'The Durrells in Corfu': Season 3 Finale Recap
Last week, the Durrells had their hands full. Two friends needed rescuing - one from jail and one from dispair. Plus disappointing news arrived from England concerning an expected financial windfall was not to be after all. The full recap of last week's installment of The Durrells in Corfu can be found here.
This week's season finale, on the other hand, turned out to be something like a chain reaction of toppling love dominos. Louisa and her three eldest children find themselves in the thick of relationship highs and lows while Gerry is concerned for the emotional welfare of their most recent animal lodger, Frank the sloth. But first, let’s examine the how the Durrells came to join the circus.
The initial point of intersection between the Durrells and the circus folk was Larry and his insatiable libido for the exotic. After meeting a beautiful young contortionist named Elena (Charlotte Atkinson) at the café in Corfu town, Larry promises to enlist his family to help her traveling circus succeed. Half the acts have gone missing and nobody’s buying tickets. After Larry clarifies that his new girlfriend is not a prostitute, Louisa is totally onboard. Mrs. Durrell loves all the mad acts and unpredictable animals and admits that while she’s actually just described her everyday life, she thinks it will be magical all the same. And she’ll get Spiro to take them there.
Once at the circus’ campground, we learn why ticket sales may be sluggish. Spiro explains that people on Corfu are suspicious of these nomadic performer types as they are reputed to be Satan worshipers. He concedes that maybe they aren't, but they are strange all the same. Louisa introduces herself to the Dragan the ringmaster (Goran Navojec) who is rather cryptic about the specifics of his operation. Nevertheless, Mrs. Durrell encourages Margo to offer to do an act. Margo has no knack for juggling and isn’t keen on being a clown as that’s a role she already plays at home. However, she is transfixed by a woman being fed grapes and asks Dragan what she does in the show. Apparently, she makes the audience gasp. (Cryptic, right?)
Margo decides to try her hand at being a magician and borrows some equipment from the ringmaster complete with instructions in a foreign language. Gerry suggests she call herself the Amazing Margoini or Durrelli, the Mistress of Delusion. Alas her first attempt at levitation finds Gerry clattering to the floor.
