The White Lotus season two ended with a big splash – and the star who was killed off is “kind of bummed” about it.
Since the first episode teased a tragedy in October, viewers knew that the series would conclude with the body of a hotel guest floating in the Ionian Sea.
And in the final instalment, which aired on Monday 12 December, fans of the show finally found out who that guest was.
Warning: major spoilers ahead for ‘The White Lotus’ season two episode seven
The body in the water belonged to chaotic millionaire Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge), who in the last episode – upon discovering a suspicious connection between her estranged husband Greg (Jon Gries) and her new friend Quentin (Tom Hollander) – finally realises Quentin is out to get her.
She is seen struggling to escape from Quentin’s yacht as she is plied with more and more white wine.
Eventually, she...
Since the first episode teased a tragedy in October, viewers knew that the series would conclude with the body of a hotel guest floating in the Ionian Sea.
And in the final instalment, which aired on Monday 12 December, fans of the show finally found out who that guest was.
Warning: major spoilers ahead for ‘The White Lotus’ season two episode seven
The body in the water belonged to chaotic millionaire Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge), who in the last episode – upon discovering a suspicious connection between her estranged husband Greg (Jon Gries) and her new friend Quentin (Tom Hollander) – finally realises Quentin is out to get her.
She is seen struggling to escape from Quentin’s yacht as she is plied with more and more white wine.
Eventually, she...
- 12/13/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
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[This story contains major spoilers from the season two finale of HBO’s The White Lotus, “Arrivederci.”]
The White Lotus opened its second season with a dead body to tell viewers that someone they will meet at the HBO show’s resort dies. But after seven episodes of getting to know the ensemble in Mike White’s anthology return — this time, set in Sicily, Italy — the ending remained unpredictable.
Even if a viewer had guessed that heiress Tanya McQuoid, played by Jennifer Coolidge, was the one who would die in the end, there was no way to have guessed just how she met her end.
The only main character to return from season one, Tanya had moved on from the grief of losing her mother and was vacationing as a newlywed with husband Greg (Jon Gries) at the Sicilian resort at the start of season two. But Greg, who was overtly miserable and possibly having a secret affair,...
[This story contains major spoilers from the season two finale of HBO’s The White Lotus, “Arrivederci.”]
The White Lotus opened its second season with a dead body to tell viewers that someone they will meet at the HBO show’s resort dies. But after seven episodes of getting to know the ensemble in Mike White’s anthology return — this time, set in Sicily, Italy — the ending remained unpredictable.
Even if a viewer had guessed that heiress Tanya McQuoid, played by Jennifer Coolidge, was the one who would die in the end, there was no way to have guessed just how she met her end.
The only main character to return from season one, Tanya had moved on from the grief of losing her mother and was vacationing as a newlywed with husband Greg (Jon Gries) at the Sicilian resort at the start of season two. But Greg, who was overtly miserable and possibly having a secret affair,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article contains major spoilers for "The White Lotus" seasons 1 and 2.
Jennifer Coolidge's Emmy award-winning role as Tanya McQuoid in the debut season of Mike White's "The White Lotus," was one of the most talked about performances of 2021. Coolidge was effortless as the wealthy, daffy, emotionally unstable socialite struggling to cope with the recent death of her mother. When it was announced that Coolidge would return for season 2, fans were ecstatic. Coolidge has been a character actor powerhouse for decades, but "The White Lotus" provided her with some of the best material to work with in her entire career.
On a show where everyone is kind of an irredeemable mess, the character of Tanya McQuoid became a fast favorite, because at least she wasn't actively malicious in the way some of her co-stars were behaving. Sure, she fully lied to Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) about investing in her wellness business,...
Jennifer Coolidge's Emmy award-winning role as Tanya McQuoid in the debut season of Mike White's "The White Lotus," was one of the most talked about performances of 2021. Coolidge was effortless as the wealthy, daffy, emotionally unstable socialite struggling to cope with the recent death of her mother. When it was announced that Coolidge would return for season 2, fans were ecstatic. Coolidge has been a character actor powerhouse for decades, but "The White Lotus" provided her with some of the best material to work with in her entire career.
On a show where everyone is kind of an irredeemable mess, the character of Tanya McQuoid became a fast favorite, because at least she wasn't actively malicious in the way some of her co-stars were behaving. Sure, she fully lied to Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) about investing in her wellness business,...
- 12/12/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for The White Lotus season 2 finale.
