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|adapted from = The Penultimate Peril |
|adapted from = The Penultimate Peril |
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|main character = [[Violet Baudelaire|Violet]], [[Klaus Baudelaire|Klaus]], [[Sunny Baudelaire|Sunny]] |
|main character = [[Violet Baudelaire|Violet]], [[Klaus Baudelaire|Klaus]], [[Sunny Baudelaire|Sunny]] |
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|guardian = Dewey Denouement |
|guardian = Dewey Denouement |
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|enemy = [[Count Olaf]] |
|enemy = [[Count Olaf]] |
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| + | |olaf disguise = [[Dad]], [[Jacques Snicket (Count Olaf’s disguise)|Jacques Snicket]] |
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| − | |olaf disguise = None |
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|setting = Hotel Denouement |
|setting = Hotel Denouement |
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| + | |writer = [[Joe Tracz]] |
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| + | |director = [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] |
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|producer = [[Neil Patrick Harris]] |
|producer = [[Neil Patrick Harris]] |
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|story number = 3a |
|story number = 3a |
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|network = [[Netflix]] |
|network = [[Netflix]] |
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|release date = January 1, 2019 |
|release date = January 1, 2019 |
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|series = ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' |
|series = ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' |
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|prev = The Grim Grotto: Part Two |
|prev = The Grim Grotto: Part Two |
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|next = The Penultimate Peril: Part Two |
|next = The Penultimate Peril: Part Two |
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}}'''"The Penultimate Peril: Part One"''' is the twenty-third episode of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. It covered the first half of ''[[The Penultimate Peril]]''. |
}}'''"The Penultimate Peril: Part One"''' is the twenty-third episode of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)|A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. It covered the first half of ''[[The Penultimate Peril]]''. |
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| + | ==Official synopsis== |
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| + | 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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==Dedication== |
==Dedication== |
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{{dedication|TV |
{{dedication|TV |
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|For Beatrice|No one could extinguish my love,|or your house.}} |
|For Beatrice|No one could extinguish my love,|or your house.}} |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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| + | [[Kit Snicket]] drives the Baudelaires to the Hotel Denouement, although she is being pursued by what she speculates to be the [[Man with a Beard but No Hair]] and [[Woman with Hair but No Beard]] in a black car. She tells the children she knows that her brother [[Jacques Snicket]] is dead. She gives them a picnic basket with concierge disguises and asks them to find the identity of J.S. which they accept. Kit loses the duo and they arrive at the hotel. |
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| − | ''Note: this plot summary follows the books and it is unknown when Part One ends.'' |
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| + | Meanwhile, on a phone at a beach, Olaf shares V.F.D.'s plans with the Man and Woman, but they already know. [[Fernald]] steals [[The Carmelita]] while Olaf, [[Esmé Squalor]] and [[Carmelita Spats]] are at the beach, leaving them to take a boat. |
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| − | The story starts with the Baudelaires in [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Kit_Snicket Kit Snicket]'s taxi, the situation at the end of ''[http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/The_Grim_Grotto The Grim Grotto]''. A distraught and pregnant Kit drives them to the [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Hotel_Denouement Hotel Denouement], where she leaves them with concierge uniforms and tells them to give her a signal that she can see in the sky if the meeting on Thursday is canceled. She also says that [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Quigley_Quagmire Quigley Quagmire], of whom [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Violet_Baudelaire Violet] is very fond, is out at sea saving his siblings. They are also to be wary of the managers of the Hotel, identical brothers [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Frank_Denouement Frank], a volunteer, and [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Ernest_Denouement Ernest], a villain. The hotel is designed like a giant library, with rooms cataloged by the Dewey Decimal System. The Baudelaires are expected to serve and help the people of the Hotel, as a front so they can be flâneurs, and in particular learn whether the mysterious "J.S." is helping [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/V.F.D. V.F.D.] or its enemies. |
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| + | Kit warns the Baudelaires that [[Frank Denouement]] and [[Ernest Denouement]] manage the hotel, but they are lookalike twins and Frank is a Fire-Fighter while Ernest is a Fire-Starter. After the Baudelaires leave, Kit kisses one of the brothers and says, "Send my regards to Frank". In her taxi, Kit finds [[Lemony Snicket]] who she thought was dead. Lemony asks his sister for a ride. |
