Created, written, and directed by Mike White, “The White Lotus” is an American satire comedy television miniseries that focuses on the lives of “the staff and guests at a tropical resort over the course of a week”, the first season of which premiered on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at 9:00 P.M on HBO.
A social satire set at an exclusive Hawaiian resort, the series follows the vacations of various hotel guests over the span of a week as they relax and rejuvenate in paradise. But with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees, and the idyllic locale itself.
The season starts with death or at least the awareness that death is coming. Someone has been killed at The White Lotus resort in Hawaii. We don’t know who or why or how but the action then jumps back to the start of the week as we try to figure out the specifics. We join the hotel staff, headed up by perma-grinned Australian Armond (Looking’s Murray Bartlett), as they greet the latest guests.
The show stars Murray Barlett (Looking), Connie Britton, (Nashville), Jennifer Coolidge (2 Broke Girls), Alexandra Daddario (True Detective), Fred Hechinger (Eighth Grade), Jake Lacy (Girls), Brittany O’Grady (Little Voice), Natasha Rothwell (Insecure), Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria), and Steve Zahn (Treme).
Recurring guest stars include Molly Shannon (Divorce), Jon Gries (Dream Corp LLC), Jolene Purdy (WandaVision), Kekoa Kekumano (Aquaman), and Lukas Gage (Euphoria).
WHERE CAN I WATCH “THE WHITE LOTUS”?
Exclusively available for streaming on HBO. You can also find the show on Hulu (Free Trial).