'The Durrells in Corfu': Season 3, Episode 7 Recap
Last time we visited with the Durrells, the family celebrated Gerry's graduation to teenagehood. Well, everyone except Louisa who was loathe to let go of her baby. Mix in a plague of mosquitos, a dispirited Spiro and the sweet blossoming of Daphne and Leslie's affections and you have a Durrell party for the record books. For all the quirky, angsty details, check out the full recap of last week's episode of The Durrells in Corfu here.
In this episode, we find Louisa Durrell a woman focused on at least two missions – the release of her former fiancé from police custody and the task of bringing her best friend, and very obvious object of her affection, out of the downward spiral he finds himself in. Add to this a philosophical feud between to her two oldest sons, hosting famous American writer and nudist Henry Miller (Trevor White) as a houseguest, waiting to discover the fate of a long-awaited inheritance and trying to break her youngest child of a rather inconvenient vegetarian habit and you realize it’s just a typical week for this family.
Sven and his Crusaders
Mr. Miller’s first night with the Durrells is rife with discussions of his banned novel, The Tropic of Cancer, and the associated political/moral dilemmas. Miller declares America a carnival of prudes while Leslie says there does need to be a standard of decency. Larry complains that Greece’s government is getting more fascistic by the day putting their freedoms under attack. The rest of the family suggest Larry is only talking this way to impress Henry seeing as his usual topics of discussion are food and girls. Louisa adds that though her eldest may feel radical, they live in a nice conservative country and she’ll hold him responsible for any embarrassments that take place.
Meanwhile, Leslie is still loving his career in law enforcement. A colleague asks if Leslie’s family is friends with local goatherder, Sven, because word is that the government wants to arrest him and his “friend” Viggo for being homosexual. At home Leslie shares the worrying rumor about Sven and Viggo with his family.
