The White Lotus season 2

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Is the Aubrey four-ple going to do some wife swapping or something? The rooms connect and the "happy" couple seemed open to the idea of connecting them. Then the whole getting naked in front of Aubrey and the "I want you to like me, it's important" speech.

The other thing I thought would come back was the "happy" couple's wife saying she could cut off her husband's balls if she wanted to. If they don't all swap together and just the husband does it, maybe she will kill her husband? Or kill Aubrey's husband if the swap and she is mad that he still loves his wife Aubrey? Her character seems ineffectual but I think there is a hint of something underneath there that could cause problems. (Though she finds the bodies and is horrified so maybe not.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the Aubrey four-ple going to do some wife swapping or something? The rooms connect and the "happy" couple seemed open to the idea of connecting them. Then the whole getting naked in front of Aubrey and the "I want you to like me, it's important" speech.

The other thing I thought would come back was the "happy" couple's wife saying she could cut off her husband's balls if she wanted to. If they don't all swap together and just the husband does it, maybe she will kill her husband? Or kill Aubrey's husband if the swap and she is mad that he still loves his wife Aubrey? Her character seems ineffectual but I think there is a hint of something underneath there that could cause problems. (Though she finds the bodies and is horrified so maybe not.)

It felt to me like Daphne purposefully reached out and talked to the two women at the start of episode 1. They did not engage with her first. Like she wanted to create and alibi or story where all was well on the morning of xyz date. She does a quick side glance as she goes into the water that doesn’t look as carefree as the rest of those seconds as she jumps into the water.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the Aubrey four-ple going to do some wife swapping or something? The rooms connect and the "happy" couple seemed open to the idea of connecting them. Then the whole getting naked in front of Aubrey and the "I want you to like me, it's important" speech.

The other thing I thought would come back was the "happy" couple's wife saying she could cut off her husband's balls if she wanted to. If they don't all swap together and just the husband does it, maybe she will kill her husband? Or kill Aubrey's husband if the swap and she is mad that he still loves his wife Aubrey? Her character seems ineffectual but I think there is a hint of something underneath there that could cause problems. (Though she finds the bodies and is horrified so maybe not.)

It felt to me like Daphne purposefully reached out and talked to the two women at the start of episode 1. They did not engage with her first. Like she wanted to create and alibi or story where all was well on the morning of xyz date. She does a quick side glance as she goes into the water that doesn’t look as carefree as the rest of those seconds as she jumps into the water.

The women she is talking to were on Survivor. I don't think we were meant to take anything from that interaction.

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Anonymous wrote:DH kept laughing throughout the show. Why?

Aubrey Plaza’s character is me, apparently. (With several extra zeroes of net worth.)

Your husband thinks you’re similar to the Aubrey Plaza character? Oh man.

Yeah. That is not a compliment. She is so uptight and plain rude, extremely rude.

Audrey's character=zero fun. She also has zero sex drive with her husband.

If I were going on a fun vacation, she's the last one in that group I'd want to spend it with. She sucks the life out of the party.

+1

Typical of women in this geographical area.

Personality wise not looks wise

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Anonymous wrote:Is the Aubrey four-ple going to do some wife swapping or something? The rooms connect and the "happy" couple seemed open to the idea of connecting them. Then the whole getting naked in front of Aubrey and the "I want you to like me, it's important" speech.

The other thing I thought would come back was the "happy" couple's wife saying she could cut off her husband's balls if she wanted to. If they don't all swap together and just the husband does it, maybe she will kill her husband? Or kill Aubrey's husband if the swap and she is mad that he still loves his wife Aubrey? Her character seems ineffectual but I think there is a hint of something underneath there that could cause problems. (Though she finds the bodies and is horrified so maybe not.)

It felt to me like Daphne purposefully reached out and talked to the two women at the start of episode 1. They did not engage with her first. Like she wanted to create and alibi or story where all was well on the morning of xyz date. She does a quick side glance as she goes into the water that doesn’t look as carefree as the rest of those seconds as she jumps into the water.

The women she is talking to were on Survivor. I don't think we were meant to take anything from that interaction.

Sure, the actual strangers she talked to could have been anyone and they were from Survivor. Not sure how you can say the interaction was included for no reason, though.

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Anonymous wrote:If nothing else this season is total travel porn and making me want to visit Sicily

You should! FYi all the beach scenes so far were shot in Cefalu, not Taormina. The beach in Taormina is very pebbly and the ocean is rougher there.

Cefalu and Taormina are IMO the prettiest places in Sicily. Spent three years living there and miss it every day!

How is Noto?

Note is a cute little town. It’s in Siracusa in the south, another really pretty place. The town itself is super old and has a lot of baroque architecture from I think the 17th or 18th century. It has a beautiful cathedral in the main Square, and a bunch of really pretty churches and Palazzo’s. It’s a very typical small Sicilian town with a nice pedestrian walk, some cute green space parks, lots of little cafés and some shopping, though it’s mostly either artwork or souvenir shops. Noto is probably most famous for a flower festival they hold once a year where they make a carpet of flowers and interesting designs. Very similar to what is done in Brussels. I think it’s good for a day trip, you can even hit most of it in half a day. It’s about an hour drive from Catania, the main city in tbt east of Sicily.

