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The setup is deceptively simple: a group of wealthy, entitled guests arrive at an ultra-exclusive resort for a week of relaxation. However, from the moment they step off the boat and are greeted by the performative smiles of the staff, it’s clear that "paradise" is a powder keg.

Mike White Aired: 2021 Network: HBO

Jake Lacy delivers a career-best performance as Shane, a privileged, emotionally stunted mama’s boy who cannot let go of the fact that he was given the wrong suite. His wife, Rachel (Alexandra Daddario), is a journalist who married for security only to realize she’s sold her soul. Their conflict is petty, absurd, and utterly real—a microcosm of transactional marriage versus genuine intimacy. the white lotus 1