The Bad Beginning: Part One

Episode aired Jan 13, 2017
TV-PGTV-PG
49min

7.7/10

2.7K

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Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Adventure Comedy Drama

After their parents perish in a fire that destroys their entire home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with Count Olaf, who claims to be their distant relative and a renowned actor.After their parents perish in a fire that destroys their entire home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with Count Olaf, who claims to be their distant relative and a renowned actor.After their parents perish in a fire that destroys their entire home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with Count Olaf, who claims to be their distant relative and a renowned actor.After their parents perish in a fire that destroys their entire home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with Count Olaf, who claims to be their distant relative and a renowned actor.After their parents perish in a fire that destroys their entire home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with Count Olaf, who claims to be their distant relative and a renowned actor.

Director
- Barry Sonnenfeld
Writers
- Daniel Handler(as Lemony Snicket)
- Joe Tracz
Stars

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Neil Patrick Harris and Louis Hynes in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Joan Cusack, K. Todd Freeman, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Neil Patrick Harris in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Neil Patrick Harris, John DeSantis, Jacqueline Robbins, Matty Cardarople, and Usman Ally in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Joan Cusack in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Patrick Warburton in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Patrick Warburton and Darcey Johnson in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Director
- Barry Sonnenfeld
Writers
- Daniel Handler(as Lemony Snicket)
- Joe Tracz
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After the three young Baudelaire siblings are left orphaned by a fire in their mansion, they are carted off to live with their distant relative, Count Olaf. Unfortunately, Olaf is a cruel, scheming man and is only after the inheritance that the Baudelaire orphans are set to receive. —Anonymous

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Trivia
Briny Beach is named after the beach in "The Walrus and the Carpenter" poem from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll.

Goofs
When the children serve the pasta puttanesca, between almost every different camera angle, the amount of pasta and sauce on each plate changes. The appearance of the food on the plates differs too, as well as the positions of each diner.

Quotes
Justice Strauss: A library is like an island in a vast sea of ignorance. Don't you agree?
Klaus Baudelaire: I do. Particularly if the library is tall, and the surrounding area has been flooded.

Connections
Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Aidy Bryant/Patrick Warburton/Bibi Bourelly/Leah Shapiro (2017)

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6/10

Watchable,but could have been better.

From the first episode i can see that the show us very much predictable.Although the acting is good the dialogue is cringe worthy. As it says in the first few minutes do not watch it,unless you have a lot of free time like me.

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