![]() ![]() The former Doogie Howser knows how to expertly milk a laugh from a mugging glower, a sarcasm-tinged line reading, or an extended bit of physical comedy (there's some especially funny work with O'Hara in this regard). In subsequent installments, he adopts a series of disguises (a peg-legged sea captain, a comely female secretary) that point up the character's uproarious lack of talent while revealing Harris' consistently ingenious artistry, here kin to Alec Guinness in his Ealing comedy prime. ![]() ![]() In the first two episodes, the hook-nosed, devil-bearded Olaf (a failed actor by trade) suggests Nosferatu resurrected as a snobbish sociopath who could stand to brush up on his Stanislavski. "He's the eternal thorn in the Baudelaires' side, obsessed with laying his hands on the massive fortune willed to the children by their parents (who may or may not appear, perhaps or perhaps not played by a pair of familiar faces - Netflix demands we remain coy). ![]()
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