8.7/101,133 votesLoading...#1 - Penultimate Peril (2)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/1/2019
Big secrets are revealed when Count Olaf goes on trial in the hotel lobby. The Baudelaires are the first to take the stand, but will justice be served?
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Joe Tracz, Daniel Handler
8.6/101,109 votesLoading...#2 - Penultimate Peril (1)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/1/2019
Various parties converge at the Hotel Denouement, where the mysterious "J.S." has called the V.F.D. together -- and things aren't always what they seem.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Joe Tracz, Daniel Handler
8.5/101,283 votesLoading...#3 - The End
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/1/2019
The final chapter takes the orphans to a deserted island: a place of lost lives, old stories and new beginnings. It all ends here.
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: Joe Tracz, Daniel Handler
8.4/101,180 votesLoading...#4 - Carnivorous Carnival (2)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/30/2018
Still posing as conjoined carnival freaks, the Baudelaires brace themselves for a beastly fate. Will good fortune intervene ... for once?
Director: Loni Peristere
Writer: Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
8.3/101,968 votesLoading...#5 - The Miserable Mill (2)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/13/2017
Klaus just isn't himself after seeing Dr. Orwell, an optometrist with oddly optimistic patients. Meanwhile, Violet works to clear her parents' names.
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: Daniel Handler, Tatiana Suarez-Pico
8.3/101,166 votesLoading...#6 - Carnivorous Carnival (1)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/30/2018
Come one, come all to the creepiest circus the world has ever seen, a place where puzzling mysteries -- and a familiar face -- await.
Director: Loni Peristere
Writer: Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
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8.2/101,192 votesLoading...#7 - The Hostile Hospital (1)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/30/2018
Life on the lam leads the Baudelaires to a horrifying hospital with an enormous library that could hold the answers to all of their questions.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Daniel Handler, Joshua Conkel
8.1/102,213 votesLoading...#8 - The Reptile Room (1)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2017
After the Baudelaires move in with Dr. Montgomery, a renowned expert in reptile behavior, their new guardian hires a frighteningly familiar assistant.
Director: Mark Palansky
Writer: Daniel Handler
8.1/102,096 votesLoading...#9 - The Reptile Room (2)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/13/2017
Klaus and Violet suspect Count Olaf and his evil cohorts when a lifeless body turns up in the reptile room. Sunny sees the inside of a suitcase.
Director: Mark Palansky
Writer: Daniel Handler
8.1/101,273 votesLoading...#10 - The Ersatz Elevator (1)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2018
Violet, Klaus and Sunny get new guardians in a fashionable building, where stairs are in -- and the elevator's out. Jacques Snicket trains a recruit.
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: Daniel Handler
8.1/101,232 votesLoading...#11 - The Ersatz Elevator (2)
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/2018
The Baudelaires find their friends -- and then lose them -- at the bottom of an elevator shaft. Count Olaf conducts an auction in disguise.
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: Daniel Handler
8.1/101,164 votesLoading...#12 - The Hostile Hospital (2)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2018
A bearded Klaus and Sunny comb the hospital's crumbling halls for Violet, who's being held prisoner under Count Olaf's questionable "care."
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Daniel Handler, Joshua Conkel
8.0/101,958 votesLoading...#13 - The Miserable Mill (1)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/13/2017
The children arrive at the Lucky Smells Lumber Mill and unearth some unsettling accusations about their parents. Count Olaf courts an old flame.
Director: Bo Welch
Writer: Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
8.0/101,140 votesLoading...#14 - Slippery Slope (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2019
While Count Olaf makes his way to V.F.D. headquarters with Sunny, Klaus and Violet are exactly where we left them: careening toward the edge of a cliff.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Writer: Daniel Handler
8.0/101,003 votesLoading...#15 - Slippery Slope (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/2019
Sunny sends a signal from Count Olaf's camp, where a sinister duo is awakening old insecurities. A clue at V.F.D. HQ points the way to a fateful meeting.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.9/102,434 votesLoading...#16 - The Bad Beginning (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2017
While Mr. Poe's secretary works overtime, Count Olaf casts Violet and Klaus in "The Marvelous Marriage," a work of theater with alarming implications.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.9/101,462 votesLoading...#17 - The Austere Academy (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/30/2018
The Baudelaires begin life at boarding school and meet a pair of mysterious siblings whose tragic lives sound eerily similar to their own.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.9/101,338 votesLoading...#18 - The Austere Academy (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/30/2018
While the Quagmires keep up the search, the Baudelaires struggle to balance their studies with a punishing workout schedule, courtesy of Count Olaf.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.9/101,171 votesLoading...#19 - The Vile Village (2)
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2018
The orphans find themselves under suspicion in the wake of a devastating murder. But time behind bars leads to an important realization.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.8/10964 votesLoading...#20 - Grim Grotto (2)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/1/2019
With Sunny's fate hanging in the balance, Violet and Klaus race to find a life-saving antidote and learn the location of the Last Safe Place.
Director: Liza Johnson
Writer: Daniel Handler, Sigrid Gilmer
7.7/101,911 votesLoading...#21 - The Wide Window (2)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/13/2017
Klaus and Violet look for clues in a suspicious note that passes custody to Captain Sham, a seafaring scam artist with clear ties to Count Olaf.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.7/101,179 votesLoading...#22 - The Vile Village (1)
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/30/2018
Mr. Poe brings the Baudelaires to V.F.D., a bird-loving village with an Old West vibe. Jacques and Olivia continue their search for the Quagmires.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.6/103,089 votesLoading...#23 - The Bad Beginning (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2017
The dreadful history of the Baudelaire children begins with a deadpan narrator, a terrible fire and the ominous arrival of a distant relative.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.6/101,963 votesLoading...#24 - The Wide Window (1)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/13/2017
The orphans arrive at the aptly named Lake Lachrymose to meet their widowed Aunt Josephine, a strict grammarian who's haunted by the past.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer: Daniel Handler
7.6/10980 votesLoading...#25 - Grim Grotto (1)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/1/2019
A young submarine captain with ties to the V.F.D. reveals she's looking for the sugar bowl. But so is Esmé Squalor, who's on a mission to find it first.
Director: Liza Johnson
Writer: Daniel Handler, Joshua Conkel
The Best Episodes of A Series of Unfortunate Events
Every episode of A Series of Unfortunate Events ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of A Series of Unfortunate Events!
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
Genres:Action & AdventureFamilyComedyMystery
Network:Netflix
Episodes
25
Avg. Rating
8.0
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.6
7.9
8.0
7.9
7.9
8.0
8.1
8.1
7.6
Best Episodes Summary
"Penultimate Peril (2)" is the best rated episode of "A Series of Unfortunate Events". It scored 8.7/10 based on 1133 votes. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Joe Tracz, Daniel Handler, it aired on 1/1/2019. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Penultimate Peril (1)".
