![]() ![]() But not ein bit of it: Martin Rauch, the East's mole in the West, has been a spy now for six years and everything that he originally signed up to try to defend is crumbling around him. Certainly the American embassy in East Berlin seems very smug about everything. The final chapter in the Cold War spying saga opens with the collapse of die Mauer in November 1989 and with it, you'd think, a fair chunk of the tension which powered the previous two series along. The White Lotus is a pitch perfect satire of rich Americans, with everything from the choice of which showy read to take to the pool, to the beach polo-shirt of choice for real estate bros, chosen with delicious malice. The stiff hospitality grin of hotel manager Armond (a crazed Murray Bartlett) starts to slip, and as the micro-agressions turn into macro-aggressions the threat of violence gets closer. The story is a whodunnit which starts with a body being loaded onto a plane and then works backward to reveal who has been murdered under the swaying palm trees. By far our favourite is solo traveller Tanya, a role which allows Jennifer Coolidge to show off how much she can do with a single "Woo-hoo". There's also the Mossbacher family, made up of tech CEO matriarch Nicole (Connie Britton) and her husband Mark, riding the swells of a mid-life crisis, who have brought along their bratty, bored children. There's the obnoxious Shane (Jake Lacy), who worms his way under your skin as he goes to war with the hotel over not being in the Pineapple Suite, travelling with his uncertain new bride Rachel (Alexandra Daddario). The six-part HBO mini-series from creator Mike White follows a group of wealthy, mostly white Americans holidaying at a luxury resort in Hawaii. Aloha, and welcome to the hotel that offers a paradise of tropical kabuki for its rich guests, and the third circle of hell for the staff unfortunate enough to wait on these giant babies. ![]()
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