The White Lotus

My name is Amrita.

- Zion. - Zion?

- Yeah. Thank you. - Beautiful name.

How do you find Thailand?

Well, you know, I just got here, but I like it.

Um, I grew up in Hawaii. It's actually...

...really similar.

Except there's no monkeys in Hawaii.

Yeah.

It's actually crazy seeing them up in the trees, you know?

Is it your first time meditating?

No. No, no, no. My mom, she's all into the, you know,

spiritual stuff.

Yeah, she just sent me here

'cause she knows I've been pretty stressed out.

Just finishing finals and, um...

you know, some other stuff.

Okay. Shall we begin?

Yeah, yeah, let's-- let's do it.

Just close your eyes for me.

Take a moment to settle...

and focus on your breathing.

Inhale...

and exhale, fully release.

Let us calm our chattering monkey minds...

and find in the silence

what is timeless.

Breathe in...

slowly, and breathe out.

Let the sounds of the external world fade away.

And focus only on your breath.

Um, ma'am?

Ma'am, that's a gun.

- Huh? Uh... - Yeah. Yeah.

- Oh, fuck. - Okay, uh, stay calm.

- Just stay calm. - My mom's out there.

- My mom's out there. No, no, no. - Zion. No, no, no, st--

- My mom's out-- - Oh my God!

Oh, God!

Stay down.

Please let my mom be okay. Please.

Oh, Je-- Oh, Jesus, please forgive me of my sins.

I pray you protect my mom and me.

Let us get out of here. In Jesus' name, amen.

What the fuck?

I said don't let anything happen to my mother, motherfucker!

Made in Thailand

Oh, yeah!

Made in Thailand

Oh, yeah...

Would you mind taking it over there?

My wife and I are bothered by the smoke.

Look, stop your smoking on the boat.

You don't have to be a dick about it.

Be a dick about what?

Made in Thailand

Oh, yeah...

Morning.

Ni hao.

Morning.

Khun Sritala. Khun Sritala!

Khun Sritala.

The boat should be here any minute.

I need more time.

Of course, but it's almost at the platform.

Tell them to cruise the bay.

- Cruise the bay? - Yeah.

Made in Thailand

Hello! Hi!

Sawatdee kha.

Welcome to the White Lotus in Thailand, kha.

Thank you.

- For you. - Ooh!

- I'm okay. I don't-- I don't need one. - Take one.

I'm Fabian, general manager.

I'm pleased to introduce you to one of the hotel owners,

Khun Sritala.

She is the visionary behind our wellness program.

I may be biased, but we are the best in the world.

Oh my God. We are so excited to be here.

Mook is your health mentor for the week.

She will answer all your questions

and can escort you to your room.

- You are so pretty. Wow. - Khop khun kha.

- Isn't she so pretty? - Let's just go to the room.

- This way, please. - Oh my God. You're so pretty.

What's your name again? Mook? Love that.

Please stop talking.

- Wow. - Whoo!

Yeah.

- Hi. - The Ratliff family, yes?

- That's us. - How was your flight?

Long layover in Doha, but it's all forgotten now.

We flew over the North Pole.

How did you find us, may I ask?

Uh, well, Piper here is a senior,

- thank you, at Chapel Hill-- - I was also a Tar Heel.

But Timothy went to Duke. Saxon graduated Duke.

Lochlan, our youngest, just got accepted to both.

So you can imagine, it's a whole thing.

And she's a religious studies major.

So she's writing her thesis on--

Well, what's your thesis on, Pipe?

- Dad, don't. - Yeah, well, it's on Buddhism,

and there's a monk at a monastery near here.

Anyway, she wants to interview him.

So we made a family road trip of it--

Pam. Would you please escort them to the villa?

- Certainly. - Please enjoy.

Um... Right this way.

- Thank you. - Enjoy.

- Enjoy. - Enjoy.

- Hi! - Oh my God!

- Hi! - Hi.

Sawatdee kha. I am Sritala.

I'm one of the owners.

Nice to meet you.

I am a fan. My husband also.

- Oh. - We watch your show.

Aw. Thank you.

- Are these all your friends? - Uh... Yes,

- this is Kate and Laurie... - Hi.

...and we have been friends since forever.

Yeah, we went to school together when we were, like,

- nine years old... - Yep. Mm-hmm.

- ...through high school. - Yeah.

- Old friends. - No, long-time friends. Not old.

Ah, yes.

You know, we have just been so busy with our lives,

and we've been missing each other, so...

You know, we just live in different cities.

And then Jaclyn heard about this place.

Everyone in LA is talking about it.

Sawatdee khrap. Welcome.

This is Valentin. He will be your health mentor.

- A health mentor? - Wow.

- I love it. - Okay.

He is our best.

Everyone requests him because...

he's handsome.

I look forward to working with you.

He is from Russia.

- Bye! - Enjoy.

Miss Belinda. Sawatdee khrap.

I'm Pornchai. We have spoken on the phone.

I'm just so happy to finally meet you.

We are honored to have you here. And this is for you.

Thank you. I'm honored.

And I'm just so glad all this worked out.

And I want to learn everything I can

and bring the magic back to Maui.

That's great. Shall we?

Everyone here is eager to meet you.

Oh, I can't wait.

Sick.

Fuck yeah.

Dad. Dad, I know I gave you shit,

but this place is clutch.

- I did my research. - God, you're always right.

Saxon was our hold-out.

We usually stay at the Caribbean.

What? No, no, no, no. I don't need a vacation, so...

I mean, I love working.

- What? - Saxon works for his father.

They love it.

- It's Tim's dream. - It's pretty great.

How wonderful for you. How wonderful for you.

So, how many bedrooms are there?

Uh... Three.

The master is through the common area,

and then there is one bedroom on either side.

Okay. So, Lochy, you're with me.

- All right. - Uh... He can sleep with me.

I don't mind.

But that'd be weird.

Why is it weird?

Because brothers and sisters don't sleep together

after they have full grown, you know...

genitals.

- Saxon. That's a bad word. - What?

Stop! Stop! Saxon, please!

Stop! Stop! Let me go! Stop.

- We're a normal family. You'll see. - I don't know.

- Seriously! - Um... What's the-- What's the Wi-Fi?

Oh, yeah.

Uh... We don't actually have Wi-Fi in the villas.

- What? - What? No Wi-Fi?

Yeah. We consider the hotel to be a digital detox area.

So we actually encourage our guests to put your phones,

your laptops, your electronics, into this bag.

I will take them. I will put them in our safe.

And at the end of the week, we will give them back to you.

And that way, you can just focus on, um, being present

and each other

and self-care.

Yeah.

This come up in your research, Dad?

- No. Um... - It's optional.

- Oh. - Oh, okay.

I think it's a great idea.