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* AllForNothing: Esmé's mad quest for the sugar bowl. Whatever becomes of her, she doesn't get it, and it's implied that it remains in the hidden library of Hotel Denouement.

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* AllForNothing: Esmé's mad quest for the sugar bowl.Sugar Bowl. Whatever becomes of her, she doesn't get it, and it's implied that it remains in the hidden library of Hotel Denouement.



* BriarPatching: Olaf uses it to trick Esmé and Carmelita into staying in the hotel as it's on fire.

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* BriarPatching: Olaf uses it to trick Esmé and Carmelita into staying in the hotel as it's on fire.it burns.



** Carmelita uses the rock Olaf gave her (which was also Violet's skipping stone) to shoot down the crow carrying the sugar bowl.
** The incredibly heavy beach-ball turns out to be a disguise for the diving helmet containing the mycelium.

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** Carmelita uses the rock Olaf gave her (which was also Violet's skipping stone) to shoot down the crow carrying the sugar bowl.
Sugar Bowl.
** The incredibly heavy beach-ball beachball turns out to be a disguise for the diving helmet containing the mycelium.



* IAteWhat: Everyone in the courtroom, but in particular the representatives from the crow-loving Village of Fowl Devotees, are disgusted at the thought they just ate crow-sausages. Only Poe doesn't seem to mind.

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* IAteWhat: Everyone in the courtroom, but in particular the representatives from the crow-loving Village of Fowl Devotees, are disgusted at the thought they just ate crow-sausages.crow sausages. Only Poe doesn't seem to mind.



* SkewedPriorities: Why is Esmé so hell-bent on getting that sugar bowl? It completes her tea set. Nothing more.
* StartOfDarkness: The theft of the sugar bowl is revealed, which resulted in the schism, the murder of Count Olaf's father, and his turn from the boyfriend of Kit into a villain.
* TastesLikeChicken: Poe's reaction to the crow-sausages Esmé and Carmelita serve the court.

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* SkewedPriorities: Why is Esmé so hell-bent on getting that sugar bowl? Sugar Bowl? It completes her tea set. Nothing more.
* StartOfDarkness: The theft of the sugar bowl Sugar Bowl is revealed, which resulted in the schism, the murder of Count Olaf's father, and his turn from the boyfriend of Kit into a villain.
* TastesLikeChicken: Poe's reaction to the crow-sausages crow sausages Esmé and Carmelita serve the court.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Count Olaf unleashes one on the trial's audience for their being utterly stupid and useless, pointing out all their flaws. He also has a brief one towards Violet and Klaus, [[NotSoDifferent chastising them for being just as immoral as him in their methods of survival]].

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Count Olaf unleashes one on the trial's audience for their being utterly stupid and useless, pointing out all their flaws. He also has a brief one towards Violet and Klaus, [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark chastising them for being just as immoral as him in their methods of survival]].
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** Carmelita uses the rock Olaf gave her to shoot down the crow carrying the sugar bowl.

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** Carmelita uses the rock Olaf gave her (which was also Violet's skipping stone) to shoot down the crow carrying the sugar bowl.
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** Carmelita uses the rock Olaf gave her to shoot down the crow carrying the sugar bowl.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Count Olaf unleashes one on the trial's audience for their being utterly stupid and useless, pointing out all their flaws.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Count Olaf unleashes one on the trial's audience for their being utterly stupid and useless, pointing out all their flaws. He also has a brief one towards Violet and Klaus, [[NotSoDifferent chastising them for being just as immoral as him in their methods of survival]].
-->'''Klaus Baudelaire:''' It's not the whole truth. You're manipulating the facts!\\
'''Count Olaf:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse So are you.]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters You're not the innocent orphans you've let these people think you are. You've lied. You've stolen. You've abandoned people. You've set fires. Time after time, you have relied on treachery for survival, just like everybody else.]] [[GreyAndGreyMorality Because here is the real truth that no one is willing tell you. There are no noble people in the world.]]


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* RuleOfSymbolism: In the flashback, Olaf is first seen igniting a small fire on a curtain with a telescope and a stage light. After he succeeds, he quickly extinguishes it, underscoring the GreyAndGreyMorality that has been running throughout the series.
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* AllForNothing: Esme's mad quest for the sugar bowl. Whatever becomes of her, she doesn't get it, and it's implied that it remains in the hidden library of Hotel Denouement.

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* AllForNothing: Esme's Esmé's mad quest for the sugar bowl. Whatever becomes of her, she doesn't get it, and it's implied that it remains in the hidden library of Hotel Denouement.



