Life for the Baudelaire orphans is incredibly unpredictable and rather unfortuante.  After losing their parents in a mysterious fire, the orphans are sent to live with their sinister uncle, Count Olaf, who will stop at nothing to get his greedy hands on the Baudelaire family fortune!  Only by combining their talents will the orphans have a chance to defeat the evil Count Olaf and his  horrible henchmen.