The White Lotus

Sky Atlantic

Expect best-of lists at the end of the year to heavily feature The White Lotus.

Much like Vigil, there’s a death early on but we’re not sure who it is; unlike Vigil this isn’t a mystery but instead a sharp social satire in which not a great deal happens other than the crumbling of the spoiled guests’ fragile egos.

One of the central dramas is the fall-out between one of the visitors to the tropical island retreat and the insincere hotel manager over the former not getting the so-called Pineapple Suite for his honeymoon.

A dark comic delight.