The Penultimate Peril

Kit Snicket takes the Baudelaires to the Hotel Denouement, where V.F.D. is set to gather. Posing as concierges, they try to work out who J.S. is. They meet the twins Frank and Ernest, one a volunteer and one a villain, and a third brother, Dewey, who keeps a secret catalog beneath the reflection of the pool. Olaf threatens Dewey with a harpoon gun, and when Mr. Poe interrupts, he shoves the weapon into the orphans' hands. It fires and kills Dewey. At the next morning's trial, the secret judges are villains. The Baudelaires see through Olaf's plan, and Sunny sets the hotel on fire as a warning signal. They escape to sea in the same boat as Olaf.

1. ChangeThe judge survives

   The book doesn't say who escaped the hotel fire. In the show, Justice Strauss survives and hands Lemony a photograph.

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2. ChangeBeatrice on stage

   In the opera flashback, the show puts Beatrice on stage. In the book, she's in the audience.

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3. ChangeKlaus stops the elevator

   During the escape, Klaus stops the elevator in the show. In the book, Sunny does.

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