The White Lotus season 2

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People here sure seem invested in making up random stuff for fake people. Wow.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the spa worker put a curse on Tanya in the first season? Tanya wonders about that in Season 2 and I can't remember.

Tanya wonders about this because she's racist

No that’s not what’s going on.
She ditched the spa worker project for a love interest. Like some chicks do of any age or race.

She brings up a curse from the Italian fortune teller / card reader scene, not season one people.

This is wrong, actually. Tanya brings up Belinda from the spa from Season 1 and wonders whether she put a curse on her. She’s talking about Belinda, not the tarot card lady.

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In the after show he mentions that he has small children and that he has to get up really early. I wonder if it's possible that he is sleep deprived throughout the filming of the show--or something?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand people who stan Daphne. Her marriage is a horrible shit show. Getting knocked up by your trainer and passing it off as your husband’s is not some cool power play. If she ever gets found out, she’d ruin that kid’s life.

OMG is that why she showed Harper the picture of the kids rather than the trainer?

Yes! That scene blew me away.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand people who stan Daphne. Her marriage is a horrible shit show. Getting knocked up by your trainer and passing it off as your husband’s is not some cool power play. If she ever gets found out, she’d ruin that kid’s life.

OMG is that why she showed Harper the picture of the kids rather than the trainer?

I don’t think so. She talked about the trainer to make herself out as not being a victim. She may or may not have a trainer she sleeps with, but at the end of the day, it’s her kids who give her the motivation to get over whatever Cameron does and not focus on it.

Eh, she says my trainer has blond hair and blue eyes, want to see a picture? Then shows a picture of a blond haired kid. Cameron has brown hair. Google it.

https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/white-lotus-season-2-daphne-trainer-kids-theory-rcna59147

Yeah - I 100% believe that kid is her trainer's kid. And Cameron doesn't know. Maybe Daphne isn't a victim, but a woman with a backup plan.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think Ethan is an awful actor? I think he has a total of two facial expressions

Agree. The apathetic guy role could do more than smirk and hide behind his hair.

I like his acting. But could someone tell me why Essex boy is doing the gay guy? I think the gays are cons.

They are his meal ticket, finance him. He is the 'cabin boy'.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think Ethan is an awful actor? I think he has a total of two facial expressions

It is really weird because he is a Shakespearean-trained British actor--and they are almost always amazing. He is so retrained in his performance to the point that it is just almost bizarre? At first, I thought it was because he was just uncertain and tentative with the American accent. Now, 5 episodes of the clueless smirk and the vacant stare are just not enough.

I think it's all about capturing the emotional constipation and sexual repression of the character, which I think comes across very well. Making the bold challenge to Cameron that much more interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:People here sure seem invested in making up random stuff for fake people. Wow.

Why are you here? Just to feel superior? The show is very evocative for a lot of us here as it relates to couple dynamics. It is natural to extrapolate and hypothesize while watching a mystery story unfold.

Maybe you should stick to documentaries--I like those too--but this is not that.

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Does anyone else love Mia? I find her so interesting and beguiling.

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Anonymous wrote:I really think that in every season of White Lotus there should be a nice middle aged couple that has good values and is well off but not super rich and makes good, decent choices and doesn’t kill anyone or take advantage of the help and has a really nice vacation. Just for contrast.

LOL. I like it. Although this was kind of Steve Zahn and Connie Britton in S1 - except they were wealthy.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand people who stan Daphne. Her marriage is a horrible shit show. Getting knocked up by your trainer and passing it off as your husband’s is not some cool power play. If she ever gets found out, she’d ruin that kid’s life.

OMG is that why she showed Harper the picture of the kids rather than the trainer?

I don’t think so. She talked about the trainer to make herself out as not being a victim. She may or may not have a trainer she sleeps with, but at the end of the day, it’s her kids who give her the motivation to get over whatever Cameron does and not focus on it.

