The Best Episodes of A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(3181 votes)

   #1 - The Bad Beginning (1)

   S1:E11/13/2017

   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

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   Director:Barry Sonnenfeld

   Writer:Daniel Handler
2. 

   7.9/10(2508 votes)

   #2 - The Bad Beginning (2)

   S1:E21/13/2017

   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

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   Director:Barry Sonnenfeld

   Writer:Daniel Handler
3. 

   8.1/10(2286 votes)

   #3 - The Reptile Room (1)

   S1:E31/13/2017

   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

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   Director:Mark Palansky

   Writer:Daniel Handler
4. 

   8.1/10(2166 votes)

   #4 - The Reptile Room (2)

   S1:E41/13/2017

   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

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   Director:Mark Palansky

   Writer:Daniel Handler
5. 

   7.6/10(2030 votes)

   #5 - The Wide Window (1)

   S1:E51/13/2017

   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

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   Director:Barry Sonnenfeld

   Writer:Daniel Handler
6. 

   7.7/10(1980 votes)

   #6 - The Wide Window (2)

   S1:E61/13/2017

   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

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   Director:Barry Sonnenfeld

   Writer:Daniel Handler
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7. 

   8.0/10(2025 votes)

   #7 - The Miserable Mill (1)

   S1:E71/13/2017

   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

   Writers:Joe Tracz, Daniel Handler

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   Director:Bo Welch

   Writers:Joe Tracz, Daniel Handler
8. 

   8.3/10(2037 votes)

   #8 - The Miserable Mill (2)

   S1:E81/13/2017

   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

   Writers:Tatiana Suarez-Pico, Daniel Handler

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   Director:Bo Welch

   Writers:Tatiana Suarez-Pico, Daniel Handler