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"Death and All His Friends"
Grey's Anatomy episode
Episode no.
Season 6
Episode 24
Directed by
Rob Corn
Written by
Shonda Rhimes
Original air date
May 20, 2010 (2010-05-20)
Running time
86 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Michael O'Neill as Gary Clarke
Mandy Moore as Mary Portman
Nora Zehetner as Reed Adamson
Robert Baker as Charles Percy
Sarah Drew as April Kepner
Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery
Episode chronology
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"Sanctuary" Next →
"With You I'm Born Again"
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List of Grey's Anatomy episodes
"Death and All His Friends" is the season finale of the sixth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and the show's 126th episode overall. It was written by Shonda Rhimes and directed by Rob Corn. The episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on May 20, 2010. The episode was the second part of the two-hour season six finale, the first being Sanctuary, and took place at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital. The original episode broadcast in the United States had an audience of 16.13 million viewers and opened up to universal acclaim. The episode centers a shooting spree at the hospital by a former patient's husband Gary Clark (Michael O'Neill). The episode marked the last appearances for Nora Zehetner and Robert Baker as Dr. Reed Adamson and Dr. Charles Percy respectively as both the characters were killed in the shooting.
In the episode Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) and Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) try to save the life of Chief Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) who was shot by Gary Clark in front of Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) as she waits outside the OR with April Kepner (Sarah Drew). Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) tries to save Charles along with her patient Mary Portman (Mandy Moore), while Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.) tries to get into the hospital. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) are stuck on a floor with all the younger patients of the hospital, Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) try to save the life of Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) who was shot as well and Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) try to get their patient to safety.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Production
3 Reception
3.1 Broadcast
3.2 Reviews
4 References
5 External links
Plot[edit]
The hospital is hit with an unprecedented crisis: a shooter is in the hospital, and there is a lockdown. Meanwhile, Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) discovers that she is pregnant, and Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) must choose between Teddy and Cristina (Sandra Oh). The shooter kills Reed Adamson and wounds Dr. Alex Karev (Justin Chambers). Lexie (Chyler Leigh) and Mark (Eric Dane) find the latter and try to save him. Soon, it is revealed that the shooter, Gary Clark (whose wife was a patient at the hospital and later died), is looking for Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). At the end, he shoots Derek, which is witnessed by Meredith, Cristina, and April. With the crisis unfolding, each character is put through extreme trials and tribulations. Cristina is put under pressure to save Derek, who is seriously injured.
Meanwhile, Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and her patient Mary drag intern Charles Percy, who has been shot, through the hallway but when they get to the elevators, they are off. Bailey freaks out for a moment, then gathers herself and sits with Charles. When he asks if he was dying, she said yes. She tells him she and Mary are going to stay with him and that he isn't alone, with Charles dying soon thereafter. The shooter walks into the OR where Cristina and Jackson are trying to save Derek. Hunt shows up and Meredith tells him what was going on. He looks through the window and says she is doing fine but he'd go in to see what he could do to help. When Hunt goes inside, the audience is shown that Mr. Clark is in the room with a gun to Cristina's head, shouting at her to stop fixing Derek. Cristina and Avery refuse to stop working.
Mr. Clark tells Hunt that he'd shoot him first and then Cristina but he really only wanted to kill Derek. He believes this is retribution for his wife's death, which he believes is on Derek's hands. Meredith then comes into the room and tells Mr. Clark to shoot her. She explains that she is Lexie's sister, she is the closest thing Webber has to a daughter, and she is Derek's wife. He turns the gun toward Meredith, but Cristina says Meredith is pregnant. Hunt makes a move toward Mr. Clark and is shot, knocking him unconscious. Cristina and Avery then raise their hands and Avery tells Mr. Clark that Derek will die and he can watch it happen on the monitor. Derek flatlines and Meredith cries almost hysterically. Mr. Clark walks out.
Clark later comes across Lexie, who is bringing supplies to help Alex, and when he attempts to shoot her, the recently-arrived SWAT team wounds Clark. This gives time for Lexie to escape. Soon after, Webber walks through the halls of the hospital and finds several bodies. In a room, he finds Mr. Clark, who tells him he'd bought the gun at a superstore and bought extra ammo because it was on sale. Mr. Clark tells Webber he has one bullet left. He reveals that he planned on shooting Webber, then himself. Eventually, after Webber convinces Clark that his wife wouldn't want the shooting and would rather be reunited with him, Clark commits suicide as the SWAT team is directly out the door.
Meanwhile, in the operating room, Derek's heartbeat returns to normal, and everyone is relieved. Outside the hospital, Arizona and Callie reinstate their relationship when Callie says she doesn't want to have a baby if it means she can't be with Arizona. Arizona agrees to have a baby because she says that she doesn't want to stop Callie from being an excellent mother. Mark and Lexie show up at the other hospital. Alex is out of surgery. Lexie goes to Alex. Mark watches Lexie take Alex's hand. Meredith takes another look at her positive pregnancy test, and throws it out.[1]
Production[edit]
Mandy Moore guest starred in the episode as a patient of Miranda Bailey.
