At least the season is over.
The Baudelaires discover the dark truth behind the Lucky Smells Lumber Mill.
Tropes:
- Bait-and-Switch: The episode implies someone will be killed at Lucky Smells, someone wearing glasses. It's Doctor Orwell, who gets shoved into a furnace.
- Bizarrchitecture: Our first glimpse at the depressing place that is Prufrock Preparatory shows row after row of dorms shaped like tombstones.Mr. Poe: Here's a fun bit of trivia: The architect who built this school was severely depressed.
- Comically Missing the Point: When the kids try to inform Sir that "Shirley St. Ives" is not a woman, he assumes they're talking about Dr. Orwell.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Sir subscribes to the policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"... about his workers and what they do with their free time.
- Former Friends Photo: An old picture reveals Count Olaf and Lemony Snicket together on their graduation.
- Implausible Deniability: Count Olaf claiming he's dropped a pen on the floor, by throwing it onto the floor, right in front of Sir's face.
- I Will Find You: Charles decides to try and find Sir after Lucky Smells fails, because despite Sir just being generally awful, he still loves him.
- Lampshade Hanging: After a back-and-forth between Violet, Count Olaf and the Hook-Handed Man over control of Klaus, Dr. Orwell just tells Klaus to ignore whatever Violet says.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Olaf expresses his confusion for how much time has passed over the season.
- Monochrome Past: Parodied. Snicket introduces a flashback to Georgina Orwell's meeting with Sir, which happened not too long ago, by saying that events from the past are best viewed in black and white.
- Pet the Dog: Charles revealing to the Baudelaire that their parents didn't start the fire and helped the survivors.
- "Ray of Hope" Ending: Count Olaf is still at large, the Baudelaires have been sent to Prufrock Preparatory School, which will naturally be no better than anywhere else, but they will meet the Quagmires.
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog: After spending the entire season trying to get back to their children, "Mother" and "Father" are killed in a fire.
- Sudden Musical Ending: "That's Not How The Story Goes."
