The family gathers at the dinner table. One candle. Outside, thunder—a storm, or distant guns? They don’t know. Larry reads a passage from his new manuscript: “And so we lived, foolish and brave, on the edge of a war we refused to see coming. That was our magic. That was our curse.”
The family splits. Larry wants to stay and fight with words. Leslie wants to join the Greek resistance. Margo is terrified of leaving Marco. Gerry only cares about releasing his animals into the wild so they won’t starve. Los Durrell - Temporada 02
“Do flamingos know they’re pink?”
The British consulate advises all citizens to leave. Louisa refuses. That night, Cemal’s ship is commandeered by the Italian navy. He comes to her door: “I must go. You must come with me.” The family gathers at the dinner table
(in Greek-accented English) “Cleverness is a splinter. Kindness is the wood. You, girl, are an oak.” They don’t know
“No. That’s why they’re happy.”
After a chaotic first year on Corfu, the Durrell family faces a new threat: the impending war in Europe. While Louisa fights to keep her crumbling villa standing, her four wild children fall into first loves, dangerous ideals, and impossible choices between returning to England or staying on their paradise island.