A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS introduces the Beaudelaire children -- Violet (Malina Weissman), Kraus (Louis Hynes), and baby Sunny (Presley Smith, voiced by Tara Strong) -- whose life of wealth and privilege ends with the death of their parents. They're shuttled off to their closest living relative, the devious washed-up thespian Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris). Upon learning that the children's sizable inheritance is safeguarded until Violet comes of age, Count Olaf sets about making his wards' lives outright miserable while they're dependent on him, but these inventive and learned children manage to find small bits of happiness nonetheless. As the story evolves, the mystery of their parents' death also takes curious twists and turns, changing the Beaudelaire orphans' fortunes.