Todd Freeman just doesn't do it for me and that was the case throughout the whole of the adaptation.
Not just that, but Mr Poe just didn't feel necessary and added very little to what was going on. Beginning with what didn't work with "The Austere Academy: Part 1", whereas Vice Principal Nero was a contender for the most annoying character in the book series (although at least he was meant to be), Mr Poe is by far the most annoying character of the show and unlike Vice Principal Nero he is not meant to be. Personally am quite fond of the books, and the show does laudably adapting them. 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', both books and show, is not for all tastes, criticised for being repetitive and having stupid and easily fooled adult characters and understandably. "The Austere Academy: Part 1" is not perfect, none of the series' episodes are and to me perfection is somewhat rare, but it is another case of more good things than not so good things. Also doing very well indeed adapting 'The Austere Academy', to me one of the better books in the series despite perhaps the single most annoying character in the book series (Vice Principal Nero). Doing a great job re-establishing the series' dark, grim tone apparent throughout Season 1, and also building upon it, which is appropriate as the storytelling was growing darker all the time.
'A Series of Unfortunate Events' second season similarly gets off to a very good start. When it worked, especially both parts of "The Reptile Room" and the second part of "The Miserable Mill", Season 1 was very good. Todd Freeman manages to make Mr Poe irritating beyond belief and some of the narration wasn't needed. It wasn't perfect, the first part of "The Bad Beginning" was a little uneven, while K. Season 1 of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', adapting 'The Bad Beginning', 'The Reptile Room', 'The Wide Window' and 'The Miserable Mill', was surprisingly very well done.
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