Pay close attention as episodes go on

It’s a good series in general.



This series started out good for kids I Nanny ages 6,6 8 and 10. However as we moved into season two became concerning. Second or first episode count Olaf slaps the young boy (which since I was aware of part fast forwarded through that) I felt it was unnecessary to show a “body“ in season finale. They could just say he “left a mysterious note” and disappears and make it obvious for the older kids that it was count Olaf that was behind it. I was able to tell the younger children that all the guardians of the baudelaires that were killed off were in a secret plot together and faked their own deaths to hide from the villain and they seemed good with that explanation. They did a good job of insinuating he was a drunk without stating anything obvious.



As for season two it was so in appropriate. A joke about how he “didn’t know if he prefers her mucous or her membrane” was so gross and out of place obviously went over kids head entirely. We skipped the creepy hospital episodes entirely and ended out watching there as I knew the creepy chasing in the dark halls of hospital and threat to cut of violets head would be too scary. I also thought the “remember you will die” slogan of the academy was morbid for young kids and they repeat it like a billion times in the show to ensure its one of those things kids will parrot....



All in all I really wanted this show to work because it promote values of kindness, working together for what is right, learning and problem solving and has the parts where the narrator explains nuanced language, idioms , grammar and advanced vocab for the audience. Neil Patrick Harris does a great job of portraying a villain with just enough of a threat but hamming it up for the younger audience until the hospital episodes. If you really want to still watch, Prescreen each episode carefully and DEFINITELY watch together to provide guidance which is fine because the episodes are enjoyable enough from an adult perspective . Not something you would want to set them up with while attending to other chores.