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| − | When the Baudelaires enter the lobby from the entrance in the white fog that is emitted from the funnel, the see a lot of things like a line at the receptionists' desk, bellboys and bellgirls are rolling different luggage to the elevators, waiters and waitresses were bringing food and drinks to people who are sitting in the lobby, taxi drivers ushering their passengers in to join the line, dogs dragging their owners out for a walk, confused tourists looking quizzically at maps, rambunctious children were playing hide and seek amongst the potted plants, a man in a tuxedo playing tunes on the Grand Piano for anyone who cared to listen, members of the cleaning staff were polishing the green wooden floors, an enormous fountain in one corner of the room, and a woman standing in the opposite corner shouting a man's name over and over again in a crazed annoyed voice. The Baudelaires meet either Frank or Ernest who states that they are short-handed and must figure out the hotel system. He informs them that they are to answer to the summons of the hotel guests. One bellboy appears telling Frank or Ernest that a taxi driver dropped off some luggage where he said that the guests will not arrive until Thursday. Frank or Ernest left with the bellboy to take care of the situation leaving the Baudelaires near a large wooden bench. |
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| + | In the hotel, the Baudelaires notice Olaf's group is also there. One of the Denouement brothers orders the Baudelaires to attend to the guests. Rooms 610 (healthcare industry), 332 (financial economics), and the rooftop sunbathing salon. On the elevator, the Baudelaires go to different rooms: |
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| − | The other manager that might be Frank or Ernest appears nearby with a bunch of newspapers where he reads the article from ''[http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/The_Daily_Punctilio The Daily Punctilio]'' about the Baudelaires being sighted in The City. After getting the opinion of the article from the disguised Baudelaires, Frank or Ernest takes a bellgirl to the Newstand in Room 168. After a discussion of them growing up, the Baudelaires are encountered by either Frank or Ernest as they ask how the hotel is organized. Frank or Ernest explains that the Hotel Denouement is organized by the Dewey decimal system similar to the way that books are organized in many libraries where he uses Room 831 where German poets are gathered as an example and even a description of the social sciences as well as the bells that ring being associated with each room. |
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| + | *Violet goes to the rooftop sunbathing salon and sees [[Nero Feint|Vice Principal Nero]], Carmelita and Esmé. As soon as she goes there, Olaf draws on a mustache as part of a disguise and leaves. After Carmelita throws a beach ball (which is oddly heavy, which is important later), Violet is ordered to fetch Carmelita a harpoon gun along with ice cream. Violet overhears Esmé tell Nero that she is watching the skies because bird-watching is in. Esmé asks Nero if he knows who [[J.S.]] and he implies it is [[Jerome Squalor]]. As Violet leaves, she accidentally calls Carmelita by her name, which she covers it up by saying it's on her boat. Violet meets up with one of the managers who tells Violet that not giving a harpoon gun to a child would be suspicious and implies it is part of a larger plan already looked after. He gives her the gun and the bell rings. |
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| − | Three bells ring simultaneously, and the three orphans are forced to separate on Frank or Ernest's suggestion, in order to carry out various errands. Frank or Ernest leave to go talk to a banker on the phone when told about it by a bellboy. |
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| + | * Klaus goes to the healthcare room and meets [[Babs]] who does not recognize him from before. Babs is supposed to meet her boyfriend at the sauna but she doesn't know where it is. He guides her there where Jerome is, but Jerome can't recognize Klaus due to the steam. Jerome claims he met Babs at a support group for people terrorized by Esmé and fell in love, but it is evident they're faking being a couple. Klaus leaves but overhears Jerome saying they're faking being a couple to help the Baudelaires, which is what J.S. said to him. Jerome implies he's gay for [[Charles]] while Babs implies she's lesbian for [[Mrs. Bass]]. Klaus re-enters, claiming he received a telegram from J.S. but can't get it until Jerome tells J.S.' full name. Jerome says J.S. is a woman, while Babs thinks J.S. is a sea captain. Olaf enters, interrupting the conversations with red liquid on his suit he claims is blood. Klaus leaves and is ordered by a Denouement to hang flypaper for birds outside the window of 598, claiming it's part of a larger plan. Klaus agrees and the bell rings. |
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| + | * Sunny meets [[Arthur Poe|Mr. Poe]] for the financial people who do not recognize her. He tells her he has a meeting in the restaurant in room 954 and he needs someone with secretary experience to come. [[Larry Your-Waiter]] is managing the restaurant. Olaf enters with no blood on his suit, meaning this is before Klaus saw him, and he is disguised as [[Jacques Snicket]]. Olaf claims he is J.S. and Mr. Poe says he has the index (not the actual book) of a [[Odious Lusting After Finance|collection of evidence]] regarding the Baudelaire case which could incriminate Olaf. Sunny enters the kitchen and sees Larry talking to a Denouement brother. The brother asks Sunny to come with him the room 025, the laundry room and put a special lock on the door, and they take the service elevator in the kitchen. Olaf confronts Larry and kills him with the help of Ernest. As Sunny places the lock, the bell rings. |
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| + | The Baudelaires rest in the lobby. The mysterious J.S. who invited V.F.D is revealed to be Justice Strauss, who has been gathering information to incriminate Olaf. When the Baudelaires compare their stories, they determine there must be a third Denouement brother, and discover Dewey Denouement, who manages the sub-sub-library under the hotel filled with V.F.D. information. |
