The White Lotus

Sometimes we wake with anxiety.

An edgy energy.

What will happen today?

What is in store for me?

So many questions.

We want resolution,

solid earth under our feet.

So, we take life into our own hands.

We take action, yeah?

Our solutions are temporary.

They are quick fix.

They create more anxiety, more suffering.

There is no resolution to life's questions.

It is easier to be patient

once we finally accept

there is no resolution.

No, it's right here.

Yeah.

Three minutes!

Dead! Carotid artery!

- Dead! Chest cavity! - Frank!

- Have you heard of the black mamba? - Frank!

You heard of the black-- Hey, man!

What are you doing?

You want-- Hey, look, I'm just showing off my moves, man.

- What are you doing? - I gotta go.

We didn't even get into the ice yet.

I gotta catch a plane.

Wait a second. Wait a second.

- Wait. - Ah, come on.

Hey, man, you gonna make me chase you over here?

Come on.

Wait. Listen.

Come on, man, what's happening? Where you going?

You know what's happening, you know? I gotta go.

I gotta go, man.

I told you, I have to go.

- You gotta go? - Yeah.

We got-- But the ladies are here, man.

What's the matter?

Stay, okay? I need you to-- Don't you like me anymore?

- I just have to go. I have to go. - You're my guy.

- Look. - And you started it.

- I can't finish it without you. - You finish it.

- Sawatdee kha! - That's not part of the deal.

- Hey, there they are. - Hi!

- Look at this. Ladies. Come on. - Come on, come on!

- He's saying no. Rick! Rick! - Rick!

- Rick! - Rick! Rick!

Hi.

Oh, morning.

How'd you sleep?

I slept okay.

Have you seen Laurie?

Not yet.

Should we see if she wants to get some breakfast?

Yeah, I'll go ask her.

No. I'll do it.

Kate and I are gonna go get breakfast.

You wanna come?

No. I think I'm gonna keep sleeping, if that's okay.

Listen, I'm sorry about Valentin.

Honestly, I had no idea you'd even care.

Jac, please. I...

I want to be your friend.

We can talk about it later when you're not sleeping.

You want us to bring you back something?

No, thanks.

Okay.

I think I should wait till we're home,

you know, before I tell Mom. Like...

maybe wait till she's back on her meds.

Tell Mom what?

That I'm coming with you.

What?

Lochlan, I don't want to be responsible

for fucking up your life, okay?

Just let me fuck up my own life, all right?

They're back!

Hello! Hi!

How was it?

How did it go?

It was, uh...

You know what, can we actually talk about it later?

I just... I want to shower and...

Yeah, we'll talk about it at breakfast.

Okay.

Lochlan?

What?

Tell us.

I don't fucking know anything, okay?

Belinda.

Hey!

- Sawatdee khrap. - Sawatdee kha.

This is my son, Zion.

- Sawatdee khrap, Zion. - Sawatdee khrap.

Yeah. Yeah. We met, Mom.

Right. Oh, that's right.

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yes. Yes, yes.

- Right. - Yeah.

Um. Do you want to join us?

It's okay. I just saw you and just wanted to say... hello.

Hello.

Hello.

- Bye. - Bye.

- Shut up. - Wow! You like this guy.

I don't know.

Well, he likes you.

You know, he wants to go into business together.

Really?

What? The spa you always talked about.

Where would we even do it, right?

Wherever you want. Hawaii. Here?

He ain't got no money, and neither do I.

I don't even know where I would get it.

I don't know investors like that.

Hello? Do I have to say it?

- Z. - What?

I already told you.

I'm not taking that blood money, okay?

Mom...

Listen, 100,000 dollars isn't enough anyway.

We would need more than that, so drop it.

What if it were a million dollars?

- But it's not. - Okay, no, you told him

you would get back to him. Why don't you just see

- how much you can get? - Z.

You don't have to go through with it. Just see.

See how much you can get.

I mean, you're always gonna wonder.

If I go up there and negotiate with him,

then I don't do it?

It'll piss him off, and then he'll fuck me up.

No, no. He won't do anything to you.

He's done it before.

'Cause I'll be there.

I mean, plus, you'll need a professional

to help you negotiate this deal anyway, so...

So, you liked it, the center?

Yeah, it's a really cool place.

Great.

Yeah. It's not a cult.

Well, I think it's great that you've proved to yourself

that you can live a simple life like that.

We'd all be fine with a lot less, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

What?

Like, the food.

I mean, it was vegetarian, but it...

You know, you could tell it, like, wasn't organic, and...

it was just kind of bland and...

I don't know, it was kind of like, "Could I, like, really eat this

for a whole year?"

And then-- Oh my God.

And then I went back to my room and it was this, like,

tiny little box with, like, a mattress with stains on it

and no air conditioning, and...

I know... I know...

I know I'm not supposed to be attached

to this kind of stuff, and I don't want to think

that I am, but, like...

I don't know, I think I am.

I know I am.

Like, the idea that I'm, like...

that I'm, like, this princess who needs things to be a certain way,

it's just so pathetic.

It's not pathetic.

No, Mom, it is. It is pathetic.

And, like...

I don't know, like, I guess I am spoiled, 'cause, like...

'cause, like, I can't live like that.

Oh, sweetie.

You don't have to prove anything.

There's so much suffering in the world,

and we have it so easy, and, like,

other people have it so hard,

and I just-- I feel like it's really unfair.

And I just feel really bad.

We're lucky. It's true.

No one in the history of the world

has lived better than we have.

Even the old kings and queens.

The least we can do is enjoy it.

If we don't, it's offensive.

It's an offense to all the billions of people

who can only dream

that one day they could live like we do.

- Yeah. - Oh, baby, come here.

I'm really sorry

- I brought you guys here. - Oh, baby. Oh, baby.

I love you so much.

- Hey. - Hey.

If you made one of your shakes, I'd drink it.

I'd drink it.

Nah, I already had one earlier.

Stuff's on the counter if you want to make one, though.

No one's gonna make you a man.

Okay? You gotta do it yourself.

All right, I'll see you later.