The tide has finally come in on The White Lotus season 2, and boy that episode 1 tease of “a few” deaths really paid off. Since we first saw Daphne (Meghann Fahy) discover a floating corpse in the seas of Sicily, we’ve been on the edge of our seats to find out which unlucky guests were going to kick the bucket.
In the end, it was fan-favorite Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge) who sipped her last Aperol Spritz, but not before she took a few of her devious captors with her. The bodies quickly piled up, but did a throwaway line in Dec. 11’s “Arrivederci” secretly kill the show’s big bad… or set them up for a return in the already confirmed season three?
Eagle-eyed viewers were on the money that Tanya’s new pals weren’t just fashionable gays trying...
The tide has finally come in on The White Lotus season 2, and boy that episode 1 tease of “a few” deaths really paid off. Since we first saw Daphne (Meghann Fahy) discover a floating corpse in the seas of Sicily, we’ve been on the edge of our seats to find out which unlucky guests were going to kick the bucket.
In the end, it was fan-favorite Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge) who sipped her last Aperol Spritz, but not before she took a few of her devious captors with her. The bodies quickly piled up, but did a throwaway line in Dec. 11’s “Arrivederci” secretly kill the show’s big bad… or set them up for a return in the already confirmed season three?
Eagle-eyed viewers were on the money that Tanya’s new pals weren’t just fashionable gays trying...
- 12/12/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Mike White has spoken about his decision to kill off a major character in the season two finale of The White Lotus.
Here at The Independent, we came up with our own theories regarding who wouldn’t survive their stay at the Sicily White Lotus resort.
Following the seventh episode of the comedy drama’s second season, which aired on Sunday (11 December), fans were left heartbroken when it was finally revealed who had died.
Warning: spoilers for ‘The White Lotus’ season two finale follow!
Upon discovering a suspicious connection between her estranged husband Greg (Jon Gries) and her new friend Quentin (Tom Hollander), Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) realises Quentin is out to get her.
As Quentin’s yacht docks close to the mainland, the plan is for his friend Niccoló (Stefano Gianino) to escort Tanya back to the hotel in his small speedboat.
However, when Tanya notices he’s carrying a black bag,...
Here at The Independent, we came up with our own theories regarding who wouldn’t survive their stay at the Sicily White Lotus resort.
Following the seventh episode of the comedy drama’s second season, which aired on Sunday (11 December), fans were left heartbroken when it was finally revealed who had died.
Warning: spoilers for ‘The White Lotus’ season two finale follow!
Upon discovering a suspicious connection between her estranged husband Greg (Jon Gries) and her new friend Quentin (Tom Hollander), Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) realises Quentin is out to get her.
As Quentin’s yacht docks close to the mainland, the plan is for his friend Niccoló (Stefano Gianino) to escort Tanya back to the hotel in his small speedboat.
However, when Tanya notices he’s carrying a black bag,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
This The White Lotus review contains spoilers.
The White Lotus Season 2 Episode 7
Creating a season finale for an anthology is often a lot more difficult than for a serial. The last episode of an anthology resembles the makings of a series finale of other shows. The writers must choose whether these characters that we’ll never see again will go out in a fantastic, clear-cut path of explosives, or decide to ambiguously float ideas around in a swimming pool of possibilities, the only certainty being the dead body that washes up on the shore of the beach in the case of The White Lotus.
Series creator Mike White went with the latter choice for most of his characters in the second season of his hit dramedy. While audiences were desperately waiting to see how the week-long vacation to Sicily would forever alter the lives of these spoiled, out-of-touch brats, the...
The White Lotus Season 2 Episode 7
Creating a season finale for an anthology is often a lot more difficult than for a serial. The last episode of an anthology resembles the makings of a series finale of other shows. The writers must choose whether these characters that we’ll never see again will go out in a fantastic, clear-cut path of explosives, or decide to ambiguously float ideas around in a swimming pool of possibilities, the only certainty being the dead body that washes up on the shore of the beach in the case of The White Lotus.
Series creator Mike White went with the latter choice for most of his characters in the second season of his hit dramedy. While audiences were desperately waiting to see how the week-long vacation to Sicily would forever alter the lives of these spoiled, out-of-touch brats, the...
- 12/12/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Season two of The White Lotus has drawn to a close and the fates of some unlucky holidaymakers have been revealed.
As the season progressed, fans grew increasingly intrigued as to how we’d arrive at the chilling scene shown in episode one – a body floating in the water, with reports of other casualties close behind.