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| − | Violet goes up to the rooftop sunbathing salon, where she finds [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Esm%C3%A9_Squalor Esmé Squalor] and [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Carmelita_Spats Carmelita Spats]. Carmelita is patrolling the rooftop pool in a large boat, complete with sails, which was given to her as a gift from Esmé and Olaf. [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Geraldine_Julienne Geraldine Julienne], the reporter for the ''The Daily Punctilio'' who wrote that the Baudelaires killed Count Olaf, was also present on the rooftop sunbathing salon. Geraldine was interviewing Esmé about the Baudelaires. Violet overhears about a cocktail party on Thursday. Carmelita wants her to bring a [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Harpoon_gun harpoon gun], which Violet gets from Frank or Ernest. He asks her if she is who he thinks she is. Violet replies that she is a concierge and brings the gun to Carmelita. |
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| + | [[File:DeweyDies.gif|thumb|250px|Dewey dies from his harpoon wound.]] |
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| − | [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Klaus_Baudelaire Klaus] goes to a room for people in the sawmill industry, where he finds [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Sir Sir] and [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Charles Charles] (from ''[http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/The_Miserable_Mill The Miserable Mill]''). They have him take them to the sauna, which is just down the hall. He props the door open to listen in, and overhears them talk about a party on Thursday, and someone with the initials of J.S. However, Frank or Ernest enters and he has Klaus hang a flypaper-like roll of sticky paper called birdpaper outside the window, in order to catch and trap any falling birds. He asks the same question of Klaus as Frank or Ernest asked of Violet and he gets the same response. |
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| + | Returning to the hotel, they are confronted by Olaf with a harpoon gun, but the children protect Dewey and trick Olaf into breaking up with Esmé. A deterred Olaf surrenders the gun to the Baudelaires, but they inadvertently drop it when Mr. Poe suddenly appears, causing it to go off and impale Dewey. Lemony Snicket, prompted by his sister Kit, arrives and meets the Baudelaires. |
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| − | [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Sunny_Baudelaire Sunny] goes to a room for educational people, where she sees [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Vice_Principal_Nero Vice Principal Nero], [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Mrs._Bass Mrs. Bass] and [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Remora Mr. Remora], all from ''[http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/The_Austere_Academy The Austere Academy]''. Mrs. Bass has in the room several bags of money from [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Mulctuary_Money_Management Mulctuary Money Management]. Nero was practicing for his performance on Thursday. Both of them ask when they are going to stop for their lunch break as Nero is surprised that Esmé invited them to the party on Thursday. She takes them to an Indian restaurant in Room 954 which is run by [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Hal Hal] from ''[http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hostile_Hospital The Hostile Hospital]'' who is now wearing a turban. When Hal quoted "I didn't know this was a sad occasion," Mr. Remora quoted "it won't be a sad occasion if you don't feed us." When she is sent to fetch a napkin by Nero, Sunny hides in the kitchen and listens to a conversation by Hal and someone that might be Frank or Ernest, also about J.S., and then they see her. Dewey gives her a [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Vernacularly_Fastened_Door Vernacularly Fastened Door] and has her put it on the lock of a laundry room. The laundry room has a vent through which something can fall and - if the lock is on the door - that something will be protected. |
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| − | The Baudelaires get together after a long day and try to put together their stories, and wonder how the two managers can be in three places at once. Finally, Klaus deduces that a [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/V.F.D._Crows crow] will bring [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sugar_Bowl the Sugar Bowl] to the Hotel; it will be shot down by the harpoon gun, fall onto the flypaper, and the sugar bowl will fall into the laundry room vent. All of a sudden, they see a man descending form the ceiling of the Hotel from it's clock. They think it is Ernest or Frank, but it turns out to be their third brother [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Dewey_Denouement Dewey Denouement], also explaining how three different identical men talked to the Baudelaires at the same time. He is helpful and tells them that there is a duplicate of the Hotel at the bottom of the pond, containing a catalogue of all the secrets of V.F.D, which he has spent his entire life collecting. Then [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Justice_Strauss Justice Strauss] and [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Jerome_Squalor Jerome Squalor], who both believe that they are the J.S. being contacted, arrive by taxi where they have been helping Dewey. Justice Strauss has been communicating with the High Court on helping the Baudelaires, and Jerome - who also felt bad about how he treated the orphans - has written a book on the matter. The High Court justices are coming to put Count Olaf and the other evil people of V.F.D. on trial and so - on Thursday - all of the noble people will arrive to give evidence. |
