The Bad Beginning
When the Baudelaire children are left orphans after their parents die in a terrible fire, they are sent to live with their creepy Uncle Count Olaf. There they are forced to cook and clean while sleeping on dirty rags. When Count Olaf finds out about their huge inheritance he hatches a scheme to steal it from them even if it means killing the three orphans, Sunny, Klaus, and Violet.
The Reptile Room
After escaping from the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire children are sent to live with their uncle Monty, a snake inthusiast. That's when the mysterious assistant comes.