Here at The Independent, we came up with our own theories regarding who wouldn’t survive their stay at the Sicily White Lotus resort.
All was finally revealed as the last episode aired on Sunday night (11 December) in the US.
Warning: spoilers for The White Lotus season two finale follow!
One of the most concerning plot points leading into the season finale involved Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge), her new friend Quentin (Tom Hollander) and his band of fabulous but mysterious friends.
After a night of passion with Quentin’s friend Niccoló (Stefano Gianino), Tanya wakes...
As the season progressed, fans grew increasingly intrigued as to how we’d arrive at the chilling scene shown in episode one – a body floating in the water, with reports of other casualties close behind.
Here at The Independent, we came up with our own theories regarding who wouldn’t survive their stay at the Sicily White Lotus resort.
All was finally revealed as the last episode aired on Sunday night (11 December) in the US.
Warning: spoilers for The White Lotus season two finale follow!
One of the most concerning plot points leading into the season finale involved Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge), her new friend Quentin (Tom Hollander) and his band of fabulous but mysterious friends.
After a night of passion with Quentin’s friend Niccoló (Stefano Gianino), Tanya wakes...
- 12/12/2022
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
Spoiler Alert: This recap contains spoilers up through Episode 7 of “The White Lotus,” airing Sundays on HBO and streaming on HBO Max.
Wake up, babe, it’s the last day of vacation. The sun is out, the pastries are fresh and the smell of murder hangs thick in the Sicilian air.
Despite dozens of theories about what would happen leading into the finale, Mike White pulled off a genuinely shocking death, as Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) takes out the “high-end gays” — and herself, too. She knocks her head on the dinghy, and drowns after trying to escape the yacht.
Yes, Greg (Jon Gries) is the real winner of “The White Lotus,” after all, as not only is he the heir to Tanya’s fortune, but he doesn’t have to pay Quentin (Tom Hollander) and Co., either. Of all the scams and schemes in “The White Lotus,” the biggest one was on us all along,...
Wake up, babe, it’s the last day of vacation. The sun is out, the pastries are fresh and the smell of murder hangs thick in the Sicilian air.
Despite dozens of theories about what would happen leading into the finale, Mike White pulled off a genuinely shocking death, as Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) takes out the “high-end gays” — and herself, too. She knocks her head on the dinghy, and drowns after trying to escape the yacht.
Yes, Greg (Jon Gries) is the real winner of “The White Lotus,” after all, as not only is he the heir to Tanya’s fortune, but he doesn’t have to pay Quentin (Tom Hollander) and Co., either. Of all the scams and schemes in “The White Lotus,” the biggest one was on us all along,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Note: the following contains spoilers for “The White Lotus” Season 2 finale.
“The White Lotus” Season 2 finale made good on the show’s promise to reveal exactly whose bodies were floating in the ocean in the season opener, but few were prepared to discover that Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya was one of the victims. According to creator and showrunner Mike White, the seed for Tanya’s death was actually planted in the Season 1 finale of the HBO series.
In the final episode of Season 2, Tanya finally realizes that Quentin (Tom Hollander) and his friends are not who they appear to be. Quentin clearly is old friends with Greg (Jon Gries), and when his yacht arrives back in Taormina, Quentin makes some excuse as to why Tanya can’t get off the boat just yet. Instead, they’re waiting for Niccolo (Stefano Gianino) to show up and personally escort Tanya back under cover of night.
“The White Lotus” Season 2 finale made good on the show’s promise to reveal exactly whose bodies were floating in the ocean in the season opener, but few were prepared to discover that Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya was one of the victims. According to creator and showrunner Mike White, the seed for Tanya’s death was actually planted in the Season 1 finale of the HBO series.
In the final episode of Season 2, Tanya finally realizes that Quentin (Tom Hollander) and his friends are not who they appear to be. Quentin clearly is old friends with Greg (Jon Gries), and when his yacht arrives back in Taormina, Quentin makes some excuse as to why Tanya can’t get off the boat just yet. Instead, they’re waiting for Niccolo (Stefano Gianino) to show up and personally escort Tanya back under cover of night.
- 12/12/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
After six glorious, sun-drenched weeks, it’s nearly time to check out of The White Lotus season two. With the second run of his adored anthology series, Mike White has built on the addictive chaos of last year’s Hawaii-based debut to create another sparkling set of episodes.