* BriarPatching: Olaf uses it to trick Esme and Carmelita into staying in the hotel as it's on fire.

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* BriarPatching: Olaf uses it to trick Esme Esmé and Carmelita into staying in the hotel as it's on fire.



* EvilIsPetty: Esme's idea for taking revenge on everybody in the courtroom? Serve them sausages made from crow meat, and laced with extra pepper. Olaf calls her out on it.

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* EvilIsPetty: Esme's Esmé's idea for taking revenge on everybody in the courtroom? Serve them sausages made from crow meat, and laced with extra pepper. Olaf calls her out on it.



* SkewedPriorities: Why is Esme so hell-bent on getting that sugar bowl? It completes her tea set. Nothing more.

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* SkewedPriorities: Why is Esme Esmé so hell-bent on getting that sugar bowl? It completes her tea set. Nothing more.



* TastesLikeChicken: Poe's reaction to the crow-sausages Esme and Carmelita serve the court.

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* TastesLikeChicken: Poe's reaction to the crow-sausages Esme Esmé and Carmelita serve the court.



* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice Principal Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Woman with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire. Although, considering Justice Strauss was on the roof and managed to escape, it's possible some of them made it out too.

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* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Esmé, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice Principal Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Woman with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire. Although, considering Justice Strauss was on the roof and managed to escape, it's possible some of them made it out too.



** Esme serves the court sausages made out of crow (literally eating crow).

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** Esme Esmé serves the court sausages made out of crow (literally eating crow).
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* AtTheOperaTonight: This episode clarifies what actually happened at the pivotal showing of the Giuseppe Verdi opera ''La forza del destino'' in the past. It involves theft and AccidentalMurder.



* ContinuityCavalcade: Guests at the hotel are from every adventure the Baudelaires have had.



* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice Principal Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Woman with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire. Although, considering Justice Strauss was on the roof and managed to escape, it's possible some of them made it out too.

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* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice Principal Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Woman with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire. Although, considering Justice Strauss was on the roof and managed to escape, it's possible some of them made it out too.too.
* VisualPun:
** The trial attendees have to enter the court blindfolded, since justice is blind.
** Esme serves the court sausages made out of crow (literally eating crow).
* WhamLine: "I'm sorry, Baudelaires. But my fellow judges want to know how ''you'' plead."
* WhamShot: Shortly after the above WhamLine, the other two High Court judges are revealed... [[HangingJudge The Man With A Beard But No Hair and the Woman With Hair But No Beard]], indicating that Olaf was never going to be brought to justice after all.
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* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice Principal Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Woman with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire.

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* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice Principal Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Woman with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire. Although, considering Justice Strauss was on the roof and managed to escape, it's possible some of them made it out too.

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* TheBusCameBack: In addition to last episode's returnees, this episode has Ishmael the Taxi Driver, the Village of Fowl Devotee elders, and some of the Volunteers Fighting Disease in attendance at the trial.

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* BlatantLies: The Man and the Woman claim Justice Strauss' panicked noise is her eating something, followed by claiming she's suddenly taken a vow of silence, mid-trial.
* BriarPatching: Olaf uses it to trick Esme and Carmelita into staying in the hotel as it's on fire.
* TheBusCameBack: In addition to last episode's returnees, this episode has Ishmael the Taxi Driver, some Lucky Smells workers, the Village of Fowl Devotee elders, Prufrock students, Heimlich Hospital doctors, and some of the Volunteers Fighting Disease in attendance at the trial.trial.
* CallForward:
** At the opera, Kit and Olaf lament Lemony's habit of defining things, lament being a word which here means "regret", and hope he grows out of it eventually.
** Olaf complains about opera, and declares he'll ''never'' spontaneously start singing... unless he changes his mind some day. Jaqcues is mentioned, but absent, and it turns out Olaf actually liked him at the time.



* ChekhovsGun: The incredibly heavy beach-ball turns out to be a disguise for the diving helmet containing the mycelium.

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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
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The incredibly heavy beach-ball turns out to be a disguise for the diving helmet containing the mycelium.mycelium.
** The ''Carmelita II''.



* TheCorruptor: Olaf is giddy when Sunny suggests burning down Hotel Denouement, thinking he's rubbed off on the Baudelaires.



* PoorCommunicationKills: Olaf twists things around to make the Baudelaires look bad, and they never think of a coherent argument in their own defense for any of what he says.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Olaf twists things around to make the Baudelaires look bad, and they never think of a coherent argument in their own defense for any of what he says. For example, not pointing out ''he'' was the one who burnt down Caligari Carnival, not them.