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| − | Re-entering the hotel at 1:00 AM, they encounter [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Count_Olaf Count Olaf] who says that the [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Fernald Hook-Handed Man] and [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Fiona Fiona](of whom Klaus is very fond, due to their kiss in ''The Grim Grotto'') stole the ''Carmelita ''(a submarine from ''The Grim Grotto'' named after [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Carmelita_Spats Carmelita Spats]). Esmé, Carmelita, and [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Hugo Hugo] (who posed as the Rooftop Sunbathing Salon attendant), [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Colette Colette] (who posed as a passing chemist that went passed Klaus near the sauna), and [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin Kevin] (who posed as a washerwoman in the laundry room), the three carnival freaks who joined Olaf in ''[http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/The_Carnivorous_Carnival The Carnivorous Carnival]'', all arrive. While Jerome tries to get back with Esmé to no avail as she also wants the Sugar Bowl that [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Beatrice_Baudelaire Beatrice Baudelaire] stole from her, Olaf also hints that the Baudelaire's own parents were not noble, and that they had something to do with a box of poison darts. Dewey tells Olaf of the catalogue he has made, which prompts Esmé to comment that he must already know what is inside the sugar bowl, and why it is so important. Olaf takes the harpoon gun from Carmelita and threatens Dewey. The Baudelaires shield him and approach Olaf as he counts to ten. However, he is interrupted by the coughing of [http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Arthur_Poe Arthur Poe], who has come from his room to see what is happening. Count Olaf quickly shoves the gun into the Baudelaire's hands. The Baudelaire's accidentally drop the gun to the ground. It fires. |
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== Cast == |
== Cast == |
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* [[Sunny Baudelaire]] - [[Presley Smith]] |
* [[Sunny Baudelaire]] - [[Presley Smith]] |
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* [[Esmé Squalor]] - [[Lucy Punch]] |
* [[Esmé Squalor]] - [[Lucy Punch]] |
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| + | * [[Arthur Poe]] - [[K. Todd Freeman]] |
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=== Guest starring === |
=== Guest starring === |
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| + | * [[Kit Snicket]] - [[Allison Williams]] |
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| + | * [[Vice Principal Nero]] - [[Roger Bart]] |
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| + | * [[Jerome Squalor]] - [[Tony Hale]] |
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| + | * [[Frank Denouement|Frank]] / [[Ernest Denouement|Ernest]] / [[Dewey Denouement]] - [[Max Greenfield]] |
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| + | * [[Larry-Your-Waiter]] - [[Patrick Breen]] |
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| + | * [[Carmelita Spats]] - [[Kitana Turnbull]] |
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| + | * [[Babs]] - [[Kerri Kenney]] |
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| + | * [[Justice Strauss]] - [[Joan Cusack]] |
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=== Co-starring === |
=== Co-starring === |
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| + | * [[Bellboy]] - Eanna O'Dowd |
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| + | * [[Bellgirl]] - Latonya Williams |
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| + | * [[Trolleyman]] - [[Darcey Johnson]] |
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=== Uncredited === |
=== Uncredited === |
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== References == |
== References == |
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| + | * Carmelita mentions she wants to go to [[The Littlest Elf|Littlest Elf Land]]. |
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== Story notes == |
== Story notes == |
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=== Production errors === |
=== Production errors === |
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| + | *During the scene in which Justice Strauss arrives, the clock shows 10 o'clock. However, as opposed to the bell ringing thrice at 3 o'clock, the bell only rings eight times. |
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=== Deviations from the novel === |
=== Deviations from the novel === |
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| − | *The Baudelaires wear green concierge outfits instead of red ones. Their outfits also don't have sunglasses. |
+ | *The Baudelaires wear green concierge outfits instead of red ones. Their outfits also don't have sunglasses.[[File:61193622_2402355926712108_8684751977948643328_n.jpg|thumb|What the uniforms could have looked like]] |
*Kit doesn't wear a dress. |
*Kit doesn't wear a dress. |
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| − | *Klaus can define "flaneurs" in the show. In the book, Kit defined it for him. |
+ | *Klaus can define "flaneurs" on his own in the show. In the book, Kit defined it for him. |
| − | *The enemy taxi was following them much earlier, and Kit seems certain that it is one. |
+ | *The enemy taxi was following them much earlier, and Kit seems extremely certain that it is one. |
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+ | *The Baudelaires changed to the disguises much earlier than in the book. |
| − | *Violet and Klaus remember staying at the Hotel Denoument instead of the Hotel Preludio. |
+ | *Violet and Klaus remember staying at the Hotel Denoument instead of just the Hotel Preludio (which was alluded to but not called out). |
*Sunny says "Signal V.F.D." instead of "Sugar bowl" in the recap. |
*Sunny says "Signal V.F.D." instead of "Sugar bowl" in the recap. |
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*Kit seems confident that they can end this, instead of so distraught that it will all go wrong. |
*Kit seems confident that they can end this, instead of so distraught that it will all go wrong. |
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| − | *We find out that Fernald and Fiona double crossed Olaf from a note the former gave to Carmelita, instead of Olaf seeing it for himself. |
+ | *We find out that Fernald and Fiona double crossed Olaf from a note the former gave to Carmelita, instead of Olaf seeing it for himself. They also saved Phil in addition to the Snow Scouts. |
*The Baudelaires already trust Kit, unlike in the book where they were sort of debating it. |
*The Baudelaires already trust Kit, unlike in the book where they were sort of debating it. |
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| − | *Frank and Ernest were not outside the hotel when Kit talked about them. |
+ | *Frank and Ernest were not outside the hotel in the book when Kit talked about them. |
