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S01E02

New Day

Full screenplay script and 1744-line transcript across 68 scenes for The White Lotus S01E02: New Day. Key settings: Int. White Lotus Resort - Day, Int. Mossbacher Suite - Day, Ext. Airport Terminal - Day.

68 Scenes1744 Lines

Scene 1:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

16 lines
Staff
Welcome to the White Lotus.
Guest
Happy to be here.
Guest
RACHEL PATTON:
Guest
We just got married
the day before yesterday.
Sounds like you scored.
He's super rich.
Well, his family is wealthy.
Guest
I think you put us
in the wrong room.
Guest
Maybe I should call my mother?
Guest
SPEAKER: Why do you keep looking
Guest
at your dick?
I'm looking at my balls.
Guest
Are they bigger?
I haven't seen them in a while.

Scene 2:Int. Mossbacher Suite - Day

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Mark
It's cancer.
Guest
We have not gotten the results.
Armond
MARK MOSSBACHER:
Nicole, it's the doctor.
Guest
(GASPS)
Music Playing
-♪ (SINGING INDIGENOUS CHANT) ♪
Guest
She can't have a baby
Guest
the first day on the job!
Armond
OLIVIA MOSSBACHER:
Armond
Did you think that guy was hot?
Armond
PAULA: What guy?
Music Playing
♪ (SINGING INDIGENOUS CHANT) ♪
Guest
(LANI SCREAMING IN LABOR)
Staff
Fuck!
Music Playing
♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Music Playing
♪ (THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
Staff
(WAVES CRASHING DISTANTLY)
Staff
Does this suck?
Staff
Are you worried
Staff
we're gonna get bored?
No.
I wish we had drugs.
I know.
I have weed.
Guest
Holy shit.
Staff
It's not very much.
Staff
(LAUGHS)
Staff
I don't have anything

Scene 3:Int. Mossbacher Suite - Day

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to smoke it with, though.
Oh, wait.
Staff
What am I talking about?
I threw it in last minute.
Staff
(BOTH LAUGH)
Fucking legend.
Guest
Is your mom gonna freak?
Staff
Yeah, totally.
Staff
(BOTH GIGGLE)
Staff
Do you wanna do a shotgun?
Yes.
Staff
(BONG BUBBLING)
Staff
(BOTH LAUGH)
Staff
(COUGHS)
We're gonna get fat.
Staff
This shit makes
everything delicious.
Staff
Oh, shit. I have Addies
if you wanna be skinny tweakers.
Staff
I don't like taking 'em, though,
Staff
'cause then I can't sleep
Guest
and I get all jittery.
Staff
Oh, well, I...
Staff
I brought Ambien,
uh, Xanax, and a few Klonopin.
Staff
But we can't use it all
Staff
'cause I need them
for my panic attacks.

Scene 4:Int. Mossbacher Suite - Day

15 lines
Holy shit.
Staff
I totally forgot that I stashed
some ketamine in here, Paula.
(LAUGHING) We're so stacked.
(WHISPERING) Hawaiian K-hole.
I love it when you whisper.
Staff
Do you wanna do some ASMR?
Music Playing
♪ (TRANQUIL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Armond
(OLIVIA MOSSBACHER EXHALES)
Armond
(LIGHTER CLICKS)
Armond
(TABLETS RATTLING)
Armond
(RUSTLING)
Armond
(BONG BUBBLING)
Armond
(EXHALES)
Armond
(INHALES)

Scene 5:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

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Armond
MARK MOSSBACHER:
Armond
(SHOUTING) Yeah!
Guest
(OLIVIA SCREAMS)
Mark
Yeah! Oh, thank God.
Guest
The fuck?
Everything's fine.
Guest
Your dad just found out
Mark
he doesn't have cancer.
Guest
What?
Staff
Is something on fire?
Staff
No, uh, we're just
doing witchcraft.
Making offerings to Hecate.
Oh.
Staff
Well, isn't it great news
Staff
about your dad?
Staff
He was convinced he's dying,
but he's gonna live.
Okay, great.
Staff
Can you guys go back
Staff
to your spaces now?
Okay. Night.
Honey, the kids are so happy.
Staff
I just told them,
and they're thrilled.
Staff
(SNICKERS)
Staff
Can I get a hit?
No.

