Thoughts on "The Final Problem": Meh.

That was part of - and it's weird to say it like this, but I'm not sure how else to - the charm of the series, though. It didn't pull its punches AT ALL. The humor was there, but so was the wretchedness.

My best guess is that they were just going to spirit the Baudelaires away completely and make them a part of VFD.

The reviewer mentioned that he thought they were pretty consistently funny. "The Wide Window" in particular bothered me. I'm thinking of the ending when she leaps away from Violet's hands to bite something that saves the day, since Sunny is apparently a small wallaby.

Then what the heck is the point of them being there?

Is anyone getting annoyed at how bad the special effects with Sunny are? Like, I get somewhat that it's part of the joke, but I think that's one of the few times the series crosses from cleverly self-ironic to stupid looking.

SPOILER

Well, this is part and parcel with a few reasons I don't like Handler, and is very much in character with what I know of him. So this isn't coming from thin air.

I mean, they claimed a quote. But I suppose I should check to see if it really came off like that.

"The Wide Window" was indeed one of the better books from the series, being essentially an adventure tale. I actually really liked how the Netflix series adapted it personally, but man, "The Miserable Mill" was so freaking good.

Though the death of the major character and injury of another were well done - especially the injury. I cringed and looked away, and I READ the book.

Yeah, I caught that too.

Jane Lynch could work I guess, though for whatever reason I always imagined Esme prettier.

Okay, here is my issue with Olaf's marriage plan, and it's admittedly somewhat nitpicky but, I think, important.

I was SUPER impressed at "The Miserable Mill". It was one of the least memorable books in the series, but it was the best episode of the season. Just awesome. I thought everything about it worked.

One small issue I had with this episode was the members of VFD in the background of the play/marriage. It cuts the tension; after Violet signs the contract they're clearly about to intervene, which means there was a backup plan in place if Violet's loophole doesn't work. It robs the scene of some tension.

I think we should take one moment per episode to just appreciate Patrick Warburton's Lemony Snicket. He works so, so well. It's awesome.

(Captain Sham consistently cracked me up - "Please, call me by my first name - Julio." I died.)

I think it does.

I was disappointed we never got Lemony Snicket's definition of the Gordian Knot from "The Wide Window". It was one of my favorite from the series, and really sold that scene. But "The Wide Window" was pretty great, so eh.