The final scene

I agree about the death scene being well done. It had me all choked up, because Soames Forsyte seemed very real to me by the end of the series. Here was a guy who'd been thwarted in love and badly maligned, I think, for most of his life. He never was forgiven for his one real crime---the rape of Irene---and what's more, he took additional blame for much else that was really HER fault in the marriage.

But in his love for his daughter, Soames found final redemption. He died a "good death," saving the person he most cared about...and also, his death shocked Fleur back to her senses. It helped this spoiled girl see the consequences of her own selfish actions. In future, we are to assume, Fleur finally grew up and got her priorities straight. So that last scene was doubly poignant, considering the tragedy of Soames passing PLUS what a deep and lasting impact his death would leave on his daughter.