Scene 6:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

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I'm telling Mom
Staff
that you're doing
bong rips in the room, then.
Olivia
Don't be a little bitch.
Snitches get stitches.
Staff
(LAUGHS)
Staff
(DOOR SLAMS)
Guest
Where were we?
Staff
(LAUGHS)
Staff
(TUTTING)
Staff
(PAULA MOANS)
Music Playing
♪ ("HAWAI'I AU"
Music Playing
BY THE SUNDAY MANOA PLAYING) ♪
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Music Playing
♪ (SINGER SINGING IN HAWAIIAN) ♪
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
Staff
So, what's going on? How's Lani?
Staff
Who's Lani?
Staff
Wait. Are you serious?
Staff
The trainee that had a baby
in your office.
(GROANS) Yeah. She's, um...
She's at the hospital.
I think she's okay.
Staff
(SIGHS) How's the baby?
Staff
Well, if it had died,
I think I would've heard.

Scene 7:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

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Are... Are you okay?
Staff
I was criticizing her all day,
and she was in fucking labor.
Staff
Last night, I wanted a drink
so fucking bad.
Staff
Uh-uh. Listen,
you are five years sober.
You don't wanna mess with that.
Staff
Yeah, but what if I just
Staff
can't fucking do this anymore?
You're gonna get it together.
Staff
Okay?
Staff
You still got some gas
Staff
in the tank, right?
Staff
(PHONE RINGS)
Staff
(SIGHS)
Armond
Aloha.
Staff
MR. FERRER: This is Mr. Ferrer,
in the Bredford suite.
Staff
Yes, Mr. Ferrer,
Staff
how can I help you?
Staff
MR. FERRER: The treble
on my TV is too high.
(WHISPERING) Just go.
Staff
MR. FERRER: I need it removed
from the sound bar.
Armond
Uh-huh.
Armond
NICOLE MOSSBACHER: Girls.

Scene 8:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

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Let's get going.
You don't wanna miss breakfast.
Armond
Mom, you can't just
open the doors.
Guest
Why not?
Staff
Paula's an HSP.
Staff
What is that?
Staff
(GROANS)
Highly sensitive person.
That's not real.
Staff
OLIVIA: Mom,
it's a clinical diagnosis.
Staff
Really? Who's her physician?
Staff
Lena Dunham?
Olivia
It's real.
Staff
Yeah, you could
inflame my Morgellons.
We don't want that.
Sorry, Paula.
Next time I'll knock.
Guest
Morning, ladies.
Staff
Oh, good, honey.
Guest
Let's get breakfast.
Staff
Okay. (GRUNTS)
Staff
NICOLE: What the hell?
Staff
Quinn, why are you on the floor?
There's no air in here.
Guest
NICOLE: Olivia.

Scene 9:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

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Staff
OLIVIA: What?
Staff
Your brother is stroking out
in the kitchen.
Staff
What? Dad, what the hell
Staff
are you doing?
Guest
(KISSES)
Staff
(QUINN GROANS)
Guest
You're so beautiful.
Staff
NICOLE: Ugh.
You're so smart.
Staff
Don't you think?
Guest
Yeah.
Staff
Yeah.
Nicole
Guys! Ugh, this is...
Staff
Is that a water bong?
Staff
Hey, did you guys bring pot
Staff
on the plane?
Guest
We found it on the beach.
Staff
It's prescription.
Staff
Yeah, what-- what are you,
Staff
opening a Mexican pharmacy?
It's prescription.
Staff
They were partying all night
and making weird lesbian noises.
Guest
NICOLE: Ugh.
Staff
We weren't being lesbians, Dad.
Yeah, we were being sea hags.
Staff
NICOLE: I think this might be

Scene 10:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

14 lines
better over here.
Uh, okay.
Hey, sweetie.
Mark
I thought I had cancer,
but I don't.
Mark
Yeah. I just have an abnormal
reaction to a virus.
That's great.
Mark
Yeah! So I have a--
like a new lease on life.
Mark
You're not getting
rid of me yet, kid.
Guest
(LAUGHS)
Staff
(OLIVIA CHUCKLES)

