The whole bomb sequence was great. Dying especially at "Okay, sounds like we were successful. Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
Really enjoyed watching this week to week (long live the weekly release format!) . I'm still bitter about the ending, but I guess this was a dark comedy that poked fun of the white privileged scum, so in order to stay true to that they'd be the ones with the last laugh. Best performance here was definitely Murray Bartlett as the manager of the hotel who reverts to his drug addiction due to the unbearable demands of his spoiled patrons. That being said, the finale pissed me off since the character I rooted for gets killed by the worst character from the show. We get an ending reminding us of the privilege the guests have, but this is a bit depressing since this is a comedy where we see these rich monsters get called out for what they are. However, they leave unchanged and unaffected.
Anyways, I'm eager to see another season of this but I'd rather Mike White not be David Simon and try to show us "this is reality" since White's work is satirical where Simon's is actually journalistic. I'm guessing the other White Lotus resort won't have a death at the center of its story, but there will indeed be scandals. If we see characters return, hopefully they receive they cumuppins.
It was a finale, alright, but somewhat underwhelming on all fronts. The fact that Shane really was the killer like they aluded to at the very begining isn't even the main problem. Is Rachel's "realization" supposed to be due to "tough love" or what? Nicole only needed a "manly man" to come save her from a life of independence and fix their marriage in one fell swoop. And of course Paula is the only guest that suffers some form of consequence for her actions, and I mean the fact that she's really stuck with Olivia now.
It all makes up good satire but it's all too real and fatalistic, which I didn't expect from the build-up.
