Brought to you by Aer Lingus College Football Classic Game faces on, our capital city is about to come down with a serious case of football fever. Football stars, cheerleaders, marching bands – the full American football experience is about to come to Dublin. Taking place on Saturday August 29th in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, the […]
Brought to you by Bushmills Irish Whiskey Please drink responsibly. Over 18s only. Dublin is home to many pubs, most of them date back many years and carry a whole lot of history inside their doors – but The Brazen Head is the county’s oldest. Located on Bridge Street Lower, it is a key part […]
Brought to you by Bushmills Irish Whiskey Please drink responsibly. Over 18s only. While Camden Street boasts a healthy offering of pubs, none are quite tied to the history of the street like Devitt’s. Dating back more than 150 years, much like Bushmills, it is steeped in history, serving generation after generation. 78 Lower Camden […]
It is absolutely one of the best shows of the year so far.
There are three things that are absolutely guaranteed to get audiences hooked in your new show:
(1) Bad people getting their comeuppance.
(2) Pigeon-holed actors given an opportunity to spread their performing wings and show what they're truly capable of.
and (3) A murder-mystery.
When it comes to The White Lotus, you'll be happy to hear it has got all three.
Much like Succession, it is a HBO-produced, darkly comic drama about a group of spoiled rich people who are slowly realising that the world doesn't revolve around them. Set against the beautiful backdrop of a lush Hawaiian resort, we are introduced to the new guests and the hotel staff, with all of the characters put in place immediately for plenty of impending dramatic fireworks.
The cast is filled with incredible character actors - Steve Zahn, Alexandra Daddario, Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Jake Lacy - but all eyes are on the wonderful Jennifer Coolidge here. Yes, the actress best known as Stifler's Mom puts in a performance here that is likely to get her plenty of awards attention early next year.
And finally, that murder-mystery. Much like another brilliant HBO series recently, Mare Of Easttown, the show isn't really about the mystery, but merely something at the centre of a series of brilliantly funny (in a cringe, hide-behind-the-cushions kind of way) scenarios, but it is definitely there. We're not giving anything away, but if you claimed to have guessed the ending early, then you're telling fibs!
Plus, in even better news, HBO has already announced that the show has been picked up for a second series, featuring a whole new cast in a different swanky resort!
All six episodes of the first season of The White Lotus are available on NOW from Monday, 16 August.
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