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in EpisodesThe White Lotus S2E5: “That’s Amore” — When You Walk in a Dream
The following contains spoilers for The White Lotus S2E5, “That’s Amore” (written and directed by Mike White) Whennnnnn your spouse starts to cry, ‘cause you told a huge lie, “That’s Amore.” When you thought she liked you, but you still pay to screw, “That’s Amore!” The fifth episode of Season 2 of The White Lotus, […] More
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The White Lotus S2E4: “In the Sandbox” — Power Play
The following contains spoilers for The White Lotus S2E4, “In the Sandbox” (written an directed by Mike White) Throughout Episode 4 of Season 2 of The White Lotus, “In The Sandbox,” most of the relationships that were built, developed, or cultivated over the first three episodes began a sort of repositioning. Trust has been eroded. […] More
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The White Lotus S2E3: “Bull Elephants” — The Other Side of the Coin
The following contains spoilers for The White Lotus S2E3, “Bull Elephants” We don’t yet know how many seasons of The White Lotus we will get from HBO, but it’s becoming clear that Season 2 is just the other side of the Season 1 coin. Writer and director Mike White seems to be expertly peering into […] More
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The White Lotus S2E2: “Italian Dream” — Dreams Can Sometimes be Nightmares
The following contains spoilers for The White Lotus S2E2, “Italian Dream” (written and directed by Mike White) In the opening scene of Season 2 Episode 2 of The White Lotus (“Italian Dream”) we see waves of the Ionian Sea crashing against the rocks of the Sicilian shoreline. It follows the theme of the show where […] More
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The White Lotus S2E1: “Ciao” — Defining the Relationship
The following contains spoilers for The White Lotus S2E1, “Ciao” (written and directed by Mike White) As we arrive on the boat for Season 2 of The White Lotus, our initial visual is that it’s the second verse, same as the first. A whole lot more bodies, and a whole lot worse. Somebody better get […] More
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The White Lotus Season 1 Recap: Packing Our Bags to Leave Maui
It’s been about 15 months since we last visited the beautiful but troubled White Lotus resort on the island of Maui. Surely by now the TripAdvisor score has had a chance to recover, right? There’s no telling how many one-star reviews they received when, over the course of one week, there was a homicide, some […] More
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A Few of Our Favorite (and Most Disappointing) Things in 2021 TV
It’s time for another round of the venerable TV Obsessive Awards! A word as to the ethos that guides the entries that follow (which also gets to a broader kind of ethos around here): we’re not claiming that our choices are the “best of the year” as though we can inhabit some objective point of […] More
