Ok, this is the best idea ever.

He's busy writing another genius mortal enemy for Sherlock……

I loved Rhys Darby as Charles and I like the actor playing Sir.

Reading this review makes me wonder if S1 stopped at the wrong point. The parents' reveal isn't pointless so much as it sets up the appearance of the Quagmires.

To be fair to your ten year old sister, that doesn't mean she wouldn't like this ;-) I liked these as books as a teenager when they first came out. But I was a morbid and anxious kid so I was happy to have someone speaking my language ;-)

To be fair that applies to most procedurals. And they don't have Patrick Warburton and some of the weird settings this has ;-)

I think the books work for a specific type of kid. I read them from being a teenager and some of the stuff I liked doesn't necessarily translate that well. For instance Klaus and Violet seem like much more distinct personalities in the book than they did in much of this.

I'm still really curious as to how actual children find watching it though. Leaving aside the odd moments of horror (leeches, dead Monty, [spoilers redacted] ), do they find it depressing and does it spoil it that we don't get the children being like most children that much?

I loved Larry the Waiter and his weird conversations with the henchpeople.

I've read the books a few times and the later ones I've re-read recently. In the end I think the series is more about ideas and references than either plot or character but both then and now I really like the tone, especially compared to certain other children's books I read.

I finished A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix. Personally I found them too heavy to binge watch but I was definitely never tempted to turn off either. I'm just hoping they are able to make the entire series before the kids age out of the roles. I really enjoyed Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket.

I love the deja vu joke.

I love the deja vu joke.

I really liked Woodard as Josephine and I prefer this version of the character to the book version (where the stuff about her once being formidable is much more in the background and almost every object and situation seems to freak her out).

I'm very curious as to what actual children make of this series if anyone is watching it with their kids. I liked the books when I was a kid but to me the Netflix series seems quite dark so I'm curious if it really does work as a family show.

My parents had jobs but thankfully I just let myself in and then waited for them to come home and make dinner. I never had to for instance burn a hotel down or try and persuade an entire island to turn on an autocratic leader ;-)

I never understood why he kidnapped Sunny when she's the furthest from legally being able to get the fortune. Violet is the logical choice as the oldest since she's 14 at the start of the series and 15 in the later books.

I think they are better at playing determined or angry or fed up than "my parents just died" as well.

I always thought Kit and Olaf's relationship added an extra layer to Lemony Snicket's hatred of Count Olaf.

In the later books, it just seems like the adults who might have been effective guardians have more important stuff to handle.