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"The White Lotus": 2.1

 Season Two of "The White Lotus" takes us to Sicily; we have three odd groupings, and we suspect one might include a murderer. The first group is a bizarre threesome; Jennifer Coolidge, deteriorating, has brought along her personal assistant, but her husband is unhappy with this arrangement. We know Coolidge enjoys paying people to be around; this was a theme with Natasha Rothwell one year ago. There's no clear reason why Mr. Coolidge objects to Jennifer's behavior--except that Mr. Coolidge seems to be a controlling asshole. Jennifer cannot manage her life, so she barks at the assistant to remain hidden in a small room for the duration of the trip--then she pleads with her husband to acknowledge that a moment of indulgence has involved just three macarons, not five. ("Fine. You ate the whole damn dish of panna cotta at dinner.") All of this is immediately mesmerizing. In another wing of the hotel, we have two couples; maybe one couple has attached itself to ...