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From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date: 20040208
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Byline: David Kronke Television Critic

`LOVE HAS BEEN bombed to smithereens,'' laments a character in ``The Forsyte Saga, Series II,'' the five-hour sequel to ``Masterpiece Theatre's'' adaptation of John Galsworthy's series about a fractious Victorian family. And those in the Forsytes' extended family should know - they've (barely) survived messy marriages in the past and, in ``Series II,'' more heartache awaits them.

In the first series, we followed the travails of Soames Forsyte (Damian Lewis), a man of means who married the lower-born Irene (Gina McKee): His ...

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