* SelfServingMemory: One of the Village of Fowl Devotees is against the Baudelaires, despite Klaus pointing out the village had tried to ''burn them''.

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* SelfServingMemory: One of the Village of Fowl Devotees is against the Baudelaires, despite Klaus pointing out the village had tried to ''burn them''. She does concede the point after that.



* TooDumbToLive: Mr. Poe decides to put his blindfold back on despite the building being on fire.

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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
** Babs and Jerome Squalor become so panicked and uncertain about where the exits are they decide to remain perfectly still.
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Mr. Poe decides to put his blindfold back on despite the building being on fire.
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* TheBusCameBack: In addition to last episode's returnees, this episode has Ishmael the Taxi Driver, the Village of Fowl Devotee elders, and some of the Volunteers Fighting Disease in attendance at the trial.
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* EvilIsPetty: Esme's idea for taking revenge on everybody in the courtroom? Serve them sausages made from crow meat, and liced with extra pepper. Olaf calls her out on it.

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* EvilIsPetty: Esme's idea for taking revenge on everybody in the courtroom? Serve them sausages made from crow meat, and liced laced with extra pepper. Olaf calls her out on it.



** Vice Principal Nero finally acknowledges the fact that Prufrock Prepatory doesn't seem to have an actual Principal. Apparently he went missing many years ago.

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** Vice Principal Nero finally acknowledges the fact that Prufrock Prepatory Preparatory doesn't seem to have an actual Principal. Apparently he went missing many years ago.
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* TastesLikeChicken: Poe's reaction to the crow-sausages Esme and Carmalita serve the court.

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* TastesLikeChicken: Poe's reaction to the crow-sausages Esme and Carmalita Carmelita serve the court.
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* EnemyMine: The Baudelaires are forced to work with Count Olaf to escape the hotel in the climax.
* EvilIsPetty: Esme's idea for taking revenge on everybody in the courtroom? Serve them sausages made from crow meat, and liced with extra pepper. Olaf calls her out on it.
* IAteWhat: Everyone in the courtroom, but in particular the representatives from the crow-loving Village of Fowl Devotees, are disgusted at the thought they just ate crow-sausages. Only Poe doesn't seem to mind.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Averted; when all members of the trial's audience begin to cough, the Baudelaires think it's this trope and deduce that the sausages they just ate had been poisoned with the Medusoid Mycelium. However, the coughing is actually caused by the huge amount of pepper in the sausages, and there is no real harm.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Count Olaf unleashes one on the trial's audience for their being utterly stupid and useless.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Count Olaf unleashes one on the trial's audience for their being utterly stupid and useless.useless, pointing out all their flaws.


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* TastesLikeChicken: Poe's reaction to the crow-sausages Esme and Carmalita serve the court.
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* ReusableLighterToss: Olaf lights the fire at the hotel by flinging a zippo into a basket of laundry.
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The trio are caught between a proverbial rock and a hard place; on the one hand, they have the ability to finally rid themselves of Olaf and his treachery by Straus' court of law, but would need to divulge everything that has happened to them, even the unsavoury bits. On the other, they have been found at the murder scene of Dewey Denouement, Frank and Ernest's triplet, and Kit's boyfriend. They must make difficult choices and learn harsh truths about VFD, their parents and how the entire series of unfortunate events that have surrounded them since the fire first began.

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The trio are caught between a proverbial rock and a hard place; on the one hand, they have the ability to finally rid themselves of Olaf and his treachery by Straus' court of law, but would need to divulge everything that has happened to them, even the unsavoury unsavory bits. On the other, they have been found at the murder scene of Dewey Denouement, Frank and Ernest's triplet, and Kit's boyfriend. They must make difficult choices and learn harsh truths about VFD, their parents and how the entire series of unfortunate events that have surrounded them since the fire first began.



* DownerEnding: The Last Safe Place is burnt down, possibly killing many people. The Baudelaires realise Justice Strauss can't help them, and are forced to flee on a boat with Count Olaf.

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* DownerEnding: The Last Safe Place is burnt down, possibly killing many people. The Baudelaires realise realize Justice Strauss can't help them, and are forced to flee on a boat with Count Olaf.



** Vice Principal Nero finally acknowledges the fact that Prufrock Prepatory doesn't seem to have an actual Principle. Apparently he went missing many years ago.

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** Vice Principal Nero finally acknowledges the fact that Prufrock Prepatory doesn't seem to have an actual Principle.Principal. Apparently he went missing many years ago.
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* DownerEnding: The Last Safe Place is burnt down, possibly killing many people. The Baudelaires realise Justice Straus can't help them, and are forced to flee on a boat with Count Olaf.