The episode was written by showrunner Shonda Rhimes and directed by Rob Corn. In an interview Rhimes told that the writing of the two-part season six finale, caused her struggle. She elaborated on this:
“ It hurt to write this finale. It literally hurt me. Because in order to write these episodes, I had to walk in the shoes of [the shooter]. I had to think like a shooter. A person who would shoot Reed and Alex and Charles. A person who would shoot Derek. By the time I finished writing part one, I was sick. And depressed. Because my McDreamy was lying on my beloved catwalk dying. Mer is screaming and he is dying. And, before you have me shot up with Thorazine and placed in a strait jacket, yes, I DO I know it’s only a TV show, I'm not insane, but dude…it felt too real. It felt WAY too real.[2] ”
TV Guide reported that Mandy Moore will check into Grey’s Anatomy’s two-hour season finale, adding, "She’ll play a patient named Mary as part of an explosive – and, of course, top secret – cliffhanger. Bailey – who’s having one hell of a season as a newly single gal – will be her doctor, but beyond that, details are being kept under heavily guarded wraps." The news was later confirmed by Entertainment Weekly which further reported, "Bailey – who’s having one hell of a season as a newly single gal – will be her doctor, but beyond that, details are being kept under heavily guarded wraps. She comes as part of a grand tradition of recognizable names as patients, usually quick, juicy roles like Sara Gilbert’s euthanized patient two weeks ago and Demi Lovato’s upcoming stretch as a schizophrenic. Moore did that other hospital show, Scrubs"[3]
It was also reported as veteran actor Michael O'Neill would reprise his role as the grief-stricken widower Gary Clark. O'Neill later in an interview said, "That role changed my career. It was probably the hardest job I've ever done, hardest work I've ever done. I had a tremendous resistance to it, and I almost turned the role down. I was so afraid of that being sensationalized, and I didn't want that in the world. I hadn't worked with Shonda Rhimes, and so I didn't know. I certainly knew she was a brilliant writer, but I didn't know what the intent was. We had a conversation about it. I said, 'You know what? Can I think about this and call you back tomorrow?' I called her back, and I said, 'Shonda, I just have to say it frightens me. It really frightens me.' She said, 'Michael, it frightens me too.' I thought, OK, we're at least starting at the same place. Her writing was so good. ... We saw the wound. We got to see the wound that drove him mad, and I think that was terribly important. It was important to show the fracture that brought this man to that desperate action."[4]
Reception[edit]
Broadcast[edit]
Death And All His Friends was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on May 20, 2010. The episode was the second half of the two-hour season six finale, the other half being Sanctuary It had an audience in The United States of 16.13 million viewers (5.9/17 Nielsen rating in its 9:00 Eastern time-slot,[5].
Reviews[edit]
Sandra Oh (left) and Ellen Pompeo (right) garnered enormous praise for their performances as Cristina Yang and Meredith Grey
The episode opened up to universal acclaim with the television critics lauding the writing and performance of the entire cast as well. The performances of guest stars Mandy Moore and Michael O'Neill along with Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Chandra Wilson, Kevin McKidd, James Pickens, Jr. and Sarah Drew garnered most praise. Marsi from TVFanatic highly praised the episode and gave it five stars, and expressed that it may have been the best episode of the series, adding, "The writing and acting were absolutely stellar, and may lead to many Emmy nominations, but even more impressively, despite a killing spree, it remained distinctly Grey's. Some of the back-and-forths between the characters were truly memorable, and some of the developments so heartbreaking that we don't even know where to begin now. Seriously, the Season 6 finale left us laying awake afterward thinking about everything, a feeling we haven't had from Grey's in years and rarely achieved by any program."[6]
John Kubicek of BuddyTV also noted that the finale was the best episode, adding, "[It was] two of the best hours of television all year. It was certainly the best Grey's Anatomy has ever been, which is saying a lot since I'd written the show off for the past few years. No show does a big traumatic event like Grey's, and the shooter gave the show license for heightened drama with five major characters being shot over the two hours. It was emotional, expertly paced and had me in tears for most of the finale."[7] PopSugar called it "most intense episodes of Grey's I have ever seen" adding, "What a whopper of an episode! Can we talk about how gripping the scene is where Bailey and Percy are hiding from Mr. Clark. Then he turns around and gets Karev right in the chest. Seriously, I haven't been so shocked by a one-two shooting spree since Michael shot Ana Lucia and Libby in rapid succession on Lost.[8] Another review from BuddyTV called the finale "Game changing!" stating, "The finale that changes everything! You don‘t want to miss it! To her credit GA creator and writer-of-this-episode Shonda Rhimes pretty much delivered on her promise. I found myself with my heart in my mouth for the entire evening before finally being able to exhale as the credits rolled." The review lauded Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh adding, "The Twisted Sisters really were the showcase of the entire finale. Meredith, side-lined for much of the season, took center stage " even calling Oh's Cristina Yang a "rockstar".[9]
Entertainment Weekly wrote, "You’re still pondering how Grey’s can still be so damn good sometimes,"[10] further hugely praising the episode, "They did a bang-up job, it felt real in every way, thanks to some stellar performances and writing. And yet it maintained its Grey’sness thanks to some quieter moments, and plenty of witty exchanges to boot." Regarding the Bailey-Mary-Charles sequence the site wrote, "the action felt so real", but added, "But the most intense action was culminating in the OR with Cristina, April and Meredith had a nice moment sitting on the ground together, April sniffling and Meredith stonefaced. Kevin McKidd did some stellar acting as he interacted with them." Talking about Meredith's miscarriage he site added, "She saved Owen, though she did it while having a miscarriage — again, leave it to Grey’s to make this the least dramatic, most underplayed storyline of the night. (Brilliantly so.)"
