The White Lotus [HBO] *Spoilers*

Yep, she was pretty spineless throughout anyway, and it was obvious she was going to make the easier choice. Her interactions with Belinda showed her up for the whiny, self-involved person she really was. “I’m too good looking and my husband is too rich!” to an underpaid black woman? Really? In that sense, she lacked self-awareness just as much as Shane. Thought it was really well portrayed.

The Irish Times reviewer was less than impressed

Can't say I entirely disagree, tbh.... is was all a bit suspension of disbelief and a bit too reliant on caricatures. Even if it did keep me up half the night to see how it ended!

I can maybe see where someone could take that perspective of her character but to me it ignores a huge amount of what they showed of her. I suppose one could say she was strong to verbalise that she wanted to leave the marriage but where was that strength up until that point? Is it strong to run the first time you have a problem - even to make that decision she bounced from person to person trying to get them to tell her what to do with her decision?

As Shelga mentioned, she showed little awareness of self but also little in judging others - there is no evidence that the traits shown by the husband on vacation were out of character for him, just that it was the first time she noticed or cared about them.

I think a defining aspect of her character is being a flake. She seems to float about doing whatever feels easy or good at the time, often directed by what people say she should do and many times even then doing it half-hearted. Being 'career minded' is an example of this, she likes the concept of having a job but doesn't seem to have any direction to what she actually wants to do, for example she initially is in no way assertive that she wants to write the article she is offered, she repeatedly can't verbalise a career plan for her future, and admits to Nicole that her article she was offended by was just a copy of another one. Like marriage, she likes the idea of a career but has no real drive to actually make the right decisions about it and to follow through.

I saw it completely within her character, and actually much more likely for her, to before fully following through to realise she was leaving a luxury resort in paradise and the choice in front of her was the wealth of her old life with Shane or poverty and a messy divorce and that she would float towards the easy option. I didn't at all see her statement at the airport as being 'sure look, be grand', instead just another half hearted decision that she'll probably flake on again in a few weeks or months.

Really good actor I have only see him in Looking.

finished it off last night , found it excellent over all.

I'm halfway through it. Its good, but nothing else. Certainly not the best TV show of the year as many are saying.

Enjoyable enough watch. Agree with others that the ending was weak. Certainly not the best show of the year that title belongs to “Mare of Easttown”.

I enjoyed it and yeah I would watch a second season alright but would still have Mare of Eastown a bit ahead of it for 2021.

The last 2 episodes didn't do as much for me as the first 4 not sure why and it was a bit far fetched for me to finish with.

Sorry about spoiler below if someone can tell me how to put it in as spoiler will in future.

Granted he might get off with self defence and not get jail time for killing hotel manager but somehow I doubt he would be getting on a plane like 12 hours later and the body too for that matter. Also the son going off in the canoe for a finish beyond ridiculous!

Some excellent characters in the show all the same hotel manager and 2 husbands in particular.

that's what made it so good. They are all ass holes really

I could watch Alexander Doddarios all day.. Really enjoyed the White Lotus and look forward to another season with a new story line. Murray Barlett was brilliant as Armond.. Star of the show. The music was to notch as well, what ever it was.

finally finished it. The ending was a little bit weak, but overall, still an excellent show.

Poor Rachel, if only Belinda wasn’t so dejected by Tanya, maybe she would have been better positioned to offer some advice. Kinda funny that they were 2 sides of the same coin with both in positions where another person held financial control over the them. The difference being Belinda wanted the deal, Rachel didn’t, so maybe Belinda would have just told her to take the f**king money.