Now visiting Sicily, this year’s White Lotus guests are just as wealthy, and just as f***ed up. Going into the final episode, several storylines are about to reach their peak, and some unlucky holidaymakers are going to end up in body bags.
There’s Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya, whose discovery of an old photo mere moments before an extramarital tryst may imply some darker intentions at play by her latest admirer, Quentin (Tom Hollander). Miles away on a night out, Jack’s (Leo Woodall) boozy “charms” are wearing thin with Portia (Haley Lu Richardson), who is starting to suspect that...
Now visiting Sicily, this year’s White Lotus guests are just as wealthy, and just as f***ed up. Going into the final episode, several storylines are about to reach their peak, and some unlucky holidaymakers are going to end up in body bags.
There’s Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya, whose discovery of an old photo mere moments before an extramarital tryst may imply some darker intentions at play by her latest admirer, Quentin (Tom Hollander). Miles away on a night out, Jack’s (Leo Woodall) boozy “charms” are wearing thin with Portia (Haley Lu Richardson), who is starting to suspect that...
- 12/7/2022
- by Nicole Vassell,Ellie Harrison,Jessie Thompson,Isobel Lewis and Olivia Petter
- The Independent - TV
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers up through Episode 6 of “The White Lotus,” airing Sundays on HBO and streaming on HBO Max.
“The White Lotus” is set up for an explosive Season 2 finale on Sunday, but before fans wave goodbye to Sicily, there are a lot of loose ends to be tied up in Mike White’s hit HBO series.
What will happen to Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge)? Did Cameron (Theo James) sleep with Harper (Aubrey Plaza)? Who is the father of Daphne’s (Meghann Fahy) kids? Is Lucia actually in danger? What ever happened to the piano player? Who dies?!?
From the viral cowboy conspiracy to the sex work scheme, Variety investigated some of the most popular and outlandish “White Lotus” finale theories.
Greg is in cahoots with Quentin to kill Tanya for her money
Given the events of Episode 6, this might be an obvious one, but we’ve been...
“The White Lotus” is set up for an explosive Season 2 finale on Sunday, but before fans wave goodbye to Sicily, there are a lot of loose ends to be tied up in Mike White’s hit HBO series.
What will happen to Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge)? Did Cameron (Theo James) sleep with Harper (Aubrey Plaza)? Who is the father of Daphne’s (Meghann Fahy) kids? Is Lucia actually in danger? What ever happened to the piano player? Who dies?!?
From the viral cowboy conspiracy to the sex work scheme, Variety investigated some of the most popular and outlandish “White Lotus” finale theories.
Greg is in cahoots with Quentin to kill Tanya for her money
Given the events of Episode 6, this might be an obvious one, but we’ve been...
- 12/5/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld, Katcy Stephan, Ellise Shafer, Rachel Seo, Meredith Woerner and William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers up to Episode 6 of “The White Lotus,” airing Sundays on HBO and streaming on HBO Max.
The penultimate episode of this season’s “The White Lotus” ended with a wild night for Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge), as she was caught up in the palazzo party thrown by her mysterious vacation Bff Quentin (Tom Hollander). Although she spent plenty of time on the dance floor, Tanya was most intrigued by the VIP room, where she snorted up a ton of coke with Quentin and the man he was not-so-subtlety setting her up with, a gorgeous Italian named Niccoló (Stefano Gianino). Although Niccoló’s intentions aren’t known — is he a drug dealer? Sex worker? Mafia-adjacent? — Tanya needed little persuasion to head to the bedroom with him.
Yet right before a fully-nude Niccoló enters, ready for Tanya, she notices an old picture of Quentin and his long-lost cowboy love,...
The penultimate episode of this season’s “The White Lotus” ended with a wild night for Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge), as she was caught up in the palazzo party thrown by her mysterious vacation Bff Quentin (Tom Hollander). Although she spent plenty of time on the dance floor, Tanya was most intrigued by the VIP room, where she snorted up a ton of coke with Quentin and the man he was not-so-subtlety setting her up with, a gorgeous Italian named Niccoló (Stefano Gianino). Although Niccoló’s intentions aren’t known — is he a drug dealer? Sex worker? Mafia-adjacent? — Tanya needed little persuasion to head to the bedroom with him.
Yet right before a fully-nude Niccoló enters, ready for Tanya, she notices an old picture of Quentin and his long-lost cowboy love,...
- 12/5/2022
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
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