"Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so"
-The Bad Beginning
When the Baudelaire orphans' house burns down all hope is lost, along with their parents. They are sent to live with Count Olaf. He is an actor, and his actions show it. This distant relative is obviously not fit to raise kids.
Olaf discovers that he can legally obtain the Baudelaire fortune if he marries Violet, the oldest of the orphans. He creates a plan to trick an audience into watching a "play" where he marries Violet. Will the plan work? Can Count pull this off, or can these kids trick the ultimate master of decisis?
