The Best Episodes Written By Daniel Handler

Every TV Episode Written by Daniel Handler Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for The Hostile Hospital (1)
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #1 - The Hostile Hospital (1)

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    S2:E7

    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.

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  2. Background image for The Miserable Mill (1)
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #2 - The Miserable Mill (1)

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    S1:E7

    The children arrive at the Lucky Smells Lumber Mill and unearth some unsettling accusations about their parents. Count Olaf courts an old flame.

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    Director:Bo Welch
  3. Background image for Penultimate Peril (2)
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Penultimate Peril (2)

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    S3:E6

    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?

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    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #4 - The End

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    S3:E7

    The final chapter takes the orphans to a deserted island: a place of lost lives, old stories and new beginnings. It all ends here.

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    Director:Bo Welch
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    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #5 - The Hostile Hospital (2)

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    S2:E8

    A bearded Klaus and Sunny comb the hospital's crumbling halls for Violet, who's being held prisoner under Count Olaf's questionable "care."

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    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Penultimate Peril (1)

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    S3:E5

    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.

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  7. Background image for The Reptile Room (1)
    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #7 - The Reptile Room (1)

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    S1:E3

    After the Baudelaires move in with Dr. Montgomery, a renowned expert in reptile behavior, their new guardian hires a frighteningly familiar assistant.

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    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Carnivorous Carnival (1)

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    S2:E9

    Come one, come all to the creepiest circus the world has ever seen, a place where puzzling mysteries -- and a familiar face -- await.

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    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Carnivorous Carnival (2)

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    S2:E10

    Still posing as conjoined carnival freaks, the Baudelaires brace themselves for a beastly fate. Will good fortune intervene ... for once?

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  10. Background image for Slippery Slope (1)
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Slippery Slope (1)

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    S3:E1

    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.

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  11. Background image for The Wide Window (1)
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #11 - The Wide Window (1)

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    S1:E5

    The orphans arrive at the aptly named Lake Lachrymose to meet their widowed Aunt Josephine, a strict grammarian who's haunted by the past.

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  12. Background image for The Ersatz Elevator (1)
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #12 - The Ersatz Elevator (1)

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    S2:E3

    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.

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    Director:Bo Welch
  13. Background image for The Vile Village (2)
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #13 - The Vile Village (2)

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    S2:E6

    The orphans find themselves under suspicion in the wake of a devastating murder. But time behind bars leads to an important realization.

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  14. Background image for Slippery Slope (2)
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Slippery Slope (2)

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    S3:E2

    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.

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  15. Background image for Grim Grotto (1)
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Grim Grotto (1)

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    S3:E3

    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.

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    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #16 - The Ersatz Elevator (2)

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    S2:E4

    The Baudelaires find their friends -- and then lose them -- at the bottom of an elevator shaft. Count Olaf conducts an auction in disguise.

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    Director:Bo Welch
  17. Background image for The Wide Window (2)
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #17 - The Wide Window (2)

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    S1:E6

    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.

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  18. Background image for The Miserable Mill (2)
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #18 - The Miserable Mill (2)

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    S1:E8

    Klaus just isn't himself after seeing Dr. Orwell, an optometrist with oddly optimistic patients. Meanwhile, Violet works to clear her parents' names.

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    Director:Bo Welch
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    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Grim Grotto (2)

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    S3:E4

    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.

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  20. Background image for The Vile Village (1)
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #20 - The Vile Village (1)

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    S2:E5

    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.

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  21. Background image for The Reptile Room (2)
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #21 - The Reptile Room (2)

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    S1:E4

    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.

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  22. Background image for The Bad Beginning (2)
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #22 - The Bad Beginning (2)

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    S1:E2

    While Mr. Poe's secretary works overtime, Count Olaf casts Violet and Klaus in "The Marvelous Marriage," a work of theater with alarming implications.

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  23. Background image for The Austere Academy (1)
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #23 - The Austere Academy (1)

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    S2:E1

    The Baudelaires begin life at boarding school and meet a pair of mysterious siblings whose tragic lives sound eerily similar to their own.

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    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #24 - The Austere Academy (2)

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    S2:E2

    While the Quagmires keep up the search, the Baudelaires struggle to balance their studies with a punishing workout schedule, courtesy of Count Olaf.

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  25. Background image for The Bad Beginning (1)
    6.9/10(45 votes)

    #25 - The Bad Beginning (1)

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    S1:E1

    The dreadful history of the Baudelaire children begins with a deadpan narrator, a terrible fire and the ominous arrival of a distant relative.

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Daniel Handler Ratings Summary

"The Hostile Hospital (1)" is the best rated episode written by Daniel Handler. It scored 7.933/10 based on 15 votes. It was directed by Allan Arkush. It aired on 3/30/2018 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Miserable Mill (1)".