Eh, she says my trainer has blond hair and blue eyes, want to see a picture? Then shows a picture of a blond haired kid. Cameron has brown hair. Google it.

https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/white-lotus-season-2-daphne-trainer-kids-theory-rcna59147

Yeah - I 100% believe that kid is her trainer's kid. And Cameron doesn't know. Maybe Daphne isn't a victim, but a woman with a backup plan.

Great back up plan: Have a child with a low-wage earning trainer and when Cam finds out and divorces you, he burns you to the ground: you lose all your money,no alimony, house, etc, and are ostracized from your rich wife social group and are stuck with some dumb jock's kid. No. That is not what Daphne's doing. That is not the trainer's kid.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand people who stan Daphne. Her marriage is a horrible shit show. Getting knocked up by your trainer and passing it off as your husband’s is not some cool power play. If she ever gets found out, she’d ruin that kid’s life.

OMG is that why she showed Harper the picture of the kids rather than the trainer?

I don’t think so. She talked about the trainer to make herself out as not being a victim. She may or may not have a trainer she sleeps with, but at the end of the day, it’s her kids who give her the motivation to get over whatever Cameron does and not focus on it.

Eh, she says my trainer has blond hair and blue eyes, want to see a picture? Then shows a picture of a blond haired kid. Cameron has brown hair. Google it.

https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/white-lotus-season-2-daphne-trainer-kids-theory-rcna59147

Yeah - I 100% believe that kid is her trainer's kid. And Cameron doesn't know. Maybe Daphne isn't a victim, but a woman with a backup plan.

I truly do not think she bangs her trainer. She had such a lost and fogged out look once Harper told her she thought the men did something the night before.. Daphne looked like she was going to puke, swallowed, and said 'well, I'm sure it didn't mean anything' and tried to brush it off.

Daphne doesn't want to be seen as a victim, but she is one because she loves her husband. She doesn't want him to cheat, but she can't control him. Her kids mean the world to her and that is where she places her energy, time and devotion. She wants an intact family, not a divorce and broken family with shared custody. And, that is why she is literally trapped. She has tried to make peace with it and said to Harper at the villa 'I think he cheated once, but not anymore' and 'he's not like the guys he works with who are gross and jerks'. She doesn't want to know about the cheating because she doesn't want to be faced with the thought of initiating a divorce and it literally breaks her heart that he does this behind her back (like Dom's mother).

Cameron thinks he is not hurting her by his extra curriculars' because the women he has sex with on the side mean absolutely nothing to him and they are 'whores' unlike his wife. He is never going to leave his wife. He is like Grandpa--and in his mind this is what successful, good-looking men do". He works in a field with a bunch of men that normalize infidelity and the boys club.

He will never leave/divorce Daphne, he loves her and the idea of the perfect family. And, Daphne pushes his buttons back by punishing him with making him think she might have cheated too--not telling him she is taking an over night, etc. And, then he snaps back in line and lavishes her with time/affection, trips, etc. Daphne could easily cheat if she wants to, but she doesn't. She told Harper that to make it seem like she wasn't a victim and was a player too when everything else tells the opposite: she went away for the night but stayed in in her pajamas (she didn't go out looking to get laid or even flirt with men). she tries to reach her kids and misses them. she is loyal. But, she's attractive and could easily bang any man she wanted--and that is what Cameron knows. I think he also knows she won't.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else love Mia? I find her so interesting and beguiling.

I do! I find her to be a hoot. I admit I have some trouble with her character development from lovelorn innocent in Episode 1 to where she is now, but she's fun to watch. Someone upthread talked about the opening credits - I had mentioned it before. I find Mia's image fascinating- the Sphinx. And a very brazen, busty, golden Sphinx. This does not really match what we've seen of her character so far. I don't think it's a coincidence so I'm very interested to see where she ends up.

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Anonymous wrote:*restrained

In the after show he mentions that he has small children and that he has to get up really early. I wonder if it's possible that he is sleep deprived throughout the filming of the show--or something?

His whole family moved to Sicily for the shooting and kept up up all night? Hmmm