'The Durrells in Corfu' Highlights: Season 1 Episode 4

Welcome back to our highlight recaps of The Durrells in Corfu’s first season as we try to prepare our emotions for the series' final run this Fall.

Last time we visited the Durrell clan, Gerry had befriended a lonely convict, Margo tried out a job in the medical field, a broken heart landed Leslie in jail and Sven and Louisa began an awkward courtship dance. All the highlights are detailed here.

Looking ahead to episode four, Leslie continues to question his place in his family and the world, Margo’s new job is pleasantly surprising in more ways than one and Louisa’s plan to make Sven jealous backfires. For all the highlights, come this way….

Lost Leslie’s Brush with the Law

After his break-up with Alexia and the resulting drunken brawl arrest from the last episode, Leslie has been spiraling into some serious teenage angst. His own mother calls him a “twit with a gun” in a gripe session with her friend, Florence Petridis, and nags him about his hygiene and motivation.

These days the only time Leslie seems happy is when he has a rifle in his hand. Unfortunately, this obsession with weapons leads to some grave consequences for young Mr. Durrell.

It all begins with some domestic turkeys that Leslie mistakes for wild ones. The farmer who owns the turkeys yells at Leslie for shooting at his birds and rather than apologizing, young Durrell disrespectfully insists the angry farmer speak to him in English then stalks off in an adolescent huff.

Upon his return home, Leslie’s bad mood continues. Larry, who is taking a break from writing while awaiting word on the publication of his novel, belittles Leslie’s intellect and just generally annoys him. So when his big brother pays a visit to the outhouse, Leslie locks Larry inside with a large tree branch in retaliation. Unluckily for Larry, Gerry’s most recently acquired creatures, a colony of bats, are locked in the bog with him.