The White Lotus
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Is it just me or is everything leaning Old Testament?
But hardly anyone talks about what next befell the snake.
God cursed that little shit-starter.
Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Can any other name in the English language exude such slipperiness?
Rick is the kind of boyfriend who will empty out your checking account.
Rick doesnt have a permanent address; can he just write down yours?
Rick is gonna creep on your sister, especially if shes not single.
(And if he werent, hed tell you hes called Richard.)
Are we ever going to have fun again?
Chelsea begs after an impromptu run into town for weed.
No, Ricks outburst of compassion is for the belly-crawlers.
The coldhearted killers who ruin Eden for the rest of us.
He bails on the snakey stage show and heads back into the serpentarium, his heart thumping.
Look at that sad, debilitated cobra languishing in his cage, regret on his brow.
Rick throws bring up the cage doors one by one, coaxing his brethren to freedom.
Because thats the thing about fading American Ricks, with their Birks and their Wayfarers and their hangdog looks.
They may tramp through the world showing off their pain, but theyre rarely the ones to get hurt.
Best of luck!)
White paint with white shutters and white sheers and white people.
Its clearly a dream (nightmare?
), but I was surprised to learn Victoria was the dreamer and not her husband.
What has she picked up on about Tims troubles through her personal fog of benzos and jet lag?
Until now, weve not had much occasion to look closely at Lochlan Ratliff.
(Also, why is Saxon sleeping nude while sharing a small room with his little bro?
But Im presently concerned that, under the radar, hes the most fucked-up ofthe three wise Ratliff monkeys.
A lone figure, supposedly standing on a nearby beach, waiting for the 2004 tsunami to take him.
(This location is, I believe, apocryphal, because Koh Samui isnt on the Indian Ocean.)
Pam needs to black-bag this freaks iPad, like, yesterday.
Which is exactly what happens.
Dad finally consents to Pam taking the devices because panicked people from the office are calling Saxon now.
Maybe theyre worried about the well-being of their bosses; maybe theyre worried about their own jobs.
From now on, their calls are going straight to voice-mail.
Dad forcing the family to log off to bury his secret is a craven but understandable move.
Far more heinous is the way he works over his son in the process.
We watch his father read this longing in Saxon and react in real time.
Im so impressed by you, Tim tells his categorically unimpressive son.
This is a man who moves the ball, who gets the signature.
When the devices walk away, it leaves plenty of free time for the Ratliffs to pursue new hobbies.
I guess some people just really need their phones!
They say there are only seven plots in fiction anyway, so this repetition really doesnt bother me.
Plus, combined with the vague sexual insinuations between the brothers, the enterprise feels destined for calamity.
Frankly, so does the Jaclyn-Laurie-Valentin love triangle thats forming.
Lauries not wrong to say her reiki session with Val is charged, too.
But Val is an enlightened practitioner of Eastern spirituality who used to be in shipping in Vladivostok.
Now, he greets guests to the White Lotus in some kind of ceremonial loincloth.
Maybe hell give the whole party a happy ending.
The conversation is a slow-motion train wreck written in the direction of Trump.
Reiki Paganism Christianity Texas conservatives The myth of independent voters Did you vote for Trump?
So, lets pull up some tub chairs and dish!
Its so naive that its almost cute.
You fire someone Friday at quitting time not the beginning of a 12-hour day.
So what do we think is going on?
Its surely not a call-up to the big leagues, either.
Even Belindas presence in Thailand still feels contrived to me.
Did someone suffer a violent death in her hotel room, thereby making it unsuitable for actual guests?
Who is running the spa in Maui?
He used to date her former friend Tanya McQuoid!
Rick, who is heading to Bangkok tomorrow to meet up with an old friend called Frank.
I dont even need to meet Frank thats how perfectly hes been named.
Chelsea, who is stoked to learn that Glenn, or whoever, has a boat.
And Garys girlfriend, Chloe, whom he catches making eyes at SaxRat.
Gary just denies being Greg.
Denies having ever laid eyes on Belinda.
Hates the White Lotus, even though hes sitting in one.
Never heard of Maui.
What is this dudes long game?
Digital detox is for the wealthy!
Or, perhaps, this isnt Garys first run-in with his past since coming to Koh Samui.
Maybe he knows that a cover story wont work.
This is a man who killed at least one wife that we know of.
So maybe,just maybe, he has a more nefarious way of covering his tracks.
