This season is pissing me off.
The White Lotus (HBO)
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Well I thought this episode was great. There were several highlights. The son turning up where Belinda still had a man in bed, the 3 white women coming to a boiling point, the interaction between Saxon, Amy Lou and the Chloe made me scream.
The Greg and Belinda storyline finally feels like its going somewhere, the tension is rising rapidly. Praying Greg's masterplan goes wrong somehow.
The Greg and Belinda storyline finally feels like its going somewhere, the tension is rising rapidly. Praying Greg's masterplan goes wrong somehow.
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I think Greg wanting to kill Belinda is a red herring. He's going to offer her the money for her spa with Pornchai in return for her silence. Fabian essentially told her to shut up and turn a blind eye when she went to him about it, her evidence isn't strong enough to give to the Thai police, and now her son is there in the middle of it all.
Locher and Pipelan made me burst out laughing, sorry.
The storylines are all coming to a head finally. There's only two episodes left anyway, right?
The storylines are all coming to a head finally. There's only two episodes left anyway, right?
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The opening of the episode…
I really thought he did it.
The two fakeouts of this were my least favourite parts of the episode. The final part of this character’s story better be satisfying because I feel like it’s just becoming so frustrating. The second time being after the gun was even taken (he wouldn’t know that, but still).
Though I do think Gaitok retetriving the gun back scene was really well done, and very tense.
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I guess we’ll see if Victoria called Piper’s bluff or not. But yeah at this point I think he’s just going to take out his whole family which is bleak ddd. I liked how Victoria’s tsunami dream contrasted with the monk talking about everyone being a droplet of water that eventually returns to the ocean.
Anyway my new crackpot theory is Greg knows about the handjob and recruits the brothers to his homosexual scammers syndicate. Be gay, do crime!
Another fantastic episode this week! Nice progression of all storylines. Thank fuck Tim’s arc moved along this episode, it’s very much needed. I loved the first fakeout at the beginning of the episode, the second was a bit overkill, and has got me thinking the family aren’t in as much danger as I had thought (perhaps apart from Lochlan & Saxon due to their involvement in the other storyline). I can’t see them killing characters we’ve already seen daydreams of being shot.
I think Piper is going to hate the monastery and want to go home, her speech to the monk about how her family would make it “really difficult to go” because they wouldn’t finance it showed what a privileged world she’s used to.
Belinda’s storyline continues to be a treat, as does the boiling over of the 3 friends situation. I think that storyline is hitting so well because it’s the one that’s most based in reality/the one most people could imagine experiencing on a friends holiday.
Fabian actually being funny this episode? I didn’t see that coming.
I think Piper is going to hate the monastery and want to go home, her speech to the monk about how her family would make it “really difficult to go” because they wouldn’t finance it showed what a privileged world she’s used to.
Belinda’s storyline continues to be a treat, as does the boiling over of the 3 friends situation. I think that storyline is hitting so well because it’s the one that’s most based in reality/the one most people could imagine experiencing on a friends holiday.
Fabian actually being funny this episode? I didn’t see that coming.
She / Her
The first one at least was totally worth it if not solely for Parker's camp as fuck freakout. She has me in stitches.
Also bonus points for Carrie Coon being cast in this relatable ass Lena Dunham-coded role. I would be exactly as petty as she is being dd
She / Her
Patrick Schwarzenegger's wretching at the memory of the previous night was also making me scream. This season may not have the most efficient plot but I'm glad that it's at least picked up in laughs.
A podcast I listen to pointed out how bad Mike White is at writing the non-white characters and it's so glaring to me now. Great Lisa, gorgeous Lisa.
A podcast I listen to pointed out how bad Mike White is at writing the non-white characters and it's so glaring to me now. Great Lisa, gorgeous Lisa.
I still find the Tim subplot exhausting but Parker Posey remains the MVP. "He better be the best buddhist in China" and her entire soliloquy about preferring to be dead than poor was a riot.
PIPER NAWWR
And of course she's 100% right. I'm sure the idea of living in a monastery to find herself seems super romantic to an American that has been rich her entire life but let's see how she fares after a day of hard labor.
PIPER NAWWR
And of course she's 100% right. I'm sure the idea of living in a monastery to find herself seems super romantic to an American that has been rich her entire life but let's see how she fares after a day of hard labor.
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2 episodes to go…
What’s everyone’s predictions for how everything is going to pan out and who is the floating body?
What’s everyone’s predictions for how everything is going to pan out and who is the floating body?
Subwaykid
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Parker Posey and the oils killed me.
I always hate the daydream/fake-out trope because it just comes across as having no confidence that the storyline is interesting enough on its' own. It's not something they usually do (I think) so I wonder if it's leading to something specifically for Timothy.
I always hate the daydream/fake-out trope because it just comes across as having no confidence that the storyline is interesting enough on its' own. It's not something they usually do (I think) so I wonder if it's leading to something specifically for Timothy.
Episode 5 is still my number 1 this season, but this episode was great too. Out of all the characters I'm most fascinated by Chloe, with how chaotic and morally duplicitous she is... she's very hard to read. And I find Piper very endearing, just a bit naive and maybe putting too much weight on her experience at the monastery solving her inner conflicts and giving her direction which I think is too big of an expectation to have. And Carrie Coon ate! I think she'll end up as the scapegoat for the trio though, for being the only one not trying to keep appearances and for being brutally honest (which the other two will inevitably take as callousness).
And in spite of them hinting at Timothy killing his whole family and himself for the past two episodes or so, I think Gaitok might end up being the one to shoot and kill another character (the conversation at the shooting range scene this episode being the clue). And if one of the Ratliff's die, that poisoned fruit + the blender will be involved.
And in spite of them hinting at Timothy killing his whole family and himself for the past two episodes or so, I think Gaitok might end up being the one to shoot and kill another character (the conversation at the shooting range scene this episode being the clue). And if one of the Ratliff's die, that poisoned fruit + the blender will be involved.
