If you’ve seen any other version of John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga apart from Masterpiece on PBS’s new series The Forsytes, you’ll know that the biggest drama in the story has to with an illicit love quadrangle that develops when someone who married into the Forsyte clan falls madly in love with someone about to do the same. Finally, The Forsytes Episode 5 kicks this scandalous saga off by finally connecting the major players with an impromptu meeting in a London park.
**Spoilers for The Forsytes Episode 5 on Masterpiece on PBS, now streaming on PBS Passport**
At the end of The Forsytes Episode 5, Irene (Millie Gibson) realizes that Soames (Joshua Orpin) is not the man she agreed to marry. He has lied to her about his father’s health to keep her in London, crushing her dreams of being a ballet dancer in Paris. Moreover, Soames essentially humiliates
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