# White Lotus **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, hbomax-wb-dc\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900 "2022-12-02T02:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/61 "2022-12-08T01:30:43Z")
I thought the point was that Harper was feeling unattractive since she hadn’t been intimate with her husband in a long time. She felt back to her old self when the guys were checking her out. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/62 "2022-12-08T01:33:23Z")
Yeah, that could be. I also,entertained the idea that Harper is imagining that attention. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/63 "2022-12-08T01:34:23Z")
That’s _possible_ but if that was the case, we needed to be shown that. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/64 "2022-12-08T01:36:39Z")
Either way, the result is the same as far as character development. She is very attractive though and I am certain that the attraction was real. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/65 "2022-12-08T05:10:14Z")
I really really hope that Quentin and co. do not kill or attempt to kill Tanya, because that would make close to zero sense. She is (to be cynical) rich enough that her death will not go unremarked. And she went with them, very publicly, to the Opera. No way they don’t get investigated if she dies under mysterious circumstances. It makes sense for Greg and Quentin to be in cahoots to get her to sleep with someone and get evidence of it, as seems to be happening. If they wanted to kill her, they are doing so in an incredibly self-destructive fashion (barring some additional surprising twist). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/66 "2022-12-08T06:20:51Z")
No real reason behind it, but I’m going to guess that Dominic is one of the dead. No one else has mentioned him as a possibility. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/67 "2022-12-08T14:24:22Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > That’s _possible_ but if that was the case, we needed to be shown that. I thought they did, in that when Daphne returned the scene changed and all bystanders were acting like perfectly normal people. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/68 "2022-12-08T14:29:14Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > She is (to be cynical) rich enough that her death will not go unremarked. And she went with them, very publicly, to the Opera. No way they don’t get investigated if she dies under mysterious circumstances. It makes sense for Greg and Quentin to be in cahoots to get her to sleep with someone and get evidence of it, as seems to be happening. If they wanted to kill her, they are doing so in an incredibly self-destructive fashion (barring some additional surprising twist). Yeah, I think it’s more of blackmail fodder directed at the prenuptial agreement. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/69 "2022-12-08T14:31:51Z")
As rich as Tanya is, losing some millions to Greg wouldn’t hurt her, but the betrayal and realization that she was being used would hurt. From what we learned of her in the first season, she’s really damaged; I think she said something about issues involving her mother. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/70 "2022-12-08T14:33:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think she said something about issues involving her mother. There was a little more detail in Season 1. Her mother was very controlling and emotionally and verbally abusive. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/71 "2022-12-08T21:57:08Z")
Oh, I absolutely don’t think Quentin and Greg are going to kill Tanya, because, first, I don’t see how that gets them anything unless Tanya got a really stupid pre-nup, but most especially (spoiled because I don’t know if everybody here knows) Jennifer Coolidge is coming back for season 3 so unless they’re going the paranormal route for that, she’s not dead. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/72 "2022-12-08T22:37:38Z")
She saw the photo of Quentin and Greg and found the gun, so perhaps she has her wits about her and avoids their trap? On the other hand, she’s not been shown to be any kind of genius and she is, as far as we know, high on cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/73 "2022-12-12T03:57:13Z")
Oh yeah? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/74 "2022-12-12T03:59:12Z")
Tanya could still appear in the third season, such as in a flashback scene. Perhaps Greg will be in the third season? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/75 "2022-12-12T04:24:04Z")
50k Euro is chump change compared to what the divorce would cost him. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/76 "2022-12-12T18:25:05Z")
Mike White lied!!! She might be back in flashbacks??? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/77 "2022-12-12T18:26:57Z")
Or it’s a prequel. She said in the beginning of this season that she was a platinum (or something) member of the chain. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/78 "2022-12-12T18:30:10Z")
After Hawaii, she moved from “petal” to “blossom.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/79 "2022-12-12T18:37:50Z")
One thing I had trouble with was the idea that Jack woke up long enough to hide Portia’s cell phone. He seemed too drunk to do anything but sleep it off. And I also kind of wonder if the police will put together what happened on the yacht, and how it relates to the dead American resort guest. If so, will it result in Greg losing his inheritance? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900/80 "2022-12-12T18:41:46Z")
I assume Jack is used to hard drinking. Maybe he had to get up to pee while Portia was still asleep. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And I also kind of wonder if the police will put together what happened on the yacht, and how it relates to the dead American resort guest. If so, will it result in Greg losing his inheritance? I don’t know how they can avoid tying Tanya in with the bodies on the yacht, but Italian police are not the best, and there’s a ton of corruption. If the “gays” were actually tied in with the mafia, they might not want to investigate too intensively either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900.md?page=5)