As Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (ASOUE) gets ready to roll its first season, fans of the Lemony Snicket book series cannot help but speculate on what the show would deliver. It is expected that the upcoming series will be expanding some of the stories that haven't been clarified in the books. Could the secret of the sugar bowl be finally revealed in the show?
As Parent Herald previously reported, there will be some changes in the television adaptation of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" on Netflix. Fans note that with book author Daniel Handler also serving as the scriptwriter for the show, the TV adaptation could be a chance to improve on the retelling of the story to compound on what has already happened in the books. Some expect a few open-ended plots in the books to finally have clarity in the TV show.
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One element in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" that has to remain a mystery is the contents of the sugar bowl. TV Tropes categorizes the sugar bowl as a complete head scratcher because it was never revealed why the characters of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" have been treating this as the Holy Grail.
Avid readers have come to the conclusion that the author only intended the sugar bowl to become a plot device to get the story moving along in the books, so there isn't actually any rational explanation to it. However, in getting "A Series of Unfortunate Events" to translate well on television -- or in this case, a streaming site -- it's likely that this aspect will become more detailed and explained. Changing some aspects to the original story is common in adaptations in the understanding that these creative liberties are essential to telling the story for a new audience or a new platform.
Netflix first announced the development of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" in 2014, per Deadline. Filming started in April 2016 and wrapped up this August. The first season, with eight episodes culled from the first four books, is said to debuting in early 2017 on the streaming site.