Scene 11:Int. Mossbacher Suite - Day

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Mark
Why'd you think you had cancer?
Mark
Well, if you really
Mark
wanna know, Paula,
my testicles are swollen.
Mark
Swole balls?
Guest
Really?
Staff
Yeah.
Staff
Did they biopsy your balls, Dad?
Guest
No, just an MRI.
Staff
Are they still big?
Staff
Have they deflated yet?
Staff
(CLATTERING)
Guest
Not yet.
Staff
PAULA: So if it's a virus,
Staff
are you contagious?
Staff
(NICOLE SIGHS)
Staff
If we caught it
Staff
what would happen to us?
Staff
Will our clits explode?
Staff
(SCOFFS)
Staff
That's a nauseating image,
Olivia.
Guest
Honey, what are you doing?
Staff
NICOLE: I'm cleaning up.
Staff
No, you're rearranging
the hotel room.
No, I'm improving our space.
Stop moving furniture, Nic.

Scene 12:Int. Mossbacher Suite - Day

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We're here for a week.
I need nice feng shui.
Staff
Dad, she's having
another manic episode.
Guest
(DOOR SLAMS)
Staff
NICOLE: Oh, good.
Staff
Okay. Let's go guys,
let's go to breakfast.
Guest
Quinn, get your clothes on.
Staff
Mom, it's vacation!
Staff
It's a breakfast buffet
Staff
in Hawaii!
Staff
It shouldn't be
Staff
a stressful situation!
Staff
(DOOR SLAMS)
Staff
Does he have to slam every door?

Scene 13:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

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Armond
QUINN MOSSBACHER:
Armond
(SHOUTING) What?
Guest
Love ya, bud.
Guest
(WATER BUBBLING)
Music Playing
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Guest
(SPEAKING INAUDIBLY)
Shane Patton
Hey.
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
Buffet is decent.
Guest
What is it?
Guest
I just got an offer
to do a piece.

Scene 14:Ext. Airport Terminal - Day

28 lines
Shane
Ah, you're on your honeymoon.
Fuck that.
Yeah.
Shane
SHANE: Does it sound good?
Shane
Oh, it's, um, about
Shane
a YouTube influencer
Shane
who sponsored
a Get Out The Vote campaign.
Shane
And then he took
Shane
the five winners
Shane
to Burning Man in a--
Shane
an electric RV
Shane
that can actually hover
above the ground.
(CHUCKLES) What? Fuck that.
Yeah.
Shane
But he got 80,000 teenagers
to register to vote.
Shane
SHANE:
Shane
What are they gonna pay you?
Guest
A few hundred dollars.
Staff
(SCOFFS)
No way. Tell 'em no.
Well... Thank you.
I can't say no.
Staff
If I keep saying no,
Staff
then they're-- they're not gonna
come to me anymore.

Scene 15:Ext. Airport Terminal - Day

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Like, if I want assignments,
Staff
then I--
I need to stay in the mix.
Staff
Yeah, but what?
Shane
You're on your honeymoon.
Shane
You're gonna hole up
Shane
in the hotel room,
Shane
just write some
Shane
disposable garbage?
It's not garbage.
Shane
SHANE:
Shane
Yeah, fine, but it's like--
Shane
it's like so many of
the assignments they give you.
Shane
It's just clickbait
Shane
gussied up as some, like,
Shane
high-minded trendy
woke bullshit.
Shane
Plus, what does it matter
Shane
if they stop calling?
You don't need the money.
Shane
Yeah, but I spent
Shane
years of my life
building these relationships.
Look...
Shane
You did those jobs
Shane
for dough. Right?
'Cause you needed the work.

Scene 16:Ext. Airport Terminal - Day

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And...
Shane
I don't know,
Shane
I hate to, like, blow your mind,
but your situation has changed.
Shane
Like, you don't need
to do anything anymore.
Shane
Now you just do
what you wanna do.
And whatever that is.
Shane
Well, that's very
generous of you.
You're my wife.
Come on.
You must've thought about this.
Shane
The reality of that's,
Shane
like, hard to process, you know?
Shane
Like, my parents
Shane
were always broke,
Shane
and I haven't spent a day
Shane
of my life, Shane,
Shane
where I wasn't hustling
Shane
or generally just worried
about money.
Shane
Welcome to the rest
of your wonderful life.
I'll be right back.
'Scuse me.
Hey, excuse me. Hey, buddy.

