White Lotus 3 Finale
The last episode is better than the rest of the season put together.
I like the underlying themes, the corruption of ordinary good people, the strange nature of self image and personal morality, who we are and who we think we are; the echo of Season 1 outcomes makes this work. It even made me laugh in places, again a bit like season 1. I loved the break-out performance of Aimee Lou Wood, and really enjoyed Jon Gries as Greg/Gary. He's just one of those faded forgettable middle-aged men with money who haunt places like Thailand, Cuba Libre in one hand and a pretty model in the other, so far so cliched. But there's a moment when all he's doing is looking into the camera and you see him as a man you don't want to mess with. I hope he returns.
Issues? It took a long time to get here. This season's looser, more messy, an uneasy blend of stuff that looks like filler and isn't, and stuff that looks important but is just filler. Obviously that's the point, that's the formula, but if it's going to work, each plotline needs to be interesting and I'm not sure that happens here. The resolutions are great but it's all better in hindsight. Mike White needs to tighten this stuff up. And please, no more Chekhov's Gun moments, one anticlimax is quite enough.
I like the underlying themes, the corruption of ordinary good people, the strange nature of self image and personal morality, who we are and who we think we are; the echo of Season 1 outcomes makes this work. It even made me laugh in places, again a bit like season 1. I loved the break-out performance of Aimee Lou Wood, and really enjoyed Jon Gries as Greg/Gary. He's just one of those faded forgettable middle-aged men with money who haunt places like Thailand, Cuba Libre in one hand and a pretty model in the other, so far so cliched. But there's a moment when all he's doing is looking into the camera and you see him as a man you don't want to mess with. I hope he returns.
Issues? It took a long time to get here. This season's looser, more messy, an uneasy blend of stuff that looks like filler and isn't, and stuff that looks important but is just filler. Obviously that's the point, that's the formula, but if it's going to work, each plotline needs to be interesting and I'm not sure that happens here. The resolutions are great but it's all better in hindsight. Mike White needs to tighten this stuff up. And please, no more Chekhov's Gun moments, one anticlimax is quite enough.