The White Lotus (Season 3)

I have been heard to say White Lotus Season 2, the one set in Italy with its Shakespearean treatment of themes like trust, commitment, sex, and gender relations, is the best tv I have ever watched, so what a disappointment Season 3 proved to be with its stagnant storylines, repetitive scenes (Greg staring ominously over a brandy glass over and over and over; the dad popping pills over and over and over; everyone in a resort with nothing to do and nothing motivating them, left to go to the pool, then a different pool, then a bar, then a different bar...), and the dreariest storyline of all, that security guard walking to and from his gatehouse in dull conversation with his love interest, the girl hellbent on him climbing the ladder to mega success as a security guard, and the most dismaying thing of all was this season's more tenuous than ever - perhaps completely missing - link to place, because while Season One and especially Season Two were indelibly connected to their settings of Hawaii and Sicily respectively, moribund Season Three could have been set anywhere at all. 

★☆☆☆☆

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