White Lotus Season 3 was a disaster. Heres why.

Each season, Max's popular series The White Lotus gives itself the ambitious task of telling essentially the same story about greed and lust but featuring different wealthy characters enjoying a new exotic locale. The just-concluded third season brought the concept to an imagined luxury White Lotus hotel in Thailand. 

Despite its aspirations, the show's latest installment strained under the weight of a sluggish plot, overly familiar character types, tired narrative arcs, and unsurprising twists ...