Scene 17:Ext. Airport Terminal - Day

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Guest
Excuse me.
Staff
ARMOND: Ah, Mr. Patton.
Guest
How are you this morning?
Staff
Yeah. Okay.
Staff
So I have this email here,
forwarded from my mother.
Oh, an email from your mother.
Okay. Okay.
Staff
So, yesterday you said
Staff
that we paid for the room
that we have.
Staff
But actually we did pay
Staff
more money
Staff
for the room
we don't have. So...
Staff
I assure you,
Staff
your mother is only paying
the rate for your current room.
Right.
You guys made a mistake.
Okay? So just...
Staff
just own up to your mistake,
it's all I'm asking.
Staff
Well, if there's been a mistake,
I do apologize.
I'm so very sorry.
Thank you.
Staff
Um, mistakes happen, you know,

Scene 18:Ext. Airport Terminal - Day

14 lines
Shane
but I'm just on my honeymoon,
Shane
you know,
Shane
and, uh, it's just not
Shane
the kind of trip
Shane
where you wanna be
Shane
impacted negatively
Guest
by someone else's mistake.
Staff
Oh, of course not.
Staff
Right, so, I guess
Staff
I'm just wondering what, uh,
Staff
you might be able to do for us
Staff
to make us feel better
Staff
about the whole situation?
Staff
Well, as I told you yesterday,

Scene 19:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

28 lines
Armond
the Pineapple Suite is occupied.
Armond
Right. When are they leaving?
Armond
The Volkmers are departing
Armond
the day before you,
on Wednesday.
Armond
And due to our new
Armond
cleaning policy,
Armond
there would not be enough time
to get you in there.
Okay. Um...
Armond
Do you think we can get
Armond
another kind of upgrade?
Armond
Well, you and your wife
are in the biggest suite.
Armond
Besides the Pineapple Suite.
Armond
(LAUGHS)
Armond
There is another suite
Armond
in the same category,
Armond
with a slightly bigger
Armond
floor plan
Armond
because it has a second
powder room.
Guest
SHANE: Okay.
Staff
I could see if it's available.
Staff
Would you like a second toilet?
Yeah. Great.
Staff
Yeah, it's a garden suite,
Staff
so no ocean view,

Scene 20:Int. White Lotus Resort - Day

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but it does have that
second toilet.
Um, no. That's...
That's-- that's all right.
Staff
Look, you are a valued guest,
Mr. Patton.
And I sense your frustration.
Shane
Yeah.
Staff
Since I can't get you
Staff
the other room, um,
Staff
I am hopeful
Staff
there's some other way
we can make this up to you.
Staff
Let me think on it, okay?
Guest
You go enjoy your day.
Staff
SHANE: Okay.
Guest
And I'll come find you later.
Staff
Yeah.
Guest
Okay.
Staff
Okay.
All right. Thanks.
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Staff
(MOANS)

Scene 21:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

28 lines
Tanya
TANYA MACQUOID: Ooh.
Belinda...
You...
you, you're so good at this.
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
Guest
Feeling better?
Staff
TANYA: Oh my God.
Staff
Was that really 90 minutes?
Staff
'Cause, oh my God,
it-- it felt like ten.
I think you fell asleep.
Staff
(CHUCKLES)
Staff
Oh my God. I know
I fell asleep because I...
Staff
I dreamt that I was on the top
Staff
of this beautiful mountain range
in Asia.
Belinda
Oh, that's cool.
And I had a cyanide pill.
And I just...
Staff
Listen, you--
you are so talented.
Guest
Thank you.
Staff
TANYA: You know, most people,
Staff
they really don't know
what they're doing.
Staff
You know, they--
they lie you down and...

Scene 22:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

28 lines
and then you just
get lubricated. But...
you...
Staff
you really know
where you're going.
Staff
(CHUCKLES)
Staff
Do you think you could have
Staff
dinner with me
Staff
at the hotel tonight?
Come on.
Staff
'Cause I woke up this morning
Staff
and I swear to God,
Staff
I felt better today
Staff
than I've ever felt in my life,
Staff
and I just really need to know
how you did that.
Staff
The hotel doesn't really like it
Staff
when the staff interacts
with the guests in that way.
Staff
What do you mean?
Staff
You can't have dinner?
It would be unusual.
Staff
Like some kind of caste system?
Staff
Tanya, thank you
so much for the invitation.
Guest
I really appreciate it.
Staff
That's absurd.
We can have dinner.