*They didn't take anything out of Kit's car. Violet lost her ribbon here instead of back at Heimlich Hospital. |
*They didn't take anything out of Kit's car. Violet lost her ribbon here instead of back at Heimlich Hospital. |
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| + | *When Kit was about to leave, Dewey appeared to talk to her. Nothing of the sort happened in the book. |
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| − | *The signage on the Hotel |
+ | *The signage on the Hotel Denouement can't be read correctly in the pond. |
| − | *Olaf, |
+ | *Olaf, Esmé, and Carmelita are still in disguise to hide from V.F.D., even though in the book they weren't. He doesn't recognize the Baudelaires at first, mainly because Violet says that villainous guests treat the staff like they are invisible. |
*One of the managers called the Baudelaires out by last name (it was possibly Dewey). |
*One of the managers called the Baudelaires out by last name (it was possibly Dewey). |
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| + | *The three adventures change: |
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| − | *Violet's adventure on the roof is different: |
+ | **Violet's adventure on the roof is different: |
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+ | ***Esmé calls Carmelita her daughter (in the book she was quick to dismiss it). Violet did not call the latter out by name. |
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| − | **The sauna is on another floor instead of down the hall. |
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| + | ***He finds Babs behind the door. In the book, she was presumed to be dead, and it was [[Charles]] and [[Sir]] he was assisting, but in the show, the latter ran off and the former is looking for him. |
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| − | **Jerome is already here. In the book he arrived in a taxi with Justice Strauss. |
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+ | ***The sauna was on another floor in the book instead of down the hall. |
| − | ***Jerome is |
+ | ***Jerome is already here. In the book, he arrived in a taxi with Justice Strauss. |
| + | ****He is pretending to date Babs so they can find the Baudelaires. |
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| + | ****The Denouement that Klaus encounters has him hang the flypaper outside the window of room 598 instead of the sauna. |
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| ⚫ | ***She finds Mr. Poe behind her door. In the book, he finds them much later after Dewey is shot. In the book, it was Nero, [[Mrs. Bass]], and [[Mr. Remora]] she was supposed to encounter, but the first was already on the roof for Violet's adventure, the second was arrested, and the third was not present at all. |
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| ⚫ | *None of the Baudelaires are asked if they are who they say they are; instead they call out the names of the people who they are assisting |
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| ⚫ | *None of the Baudelaires are asked if they are who they say they are; instead, they call out the names of the people who they are assisting by mistake, having to cover it up by saying they saw it on something they owned. They are also asked if they can be trusted by their respective managers (Violet > Frank, Klaus > Ernest, Sunny > Dewey). |
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*Klaus figures out that the sugar bowl may fall in the laundry room instead of Sunny. |
*Klaus figures out that the sugar bowl may fall in the laundry room instead of Sunny. |
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| − | *Lemony actually meets up with Kit. In the book he doesn't get the chance. |
+ | *Lemony actually meets up with Kit. In the book, he doesn't get the chance. |
| − | *Dewey |
+ | *Dewey finds the Baudelaires after they get to the sub-basement instead of before. In the book, Dewey descends from a rope in the lobby. |
| − | *The siblings realized for themselves that the |
+ | *The siblings realized for themselves that the Denouements were triplets and not twins instead of Dewey having to tell them. |
| + | *In the TV series, the Baudelaires trust Dewey incredibly easily. In the book, they are far more suspicious and only follow him after he claims he knows the Baudelaire father. |
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| − | *Dewey takes them through a passageway first instead of straight outside. (By now, this is when Jerome and Justice Strauss appear, but they were introduced earlier). |
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| + | *Dewey takes them through a passageway in the [[V.F.D. tunnel]] first instead of straight outside (By now, this is when Jerome and Justice Strauss appear, but they were introduced earlier). While walking through the VFD tunnel with the Baudelaires, he comments that his library collects information gathered by every V.F.D. agent, scholar, researcher, inventor, scientist, explorer, cartographer, poet, journalist, naturalist, herpetologist, optometrist, receptionist, chef, waiter, taxi driver, sea captain, film director, ballerina, children's book author, and mountaineer. |
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+ | *Dewey wishes for them to stay at the Hotel, but in the book, he does not say he wants them to take over his library. |
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Revision as of 02:06, 21 January 2020
"The Penultimate PerilPart One"
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| Adapted from: | The Penultimate Peril | |
| Main character(s): | Violet, Klaus, Sunny | |
| Baudelaire guardian: | Dewey Denouement | |
| Main enemy: | Count Olaf | |
| Olaf's disguise: | Dad, Jacques Snicket | |
| Main setting: | Hotel Denouement | |
| Key crew | ||
| Writer: | Joe Tracz | |
| Director: | Barry Sonnenfeld | |
| Producer: | Neil Patrick Harris | |
| Release details | ||
| Story number: | 3a | |
| Season/series: | Season 3 | |
| Premiere network: | Netflix | |
| Release date: | January 1, 2019 | |
| Format: | 55 minutes | |
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| A Series of Unfortunate Events | ||
| "The Grim Grotto: Part Two" | "The Penultimate Peril: Part Two" | |
"The Penultimate Peril: Part One" is the twenty-third episode of Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events. It covered the first half of The Penultimate Peril.
