There have been some fan theories floating around the internet that the Ratliff siblings represent the old monkey-themed adage ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.’ Given the many, many panning shots of monkeys that we’ve seen in the series so far, plus the image of them sitting on the boat at the start (Saxon wearing sunglasses, Piper wearing headphones and Lochlan drinking something), there could be something to it.
Soon enough, the pair are airing Laurie’s dirty laundry, complaining about her wayward daughter, parasitic ex-spouse and apparent drinking problem… only for Laurie and Kate to be doing the same thing about Jaclyn by the end of the episode (only, this time, about her much younger, apparently very hot husband).
In the gallery of oddballs that make up the cast, this family might be one of the oddest we’ve ever had – though props to Jason Isaacs for his treacle-thick Southern accent, which gradually gets thicker and thicker over the course of the episode as he begins to realise just how much trouble he’s in.
This is what happens when Mike White puts his foot on the pedal: in the space of one hour, we get several cults of personality, a weird incestuous family, a smash and grab (with guns!)
Quite what he’s doing in Thailand is anybody’s guess, but it seems like he’s a fan of the White Lotus brand – him and his uber-hot, uber chic girlfriend (played by Charlotte Le Bon), with whom he regularly gets into fights.