Scene 23:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

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Who do I to talk to?
You know what? Um...
Staff
I'll talk to Armond,
and I'm sure it'll be fine.
Yeah, it will be fine. Yeah.
Um, I get off at 7:00.
Yeah, that's good.
Staff
I mean, like a couple minutes
Staff
after 7:00 at the--
at the restaurant.
Sounds great.
Music Playing
♪ (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Staff
(GUESTS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Staff
You guys have like nachos?
Staff
BARTENDER:
Staff
You wanted the aloha nachos?
Guest
Uh, yes.
Staff
Aloha nachos comin' up.
Staff
(GUEST SPEAKING GERMAN)
Shane
Ah, ja.
Staff
(GUEST SPEAKING GERMAN)
Shane
Ja, ja, ja. Uh-huh.
Staff
(SPEAKING GERMAN)
Guest
MAN: Ja.
Staff
SHANE: Ja.
Staff
SHANE: Well, I'm sure
I'll see you around.
Guest
It was nice to meet you.

Scene 24:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

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Staff
See you later.
Guest
Auf wiedersehen.
Staff
Tschüss.
Staff
Who are they?
Staff
Ah, it's the German couple
that's staying in our room.
Mm.
Staff
He's a fucking liar. (SCOFFS)
Staff
The husband?
Staff
No, the-- no, the fucking dude
at the fucking front desk.
You said he apologized.
Yeah.
Staff
He told me the Germans
Staff
were leaving Wednesday
Staff
so we wouldn't have enough time
Staff
to switch rooms
and get in there.
Staff
They just told me they're flying
back to Hamburg on Tuesday.
Staff
Well, then we can get
into the room on Tuesday.
Guest
What's the big deal?
Staff
Uh, he lied.
Staff
Well, maybe he just
got it wrong.
Staff
No. He does not want us
to have that room.

Scene 25:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

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Why wouldn't he want us
Staff
to have the room?
Staff
Why would he care?
Staff
I bet because he thinks
I'm an asshole.
Staff
Well, were you an asshole?
No.
Staff
No, I was actually trying
to not be an asshole.
Staff
But you failed?
Staff
I'll call my mom, see if they
Staff
refunded the difference
between the rooms.
Staff
(LINE RINGING)
Guest
KITTY PATTON: Honey? Hi.
Staff
Hey, Mom. What's up?
Staff
Okay, so the situation
with the room is not resolved.
Guest
KITTY: No.
Staff
Can you check and see
Staff
if you got a refund
Staff
from the White Lotus?
Kitty
Let's just call Lorenzo.
Staff
Who's Lorenzo?
Staff
KITTY:
The travel agent, sweetie.
We always use him. He's a shark.
Staff
SHANE: Yeah, yeah,

Scene 26:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

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get him in on it.
Guest
KITTY: Should I?
Staff
SHANE: Yeah, why not.
Staff
That's what travel agents
Staff
are for, right?
Kitty
He'll deal with it.
She's gonna have Lorenzo call.
Staff
KITTY:
They're gonna regret this.
Lorenzo is a gay Filipino beast.
Staff
Hey! (LAUGHS)
Staff
(VIDEO GAME SOUND EFFECTS
Staff
PLAYING ON PHONE)
Ooh.
Quinn, come on.
Staff
Let's cut down
Staff
on the screen time, okay?
Come on. Look around.
Staff
Isn't this place gorgeous, huh?
Staff
(VIDEO GAME SOUNDS CONTINUE)
Staff
Yeah?
Staff
How lucky are we, huh?
Staff
You know,
Staff
when I was your age,
my dad died.
Staff
One of the great sadnesses
Staff
of my life is that
Staff
you two never got the chance

Scene 27:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

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to know each other.
Staff
Dad, can I, um, save my game
Staff
so I don't lose my score?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.
Staff
He was like a real alpha,
Staff
you know?
He was tough.
He was tough on me.
Staff
I worshipped him, you know?
He was a good man.
Staff
You know, when I thought
Mark
I had cancer,
Guest
I told myself--
Staff
You mean yesterday?
Yeah.
Life's too short.
Staff
You gotta make the most
out of every moment.
Staff
You know, we've got to make
the most out of every moment.
Yeah, but with each other.
Staff
So I signed us up
to get certified in scuba.
Guest
No.
Staff
Yeah, come on.
Guest
It's like eight hours
in the pool.
Staff
Eight hours?

