It’s Not Too Late to Watch ‘The White Lotus’

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  • HBO's six-part limited series The White Lotus is one of the buzziest and most talked-about shows of the year.

  • Part social satire and part mystery, it's a dramedy that you won't be able to look away from.

  • Here's how you can watch the show.


If you've heard anything about the hottest TV shows of Summer 2021, you've probably heard quite a bit about HBO's The White Lotus. A six-part limited series from writer/director/producer Mike White (who previously wrote The School of Rock and Orange County, along with the Laura Dern HBO series Enlightened), Lotus is a show that perfectly rides the dramedy line of social satire and can't-wait-to-see-what-happens-next tension.

The show's premise is simple enough: three distinct groups of wealthy visitors arrive at a Hawaiian resort called, you guessed it, The White Lotus. And the resort's employees (Murray Bartlett and Natasha Rothwell) are often the ones caught in the middle trying to keep everything in order. Those visitors are played by an incredibly perfect cast, including Jake Lacy, Alexandra Daddario, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Steve Zahn, and more.

We don't want to say too much more and risk ruining anything. It's one of the year's best shows—picture Succession, with the tropical resort backdrop of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and a tiny smidge of white collar Big Little Lies mystery. And the good news is that if you're sold, you can start getting caught up right now.

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Photo credit: HBO

You can watch The White Lotus on HBO Max

The White Lotus has so far aired four of its six episodes, and you can watch them all on HBO Max. A monthly subscription for HBO Max is $14.99, while an ad-supported version is available for $9.99 per month.

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There's still time to get caught up—the penultimate episode of The White Lotus airs this Sunday, with the finale to follow the next week. Take an (anxiety-ridden) trip to Hawaii with this eccentric group of characters.

New White Lotus episodes debut on Sunday nights

There are only two episodes left, but new White Lotus episodes go live on HBO Max at the same time that they begin airing on HBO, the traditional channel: Sunday at 9 p.m.

So the next episode will be on Sunday, August 8th, and the finale will then air on Sunday, August 15th.

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