Who’s Who in The White Lotus season two

There's another boatload of guests checking into the White Lotus Sicily—here’s a primer on who they are and what they’re all about

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Who’s Who in The White Lotus season two
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When The White Lotus debuted last year on HBO no one knew it would become a hit, let alone an ongoing anthology—including creator Mike White. He originally wrote it as a one-off limited series, but when the show took off with both viewers and critics, he went back to the drawing board. We’re about to get another season of social satire aimed at rich, privileged white people with a new scenic backdrop and a (mostly) new cast of detestable yet compelling characters. Can the next installment capture that same magic? You’ll have to tune in for the season-two premiere on October 30 to find out.

Season two kicks things off in Sicily with another dead body, and then tops that with a hint of more deaths to come. The new guests include a mismatched pair of couples traveling together, three generations of men looking to connect with their Sicilian roots, and season one’s Tanya McQuoid (Emmy-winner Jennifer Coolidge), on vacation with her husband and her assistant. Read on to find out more about them and the other characters we’ll be meeting this season.

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Harper and Ethan Spiller
Will Sharpe and Aubrey Plaza Image HBO

Aubrey Plaza is great at playing characters who are prickly on the outside but have a hidden softness inside. That’s not Harper, though. She’s prickly on the outside and the inside too. She’s an employment attorney who represents victims of sexual harassment and discrimination in cases against their employers. Her job allows her to think of herself as intellectually and morally superior, and to judge anyone she deems beneath her. But it’s all rooted in an insecurity that lies just beneath the surface.Harper is married to Ethan, played by Will Sharpe. He’s just made a fortune selling his tech company, but even on vacation he can’t stop working. They’ve been invited on the trip by Ethan’s wealthy college roommate Cameron (Theo James) and his wife Daphne (Meghann Fahy). Harper is suspicious of their motives, but it seems like Ethan is just happy to finally be in the same league as his alpha-male friend.

9 Comments

  • popsfreshenmeyer-av says:

    Tom Hollander looks like Fat Dennis got his life together. 

  • pogostickaccident-av says:

    Meghann Fahy has always been one great role away from stardom. I don’t often care much for actors but she’s a fantastic performer. 

  • tigersblood-av says:

    PREYED upon, not prayed upon, unless they are dead and it’s their funeral.

  • bcfred2-av says:

    As aloof as Gries was to his relationship with Coolidge in the first season (“sure, I’ll keep the party going”), I’m honestly surprised he proposed. I’ll go out on a limb and guess that she did the asking.

  • skylikehoney-av says:

    Ah, Theo James. No matter what role he’s in, no matter how dreamy or menacing he’s supposed to be, he’ll always be the shit-snorting fuckwit from The Inbetweeners Movie…

  • taciojesu-av says:
  • theotherglorbgorb-av says:

    I was a bit bummed about season two, as I thought the anthology idea meant a 100% different case each season. I personally thought Coolidge was one of the worst characters from the first, so could have easily done without her.Also, I’m willing to give it a chance despite Plaza. As long as she doesn’t play Aubrey Plaza, she should be fine. Hopefully. When I saw she was part of the cast it immediately knocked my interest down a rung.

  • luasdublin-av says:

    Can anyone actually flag the cheap pharma spam comment from  ‘maiscv’??If I try I get a blank windowJesus , this place is falling apart.

  • volunteerproofreader-av says:

    aimed at rich, privileged white people —> aimed at rich privileged white peopleEmmy-winner Jennifer Coolidge —> Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidgethat old cliche —> that old clichéHe doesn’t go around thinking the world owes him anything—not consciously at least—he just takes what he wants because who’s going to stop him? —> not how parentheticals workrecent college-grad Albie —> recent college grad Albiebeing prayed upon —> being preyed uponmid-way —> midwaymulti-national —> multinational

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