5 burning questions for The White Lotus season 2, episode 2

Who’s playing games? Who’s putting on a front? Who might be hooking up? The second season has only just begun and we've already got a lot to talk about

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5 burning questions for The White Lotus season 2, episode 2
Meghann Fahy, Theo James Image: HBO/Fabio Lovino

We’re only one episode into season two of The White Lotus and we’re already invested in a (mostly) new cast of characters and the sumptuous Italian setting. Just like that, we’ve moved on from piña coladas to Aperol spritzes. Armond who? Shane what? We’ve got no-nonsense resort manager Valentina (the wonderful Sabrina Impacciatore) and Theo James stripping down to his nethers in full view of Aubrey Plaza. What a way to kick things off. As we look forward to the second episode, we’re already starting to wonder how things will unravel over the course of the season, because we know they will. We’ve already addressed the big question of who will die by the end, but there’s still plenty left to speculate about. Here are some of the burning questions we’re pondering heading into episode two.

previous arrowAre Cameron and Daphne really as happy as they seem? next arrow
Are Cameron and Daphne really as happy as they seem?
L to R: Will Sharpe, Aubrey Plaza, Meghann Fahy, Theo James Image HBO

Even before the hotel room incident, Harper had her doubts about Cameron and Daphne. After witnessing them being touchy-feely on the boat to the resort, she tells Ethan it’s “performative.” Is she really that perceptive or does she want it to be true because she has doubts about her own relationship? Harper’s feelings towards their traveling companions are complicated. In some ways she feels smugly superior to them, passing judgment on their voting and TV viewing habits. But she’s also intimidated and resentful. How dare they sleep soundly without Ambien with everything that’s going on in the world! They seem to have a perfect life of wealth and privilege, a stable home life with kids and the freedom to travel the world without a care beyond some lost luggage. How can these people possibly deserve all that? They must be secretly miserable. We’ll have to wait and see if Harper’s initial assessment holds true—just because it comes from a place of insecurity doesn’t mean she’s wrong.

8 Comments

  • jaredthelibrarian-av says:

    She did share this moment of weirdness with her husband. Toward the end of the first episode, while in bed together, she mentions it to her husband who just writes it off.

  • kinjacaffeinespider-av says:

    Question #1: Meghann Fahy shore is purdy . . .

  • richardalinnii-av says:

    Uh, she already told her husband about it?

  • 4jimstock-av says:

    So repressed wife bangs husband’s (who things ball caps are dress clothes) college roommate and husband kills them both? 

  • robert-moses-supposes-erroneously-av says:

    I hope the hassled assistant finally “gets some dick” from F Murray Abraham’s cute grandson. She deserves it!

  • kevtron2-av says:

    It took me awhile to warm up to season 1 and even after it was all said and done – I thought it was fine/good. But here I am, 1 episode in, I am already way more invested in this season. I look forward to seeing where this cast of miserable richies end up – and who is the floater – but I do hope the weird-ass music tones down just a bit. I like that we “know” Tanya & Greg, but that is all that carried over from S1 to S2.

  • apostkinjapocalypticwasteland-av says:

    CHRISTOPHA

  • mykinjaa-av says:

    Interesting to see the new format of soap operas.

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