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* DownerEnding: The Last Safe Place is burnt down, possibly killing many people. The Baudelaires realise Justice Straus Strauss can't help them, and are forced to flee on a boat with Count Olaf.



** Vice-Principle Nero finally acknowledges the fact that Prufrock Prepatory doesn't seem to have an actual Principle. Apparently he went missing many years ago.

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** Vice-Principle Vice Principal Nero finally acknowledges the fact that Prufrock Prepatory doesn't seem to have an actual Principle. Apparently he went missing many years ago.



* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice-Principle Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Women with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire.

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* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice-Principle Vice Principal Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Women Woman with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire.

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* StartOfDarkness: The theft of the sugar bowl is revealed, which resulted in the schism, the murder of Count Olaf's father, and his turn from the boyfriend of Kit into a villain.

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* AllForNothing: Esme's mad quest for the sugar bowl. Whatever becomes of her, she doesn't get it, and it's implied that it remains in the hidden library of Hotel Denouement.
* CassandraTruth: Many of the people the Baudelaires try to warn about the fire don't believe them.
* ChekhovsGun: The incredibly heavy beach-ball turns out to be a disguise for the diving helmet containing the mycelium.
* ChekhovsGunman: The high judges, who go unseen until toward the end of the trial.
* DarkReprise: "That's Not How This Story Goes" shows up, over a montage of pictures of all the people who've died over the series, sung by the cast.
* DownerEnding: The Last Safe Place is burnt down, possibly killing many people. The Baudelaires realise Justice Straus can't help them, and are forced to flee on a boat with Count Olaf.
* KangarooCourt: It turns out the trial is one, designed to entrap the Baudelaires, by the Man with a Beard but No Hair and the Woman with Hair but No Beard.
* LampshadeHanging:
** Vice-Principle Nero finally acknowledges the fact that Prufrock Prepatory doesn't seem to have an actual Principle. Apparently he went missing many years ago.
** After one more coughing fit from Mr. Poe, Count Olaf notes he really should just get it checked.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Olaf twists things around to make the Baudelaires look bad, and they never think of a coherent argument in their own defense for any of what he says.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Count Olaf unleashes one on the trial's audience for their being utterly stupid and useless.
* SelfServingMemory: One of the Village of Fowl Devotees is against the Baudelaires, despite Klaus pointing out the village had tried to ''burn them''.
* SkewedPriorities: Why is Esme so hell-bent on getting that sugar bowl? It completes her tea set. Nothing more.
* StartOfDarkness: The theft of the sugar bowl is revealed, which resulted in the schism, the murder of Count Olaf's father, and his turn from the boyfriend of Kit into a villain.villain.
* TooDumbToLive: Mr. Poe decides to put his blindfold back on despite the building being on fire.
* UncertainDoom: We never do find out what becomes of Esme, Carmelita, Jerome, Babs, Mr. Poe, Vice-Principle Nero, the Man with a Beard but No Hair, or the Women with Hair but No Beard, or whether any of them escape the fire.
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The trio are caught between a proverbial rock and a hard place; on the one hand, they have the ability to finally rid themselves of Olaf and his treachery by Straus' court of law, but would need to divulge everything that has happened to them, even the unsavoury bits. On the other, they have been found at the murder scene of Dewey Denouement, Frank and Ernest's triplet, and Kit's boyfriend. They must make difficult choices and learn harsh truths about VFD, their parents and how the entire series of unfortunate events that have surrounded them since the fire first began.

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The trio are caught between a proverbial rock and a hard place; on the one hand, they have the ability to finally rid themselves of Olaf and his treachery by Straus' court of law, but would need to divulge everything that has happened to them, even the unsavoury bits. On the other, they have been found at the murder scene of Dewey Denouement, Frank and Ernest's triplet, and Kit's boyfriend. They must make difficult choices and learn harsh truths about VFD, their parents and how the entire series of unfortunate events that have surrounded them since the fire first began.began.

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* StartOfDarkness: The theft of the sugar bowl is revealed, which resulted in the schism, the murder of Count Olaf's father, and his turn from the boyfriend of Kit into a villain.
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The trio are caught between a proverbial rock and a hard place; on the one hand, they have the ability to finally rid themselves of Olaf and his treachery by Straus' court of law, but would need to divulge everything that has happened to them, even the unsavoury bits. On the other, they have been found at the murder scene of Dewey Denouement, Frank and Ernest's triplet, and Kit's boyfriend. They must make difficult choices and learn harsh truths about VFD, their parents and how the entire series of unfortunate events that have surrounded them since the fire first began.

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