Westerosifatlord t1_j1i9ds2 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 4:06 PM

I liked season 2 of The White Lotus. Having never watched Aubrey Plaza in anything else(I do not like sitcoms), I didn’t find her to be a particularly good actress.

Rdw72777 t1_j1icp6w wrote on December 24, 2022 at 4:31 PM

I mean if the acting on this season hers was probably actually below average. Meaghann Fahy (Daphne) was probably the best, followed by Leo Woodall (Jack). The rest of the acting kind of is subjective, like Theo James (Cameron) was so hateable is only partly because of acting because he was written to be so dickish. Jennifer Coolidge, you either love her or hate her. The whole DiGrasso family (Imperioli, Abraham, DiMarco) we’re utilized weirdly (except maybe Albie, but his arc was meh) and none really came off as great acting really. I honestly thought Portia was like the 4th best actor in the last few episodes, but was kind of a canvas to explore Albie’s character the first few episodes.

Notice I didn’t mention Plaza (Harper) or Sharon (Ethan), yeah they were just kinda meh, dominated by Fahy and James in almost every scene they were in together. Also meh, the gays, the hotel staff and the escorts.

I think the writing might have been layered better this season, but the acting might have been a bit off from the first season.

Oof did I ramble on lol.

Kurisoo t1_j1ieoxa wrote on December 24, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Pretty much how I feel exactly. Season 1 was better imo because of more consistently good acting and a straightforward plot. Season 2 was trying to juggle too many storylines that didn’t end up connecting and all left you wishing they were fleshed out more.

Rdw72777 t1_j1ifq0w wrote on December 24, 2022 at 4:53 PM

The formula was definitely different in season 2, except Jen Coolidge. We were meant to kind of like the hotel staff in S1 but not in S2, fir instance. But at the end of the day I’ll definitely watch a S3.