Spoiler Junkie wrote highly of the episode Meredith Grey in particular saying, "In the most heart-wrenching moment of the entire two-hour season finale, Meredith bursts into the room, asking Clark to kill her. Eye for an eye, she says. She’s Lexie’s sister. She’s like a daughter to Dr. Weber. She’s the Chief’s wife." and noted that, "This was an amazing season finale, one of the best in the six seasons of Grey’s Anatomy. The second hour of the Grey’s Anatomy Season 6 season finale, Death and All His Friends, is even more intense than the first."[11] HitFix also lauded the episode and wrote, "In every sense, these two episodes where Shonda Rhimes, directors Stephen Cragg and Rob Corn, and the entire cast and crew of the show "Going For It". There was no opportunity for suspense, or tears, or anger, or horror, or some good old-fashioned monologuing left unexplored. Huge stakes, huge emotions, great performances from everybody Chandra Wilson and Sandra Oh were particularly great, as was Michael O'Neill as shooter Gary Clark. This was about as good as I've ever seen "Grey's." Episodes like these are what I point to when anyone asks me why I'm still watching [12]
The site also lauded Ellen Pompeo's character stating, "Meredith would suffer a miscarriage in the middle of patching up Owen Hunt's bullet wound - and be so hard-core, just as her best friend was next door in risking death to save Meredith's man, that she would just keep working even as blood dripped down her legs. A moment like that works only if everyone involved is 100% committed to the insanity of it, and here everyone was. They all went for it and came up with a riveting two hours of TV.[12] At the completion of the eleventh season Wired named the episode in its must watch list adding, "The show reaches its dramatic apex in a multi-episode arc about a deadly spree shooter who visits the hospital with a vendetta. The repercussions of this incident will echo through most of Season 7, and well into the future." The site also called Pompeo's ’Shoot Me. I’m Your Eye for an Eye.' the best scene from the entire series. [13]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Pompeo, Ellen; Oh, Sandra; Chambers, Justin; Wilson, Chandra (2010-05-20), Death and All His Friends, retrieved 2017-03-21
Jump up ^ Rhimes, Shonda (May 20, 2010). "Shonda Rhimes on "Sanctuary" and "Death and All His Friends"..." Grey Matter. American Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Mandy Moore to guest star on 'Grey's Anatomy' finale". EW.com. 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "Role Recall: Michael O'Neill Talks Saving Presidents on '24' and 'West Wing,' His Unforgettable 'Grey's' Arc, and Messing With Halle Berry's Mind on 'Extant'". Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com". TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "Grey's Anatomy Season Finale Review: The Best Episode Yet?". TV Fanatic. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "Why the Season 6 Finale Was the Best 'Grey's Anatomy' Ever". Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ Entertainment. "Grey's Anatomy Rundown: Season Finale, "Sanctuary" and "Death and All His Friends"". POPSUGAR Entertainment. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "'Grey's Anatomy' Fan Columnist: The Game-Changing Finale". Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "'Grey's Anatomy' finale: Remember where it all began..." EW.com. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
Jump up ^ "Grey's Anatomy Season Finale Recap: "Sanctuary/Death and All His Friends"". Spoiler Junkie. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
^ Jump up to: a b http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/grey-s-anatomy-sanctuary-death-and-all-his-friends-first-person-shooter#Vx6rCTypJsVBmyri.99"
Jump up ^ Hudson, Laura. "WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Grey's Anatomy". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
External links[edit]
"Death and All His Friends" on IMDb
"Death and All His Friends" at TV.com
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A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
Genre
Drama
Black comedy[1]
Based on
A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Lemony Snicket
Developed by
Mark Hudis
Barry Sonnenfeld[2]
Starring
Neil Patrick Harris
Patrick Warburton
Malina Weissman
Louis Hynes
K. Todd Freeman
Presley Smith
Theme music composer
Nick Urata
Daniel Handler
Opening theme
"Look Away" by Neil Patrick Harris
Composer(s)
James Newton Howard
Sven Faulconer
Chris Bacon
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Cindy Holland
Brian Wright
Ted Biaselli
Daniel Handler
Barry Sonnenfeld
Rose Lam[3]
Producer(s)
Neil Patrick Harris
Location(s)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Cinematography
Bernard Couture
Editor(s)
Stuart Bass
Skip MacDonald
Running time
40–64 minutes
Production company(s)
Paramount Television
What is the Question?
Sonnenfeld Productions, Inc.
Distributor
Netflix
Release
Original network
Netflix
Picture format
4K (Ultra HD)
Original release
January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13) – present (present)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, or simply A Series of Unfortunate Events, is an American black comedy-drama[4] web television series from Netflix, developed by Mark Hudis and Barry Sonnenfeld,[2] based on the children's novel series of the same name by Lemony Snicket. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, K. Todd Freeman, and Presley Smith.
The first season, which premiered on January 13, 2017, consists of eight episodes and adapts the first four books of the series. The series was renewed for a second season in March 2017, and was released on March 30, 2018, consisting of ten episodes that adapt books five through nine of the novel series. A Series of Unfortunate Events was renewed for a third season in April 2017, which is expected to adapt the remaining four books.
