Durrell - Temporada 02 | Los

“No. That’s why they’re happy.”

(in Greek-accented English) “Cleverness is a splinter. Kindness is the wood. You, girl, are an oak.”

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.” Los Durrell - Temporada 02

Louisa stands on the dock. Cemal’s boat waits. Behind her, the villa. Her mother’s letter in her hand. She tears it in half.

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. You, girl, are an oak

In a beautiful, heartbreaking montage, Gerry opens every cage. The flamingos fly. The tortoise walks into the olive grove. Ulysses the owl perches on the villa roof and refuses to leave. “He’s staying,” Gerry whispers. “He’s a Durrell.”

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. They don’t know

“Do flamingos know they’re pink?”