Scripted series · Netflix
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Secrets will be revealed, one unfortunate event at a time.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Neil Patrick Harris
Count Olaf
25 eps
Patrick Warburton
Lemony Snicket
25 eps
Malina Weissman
Violet Baudelaire
25 eps
Louis Hynes
Klaus Baudelaire
25 eps
K. Todd Freeman
Arthur Poe
25 eps
Presley Smith
Sunny Baudelaire
25 eps
Jacqueline Robbins
White Faced Woman #1
19 eps
Joyce Robbins
White Faced Woman #2
19 eps
Matty Cardarople
Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
19 eps
Usman Ally
Hook-Handed Man
22 eps
Aasif Mandvi
Uncle Monty
3 eps
Alfre Woodard
Aunt Josephine
3 eps
Don Johnson
Sir
2 eps
Will Arnett
Father
8 eps
Cobie Smulders
Mother
8 eps
Cleo King
Eleanora Poe
6 eps
Mary Black
Sweet Old Lady
2 eps
Keith Dallas
Truck Driver (Evander)
2 eps
Catherine O'Hara
Dr. Orwell
3 eps
Rhys Darby
Charles
2 eps
Loretta Walsh
Norma Rae
2 eps
Trent Redekop
Cesar
2 eps
Malcolm Stewart
Mr. Remora
3 eps
Sara Rue
Olivia Caliban
7 eps
Ithamar Enriquez
Hector
2 eps
Cynthia Mendez
Volunteer Singer #4
2 eps
Ashley Ross
Volunteer Singer #2
2 eps
Kari Grunberg
Volunteer Singer #6
2 eps
John Bobek
Bearded Man
2 eps
Nathan Fillion
Jacques Snicket
10 eps
Marco Grazzini
Chauffeur Abraham
2 eps
Sage Brocklebank
Doorperson
2 eps
Luke Camilleri
Gustav
3 eps
Patrick Breen
Larry Your-Waiter
10 eps
Sara Canning
Jacquelyn
10 eps
Daniel Handler
Fish Head Salesperson
3 eps
Tara Strong
Sunny Baudelaire (voice)
11 eps
Robbie Amell
Kevin
3 eps
BJ Harrison
Mrs. Bass
4 eps
Kevin Cahoon
Hugo
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How A Series of Unfortunate Events actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
A Series of Unfortunate Events reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 25 episodes.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E07
The End
The final chapter takes the orphans to a deserted island: a place of lost lives, old stories and new beginnings. It all ends here.
- Directed by Bo Welch
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
S02E07
The Hostile Hospital (1)
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.
- Directed by Allan Arkush
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joshua Conkel
S03E06
Penultimate Peril (2)
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?
- Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
S03E05
Penultimate Peril (1)
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.
- Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
S02E08
The Hostile Hospital (2)
A bearded Klaus and Sunny comb the hospital's crumbling halls for Violet, who's being held prisoner under Count Olaf's questionable "care."
- Directed by Allan Arkush
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joshua Conkel
S02E10
Carnivorous Carnival (2)
Still posing as conjoined carnival freaks, the Baudelaires brace themselves for a beastly fate. Will good fortune intervene ... for once?
- Directed by Loni Peristere
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E03
Grim Grotto (1)
- Directed by Liza Johnson
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joshua Conkel
S03E05
Penultimate Peril (1)
- Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
S03E01
Slippery Slope (1)
- Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky
- Written by Daniel Handler
S03E02
Slippery Slope (2)
- Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky
- Written by Daniel Handler
S03E04
Grim Grotto (2)
- Directed by Liza Johnson
- Written by Daniel Handler, Sigrid Gilmer
S03E06
Penultimate Peril (2)
- Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
- Written by Daniel Handler, Joe Tracz
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Daniel HandlerExecutive Producer
- Barry SonnenfeldExecutive Producer
Writing
- Daniel HandlerWriter
- Tatiana Suarez-PicoWriter
- Joshua ConkelWriter
- Emily FoxWriter
- Tad SafranWriter
- Jack KennyWriter
Direction
- Liza JohnsonDirector
- Jonathan TeplitzkyDirector
- Mark PalanskyDirector
- Barry SonnenfeldDirector
- Loni PeristereDirector
- Allan ArkushDirector
Cinematography
- Bernard CoutureDirector of Photography
Music
- Jim DooleyOriginal Music Composer
- Sven FaulconerOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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