Contents
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1 Premise
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring
2.3 Guest
2.3.1 Introduced in season 1
2.3.2 Introduced in season 2
3 Episodes
3.1 Season 1 (2017)
3.2 Season 2 (2018)
3.3 Season 3
4 Production
4.1 Development
4.2 Casting
4.3 Filming
4.4 Music
4.5 Visual effects
5 Release
5.1 Marketing
6 Reception
6.1 Audience viewership
6.2 Critical response
7 Awards and nominations
8 Notes
9 References
10 External links
Premise
When a mysterious fire kills their parents, the Baudelaire children are placed into the care of their distant relative Count Olaf, an actor who is determined to claim the family fortune for himself. Following Olaf's failed attempt and his plot being exposed, the Baudelaires set out to elude Olaf and uncover the mystery behind a secret society from their parents' past.
Cast and characters
See also: List of A Series of Unfortunate Events characters
Main
Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf,[5] an actor determined to claim the Baudelaire fortune for himself. He possesses a spyglass with the structure of an eye similar to his tattoo on his left ankle.
Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket,[6] the narrator tasked with explaining the events during the lives of the Baudelaires.
Malina Weissman as Violet Baudelaire,[7] the eldest Baudelaire sibling and inventor talented in mechanics.
Louis Hynes as Klaus Baudelaire,[7] the middle Baudelaire child interested in literature and books.
K. Todd Freeman as Arthur Poe,[8] the family banker and executor of the Baudelaire parents who is in charge of placing the Baudelaires in the care of a suitable guardian.
Presley Smith as Sunny Baudelaire,[9] the infant child of the Baudelaires with unnaturally strong teeth. Tara Strong provides the quasi-nonsensical lines of Sunny.[10]
Lucy Punch as Esmé Squalor, a wealthy financial advisor and wife of Jerome Squalor, who is also the student and potential love interest for Count Olaf.[11]
Dylan Kingwell as Duncan and Quigley Quagmire, siblings whose lives are devastated by a fire. Duncan is a keen journalist.[12]
Avi Lake as Isadora Quagmire,[12] Duncan and Quigley's sister who loves writing poetry.
Recurring
Will Arnett as Father,[13][14] a man who is trying to return home to his three children.
Cobie Smulders as Mother,[14] a woman who is trying to return home to her three children.
Usman Ally as the Hook-Handed Man,[15] a member of Count Olaf's theatre troupe with hooks instead of hands.
Matty Cardarople as the Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender,[15] another member of Count Olaf's theatre troupe.
Cleo King as Eleanora Poe, Arthur Poe's wife and the editor-in-chief of The Daily Punctilio.
John DeSantis as the Bald Man,[16] a large bald-headed man who is another member of Count Olaf's theatre troupe.
Jacqueline and Joyce Robbins as the White-Faced Women,[15] two elderly twins who are members of Count Olaf's theatre troupe.
Sara Canning as Jacquelyn, Mr. Poe's standoffish assistant and a member of the Baudelaire family's secret society. She possesses a spyglass.
Patrick Breen as Larry, a member of the Baudelaire family's secret society who is seen working as a waiter at various establishments the Baudelaires visit, including the Anxious Clown and the Café Salmonella.
Guest
Introduced in season 1
Joan Cusack as Justice Strauss,[17] a judge and Count Olaf's neighbor who helps the Baudelaires and is hopeful to adopt them.
Luke Camilleri as Gustav Sebald,[15] a member of the Baudelaire family's secret society and Monty's former assistant.
Aasif Mandvi as Montgomery "Uncle Monty" Montgomery,[18] a distant relative of the Baudelaires and enthusiastic herpetologist who claims to have spent his childhood with their late parents. He is a member of the Baudelaire family's secret society and possesses a spyglass.
Alfre Woodard as Aunt Josephine Anwhistle,[19] a distant relative of the Baudelaires at Lake Lachrymose who has many rational and irrational fears and a love of grammar. She is a member of the Baudelaire family's secret society.
Rob Labelle as a taxi driver at Lake Lachrymose.
Don Johnson as Sir,[20] the cigar-smoking owner of Lucky Smells Lumbermill.
Catherine O'Hara as Georgina Orwell,[21] an optometrist and Count Olaf's ex-girlfriend who hypnotizes the Lucky Smells Lumbermill workers so they never leave, also causing them to believe the Baudelaire parents set fire to Paltryville. O'Hara previously portrayed Justice Strauss in the 2004 film adaptation.
Rhys Darby as Charles,[13] Sir's partner.
Timothy Webber as Jimmy, a worker at Lucky Smells Lumbermill.
Chris Gauthier as Phil, an optimistic worker who befriends the Baudelaires during their stay at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill.
Loretta Walsh as Norma Rae, a worker at Lucky Smells Lumbermill.
Trent Redekop as Cesar, a worker at Lucky Smells Lumbermill.
Daniel Handler cameos as a fish head salesperson at Lake Lachrymose.
