Buckle the hell up, The White Lotus has dropped its fifth episode of season 2. This time around we're dismounting on the island of Sicily, where showrunners have gathered an ensemble cast to reflect our own absurdities back at us. In just the first 50 minutes of the season, Mike White has managed to laugh at white women on holiday and rich people who don't read the news; set us up for some sharp commentary on the diaspora of Italians coming back to reconnect to their family history, and slipped in the way old people are treated like idiots. Not to mention, there's a healthy showing of full frontal male nudity (when I tell you I gasped...). Yes, it's been a journey. One we wish we could complete immediately but also – one we don't want to end.
The best part of watching The White Lotus? Well, yes Aubrey Plaza is one of them. But, I was thinking more along the lines of knowing that other people are doing the same. There's nothing like some social satire to bring the people together. So as the series proves it's no one hit wonder, we're bringing you a selection of reactions and responses to the series that are just as pitch perfect as the show itself.
The single most important frame in the WHITE LOTUS premiere. pic.twitter.com/vATfmKB6yG
— Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) October 31, 2022
the white lotus season 2 intro pic.twitter.com/6WgzWeoa2d
— guilherme (@gmacho) October 31, 2022
so excited to hear the white lotus theme song again every week pic.twitter.com/skmsTvurc1
— gabe (@poetsonfilm) October 27, 2022
just saw theo james in the white lotus pic.twitter.com/1YDWHTSz1A
— the sundance kid (@bluesiIva) October 31, 2022
I watch The White Lotus for the plot
The plot: pic.twitter.com/B7fAoDU5y0— liz lemonade (@shadyyspice) October 31, 2022
“I love prestige television!” - me seeing Theo James’ huge dick on The White Lotus
— sam greisman (@SAMGREIS) October 31, 2022
me breaking into the white lotus writers room to sneak in a 30 minute uninterrupted theo james nude scene in the next episode
pic.twitter.com/rT5YcJ8viH— seancé knowles (@sicksadchris) October 31, 2022
Me if I was a guest at the white lotus listening to all of the peoples drama #TheWhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/y7aZvASJc9
— ✖️✖️// #RENEWSANDMAN⏳ (@giselleb1234) October 31, 2022
Happy season 2 of The White Lotus day to all who celebrate pic.twitter.com/mVIgqzIKKh
— Haunted Mans-Ian (@muddymudskipper) October 30, 2022
hope he's one of the dead bodies at the end of the season #whitelotus pic.twitter.com/QCwAqKuwXl
— spooky syd ✨ (@weltonlassos) October 31, 2022
The White Lotus s2 pic.twitter.com/BLWm3VZxQg
— Vulture (@vulture) October 31, 2022
I can hear God when the beat drops at 1:01 of #whitelotus S2 theme song pic.twitter.com/47wbY7oXN7
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) October 31, 2022
She is serving cunt so hard. In fact, she’s harvesting cunt. Farming cunt. Living cunt. That’s mother. #AubreyPlaza #TheWhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/awlOnf80Wd
— Sam Meltzer (@SamTheParasite) October 31, 2022
aubrey plaza when theo james got changed in the white lotus premiere pic.twitter.com/rxKHAv9FsQ
— gabe bergado (@gabebergado) October 31, 2022
starting the white lotus s2 for queen jennifer coolidge and suddenly running into theo james' c- pic.twitter.com/lWCPFAgBF7
— alex (@barnescevans) November 2, 2022
In love with aubrey plaza’s character in the white lotus s2 already pic.twitter.com/U48pYXWI18
— miriam (@miriamdnnt) October 31, 2022
the white lotus s2 so good y’all. I love the plot pic.twitter.com/eFBTaWGIoP
— paul (@paulswhtn) November 7, 2022
Me ignoring the “skip intro” button at the beginning of every White Lotus episode pic.twitter.com/GH9Yt3jtns
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) November 7, 2022
No thoughts just Will Sharpe from The White Lotus pic.twitter.com/bq3NPRoez5
— Pineapple Slice 🍍 (@bashful_michael) November 7, 2022
— out of context the white lotus (@oocwhitelotus) November 7, 2022
do you know how good it feels to watch The White Lotus without these bitches judging me through my screen again #TheWhiteLotus #TheWhiteLotusHBO pic.twitter.com/1gFEeR3x1r
— Principal Ava Coleman stan (@1ux1isbon) November 1, 2022
Twitter finding out that Will Sharpe showed bush on The White Lotus pic.twitter.com/rxfQI51yMs
— Liam Gareau (@liamgareau) November 7, 2022
every time a man speaks on the white lotus pic.twitter.com/VtMUU10Z9s
— jamie lee curtis (@trshboatasswgn) November 14, 2022
they need to stay at the white lotus pic.twitter.com/E2llqJC1QE
— andrea TÁR (@andreaonhbo) November 7, 2022
sério vamo falar o quão magnífica foi essa sequência nesse episódio em the white lotus pic.twitter.com/sGQgq3xWaT
— vitor (@vicantonius) November 14, 2022
the most unrealistic part of the white lotus season 2 is harper having to beg for ethan to have sex with her when aubrey plaza is going around looking like this pic.twitter.com/KjJ85qGrrt
— Nora Dominick (@noradominick) December 5, 2022
this lip quiver??? the White Lotus cast is ACTING acting pic.twitter.com/DdxDgTQein
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) December 5, 2022
Why does everyone at The White Lotus eat at the hotel every night? YOU'RE IN ITALY!!!!!
