Season Two of TheWhiteLotus is sharp enough to justify the series’ ongoing existence. Read sepinwall's review here.
Tanya has married Greg , the man she fell for in Hawaii, but also invited beleaguered assistant Portia to accompany her to Italy as a kind of emotional support dog that can order its own room service. Meanwhile, Hollywood executive Dom has brought his father Bert and son Albie for what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime family getaway to Bert’s ancestral homeland, if only Dom’s sex addiction hadn’t just estranged him from his wife and daughter.
There are a few key differences. The first is one of tone. Part of what made Season One so special was how White managed to make characters feel simultaneously ridiculous and sad, or awful and at least understandable, if not sympathetic. Nowhere was this more obvious than with Tanya, who on the one hand was a clear user of people, and on the other hand was suffering through a relatable trauma , and who for a time made a genuine connection with Natasha Rothwell’s kind spa manager Belinda.