Introduced in season 2
Roger Bart as Nero, the violin-playing vice-principal of Prufrock Preparatory School with an egotistic personality.[11]
Kitana Turnbull as Carmelita Spats, an obnoxious, tutu-wearing student at Prufrock Preparatory School.[22]
Sara Rue as Olivia Caliban, a librarian at Prufrock Preparatory School who is also a member of the Baudelaire family's secret society. She later reappears in the guise of Madame Lulu, Caligari Carnival's fortune-teller and Count Olaf's personal consultant on the Baudelaire's whereabouts.[11][23][24]
Bronwen Smith as Miss Tench, Prufrock Preparatory School's gym teacher who is replaced in the post by a disguised Count Olaf.[24]
Malcolm Stewart as Mr. Remora, a teacher at Prufrock Preparatory School who specializes in personal anecdotes.[24]
BJ Harrison as Mrs. Bass, a teacher at Prufrock Preparatory School who specializes in measuring objects. She later becomes a bank robber.[24]
Tony Hale as Jerome Squalor, the timid husband of Esmé Squalor.[11]
Ithamar Enriquez as Hector, a skittish handyman and citizen of the Village of Fowl Devotees who befriends the Baudelaires.[23]
Nathan Fillion as Jacques Snicket, the dashing adventurer brother of Lemony Snicket.[11]
Mindy Sterling as Elder Anabelle, a member of the Village of Fowl Devotees' group of Elders.[24]
Carol Mansell as Elder Jemma, a member of the Village of Fowl Devotees' group of Elders.[24]
Ken Jenkins as Elder Sam, a member of the Village of Fowl Devotees' group of Elders.[24]
John Bobek as the bearded leader of the Volunteers Fighting Disease.[24]
Kerri Kenney-Silver as Babs, the Head of Human Resources and Hospital Administration at Heimlich Hospital.[24]
David Alan Grier as Hal, a visually-disabled file clerk who is employed in the Hall of Records at Heimlich Hospital.[25]
Robbie Amell as Kevin, an ambidexterous "freak" who works at the Caligari Carnival.[26]
Kevin Cahoon as Hugo, a hunchbacked "freak" who works at the Caligari Carnival.[24]
Bonnie Morgan as Colette, a contortionist "freak" who works at the Caligari Carnival.[24]
Allison Williams[27]
Episodes
Season 1 (2017)
The first season adapts the first four books of the novel series: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window and The Miserable Mill.[28]
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1 "The Bad Beginning: Part One"[a] Barry Sonnenfeld Daniel Handler January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire receive the news that their parents have perished in a house fire from well-meaning but inept banker Arthur Poe. While exploring the ruins, Klaus finds a broken spyglass with an insignia of an eye embedded on the front. Shortly afterwards, they are sent to live with their distant relative Count Olaf, a cruel and vain amateur actor, who forces them into servitude. One night, the siblings prepare puttanesca for Olaf's theatre troupe only for him to demand roast beef upon arriving home. The children state that they were never asked to prepare roast beef, angering Olaf and prompting him to slap Klaus across the face when he protests about the sleeping arrangements. Meanwhile, a mother and father are held against their will by a mysterious captor.
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2 "The Bad Beginning: Part Two"[a] Barry Sonnenfeld Daniel Handler January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
The Baudelaires attempt to convince Mr. Poe of Olaf's actions, only to be sent away when Poe dismisses their claims. When Olaf gives Violet the starring role in his latest theatrical production, which ends with the two main characters being married, the siblings realize that Olaf intends to acquire their fortune by marrying Violet for real. Klaus confronts Olaf, who threatens to kill Sunny if Violet doesn't follow through with his plans. At the very last minute, however, Violet signs the marriage certificate with her left hand, invalidating the proceedings due to the fact that she is right-handed. Mr. Poe's mysterious secretary Jacquelyn reveals they were intended to be put in the care of their distant relative Montgomery Montgomery. Meanwhile, Jacquelyn's ally Gustav is mysteriously drowned, after being hit by a poisoned dart.
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3 "The Reptile Room: Part One" Mark Palansky Daniel Handler January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
The Baudelaires are sent to live with their herpetologist uncle Montgomery Montgomery, who has recently come across a reptile he calls the Incredibly Deadly Viper. While attempting to learn more about Montgomery, Klaus discovers that the hedge maze in Montgomery's garden is exactly the same shape as the tattoo on Olaf's ankle. Olaf poses as Montgomery's new assistant Stephano and attempts to kidnap the Baudelaires, but Monty assures the Baudelaires that he recognizes Stephano as a threat. The four arrive at a movie theatre, where Monty deciphers a code sent for him through the subtitles of the film, using a spyglass identical to Klaus'. The message instructs him to bring the children to Peru. He fires Stephano shortly afterwards, believing him to be a spy sent to steal his research.
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4 "The Reptile Room: Part Two" Mark Palansky Emily Fox January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
Immediately after dismissing "Stephano," Montgomery notices that the door to his Reptile Room is ajar and investigates, only to be attacked by an unseen figure. The next day, the Baudelaires discover Olaf standing next to Montgomery's corpse. Olaf threatens to kill Sunny unless the siblings accompany him to Peru, but is prevented from carrying out his plan when Mr. Poe accidentally crashes into their car when they are trying to leave. Olaf's theatre troupe then arrives disguised as police and nurses, and claim Monty was killed by the Incredibly Deadly Viper, despite Monty's claim of it being completely harmless. While searching for proof of the snake's innocence, Klaus discovers a statue in Monty's hedge maze, and a photograph of Monty, both of them carrying spyglasses identical to Klaus'. Violet proves Olaf to be the murderer; however, he escapes via the hedge maze with Klaus' spyglass. While pursuing him, the Baudelaires meet Jacquelyn, who is posing as a statue. She tells them to seek answers on the spyglasses from their Aunt Josephine while she hunts down Olaf via underground passageways.
