The White Lotus
Same luxury. New reservations.
Created by Mike White
On HBO
A darkly comic, visually sumptuous anthology that uses luxury resort settings as a stage for excavating class exploitation, moral hypocrisy, and the rot beneath aspirational surfaces.
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.
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Questions people ask
Is The White Lotus one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 97% of series.
Does The White Lotus leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 88% of series.
Is The White Lotus scary? Yes. More frightening than 79% of series.
Is The White Lotus sad? Yes. More sad than 79% of series.
Is The White Lotus easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 75% of series.
Is The White Lotus violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Everything like The White Lotus, and what each one shares →
Like The White Lotus
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The White Lotus
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The White Lotus, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The White Lotus, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The White Lotus, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
