I've now completed watching the adaptation of the sixth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, "The Vile Village." As this episode begins, the Baudelairs are being taken to the town of V.F.D. and assume that they will get all the answers they seek about the secret organization of the same initials. Against all better judgement, they are hopeful that this will be a good place and that the town's slogan of "It Takes a Village" will mean they are entering a place where kind people will care for them. Of course, they're wrong.
The village is truly vile, run by a council of elders who see the children as free labor to do all the town's chores. And feeling momentum on his side, Count Olaf wastes no time in arriving at this new local. He and Esme literally followed them into town and unleashed their new plan immediately.
Violet and Klaus know that means their friends, the Quagmires are nearby and set in motion a plan to locate and rescue them. All seems to be going well when Jacque Snickett shows up and quickly arrests Olaf. But as we've learned over the course of a season and a half, the Count isn't as clueless as he once seemed. He's actually a very capable foe whose plans are coming closer and closer to dooming the orphans.
Thankfully, the children are smart and capable as well. They manage to save their friends, but are unable to flee with them. The episode closes with them running away once again. Let's hope it works out better than the last time...though, I surely doubt it.
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