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5 "The Wide Window: Part One" Barry Sonnenfeld Daniel Handler January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
Mr. Poe takes the Baudelaires to live with their Aunt Josephine, an irrationally frightened woman who lives in a dilapidated house overlooking Lake Lachrymose. She refuses to answer questions about their parents, so the siblings pursue answers themselves around her house, and discover their parents were members of a secret organization, with spyglasses being used as useful devices. They are also shocked to find out that Josephine was once fierce and formidable, and developed her phobias after the death of her husband. Olaf, who has followed the Baudelaires, disguises himself as a sailor named Captain Sham before pretending to fall in love with Josephine. Despite the siblings' warnings, Josephine accepts his invitation to take her out for a fried egg sandwich. Later that night, the siblings discover that Josephine has jumped out the library's bay window and left a note informing them that "Captain Sham" is their new guardian.
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6 "The Wide Window: Part Two" Barry Sonnenfeld Daniel Handler January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
As Mr. Poe prepares to hand the Baudelaires over to "Captain Sham," the siblings discover the note has several grammatical errors, something Josephine would never do since she was obsessed with proper grammar. Mr. Poe takes the children to a restaurant and prepares to complete the transfer, but allows the siblings to leave after Larry, a waiter secretly a member of their parents' organization, triggers their allergy to peppermint. After returning to the house, the siblings decipher Josephine's suicide note and discover she is still alive moments before a hurricane sends the house teetering over the cliff. Escaping with a photograph of their parents standing in front of a lumber mill, the siblings find Josephine at a nearby cave, only to be confronted by Olaf, who abandons Josephine to be eaten alive by the leeches that inhabit Lake Lachrymose. Upon returning to shore, Olaf escapes after being unmasked in front of Mr. Poe while the Baudelaires sneak away and set out to find the lumber mill in the photograph.
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7 "The Miserable Mill: Part One" Bo Welch Joe Tracz January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
Upon arriving at the Lucky Smells Lumber Mill, the Baudelaires are forced to work by the owner Sir, who blames their parents for starting a fire that destroyed the entire town. While investigating the workers' unnaturally happy behavior, Klaus' glasses are broken by the Hook-Handed Man posing as Foreman Flacutono, and he visits local optometrist Georgina Orwell, who puts him into a hypnotic trance. Later that day, the siblings learn that two visitors are waiting to see them. Believing that their parents are still alive, the three are shocked to instead find Orwell and her receptionist "Shirley St. Ives," who is a poorly-disguised Olaf. Meanwhile, the mother and father who were previously held captive are revealed to be the parents of the Quagmire triplets, with whom they are reunited.
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8 "The Miserable Mill: Part Two" Bo Welch Tatiana Suarez-Pico January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
When Klaus mishandles one of the mill machines due to his hypnosis, Sir threatens to send the Baudelaires to "Shirley." The three investigate Orwell and "Shirley" and discover the entire mill is under a hypnotic trance that ensures they never leave, prompting the Baudelaires to return to the mill and save them. Orwell then orders Klaus to tie Sir's aide Charles to a log and send it through a buzz saw as she watches. At the last minute, Violet frees the mill workers from Orwell's hypnotic spell. Klaus snaps out of his trance, stopping him from harming Charles. The workers storm the mill, causing Orwell to fall into the furnace and die. Sir takes his leave amongst the worker riot while Count Olaf and the Hook-Handed Man get away. Charles reveals the truth about the Baudelaires' role in the town, where they actually helped to fight the fire. The three siblings are reunited with Mr. Poe, and Jacquelyn sends Klaus the broken spyglass that Olaf stole from him. Poe sends the three siblings to a dreary boarding school which two of the three Quagmire siblings are also sent to, due to their house being burnt down by an unknown woman. The Quagmires' parents are revealed to be members of the organization. The final scene shows the Baudelaires, Lemony Snicket, Count Olaf, and Mr. Poe singing the song "That's Not How the Story Goes."
