I dunno why, but I enjoy coming up with with theories for this show more than almost any other – yes, Severance, too.
This might just be willy nilly notes this first couple of episodes, but eventually it’ll gel into theories and wants for this particular set of characters.
I mean, by the finale of Season 2, I thought the main fellas in the couples were gonna fuck.
Let’s go:
- What is this theme song? It doesn’t capture the glee of the other two. It’s not right.
- I can hear the roots of it in there I think. It’ll probably grow on me, but I did not have the same emotional reaction as the second season.
- Monkeys!
- Monkeys mentioned already – it’d be wild if a monkey was the murderer!
- This fella’s dimples are incredible. I always wanted dimples.
- The cinematography in this show is always breathtaking. Can I hand them an award for it?
- GUNSHOTS! Okay, maybe the monkeys didn’t do the murder.
- Holy shit what a tense open.
- PARKER POSEY. She has been and always will be my favorite actress.
- I love that Mike White casts It girls like Parker and Aubrey Plazya (S2) againsst type in this suburban almost-WASPy roles.
- See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil – the siblings, pictured above.
- Love the way these subtitles are executed with the Thai letters behind the English.
- This seems like the most relaxed White Lotus we’ve visited, which is a stark contrast to the opening scenes.
- Coolest boat for sure.
- Fabian is our General Manager. Can’t wait to get to know him.
- Parker Posey will get an Emmy nomination for this. I’m calling it now.
- CARRIE COOOOON. She played the stronger woman on TV (imho) Nora Durst on The Leftovers.
- Also love Michele Monghan. And Leslie Bibb! What a trio!
- “Brothers and Sisters don’t sleep together” Holy shit is this a “The House of Yes” callback? I can quote that movie by heart. I’ve seen it more than any other.
- Pong pong tree is toxic.
- Mike White makes actresses I love play people I hate. I love/hate it.
- At the same time, I can’t wait to get into what’s at the root of Parker Posey’s character.
- I love Baby Billy’s girlfriend already.
- “Monkey’s can be aggressive” Maybe they are setting up surprise monkey gun violence.
- I had to help the Kroger Delivery lady get unstuck from the snow today. It was an exhilerating adventure.
- idk why I told you that.
- The background music is great. I wish the theme song matched.
- Glad to see Belinda here. I hope she gets some healing and doesn’t have to heal.
- Love getting to meet the locals.
- When I sell a book and get rich I would like to do “The White Lotus” tour, where I visit all three locations for a week’s vacation.
- Or when EngErotics hits it big and my CMO status pays off… whichever comes first, you know.
- I love how much Mike White does without words.
- I already feel a kinship with Parker Posey’s daughter. I am familiar with the feeling of getting to the end of the goal and then feeling too timid to step over the line.
- Also, between her full coverage clothes and her protectiveness over her younger brother, I get the vibe Saxon did something to her sexually.
- Locke (the younger bro) is defintiely gay or bi or pan or queer in some way, right? I thought that immediately, but didn’t consider it to be a plot point perse, because it’s just something about a person. But then I remember living in south and it makes sense as a plot point.
- Soxon and Lockheed?! I don’t think that second name is right. God did Mike White nail southern naming conventions.
- “My son’s coming to visit.” Welp, guess we know who the kid at the beginning is.
- OKay so Baby Billy is there to see the Owner’s husband… who we just found out is American. I wonder if it his Baby Billy’s Daddy?
- Oh, shit Tonya McQuoid’s hubby is an LBH (Loser Back Home)
- Okay this older brother is trash.
- Hmm, I feel like most episodes last season ended with fuckin’. This one ended with a couple in bed side-by-side
Some death theories I have:
- The monkeys get a gun somehow and start shooting.
- Someone gets overrun by monkeys and starts shooting.
- Baby Billy finally finds the Owner’s husband that he might think is his dad and starts shooting.
- Parker Posey’s daughter gets disgusted at her family and starts shooting. Especially Saxon, the older brother, who seems very creepy towards both siblings.
- Parker Posey’s hubby does not use an iPhone, so maybe he’s the shooter.
- Carrie Coon gets angry at her friends’ more successful lives and starts shooting.
- What if Baby Billy is there instead to off the Owner’s husband? Like a hit man type situation?
- Is someone there to kill Greg? Maybe the Italians?
- Or maybe Tonya left all her money to Belinda and not Greg and he is there to kill Belinda?
But I know it will end up being more nuanced and complex than that.
I’m so excited to watch it all unfold.
