White’s previous series, “Enlightened,” the critically beloved dramedy starring Laura Dern, explored one woman’s quixotic effort to make change within a soulless corporation. Also staying at the White Lotus is Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge), a needy heiress who unloads her emotional baggage on compassionate spa manager Belinda (Natasha Rothwell). She’s crammed in a one-bedroom suite with her emasculated husband (Steve Zahn) their porn-addicted teenage son (Fred Hechinger) performatively woke daughter, Olivia (Sydney Sweeney) and Olivia’s best friend from college, Paula (Brittany O’Grady). When the hotel’s tightly wound manager, Armond (Murray Bartlett), mistakenly books them a room without a plunge pool, Shane - to Rachel’s chagrin - becomes singularly obsessed with getting into the coveted Pineapple Suite.Īt the resort, they are joined by the Mossbacher family, led by mom Nicole (Connie Britton), a tech executive and “Lean In"-style corporate feminist. In “The White Lotus,” Shane (Jake Lacy), a nightmarishly entitled bro from a wealthy New York City society family, arrives in Hawaii with his beautiful bride, Rachel (Alexandra Daddario), a freelance writer from a modest background.