The characters in The White Lotus are all obsessed with getting what they want. Or at least getting what they think other people want.
The second season of the HBO drama repeats the format of the first with a different set of characters and a different setting. Over seven episodes, we watch guests at a luxury Sicilian resort being their worst selves while pretending they're happy. Infidelity and interpersonal intrigue abound. The knowledge that one of these characters is doomed to die keeps everything pleasingly tense.
