Holiday from hell or killer season? The cases for and against The White Lotus

, registeror subscribeto save articles for later.Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.For eight episodes, The White Lotus’ writer and director Mike White kept viewers guessing as to who the body in the water would be (turns out there was more than one). But was it a satisfying conclusion to another standout season, or was White just repeating himself, retreading the themes from seasons one and two? Writers Thomas Mitchell and Cameron Bayley take up the case for and against season three of The White Lotus.The case for season three ...It’s always a worry when you begin to sound like your parents, but after hearing endless criticism of The White Lotus’ third season – “Too slow! Nothing happens! Where’s Jennifer Coolidge?” – I suspect their fears about social media ruining our brains might be on the money. In this brave new world of TikTok attention spans, we’ve lost the ability to appreciate anything that doesn’t trigger our dopamine recept...