The White Lotus Season 2 Premiere Recap: Arousing Morale

Paradise is back, Italian, and hornier than ever. While the first season of HBO’s acclaimed The White Lotus explored the prickly politics of privilege, power, and colonization, this second season of the now anthological series is placing the pressure on the roiling politics of sex—and it’s about to erupt. Showrunner and director Mike White has moved the fictional five-star White Lotus resort from Hawaii to Sicily, introducing us to an (almost) all-new menagerie of affluent patrons and their abettors. These include married couple Harper (Aubrey Plaza) and Ethan (Will Sharpe), who have been invited for a getaway by Ethan’s former… Read Full Article