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.

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Is romance in the air for Albie and Portia?
Adam DiMarco Image HBO/Fabio Lovino

It’s always interesting when storylines cross in The White Lotus, and Albie and Portia exist at the nexus between his family woes and her mess of a boss. They also happen to be the two characters we disliked the least after the season premiere (which isn’t saying much, but still). They seem like they’d be a good escape for each other. Did we see sparks ignite during that initial pool meeting? Thankfully Albie doesn’t seem to have inherited the womanizing tendencies of the men in his family, and Portia did mention she was hoping to score while on this trip. Can these two crazy kids bridge the Stanford/Chico State divide and find a way to make it work? Even if it is just a temporary holiday fling, we can’t help but root for them.

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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