Official synopsis
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.
Dedication
- For Beatrice –
- No one could extinguish my love,
- or your house.
Plot
Kit Snicket drives the Baudelaires to the Hotel Denouement, although she is being pursued by what she speculates to be the Man with a Beard but No Hair and Woman with Hair but No Beard in a black car. She tells the children she knows that her brother Jacques Snicket is dead. She gives them a picnic basket with concierge disguises and asks them to find the identity of J.S. which they accept. Kit loses the duo and they arrive at the hotel.
Meanwhile, on a phone at a beach, Olaf shares V.F.D.'s plans with the Man and Woman, but they already know. Fernald steals The Carmelita while Olaf, Esmé Squalor and Carmelita Spats are at the beach, leaving them to take a boat.
Kit warns the Baudelaires that Frank Denouement and Ernest Denouement manage the hotel, but they are lookalike twins and Frank is a Fire-Fighter while Ernest is a Fire-Starter. After the Baudelaires leave, Kit kisses one of the brothers and says, "Send my regards to Frank". In her taxi, Kit finds Lemony Snicket who she thought was dead. Lemony asks his sister for a ride.
In the hotel, the Baudelaires notice Olaf's group is also there. One of the Denouement brothers orders the Baudelaires to attend to the guests. Rooms 610 (healthcare industry), 332 (financial economics), and the rooftop sunbathing salon. On the elevator, the Baudelaires go to different rooms:
- Violet goes to the rooftop sunbathing salon and sees Vice Principal Nero, Carmelita and Esmé. As soon as she goes there, Olaf draws on a mustache as part of a disguise and leaves. After Carmelita throws a beach ball (which is oddly heavy, which is important later), Violet is ordered to fetch Carmelita a harpoon gun along with ice cream. Violet overhears Esmé tell Nero that she is watching the skies because bird-watching is in. Esmé asks Nero if he knows who J.S. and he implies it is Jerome Squalor. As Violet leaves, she accidentally calls Carmelita by her name, which she covers it up by saying it's on her boat. Violet meets up with one of the managers who tells Violet that not giving a harpoon gun to a child would be suspicious and implies it is part of a larger plan already looked after. He gives her the gun and the bell rings.
- Klaus goes to the healthcare room and meets Babs who does not recognize him from before. Babs is supposed to meet her boyfriend at the sauna but she doesn't know where it is. He guides her there where Jerome is, but Jerome can't recognize Klaus due to the steam. Jerome claims he met Babs at a support group for people terrorized by Esmé and fell in love, but it is evident they're faking being a couple. Klaus leaves but overhears Jerome saying they're faking being a couple to help the Baudelaires, which is what J.S. said to him. Jerome implies he's gay for Charles while Babs implies she's lesbian for Mrs. Bass. Klaus re-enters, claiming he received a telegram from J.S. but can't get it until Jerome tells J.S.' full name. Jerome says J.S. is a woman, while Babs thinks J.S. is a sea captain. Olaf enters, interrupting the conversations with red liquid on his suit he claims is blood. Klaus leaves and is ordered by a Denouement to hang flypaper for birds outside the window of 598, claiming it's part of a larger plan. Klaus agrees and the bell rings.
- Sunny meets Mr. Poe for the financial people who do not recognize her. He tells her he has a meeting in the restaurant in room 954 and he needs someone with secretary experience to come. Larry Your-Waiter is managing the restaurant. Olaf enters with no blood on his suit, meaning this is before Klaus saw him, and he is disguised as Jacques Snicket. Olaf claims he is J.S. and Mr. Poe says he has the index (not the actual book) of a collection of evidence regarding the Baudelaire case which could incriminate Olaf. Sunny enters the kitchen and sees Larry talking to a Denouement brother. The brother asks Sunny to come with him the room 025, the laundry room and put a special lock on the door, and they take the service elevator in the kitchen. Olaf confronts Larry and kills him with the help of Ernest. As Sunny places the lock, the bell rings.
The Baudelaires rest in the lobby. The mysterious J.S. who invited V.F.D is revealed to be Justice Strauss, who has been gathering information to incriminate Olaf. When the Baudelaires compare their stories, they determine there must be a third Denouement brother, and discover Dewey Denouement, who manages the sub-sub-library under the hotel filled with V.F.D. information.
Dewey dies from his harpoon wound.
Returning to the hotel, they are confronted by Olaf with a harpoon gun, but the children protect Dewey and trick Olaf into breaking up with Esmé. A deterred Olaf surrenders the gun to the Baudelaires, but they inadvertently drop it when Mr. Poe suddenly appears, causing it to go off and impale Dewey. Lemony Snicket, prompted by his sister Kit, arrives and meets the Baudelaires.