It’s also pretty close, within about a 20 minute drive, of Ortigia, which is another super beautiful place. Probably my most favorite spot in southeast Sicily. Ortigia is a little island connected to Siracusa that has beautiful ocean surrounding it. You can park in the center and walk from one end to another in about half an hour. It’s just stunning, the typical churches and cathedrals, but lots of pretty alleyways of shops and tiny restaurants. It also has lots of little hole in the wall places that run along the sea wall where are you sit at a tiny plastic table and fisherman bring fresh catches directly from the water into the restaurant.

Sicily is so different from mainland Italy, in good and bad ways. I think season 2 may have a good impact on tourism, which they desperately need. The island gets its share of tourists, but I’m always surprised that it’s not more of a top destination because it’s so easy to get around and see so much in a short time, it has amazing food and wine for super cheap (entire pizza = €5, nice DOCG bottle of wine = €6). And it’s one of those places that appeals to a lot of people because it has great beaches, cities for shopping, loads of historical sites, and between the water activities and volcano, lots of adventure style attractions, all in the same spot. Sicily has so much ancient Greek history in it; watching season two of the show with its heavy handed dose of Greek mythology is taking me back!

Would you live in Noto or Ortigia or are they just for visiting?

Why did you leave?

Both are pretty tiny. I’d live closer to a major city like Catania or Palermo so you can get city life plus beaches and conveniences (grocery stores other than corner mom and pops you find in the little towns). The inconveniences of small town Sicily life likely outweigh the charm of its a long term thing. We lived adjacent to Catania and could get to both the beach and Aldie within a 10 minute drive. It was pretty perfect. We left because my husband‘s contract with the military ran out. We loved our time there Enjoy if you go!

Do you speak italian? Could you get by with basic italian?

[Anonymous]

Can someone remind me how the roommates from college got so rich? My DH thinks they got inheritance but I thought they sold a business they started together. Ethan and Cameron?

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Is it just me or do Aubrey Plaza and Theo James have really good chemistry?

I also think that Aubrey is making that character a lot more likable than she would be usually. As written she would be a horrible stick in the mud, but Aubrey says things with this veneer of irony and it doesnt come off as obnoxious as it should

[Anonymous]

You just personally like non-stop cynical and sarcastic people.
But try being married to one….

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Anonymous wrote:The wife and daughter of the cheater dad probably shows up and sees the registrar with the hooker name in Grandpas room and her husbands room and that does it.

Can’t wait.

The hotel manager should have slapped a huge per person resort fee on having prostitutes but on the room registrar for the adulterer dad. Feigning a “sex addiction” is lame as well. He set up the prostitute arrangement before he flew out! Poor him…

[Anonymous]

My frustration so far is that the women are so one dimensional. Whereas the men have complex psychology.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or do Aubrey Plaza and Theo James have really good chemistry?

I also think that Aubrey is making that character a lot more likable than she would be usually. As written she would be a horrible stick in the mud, but Aubrey says things with this veneer of irony and it doesnt come off as obnoxious as it should

Yes! I'm not sure if it's intentional or if I'm just projecting. I know they keep on teasing that Ethan will cheat on her, but I'm pretty sure she's going to hook up with Cameron at some point too.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or do Aubrey Plaza and Theo James have really good chemistry?

I also think that Aubrey is making that character a lot more likable than she would be usually. As written she would be a horrible stick in the mud, but Aubrey says things with this veneer of irony and it doesnt come off as obnoxious as it should

Yes! I'm not sure if it's intentional or if I'm just projecting. I know they keep on teasing that Ethan will cheat on her, but I'm pretty sure she's going to hook up with Cameron at some point too.

It's really odd.... like they have way more chemistry than Aubrey and her husband in the show (although he is hot AF) and Theo and his wife. I can't figure out if it's intentional either? Although I will say that a lot of times even characters that are supposed to be madly in love with each other in movies or TV shows read as having no chemistry to me, so I think sometimes the chemistry thing is either there or not, and not something actors can turn on or off. But I am wondering if the show writers picked up on it too or that thread will be explored or just left...

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Anonymous wrote:My frustration so far is that the women are so one dimensional. Whereas the men have complex psychology.

You can definitely tell a bunch of middle aged men wrote it, IMO. I was totally unsurprised when the credits ran and it was male name after male name. From the little speech about women never going for nice guys, to the old loser divorcee middle aged Hollywood dad getting attention and a threesome with gorgeous young Italian women... kind of a joke how these male writers just put their own issues/fantasies out there

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Anonymous wrote:My frustration so far is that the women are so one dimensional. Whereas the men have complex psychology.

You can definitely tell a bunch of middle aged men wrote it, IMO. I was totally unsurprised when the credits ran and it was male name after male name. From the little speech about women never going for nice guys, to the old loser divorcee middle aged Hollywood dad getting attention and a threesome with gorgeous young Italian women... kind of a joke how these male writers just put their own issues/fantasies out there

We will see how the show plays out but I’m wondering if the “nice guys” comment was intentionally included. It’s such a loaded phrase I am wondering if it was intentionally added to communicate something about the character. And in terms of the middle aged guy hooking up with a hot young woman- she’s a prostitute. It doesn’t surprise me that a goofy middle aged man can get attention from a hot young woman when he pays for it