Goggins’ Rick’s furtive, shifting eyes imply that he’s got plots on the go, most of which probably concern his apparent lack of money – and towards the end of the episode, Isaacs’ businessman Tim gets a call that will likely make his relaxing holiday into something a whole lot more stressful.
As the episode unfurls – slowly, sedately, taking the time to set up each of its characters – we also meet Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon and Leslie Bibb, who play a gaggle of three middle-aged women reconnecting after an adulthood spent growing apart – “longtime friends, not old,” they proclaim, while simultaneously eyeing up the hot masseuse pushed their way by the manager.
The White Lotus Season 3, Episode 1 review: Mike White's satire is still as potent as ever So, here we are.
Once more, the doors to the White Lotus hotel have swung open; guests are being admitted and one of them is in store for a potentially fatal end to their holiday, if the pre-credits sequence is anything to go by.
Sadly not Jennifer Coolidge (RIP Tanya, forever missed) but the next best thing: Belinda (Natasha Rothwell), the masseuse-turned-entrepreneur who became Tanya’s confidante during season one, only to be screwed over royally by her in the season finale.
