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I never really paid much attention to White Lotus until it recently started trending on social media. I figured I was missing out on something good so I decided to give it a watch. Well, much to my surprise, Season 1 was a snooze fest. The "story" was so drawn out that I found myself forwarding through some scenes of nothingness. The character stories were all pretty boring as well. There was some funny and exciting stuff there but it didn't amount to anything really.

I ended season 1 wondering what all the hype is about. It took me about a week before I got the courage to give season 2 a try. And this is where I understood the trends surrounding this show. Much, much more fun season. The character stories actually go somewhere. Jennifer Coolidge was much more likeable in this season. It was exciting and every episode ended with you wanting more. In fact, I stayed up till nearly 6am finishing the season because I couldn't stop watching - while on the other hand, finishing season 1 felt like a chore.

I'm glad the writers got their act together and I'm now very much looking forward to season 3.

I never heard of the Steven Stayner story so I came into watching this series with a clean slate and it still failed miserably in my opinion. Way too long - it could've been done in an hour. Maybe it was my misinterpretation of the episode descriptions but it made me think there was some plot twist that never came. I finally stopped halfway through the 2nd episode and googled Steven Stayner's story then after reading everything I decided to quit the series because it was just getting dragged out. If anything, this series made me regret not watching I Know My First Name is Steven instead of this.