. At first it seems like a really clever…

Consultant, a word which here means "person paid exorbitant amounts to say and do things your managers don't have the stomach for".

Henchperson rocks. I'm loving their weird philosophical hipster vibe so damn much.

I always pictured Esme as a blonde but I can't remember if she's ever described that way. Of course she probably just has to dye it a lot anyway ;-)

I don't know if he always speaks like that but the costuming and the tone of voice are great and make me think of old movies every time he speaks.

I did not get a sibling vibe from the way Gustav and Jacquelyn were looking at one another in the sewer but I guess that problem is unlikely to recur…..

I think I read that somewhere before. It might have been TVTropes but I must not, must not check because I don't have four spare hours to spend troping ;-) Was it Comically Missing The Point or Unfortunate Implications or Moral Guardians, I wonder?

That's not a question ;-)

I loved it as well. I don't think the characters are the strongest (they don't feel as fully-formed as some of the other characters in books I read at the time) but what I liked was some sort of recognition that the world can be unfair, people are complex and adults are not infallible and also the Baudelaires'…

I love the Sunny/Hook-Handed Man interaction because it lays the groundwork for the interactions towards the end of the series. (What are the rules on book spoilers again? Because these books have been out a long time).

I'm curious if they have the guts to do The Penultimate Peril faithfully given what the Bauds get up to in that one ;-) Pretty subversive stuff.

"Olaf putting his hand on Violet’s shoulder is incredibly creepy."

They aren't new.

"Of course his impeachment depends largely on whether or not Republicans want to admit they have souls."