I pass absolutely no judgement on sex workers but if she’s manipulating Albie like lying to him about her pimp I don’t think she’s “doing her best.” It doesn’t mean she’s an evil monster either but there other ways she could go that don’t involve straight up deceit and manipulation.

The only response you deserve at this point.

Think about it dude, if a bunch of aggressive and pushy foreigners just rolled up to your house unannounced, shouting at you in a language you don’t know about some nonsense about being related which wasn’t exactly proven or true; they just got the info about who you are from some local prostitutes, how do you think…

But that’s the point you’re still missing. It wasn’t insulting to Italians; it was actually insulting the Americans for annoying the local Italians for their self-serving needs and unrealistic stereotypes and ideals. That’s always been the point of The White Lotus series; the clash and contrast these rich vapid…

I started to like her (and Albie) a bit more, when they both managed to acknowledge the failure of their flirtation, sheepishly, but still gracefully. They were hard to watch together, but you can sort of see how it would make sense on paper, so you can’t really fault them for trying to make fetch happen, for a bit.…

You missed the point of the family reunion scene. It’s supposed to be making fun of clueless Americans going on these family ancestry trips to Italy expecting some kind of happy scene straight out of a Barilla commercial and other stereotypes. It was hilarious and perfect.

I think the Harper-Cameron dynamic is interesting and not at all unrealistic. You can absolutely find someone morally repugnant and also want to have sex with them.

Tanya found a gun in Niccolo’s bag.

I mean, even if you were offering up your body, you’d be renting it out, not selling it, since you still have it afterwards.

I mean... out here beyond the 4th wall, that photo was 100% a young Jon Gries. Not even debatable.

The exchange where Harper asks if Ethan wants her, he says “I love you,” and her subsequent expression was incredible writing and acting. I’m surprised the review didn’t mention it—it really struck a chord with me.

I agree with you on Tanya - I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure she recognized Greg. She picks up the photo, says something like “oh wow” and then her eyes dart around like she’s searching for understanding or maybe piecing things together.

I think it’s Simona Tabasco

Strong disagree that anything seen in a next episode trailer is “clear as it gets” especially something coming from Mike White, who loves subverting easy tropes and murky motivations. And it makes sense that his dad, an full on misogynist sex addict, would view anything other than his own way of life as “an act”.

Aubrey Plaza is... fine? But we’re getting excellent performances by pretty much the entire cast here, so fawning over Aubrey for doing her resting-bitch-face-to-mask-her-crippling-insecurity thing is a disservice to some truly surprising and nuanced moments. 

Dude, she’s totally lying. That guy is just some friend of hers.

Ethan just continues to double down and confirm that he is one of the worst, if not the worst here. He disassociates a lot, which is why he chooses porn over intimacy with Harper and keeps letting her be alone with Cameron even though he doesn’t trust him for confirmed reasons.

I dont think anyone cares enough about how hot or not hot you think the guy was. You are safe.

Aubrey Plaza IS great in this - but A LOT more happened in this episode.

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