White Lotus finale

The White Lotus season 2 finale revealed who died in the HBO resort drama's mystery plot, from creator Mike White.

“He’s not the thing that takes up all of the energy, and she’s there because of this woman [Tanya] who takes up all of the space and all of the energy. When speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the start of the season, Coolidge described Tanya and Greg’s relationship: “He’s come into her life and is kind of filling it up. By the end you’re like, well, maybe what Ethan and Harper need was just a small dash of what Cameron and Daphne have.” And while White has hopes for Dominic (Michael Imperioli) to change, given his wife’s (voiced by Laura Dern) final phone call, he is less hopeful that Cameron ever will. But now all of a sudden, relationships evolve in a place and sometimes after the honeymoon is over, things change. The creator said the idea came to him in the first season finale when Tanya said to Greg, “I’ve had every kind of treatment over the of years. Terrified for her life, Tanya swipes the bag her “paramour” brought with him, uncovers a gun and shoots and kills her attacker, along with Quentin and one of the other men. [nephew](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-white-lotus-episode-5-haley-lu-richardson-1235272521/)” Jack (Leo Woodall) are indeed not who they appear to be, and Tanya realizes Greg has likely put a hit out on her over the money. And because she feels so vulnerable, she’s kind of a little bit all over the map. The first season highlighted money and the second sex, and White says the third season will be a “satirical and funny look at death and eastern religion and spirituality. The leading theory heading into the finale was that Quentin was working with Greg to facilitate Tanya having an affair, so Greg could gain access to her money in a divorce (the pair had a pre-nup). The only person who was confirmed to survive was vacationing wife Daphne (Meghann Fahy), who uncovered the body while taking a dip in the water. Could the deceased be a result of the presumed extortion plot surrounding heiress Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge)?

After weeks of fervent speculation and close examination of costumes and props, viewers finally got their answer.

[wild theories about bloody endings](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/who-will-die-in-the-white-lotus-season-2-finale) (Cameron and Ethan jet ski accident? But even though The White Lotus isn’t about death, it was about Jennifer Coolidge—and with a [third season officially coming](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/12/the-white-lotus-season-3-everything-we-know-so-far), it’s time to start reimagining exactly what that might look like. White has been frank that the dead body conspicuously placed at the beginning of each White Lotus season is a tool for luring in audiences. The rich and privileged are, once again, escaping with all their privileges intact, and the spirit of Tanya lives on in Portia (Haley Lu Richardson), who escaped whatever role was intended for her in the murder plot and wears a very Tanya-worthy head scarf for her flight home. The season ends, just as the first one did, with all the major players in the airport and on their way home. The body count began on Quentin’s yacht, where Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) sussed out what viewers had suspected: those gays, as she told the boat captain, were trying to kill her.

So Mike White has once again shown us some penises in White Lotus. Am I supposed to be impressed? At this point, a penis is as common fodder for HBO as the ...

White Lotus showing hole of any variety would set forth a shift in how we perceive the body in media. I imagine that even with the use of prosthetics, the task of showing hole is still quite the ask for any actor. But what is the role of the actor if not a vessel through which norms can be defied and dogmas can be questioned? (Not to mention more inclusive of the many types of sex people have). Sebastian Stan’s [talking penis in Pam & Tommy](https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/robert-siegel-pam-and-tommy-interview) was fake, as was Taylor Zakhar Perez’s in Minx. In fact, it would even seem appropriate for hole to appear on a show like Euphoria, where it would quickly become absorbed by the broader stunt and spectacle of the series itself. [home to the most dick-shots of any show in history](https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/euphoria-dicks-most-penises-on-tv-ever). In Season Two, we saw penis once more on Theo James who has [since described the prosthetic used](https://www.nme.com/news/tv/theo-james-ginormous-prosthetic-penis-the-white-lotus-3362377) as looking like it were stolen “off a donkey on a field”—it was nine inches long and four inches wide. [Earlier this year, I lamented that](https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/golden-age-of-male-nudity-fraud) the majority of penises we’ve seen in mainstream shows and movies have been prosthetic. A flaccid penis is a symbol of a lack of horniness, while a vagina or anus can still be perceived as erotic whether it’s aroused or not. It was a symbol not just of his masculinity, but the fragility of his sense of self as he aged as both a father and a husband. It’s a duty we ought to encourage him to fulfill.

The seventh and final episode of the HBO Max series was a masterclass of social commentary, witty writing and gorgeous shots from writer/director Mike White. It ...

It was a super satisfying end to an even better season of the genius show, Italy's fountains and volcanoes erupting in perfect climax. Best friends Lucia and Mia swirl down the cobblestone streets Elena Ferrante-style, basking in the glow of their accomplishments. Resting in each other's arms at the airport, they look a picture of peace and solidarity. This is all after Ethan and Cameron have their inevitable showdown in the sea, but maybe it would have been too obvious and extreme if one or both of them died. In a truly frightening sequence, a shaking Tanya loses Portia on the phone, and has to face a boatful of people who want to kill her. Seizing her one opportunity to save herself, Tanya brazenly grabs her killer's duffle bag and locks herself in a room.