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The White Lotus is billed as a social satire.
And as with all good social satire, there are some key themes and messages to chew over long after the final credits have rolled.
Created, written and directed by Mike White, who was also the executive producer, along with David Bernad and Mark Kamine, season one was set in Hawaii and used dark humour to get to the roots of its social commentary.
It received 20 Emmy nominations and 10 wins, the most of any program in 2022, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
Season two was set in an exclusive Sicilian resort in Italy, with the only returning characters Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) and her new husband Greg (Jon Gries).
If you watched the season finale, you'll know that despite The White Lotus being renewed for another run, Tanya isn't returning for season three.
It was revealed in the final episode that the mysterious body we saw wash up at sea in the first episode was in fact hers.
So, what did we learn by watching the finale of season two of The White Lotus?
Daphne's world view works for her. Could it be the key to happiness?
One of the most interesting storylines in season two centred around the holidaying couples, Daphne and Cameron and Harper and Ethan.
Daphne (Meghann Fahy) is well aware her husband Cameron (Theo James) cheats on her.
But she chooses to turn a blind eye to it, and alludes to her own affair.
"You don't have to know everything to love someone," Daphne tells Ethan (Will Sharpe) when he confides in her that he suspects their partners Cameron and Harper (Aubrey Plaza) have been intimate with each other.
"A little mystery is kind of sexy … I think you just, you just, do whatever you have to do not to feel like a victim of life."
Daphne and Ethan then wander off together, and viewers are forced to use their own imaginations to fill in the blanks.
What happened? Did anything happen? We may never know.
But there's a shift later on in Ethan and Harper's relationship. The couple who had always been so honest with each other are monumentally unhappy.
They made fun of the couple who were obviously lying to one another, but were also really into each other and were outwardly affectionate. They later learn something from this couple.
Could be something in that?
And will the foursome be returning for season three? It's possible.
"Next year the Maldives," Daphne said as they proposed a toast at dinner. A possible hint ...
The money-swindling sex workers were the only people truly happy at the end
There is a theme throughout, but perhaps highlighted in the last episode, that it's better the devil you know.
When Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) opts for excitement over safety, prompting Albie (Adam DiMarco) to place his trust in the money-swindling sex worker Lucia (Simona Tabasco), there's enough drama to follow to fill the season.
Portia and Albie exchange numbers in the final episode, like they maybe should have in the beginning.
Lucia and her partner in crime Mia (Beatrice Grannò) offer no remorse as they walk off into the sunset, arms around each other, having pulled off an incredible heist.
Apart from when Mia slaps down a pianist for propositioning her, insisting she's a singer not a sex worker, they were the only two people in the series who were clear about using sex as currency, and without that pretence, they got what they wanted.
Could Greg be a star of season three?
Another unanswered question was did Quentin (Tom Hollander) plan to kill Tanya, or was her infidelity going to be used against her in a divorce settlement with Greg?
With both dead, season three could partly be about exploring Greg's motives, lifestyle and answering the question raised in season two: did he really cheat on Tanya? (A question Tanya considered of upmost importance, even after murdering a boatful of men.)
A Maldives adventure featuring Greg, Daphne, Cameron, Ethan, Harper and a host of new characters?
That'd be watchable.
Creator Mike White says: "The first season kind of highlighted money, and then the second season is sex.
"And I think the third season, it would be maybe a kind of satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality."
Grab your popcorn, we're in for another adventure.