Scene 28:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

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Yeah, but then we get to
Staff
go out in the ocean!
Guest
Dad, that's gonna suck so hard.
Staff
MARK: No, come on.
Staff
Look, I wanna do this
with you, pal.
Staff
Like, my dad was like
Staff
this sportsman
Staff
and we did all this
active stuff together.
Staff
I never passed that on
Staff
to you, okay?
Staff
So let's-- let's mix it up,
let's bro out. Come on.
Okay, fine.
Guest
What?
Staff
QUINN: Fine.
Guest
Yes?
Staff
Fine.
You make me so happy.
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Staff
RACHEL:
Staff
Sorry, am I interrupting?
Uh, it's fine. Hi.
Hi. I just wanna say hi.
Um, I'm Rachel.
Oh, hi, Rachel, I'm Nicole.
I know who you are.

Scene 29:Int. Resort Lobby - Day

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Armond
Nicole Mossbacher.
Armond
Can I-- uh,
Armond
do you mind if I sit?
Guest
Please.
Staff
Yeah. Thank you. Thanks.
Staff
Hi, I'm sorry,
Staff
I hope I'm not
disrupting your work.
Guest
I know you have a huge job.
Staff
Oh.
Staff
I'm... I'm answering emails,
and they know I'm on vacation.
Great.

Scene 30:Ext. Airport Terminal - Day

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Shane
Um, are you on your honeymoon?
Guest
Yes.
Guest
NICOLE: We saw you
Guest
and your husband on the boat,
Guest
and you had that newlywed glow
about you, congratulations.
Thank you.
Guest
I'm, actually, I'm having
Guest
a little career crisis,
Guest
and I, uh, saw you working
Guest
over here,
Guest
and I... I just wanted to say
Guest
that I admire you,
Guest
and you've just accomplished
Guest
so much,
Guest
and, as a woman, it's--
Guest
it's really-- it's inspiring,
Guest
so I-- I-- I just wanted
to tell you that.
Staff
That's very sweet.
Guest
Sure. (CHUCKLES)
Guest
What's your career crisis?
Oh, I don't know, um...
Guest
It's a long story
Guest
but, uh, you know, I just--
Guest
I've been hustling
Guest
my whole life,
Guest
and I've made inroads,

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and it's not, like,
Guest
the best career,
Guest
but it's not nothing either,
you know.
Guest
Um, but Shane, my husband,
Guest
he's from this very,
Guest
very wealthy family
Guest
and he's very successful,
like way more than I am.
Guest
And I just sometimes
feel like...
Guest
I worry that his orbit is--
Guest
is stronger than mine
Guest
and that, like,
Guest
I don't know, that like
Guest
his gravitational pull
Guest
is gonna like just suck me in
and, um...
Guest
Like you'll become a moon
Guest
to his planet?
Guest
Yes, and not only lose
Guest
my mediocre career,
Guest
which is whatever,
but also, like, myself.
Staff
NICOLE: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Guest
Do you know what I'm saying?
Guest
May I ask?
Guest
Did you sign a prenup?

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rachel
Rachel
Yes.
Guest
But it's, you know,
Guest
generous but--
Guest
But if your marriage ends,
Guest
you're not set for life?
Guest
No. I mean,
Guest
there's like a structure to it,
Guest
and a time component,
Guest
and it's like complicated,
but basically no.
Guest
Then I think you've got to be
really careful.
Guest
And you've got to keep
your own orbit going.
Guest
Because you don't want
Guest
a few years down the line
Guest
to have abandoned your career,
Guest
and I'm not saying
Guest
this is gonna happen to you,
Guest
but marriages don't
always work out.
Guest
Especially because
Guest
you seem to be
Guest
a smart and appealing
young woman.
Thank you.
Your power is your independence.
Don't give up your power.

