Thanks to the work of some very fine dramatists, the Netflix adaptation of the Series of Unfortunate
Events novels has been absolutely fantastic, a word which here means full of very frightening
danger, various fakery disguises, and very fitting definitions.
Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers, I'm Jan and today, I'm exploring 12 of the biggest differences
between the Unfortunate Events TV series and the original books.
Spoilers ahead for the show and novels.
While the books are rather cryptic about the identity of the taxi driver who offers to
take the Baudelaires away from the Hotel Denouement after Dewey's death by harpoon, the TV show
is much, much clearer.
"Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire."
"My name is Lemony Snicket."
In the novels, the children couldn't see the taxi driver's face in the darkness, just the
tip of a lit cigarette.
Of course, even before season 3, Lemony was already more involved and present in the action
of the Netflix series compared to the books.
"when we hear Uncle Monty tell the children..."
"I promise you, no harm will come to you in the Reptile Room."
"... we should be on guard for the unpleasant arrival of dramatic irony."
But it was great to finally see the Baudelaires and our narrator meet in the Penultimate Peril
episodes.
The whole cast has been a joy to watch throughout the series, with Patrick Warburton fantastic
as Lemony Snicket, perfectly capturing his deadpan nature.
One character who doesn't make it from the books into the TV show is Captain Widdershins.
In Season 3, we just see a prominently placed portrait of him as well as a photograph belonging
to his step-daughter Fiona, who reveals that Widdershins left one day to answer a distress
call from a manatee and never came back.
The TV series combines parts of Fiona's character from the Grim Grotto book with aspects of
her step-father's role as Captain of the Queequeg.
We do hear Widdershins' voice in the finale, showing that he is indeed still alive!
Netflix makes several more changes to the Grim Grotto storyline, for example, Olaf finds
the Queequeg earlier in the show than he does in the books, and he forces the Baudelaires
to visit the Gorgonian Grotto, whereas in the books, he turns up after the orphans return
from the Grotto with Fiona, who doesn't accompany them there in the TV show.
And in the books, Phil goes missing part way through the story along with Captain Widdershins.
The show also reveals how the Hook-Handed Man, aka Fernald, lost both his hands, which
isn't confirmed in the novels, though it has been a fan theory.
I suspect these various changes were made to condense the action, highlight the Baudelaires'
self-reliance by removing an adult guardian figure, as well as give fans some closure
on their theories.
Because the show's writers wanted Count Olaf to end Season 2 and begin Season 3 on a triumphant
note, they decided to keep his villainous associates alive even though several of them
are killed off earlier in the books.
For example, in the novels, the Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender is last seen at Heimlich
Hospital where they likely died in the fire, and the Bald Man is eaten alive by lions in
The Carnivorous Carnival book.
In the TV show, however, both those henchpeople are still part of Olaf's troupe throughout
The Slippery Slope episodes.
As for the White-Faced Women, on the Netflix series they abandon Olaf's troupe, after he
tells them to throw Sunny off the mountain, as he also did in the tenth novel.
However, in a change from the book, the Bald Man and The Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
join the White-Faced Women in quitting Olaf's team, and, as they leave, they discuss their
future plans which involve farming and music halls.
We last see them on stage together at the end of a show they've put on, enjoying the
audience's applause.
Unlike the members of Olaf's villainous theatre troupe, the Carnival Freaks last a lot less
time in the TV series than they do in the books.
In the original stories, Colette, Hugo, and Kevin are still alive and kicking and very
much part of Olaf's wicked crew at the Hotel Denouement and they even provide evidence
at Olaf and the Baudelaire's trial, though it's unclear whether they make it out of the
hotel fire alive.
However, in the TV adaptation, the former carnival employees are bumped off in the Mortmain
Mountains by the Man With A Beard But No Hair and the Woman With Hair But No Beard, soon
after the start of Season 3.
I imagine this was done to gradually chip away at Olaf and his schemes, bringing him
down from his literal and figurative highest point at the start of the Season.
And, of course, it also gives us some insight into the show's two newest villains.
During Season 3, we also learn more than we do in the books about Count Olaf's relationship
to the Man With A Beard But No Hair and the Woman With Hair But No Beard.
When Olaf first sees the ominous duo in the TV show, he calls them 'mummy' and 'daddy'.
Obviously, we see Olaf's actual father during the opera flashbacks, so these two terrible
people are not his real parents, but rather his figurative parents or mentors, who recruited
him to their nefarious ranks when he was at a low point in his life, after the death of
his father.
By adding some backstory between these two new characters and Olaf in the show, it gives
us some extra context as to what led him down this dark, fire-filled path in life.
And it's interesting to see how this man and woman are so much more impressed with Esmé,
who they've not met before, than they are with Olaf, who's so desperate for their approval.
The TV series leaves the Quagmires and the Widdershins on a somewhat hopeful note, with
the Quagmires finally reuniting; and Fiona and Fernald finding their stepfather, Captain
Widdershins.
However, the books leave us on a much vaguer and less optimistic note when it comes to
their fates.
In the novels, Quigley does reunite with his siblings and helps them deal with the eagles
sent to attack their self-sustaining hot-air mobile home, but the birds manage to pop the
balloons, sending everyone crashing into the Queequeg below, which wrecks the submarine.
The Widdershins and Kit Snicket, who was on the sub at the time, are all tossed into the
sea, along with the Quagmires and Hector from the Village of Fowl Devotees.
Then the Great Unknown appears, and all of them, apart from Kit, disappear, "either swallowed
up or rescued by that mysterious thing".
The way the TV show ends the Quagmires and Widdershins' stories gives fans a little more
closure, which many have enjoyed, though some prefer a more unfortunate ending like the
books.
In the TV version of events, when a heavily-pregnant Beatrice and her husband Bertrand decide to
leave the Island, it's because they choose to return home in time for the birth of their
first child, Violet, as they realise they can't shelter their family there forever.
This is rather different from the books where the couple are forced to abandon the Island
after Ishmael arrives and begins spreading fears among the islanders about Beatrice and
Bertrand's leadership.
Ishmael's background as the founder of VFD and Principal of Prufrock Prep is also new
to the series, as in the books, he's simply a former member of VFD and chemistry teacher.
These changes were likely made because there's just one episode to wrap up the whole story,
and the mutiny against the Baudelaire parents would have needed more build-up to make sense.
As for Ishmael's new backstory, well, that's very much in keeping with the TV series which
has been dropping clues and adding intriguing storylines about VFD since the beginning.
By the way, I explain a lot more about the TV show's ending, including the Sugar Bowl,
VFD, the Schism, and much more in my Ending Explained video.
You can tap in the top right to watch that or click the link in the video description.
Instead of bringing the third and final season to a close with Violet, Klaus, Sunny and baby
Beatrice sailing away from the island, leaving their fate ambiguous, as happens in Chapter
14 of the last Unfortunate Events book; the Netflix series continues past this point,
skipping ahead ten or so years, and shows Lemony Snicket receiving a letter from his
niece, Beatrice Baudelaire the Second, and meeting up with her at a soda bar where she
tells him what happened to the Baudelaires after they left the island.
By continuing the story like this, the TV show is taking a page out of another of Lemony
Snicket's books called The Beatrice Letters, which, as well as correspondence between Lemony
and the Baudelaires' mother, also contains letters from Kit's daughter Beatrice, asking
Lemony for help tracking down Violet, Klaus, and Sunny [as they've become separated at
some point].
Now, what did you think of the changes in the TV series?
And what are your favourite moments in the show and the books?
Let me know in the comments below!
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