Cast
Starring
- Count Olaf - Neil Patrick Harris
- Lemony Snicket - Patrick Warburton
- Violet Baudelaire - Malina Weissman
- Klaus Baudelaire - Louis Hynes
- Sunny Baudelaire - Presley Smith
- Esmé Squalor - Lucy Punch
- Arthur Poe - K. Todd Freeman
Guest starring
- Kit Snicket - Allison Williams
- Vice Principal Nero - Roger Bart
- Jerome Squalor - Tony Hale
- Frank / Ernest / Dewey Denouement - Max Greenfield
- Larry-Your-Waiter - Patrick Breen
- Carmelita Spats - Kitana Turnbull
- Babs - Kerri Kenney
- Justice Strauss - Joan Cusack
Co-starring
- Bellboy - Eanna O'Dowd
- Bellgirl - Latonya Williams
- Trolleyman - Darcey Johnson
Uncredited
Crew
to be added
References
- Carmelita mentions she wants to go to Littlest Elf Land.
Story notes
to be added
Filming locations
to be added
Production errors
- During the scene in which Justice Strauss arrives, the clock shows 10 o'clock. However, as opposed to the bell ringing thrice at 3 o'clock, the bell only rings eight times.
Deviations from the novel
- The Baudelaires wear green concierge outfits instead of red ones. Their outfits also don't have sunglasses.
What the uniforms could have looked like
- Kit doesn't wear a dress.
- Klaus can define "flaneurs" on his own in the show. In the book, Kit defined it for him.
- The enemy taxi was following them much earlier, and Kit seems extremely certain that it is one.
- The Baudelaires changed to the disguises much earlier than in the book.
- Violet and Klaus remember staying at the Hotel Denoument instead of just the Hotel Preludio (which was alluded to but not called out).
- Sunny says "Signal V.F.D." instead of "Sugar bowl" in the recap.
- Kit seems confident that they can end this, instead of so distraught that it will all go wrong.
- We find out that Fernald and Fiona double crossed Olaf from a note the former gave to Carmelita, instead of Olaf seeing it for himself. They also saved Phil in addition to the Snow Scouts.
- The Baudelaires already trust Kit, unlike in the book where they were sort of debating it.
- Frank and Ernest were not outside the hotel in the book when Kit talked about them.
- They didn't take anything out of Kit's car. Violet lost her ribbon here instead of back at Heimlich Hospital.
- When Kit was about to leave, Dewey appeared to talk to her. Nothing of the sort happened in the book.
- The signage on the Hotel Denouement can't be read correctly in the pond.
- Olaf, Esmé, and Carmelita are still in disguise to hide from V.F.D., even though in the book they weren't. He doesn't recognize the Baudelaires at first, mainly because Violet says that villainous guests treat the staff like they are invisible.
- One of the managers called the Baudelaires out by last name (it was possibly Dewey).
- The three adventures change:
- Violet's adventure on the roof is different:
- Geraldine Julienne is not featured.
- Esmé isn't wearing Vision Furthering Devices, she uses a spyglass to watch the skies. Her outfit is (for obvious reasons) not as skimpy as the one in the book (giant leaves of lettuce).
- Carmelita's outfit hardly has any blue in it.
- Geraldine is not on the roof because she is not in the show. Nero is on the roof, however. Due to this, he leads the Esmé Squalor Fan Club instead of her. Anything Geraldine was meant to say goes to Nero.
- Violet pretends to be a part of the fan club, which was not mentioned in the book.
- Nero says that Esmé should know who J.S. is, but is interrupted by Carmelita screaming for Violet before he can finish.
- Esmé calls Carmelita her daughter (in the book she was quick to dismiss it). Violet did not call the latter out by name.
- Klaus's adventure is different too:
- He finds Babs behind the door. In the book, she was presumed to be dead, and it was Charles and Sir he was assisting, but in the show, the latter ran off and the former is looking for him.
- The sauna was on another floor in the book instead of down the hall.
- Jerome is already here. In the book, he arrived in a taxi with Justice Strauss.
- He is pretending to date Babs so they can find the Baudelaires.
- Jerome is interested in Charles.
- Babs in interested in Mrs. Bass.
- The Denouement that Klaus encounters has him hang the flypaper outside the window of room 598 instead of the sauna.
- Klaus eavesdrops outside the sauna instead of in it.
- Jerome thinks J.S. is a woman (maybe Justice Strauss or Jacquelyn) and Babs thinks he is a sea captain (probably Julio Sham (the person Count Olaf posed as, he is only mentioned in certain books) as she said "he")
- Olaf comes to interrupt the adventure.
- Here's how Sunny's adventure varies:
- She finds Mr. Poe behind her door. In the book, he finds them much later after Dewey is shot. In the book, it was Nero, Mrs. Bass, and Mr. Remora she was supposed to encounter, but the first was already on the roof for Violet's adventure, the second was arrested, and the third was not present at all.
- He doesn't recognize her.
