re: The White Lotus- Season 2

They take forever to get to anything worthwhile
especially with the short number of episodes even though they are an hour or so long

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Same. "Gender is a social construct."

Even that chick thinks the grandson dude is a massive puss. Looks like she wanted to bang that other dude in the pool even though he was whining about his sensitive nipples.

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I think part of this might be the kid going overboard to try and prove to himself that he's not like his dad.

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I was very triggered by the kid’s analysis of The Godfather. The “successful” characters in The Godfather (Vito & Michael) are almost entirely chaste outside of marriage. Meanwhile the ones who die early are the ones who live the lifestyle of cheating, debauchery and abusive relationships toward women (Michael’s brothers). The people in the group accepted his analysis as fact and just chalked it up to how men are.. very frustrating for a long time godfather fan such as myself.

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his take is supposed to be shallow and half-assed. He could have cut and pasted that analysis to any movie. He thinks that is what girls want to hear.

Michael's arc in the godfather series is a slow descent into becoming the devil.

the group didn't accept his analysis they just rolled their eyes and went on with their life like every time your kid says something stupid.

Looks like the son went to Stanford & got indoctrinated with Idiocracy. No matter how liberal a girl like that is they deep down still want & respect an alpha male which he is not.

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He’s basically just a dumber/more pussified male version of Sydney Sweeney’s character (Olivia, I think?)

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i like that they made him tall and handsome, should have no issues getting laid from the look of him. 4 years at stanford and some daddy issues have completely emasculated him.

I just binged the three episodes and I'm enjoying this season more than season 1. Outside of Armand, Zahn, and Daddario's husband I didn't care for any of the characters or storylines from season 1. The female running the Season 2 resort is a waste of screening. I'm enjoying all the characters this year and the female hotness quotient has gone way up this year. Sweeney is overrated.

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she kind of ruins the show for me.... both seasons

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She’s something that you want to look away from, but you just have to have a peek of, only for that peek to piss you off.

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his take is supposed to be shallow and half-assed. He could have cut and pasted that analysis to any movie. He thinks that is what girls want to hear.

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Yea, he thinks it’s what she wants to hear and he doesn’t want to be like his dad, but in reality she wants a guy like his dad.

I agree with the other post that the female storylines are better this season — sans the manager of the hotel and Coolidge. Daddario, Sweeney, and that other chick were boring AF last season.

No doubt Ethan is telling Aubrey Plaza what happened and things will go to hell, but the other couple will just move on with their lives.

I still think Mia or the personal assistant get screwed. One of them, likely Mia, is probably the body in the ocean from the start of the season.

Damn the Italian dark-haired girl is unreal. Had to go back and see her tits bouncing up and down.

What a lucky actor to film that scene

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Yea, he thinks it’s what she wants to hear and he doesn’t want to be like his dad, but in reality she wants a guy like his dad.

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I think at some point the dad may end up banging the assistant girl. They keep hammering us over the head about his sex addiction and all of that, and eventually it may happen due to his addiction as opposed to something he "wants" to do. Like maybe his son goes off on him and he gets pissed and takes charge and bangs the assistant.

Jennifer Coolidge is just awful. Aw. Ful. She didn't bother me as much in the first two episodes, but I think it was maybe because she wasn't featured as prominently as she was in this one. But just looking at her face annoys the shite out of me. Then when she opens her mouth and whines every one of her lines, I can't stand it.

Agree that the Armand-ish chick who runs the hotel is a waste of screen time. She sucks.

I have a feeling the piano player will end up having a major affect on the story somehow. Not sure why or how, but it seems like they keep bringing him around far more than they should be.

I do like how the two sloots seem to be the connecting factor between the different subplots so far. And I am interested to see the fallout from the cheating escapade. Cameron was all in and Ethan caught himself, so I suspect he will confess.

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No doubt Ethan is telling Aubrey Plaza what happened and things will go to hell, but the other couple will just move on with their lives.

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I agree with that for sure.

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I still think Mia or the personal assistant get screwed. One of them, likely Mia, is probably the body in the ocean from the start of the season.

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Could be. And that could go into my thought that the piano player will become a major storyline at some point.

I'm loving this season so far, even if nothing of substance has really happened yet. S1 was similar in that regard too.