7.9/101,457 votes#1 - 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
7.9/101,333 votes#2 - 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
8.1/101,269 votes#3 - 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
8.1/101,227 votes#4 - 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
7.7/101,176 votes#5 - 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
7.9/101,168 votes#6 - 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
8.2/101,187 votes#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
8.2/101,161 votes#8 - 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
8.4/101,163 votes#9 - 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
8.4/101,177 votes#10 - 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
The Best Episodes of A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 2
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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
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Austere Academy (1)" is the best rated episode of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 1457 votes. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Daniel Handler, it aired on 3/30/2018. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Austere Academy (2)".