Season 2 (2018)
The second season adapts books five through nine of the novel series: The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, and The Carnivorous Carnival.[31]
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1 "The Austere Academy: Part 1" Barry Sonnenfeld Daniel Handler March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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2 "The Austere Academy: Part 2" Barry Sonnenfeld Joe Tracz March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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3 "The Ersatz Elevator: Part 1" Bo Welch Daniel Handler March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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4 "The Ersatz Elevator: Part 2" Bo Welch Daniel Handler March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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5 "The Vile Village: Part 1" Barry Sonnenfeld Sigrid Gilmer March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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6 "The Vile Village: Part 2" Barry Sonnenfeld Sigrid Gilmer March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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7 "The Hostile Hospital: Part 1" Alan Arkush Joshua Conkel March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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8 "The Hostile Hospital: Part 2" Alan Arkush Joshua Conkel March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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9 "The Carnivorous Carnival: Part 1" Loni Peristere Joe Tracz March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
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10 "The Carnivorous Carnival: Part 2" Loni Peristere Joe Tracz March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
Season 3
The third season plans to adapt the final four books of the novel series: The Slippery Slope, The Grim Grotto, The Penultimate Peril and The End.[31] Liza Johnson and Jonathan Teplitzky will direct episodes in this season.[32][33][34]
Production
Development
The thirteen A Series of Unfortunate Events novels, written by Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket from 1999 to 2006, achieved success in young adult fiction around the same time as the Harry Potter novels. As such, the Snicket books had been optioned to be filmed before they were published.[35] This led to the development of a 2004 feature film, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, which covered the narratives of the first three novels in the series. Barry Sonnenfeld, who has expressed his love for the series, was originally slated to direct the feature film, and had hired Handler to write the screenplay.[36] About 10 months into production, shortly after the casting of Jim Carrey as Olaf, there was a "big crisis", according to Handler, which caused producer Scott Rudin to walk away and Sonnenfeld left the production under unclear terms.[35] With the film's completion in flux, its producing studios Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks fired Handler. While the film was eventually completed and released, sequels which would adapt the other novels in the series became unlikely due to "corporate shakeups" within DreamWorks, according to Handler, and the child actors that portrayed the Baudelaire children grew too old to star in a sequel.[36]
In November 2014, Netflix, in association with Paramount Television, announced its plans to adapt the novels into an original television series, with the author of the series, Daniel Handler, serving as executive producer.[37]
In September 2015, it was announced that Barry Sonnenfeld and Mark Hudis had agreed to helm the series. Hudis would serve as showrunner, Sonnenfeld as director, and both as executive producers,[38] with Handler writing some of the scripts along with working with the series' writing team.[31] However, in January 2016, Netflix announced that Hudis had left the project, with a replacement showrunner not named at the time.[5]
The first season consists of eight episodes,[6] with two episodes adapting each of the first four books of the series.[28] Handler considered this more in line with how he had written the books in the manner of a serialized melodrama, citing The Perils of Pauline as one of his influences in writing the book series.[39] In January 2017, Handler revealed that he was writing the series' second season, to consist of ten episodes adapting the fifth through ninth books of the series. A third season would adapt the remaining novels of the series, which Handler hoped "to get the go-ahead to do" since "given how quickly young actors age and change, we're trying to film everything as quickly as possible."[31] In March 2017, Netflix revealed the series had been renewed for a second season by releasing a video on their social media pointing to a viral marketing website, where a letter written by Snicket revealed the decision.[40] A month later, the series was "quietly" renewed for a third season,[41] which Harris confirmed would be the final one for the series.[42]
Casting
Neil Patrick Harris portrays Count Olaf in the series and serves as a producer.[5]
On December 3, 2015, an open casting call was announced for the roles of Violet and Klaus Baudelaire.[43] In January 2016, Netflix announced that Neil Patrick Harris had been cast as Count Olaf and Malina Weissman and Louis Hynes were cast as Violet and Klaus.[5][7] Handler had first considered Harris for the role of Olaf after seeing him perform the opening number "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore", at the 65th Tony Awards in 2011, noting "I just immediately saw someone who could pull off a million things at once" as was necessary for the character of Olaf, who utilizes various disguises and accents in his quest to steal the Baudelaire fortune.[44]
In March 2016, K. Todd Freeman was cast as Mr. Poe,[8] followed shortly after by the casting of Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket,[6] and Aasif Mandvi as Uncle Monty.[18] In September 2016, it was revealed that Dylan Kingwell and Avi Lake were cast as the Quagmire siblings, Duncan and Isadora, respectively.[12] In November 2016, Handler revealed Catherine O'Hara, Don Johnson, and Alfre Woodard had been cast as Dr. Georgina Orwell,[21] Sir,[20] and Aunt Josephine, respectively;[19] O'Hara had previously portrayed Justice Strauss in the 2004 film adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events.[21] It was also revealed that Presley Smith would play Sunny Baudelaire,[9] whose quasi-nonsensical lines are voiced by Tara Strong,[10] and Rhys Darby would play Charles, Sir's partner.[13]
Filming
Production began in May 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia,[45][46] and in August 2016 several cast members expressed through social media that filming had finished.[47] Filming for the second season began in April 2017.[48] The third season began filming on January 5, 2018.[49]
One aspect of the series of books that the production team wanted to be captured in the series was the notion of a lack of specific time period or geography for the settings; Handler stated that he wrote enough for establishing set pieces, but purposely left more specific details vague "in order for young readers to fill in the blanks themselves." Sonnenfeld wanted to capture that same sense of ambiguous time and place, and he and his team worked to try to define a set of subjective rules of what elements could be included. Sonnenfeld brought on Bo Welch, production designer for Edward Scissorhands, which Handler considered to capture the same sense of a "familiar but completely imaginary" suburban setting he had in mind for his books. While the production team used computer-generated imagery where needed, they attempted to avoid this use where possible, such as by using large painted backdrops, by key scenic artist John E. Wilcox, rather than employing green screen filming.[39]
