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Aubrey Plaza has spent the first two episodes of The White Lotus in fresh hell, but now, she might have the opportunity to finally escape. Depending on how you look at it, though, that escape might actually be worse for her character, Harper Spiller. Isn’t a getaway to a tiny Italian villa a good thing?
Not for our lovable cynicist Harper. Harper promises tired (and horny/unhorny) husband Ethan (Will Sharpe) that she’s going to “be good” to his friends the Babcocks, finally, now that they’re a few days into their Italian journey. At breakfast, her vow is immediately tested. Harper cannot begin her day with a confrontation!
Cameron (Theo James) and Daphne (Meghann Fahy), the couple who “never fight,” have a debacle over breakfast espresso. Daphne wants to go to Noto to do her Christmas shopping several months early. Cameron wants to be a macho man on the jet skis. They bicker until Daphne has the perfect suggestion: Why doesn’t Harper just go Christmas shopping with her instead?