I was pretty shocked over how much I enjoyed the first season of this series. I had never read the books, and I assumed that they were solely for children, but I was egregiously incorrect. Luckily I had someone whose opinion I held in high regard convince me to give it a shot, and I was glad I did.
The show is razor sharp, with tons of humor for both kids and adults, a show that rewards multiple viewings and successfully raises the stakes higher and higher without toppling itself. The series is also just a lot of fun to watch, both aesthetically and from a writing standpoint; each ludicrous scheme perpetrated by Count Olaf (played by Neil Patrick Harris, who is born for the role) is at turns ridiculous, clever and twisting, and just when you think things are finally looking up, they go wrong again. The dialogue comes at you sharp and fast, and as the show goes on, you somehow end up rooting for the kids and the villain, as Olaf tries over and over to get his hands on the kid's fortune.
The second season looks to be more of the same, and will presumably adapt the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th books in the series (season one adapted the first 4), and a third season would finish out the sad tale of the Baudelaire children and their evil jerk of an uncle, Count Olaf.
Give the trailer a watch below, Season 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events premiers March 30th.
