Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'White Lotus' connects the dots in third season potboiler BRUCE R. MILLER Feb 13, 2025 Feb 13, 2025 Updated May 30, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jennifer Coolidge’s absence hasn’t dimmed the glow of “The White Lotus.”kAmp=E9@F89 D96 =:E FA EH@ D62D@?D @7 E96 BF:C<J |:<6 (9:E6 5C2>2[ D96 92D 2 <:?5C65 DA:C:E :? !2C<6C !@D6J[ H9@ E2<6D E96 E9:C5 D62D@? E@ 96C @H? @77362E 96:89ED]k^Am Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack Parker Posey plays a Southern matriarch in "The White Lotus." HBO kAm%9:D E:>6 @FE[ G242E:@?6CD 2C6 C6=2I:?8 :? %92:=2?5 H96C6 E96 (9:E6 {@EFD 3C2?49 2AA62=D E@ 2? 6G6? E@?:6C 4C@H5] x? 255:E:@? E@ 4@? >6? 2?5 7C2F5D[ :E A=2JD 9@DE E@ 2? 24EC6DD 2?5 96C =:76=@?8 7C:6?5D[ 2? 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E96 AC6G:@FD EH@ 2?5 DEF7765 H:E9 A9C2D6D J@F’== 36 962C:?8 7@C >@?E9D E@ 4@>6] s@?VE 36 DFCAC:D65 :7[ =:<6 $2IE@?[ J@F D2J[ Q%9:D A=246 :D 4=FE49]Qk^Am kAmk6>mQ%96 (9:E6 {@EFDQ 368:?D :ED E9:C5 D62D@? u63] `e @? wq~^|p)] k^6>mk^Am Movies & TV Life after sitcoms: What comes next for stars like Billy Gardell? | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Sioux City Journal & Lee Enterprises Movies & TV Streaming review: Noah Wyle returns to the emergency room and 'The Pitt' delivers BRUCE R. MILLER Movies & TV Now streaming and on DVD: Nicholas Hoult sparks 'The Order' BRUCE R. 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Review: 'Righteous Gemstones' returns with more outrageous behavior While Season Four is stuffed with four-letter words and nudity, it doesn’t skimp on commentary, particularly when attention turns to the “Top …