— Sophie Vershbow (@svershbow) December 5, 2022
i think they should make 9 thousand seasons of the white lotus and jennifer coolidge should play the same character in every one of them because how funny would it be for her to keep going to resorts where people end up getting murdered and everytime she has nothing to do with it
— h (@VILL4NEVE) November 28, 2022
You gotta be gay as hell to qualify for the Manager position at a White Lotus resort pic.twitter.com/QMsMwc9nQn
— Jameela Jareer (@coochieprintz) November 21, 2022
Me for the other 167 hours every week waiting for the white lotus to be on pic.twitter.com/ctn136WBVR
— Sophie Ross (@SophRossss) December 5, 2022
no one knows all the characters names on white lotus, they’re simply:
aubrey plaza
aubrey plazas husband
theo james
daphne
grandpa
dad
incel son
blondie
jennifer coolidge
the manager
my girls (or the hookers)
british guy— rach (@rachmalexander) November 28, 2022
Portia’s White Lotus outfits pic.twitter.com/JISyhjU6xp
— Eloise at The White Lotus (@S4MST33L3) December 5, 2022
they should bring her in for the white lotus season 3 to investigate why people keep dying at these hotels pic.twitter.com/laC2VS1fv3
— gabe bergado (@gabebergado) November 29, 2022
the White Lotus manager staring at her front desk girly from across reception like: pic.twitter.com/5mKTzFaCX1
— Abby Butler (@abbzbutler) December 5, 2022
it scares me that the people who say nothing happens in an episode of white lotus could also be selected for jury duty one day
— Leah (@eahLay) November 28, 2022
The fact Albie AND Portia both accidentally hooked up with hookers trying to make the other one jealous 😭😂 #WhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/UI6wTaqTGb
— zanaduxx (@zanaduxx) November 28, 2022
Send me to The White Lotus. I need a vacation and I’m ready to die.
— Nicole Paulhus (@nlpaulhus) November 30, 2022
This!!! This is what I was thinking the entire episode. Ethan gets a hint of something with zero proof and he’s losing his fucking mind. Meanwhile, he expects Harper to just take his word and be cool and move on. 🙄 #WhiteLotus https://t.co/eJxVoCbRrN
— MG (@sunshineneverla) December 5, 2022
the lesbian hotel manager in white lotus pic.twitter.com/rAij109exZ
— Bʀᴀɴᴅᴏɴ (@bjbjonez) November 29, 2022
Tanya really saw a photo of her husband with the high-end british gay, calmly put the picture frame down, and then told the well-hung sex worker she was "nervous" THE WHITE LOTUS GIVES US SO MUCH EVERY WEEK https://t.co/xuEeQEZonl
— Lane Moore🎃NYC 12/1 (@hellolanemoore) December 5, 2022
Next episode of the white lotus pic.twitter.com/Loq8b7R8z5
— danielito (@slayonetta) November 28, 2022
season 2 of the white lotus pic.twitter.com/5uNVT4oeUr
— bethany 🎄 (@fiImgal) December 1, 2022
she is a girlboss she is a war criminal she is a lunatic she is clinically insane & the next virgin mary & she is never going to die #WhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/F0QHyPPxid
— good gollusk miss mollusk (@molllllusk) November 28, 2022
SHE’S WEARING “THE GODFATHER” TEE AFTER TELLING ALBIE’S GRANDPA SHE HAD NEVER SEEN THE FILM. IS THIS A JOKE LOL. #WhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/qnBALnQyYy
— Meredith Asbury (@meredithasbury) December 5, 2022
Mike White directing each episode of The White Lotus pic.twitter.com/1wRZUlJLqc
— Nick 💿 (@n__c__l) December 5, 2022
every time this girl in The White Lotus gets behind the piano and starts singing pic.twitter.com/Z2GwwR22mz
— coleman spilde (@colemanjspilde) December 5, 2022
seeing the di grasso men get turned away by their female ancestors in tonight’s episode was just 🤌🏻 cuz men really do think they can treat women however they want and that at the end of the day, they’re still owed women’s embrace and comfort #WhiteLotus
— kyle elizabeth (is midnight rain)🌙✨🌧 (@kylekerch) December 5, 2022
What good is Portia as a Gen Z assistant if she can’t even Google the people they’re staying with to figure out they’re liars and scammers #WhiteLotus pic.twitter.com/04bZhzU5vT
— ashley darby stan account (@deadtingtv) November 29, 2022
Image: Twitter and @evanrosskatz