Music
In April 2016, Nick Urata was initially reported to be composing music for the series.[50] Once the series was released, it was revealed that Urata collaborated with Daniel Handler to compose the main title theme, as well as various original songs that appear throughout the series, with Handler contributing the lyrics. The original score was composed by James Newton Howard, with his frequent collaborators Sven Faulconer and Chris Bacon filling in to score certain episodes.[51]
Visual effects
Zoic Studios created visual effects for the series, including the effects for many of Sunny Baudelaire's actions.[52] Tippett Studio also did work on the series, including the effects for the destruction of Josephine's house, landscape shots of Lake Lachrymose and some of the more movement heavy Sunny Baudelaire shots.[53]
Release
All eight episodes of the first season of A Series of Unfortunate Events were released worldwide on Netflix on January 13, 2017,[17] in Ultra HD 4K.[54] The second season was released on March 30, 2018.[55]
Marketing
On July 5, 2015 a video titled "An Unfortunate Teaser" was uploaded to YouTube by a user named "Eleanora Poe". Netflix quickly released a statement saying "This was not released from Netflix." Media outlets were almost unanimous in agreement that the trailer was fan-made.[56][57][58][59] However, Caitlin Petrakovitz of CNET argued that the trailer may be real and that Netflix's carefully worded denial was a marketing campaign, noting the user name "Eleanora Poe" being the same as a character from the series, and that a vinyl record seen in the trailer was of The Gothic Archies, a band who provided the theme music for the audio books of A Series of Unfortunate Events.[60] The trailer was later revealed to be a spec promo, similar to a spec script, by an independent commercial director, whom Netflix contracted to make a title sequence for the series after the video's popularity, though they did not go ahead with the concept.[61]
In October 2016, Netflix released the first teaser trailer for A Series of Unfortunate Events, where Warburton narrates the events of the series as Lemony Snicket.[17] A trailer, featuring footage from the series and Neil Patrick Harris's character, Count Olaf, was released by Netflix in November 2016,[62] followed shortly by the first full trailer.[9] The second trailer was released in December 2016,[63] followed by a "holiday-themed" trailer from Count Olaf leading fans to a viral marketing website for the fictional Valorous Farms Dairy, which featured four holiday e-cards for download.[64]
Reception
Audience viewership
As Netflix does not reveal subscriber viewership numbers for any of their original series, Symphony Technology Group compiled data for the first season based on people using software on their devices that measure television viewing by detecting a program's sound. According to Symphony, 3.755 million viewers age 18-49 were watching an episode of A Series of Unfortunate Events over the average minute in its first weekend of release.[65]
Critical response
The first season of A Series of Unfortunate Events received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the season an approval rating of 93% based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Enjoyably dark, A Series of Unfortunate Events matches the source material's narrative as well as its tone, leaving viewers with a wonderfully weird, dry, gothic comedy."[66] On Metacritic the season has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[67]
Erik Adams of The A.V. Club awarded the season a B and praised it for treating "mature themes like grief, loss, and disappointment with sardonic honesty." Adams compared the program positively to the Adam West Batman series, calling it "kids stuff with adult sophistication, driven by two-part stories, outrageous visuals, and the scenery-chewing of big-name guest stars".[68] Ben Travers of Indiewire gave the series an A-, saying that it "proves as inspirational and endearing as it claims to be forlorn and heartbreaking". Brian Lowry of CNN praised the showrunners for "infusing the show with a lemony-fresh feel, conjuring a series similar to the fantastical tone of Pushing Daisies. Lowry wrote that "the show proves a good deal of fun" and that "Harris dives into his over-the-top character with considerable gusto". He also argued that the series improved upon the 2004 film.[69]
Several critics praised the television series as a better adaptation of the books than the 2004 feature film, which starred Jim Carrey as Count Olaf. Kelly Lawler of USA Today felt the television format gave the stories more room to develop, the addition of Warburton as the fourth wall-breaking Snicket helped to convey some of the wordplay humor used in the books, and Harris's portrayal of Olaf was "much more dynamic, and creepier" than Carrey's version.[70] The Verge's Chaim Gartenburg said that the show follows the books much more faithfully than the film, and "nails down the tone that made the stories so special".[71] Los Angeles Times writer Robert Lloyd felt that the backgrounds of Sonnenfeld and Welch made them "the right people for this job, set in a milieu that is hard to fix in time, except to say it is not now", in capturing the tones of the book compared to the feature film.[72]
Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com, on the other hand, gave the series a negative review, calling it "an unfunny parody of sadness" that is "never as clever as it wants to be" and would only appeal to fans of the books.[73] Caroline Framke of Vox Media praised the series for its unique and weird visuals, but found the show's tone, pacing and performances to be haphazard and considered the show to be "literally, a series of unfortunate events".[74]
Awards and nominations
Year
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2017 Leo Awards Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series Luis Alejandro Guevara, Bob Habros, Cale Jacox, Ron Simonson, Jeffrey De Guzman Nominated [75]
Best Make-Up in a Dramatic Series Rita Ciccozzi, Krista Seller, Tanya Hudson, Gitte Axen Won
Best Hairstyling in a Dramatic Series Julie Mchaffie, Dianne Holme, Jenine Lehfeldt Won
Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series Sara Canning Nominated
Saturn Awards Best New Media Television Series A Series of Unfortunate Events Nominated [76]
Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Music Composition for a Series James Newton Howard Nominated [77]
Gold Derby TV Awards Comedy Actor Neil Patrick Harris Nominated [78]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series Nick Urata and Daniel Handler Won [79]
2018 Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Series - Comedy or Musical Neil Patrick Harris Nominated [80]
Notes
^ Jump up to: a b Netflix and critics name the first two episodes as "The Bad Beginning", following the title of the book, while the episode itself displays the name of "A Bad Beginning" after the opening credits.[29][30]
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