- Larry is in the kitchen instead of Hal.
- Olaf also interrupts this adventure, posing as Jacques. He also seems to finally to recognize Sunny.
- Poe brings out all he knows on the siblings' case, including something hidden. He has been contacted by two J.S.'s.
- Ernest also intercepts this. He drops Larry into a simmering pot of curry.
- She finds Mr. Poe behind her door. In the book, he finds them much later after Dewey is shot. In the book, it was Nero, Mrs. Bass, and Mr. Remora she was supposed to encounter, but the first was already on the roof for Violet's adventure, the second was arrested, and the third was not present at all.
- Violet's adventure on the roof is different:
- None of the Baudelaires are asked if they are who they say they are; instead, they call out the names of the people who they are assisting by mistake, having to cover it up by saying they saw it on something they owned. They are also asked if they can be trusted by their respective managers (Violet > Frank, Klaus > Ernest, Sunny > Dewey).
- Klaus figures out that the sugar bowl may fall in the laundry room instead of Sunny.
- Lemony actually meets up with Kit. In the book, he doesn't get the chance.
- Dewey finds the Baudelaires after they get to the sub-basement instead of before. In the book, Dewey descends from a rope in the lobby.
- The siblings realized for themselves that the Denouements were triplets and not twins instead of Dewey having to tell them.
- In the TV series, the Baudelaires trust Dewey incredibly easily. In the book, they are far more suspicious and only follow him after he claims he knows the Baudelaire father.
- Dewey takes them through a passageway in the V.F.D. tunnel first instead of straight outside (By now, this is when Jerome and Justice Strauss appear, but they were introduced earlier). While walking through the VFD tunnel with the Baudelaires, he comments that his library collects information gathered by every V.F.D. agent, scholar, researcher, inventor, scientist, explorer, cartographer, poet, journalist, naturalist, herpetologist, optometrist, receptionist, chef, waiter, taxi driver, sea captain, film director, ballerina, children's book author, and mountaineer.
- Dewey wishes for them to stay at the Hotel, but in the book, he does not say he wants them to take over his library.
- When Olaf, Esmé and Carmelita show up, this encounter is different:
- Most of the villains are not here, according to Dewey saying they would arrive late (in the book they were already here). Carmelita now mentions wanting to learn how spit instead of at the roof when Violet was tending to her.
- In the book, Justice Strauss asked why Frank did not stop Violet from taking the gun, to which she replied that he might have tried. In the show, he didn't try, he told her to do her job.
- Esmé notes that they have not yet shot the crow, even though by this point in the book two of them were already shot down.
- Since Hugo, Collette, and Kevin were (most likely) killed by the Man and Woman, they are not here to report what was going on after Carmelita would have shot the crows.
- Dewey says that the container (Sugar Bowl) belongs to Esmé and not what it contains, instead of simply saying "Not anymore."
- Olaf doesn't knock Carmelita to the floor when he takes away the harpoon gun. He also breaks up with Esmé instead of just firing her (then she quits and mutual agreement) much earlier than when it happens in the book.
- Violet and Klaus mention that it's Esmé's fault that Olaf is not rich and that they are not dead.
- The two siblings drop the gun because Mr. Poe calls out and not because it was heavy. The latter also says "Good God, that man's been shot!" instead of simply "Baudelaires!" and only the siblings, Olaf, and Poe are outside since Esmé and Carmelita left and none of the others that were present in the book are alive or around.
- The children do not grab Dewey in time or call out to him before he falls in.
- If Lemony is the man in the taxi in the book, it's not clear.
Continuity
- The stone Lemony threw into the pond at the start of the episode is the one Violet used to test her invention in the very first episode. It reappears when Count Olaf threatens Carmelita with it in exchange for the note from Fernald.
Behind the scenes
- The creators were excited to reveal Charles as Jerome's new partner and depict an explicit and healthy same-sex relationship, but due to filming difficulties, Charles could not appear and he was replaced with Babs, forcing a rewrite.[1]
Deleted Scene (Original Sauna Scene)
Due to Rhys Darby being stuck in Fiji due to a typhoon and unable to make production, the original sauna scene had to be replaced. The original version was released by Joe Tracz, and can be seen below.[1]
Home video releases
DVD releases
to be added
Blu-ray releases
to be added
Gallery
Frank/Ernest Denouement.
Hotel Denouement.
Count Olaf in his Dad Disguise.
Violet in a concierge outfit.
Olaf on the roof.
Nero and Esmé.
Carmelita on the roof.
Count Olaf with Jerome Squalor and Babs in a sauna.
Count Olaf with Jerome Squalor and Babs in a sauna.
Count Olaf disguised as Jacques Snicket.
Ernest Denouement attacking Larry.
Larry murdered by Olaf.
The Baudelaires resting.
Count Olaf with a harpoon gun.
Dewey injured by the harpoon.
Dewey dies in the pond.
Lemony Snicket by a taxi.
External links
- Watch The Penultimate Peril: Part One on Netflix
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