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Okay.
Guest
Well, thank you so much
for talking to me.
Women have a lot to navigate.
Guest
And I just think it's really
Guest
important to support women
Staff
when I can.
Guest
That's awesome.
Guest
Well, I won't bother you
Guest
any more,
but thank you so much.
My pleasure, Rachel.
Guest
What do you do, by the way?
Oh, I'm, um...
I'm a journalist.
Ah, amazing.
Staff
RACHEL: Yeah.
Guest
What outlet?
Guest
I'm freelance,
Guest
so all over the place,
but, um...
Guest
I actually--
I wrote a profile about you.
Guest
I mean, not just you,
uh, also, you know...
Guest
It was, um, "Ten Power Women
Guest
in the Tech World."
It was for, uh, Business World.

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Staff
You wrote that?
Guest
Yes. (CHUCKLES)
Staff
You're kidding.
Guest
Mm-hmm.
That was a fucked-up piece.
Staff
What?
Guest
NICOLE: Yeah, I remember that.
That was a hatchet job.
Well, it was a puff piece.
Guest
Are you being serious?
Guest
I-- it said you were kicking
the corporate world's ass.
Guest
No, you made it out like
Guest
I got my promotion
because of optics.
Guest
"She rode the Me Too wave."
Bullshit like that.
Guest
Well, I couldn't not mention
the lawsuits.
Guest
But you didn't have to
Guest
make me come across
Guest
like I was some kind of
Guest
Machiavellian gorgon
Guest
using the victimization
Guest
of the other women in my company
Guest
just to further
my own craven ambitions.
It didn't read like that.

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I mean, that's the kind of thing
Guest
that hurts me,
not to mention the cause.
Guest
Well, I didn't think that,
I mean...
Guest
It--
Guest
I was just basically repurposing
Guest
the profile of you
from The Post.
Guest
Well, then
that's bad journalism.
Not to mention, inaccurate.
Guest
I mean, I climbed
Guest
a hellish ladder on my own,
working my ass off.
I didn't ride some wave.
Well, I...
Guest
I'm sorry
that you didn't like the piece.
I don't know what else to say.
Staff
Well, have a nice vacation.
Guest
Have a nice vacation, Rachel.
rachel
Rachel
Yeah.
Have a nice vacation. Okay.
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Guest
(WAVES CRASHING)
Guest
OLIVIA:
Guest
You sure you wanna do this?

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I don't know.
Guest
How long does it last?
Like twenty minutes.
Then yeah, definitely.
Here.
Guest
(SNIFFS)
Guest
(CHUCKLES, SNIFFS)
Guest
(GROANS)
Oh my Lord.
Music Playing
♪ (TRANQUIL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Guest
Right?
Thank you for bringing me here.
Guest
You have no idea
how happy I am you're here.
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY) ♪
Staff
Oh, fuck.
Guest
What?
Paula
Oh, fuck. Look. Oh, no.
Tanya
(MUFFLED) Hey. Hi, girls.
Hello! Hi. Hey. Hi.
Staff
How are ya? Having fun?
Guest
(OLIVIA GROANS)
Oh my gosh.
Both of you are so pretty.
I've never seen you this close.
Wow.
Guest
(DISTORTED) Look at your skin!
Oh my gosh.

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You have the most
beautiful skin I've ever seen.
Guest
Really, like the dewy skin
Guest
that athletes have,
Guest
like, after a race,
like, just-- but it's natural.
Guest
Anyway, don't mind me,
Guest
'cause I'm here--
Guest
I'm--
I'm just scouting right now.
Guest
(SIGHS)
Guest
I have a bunch of ashes that
I need to throw in the ocean.
Guest
I'm just looking
for the perfect spot.
Guest
My mother passed away
a couple weeks ago.
Guest
She was in bad shape
Guest
for a very long time
and, uh, she loved the ocean.
Guest
That's why I brought her
with me.
(DISTORTED) It's a heavy box.
Guest
You know, I just don't think
Guest
that I'm gonna be able
Guest
to toss the ashes
Guest
right there on the shoreline
like that.

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What if she just splashes
Guest
back onto the beach?
Guest
(DISTORTED)
It would be like littering.
Guest
I think I wanna charter a boat
Guest
and just bring her out
Guest
into, like, the deepest
part of the ocean...
Guest
(DISTORTED)
Guest
...way, way out into the deep,
Guest
and sprinkle her
very thoroughly.
Guest
(DISTORTED) What do you think?
We got-- we gotta go.
Guest
Yeah. We have to pee
really, really bad.
Guest
I know, I have to pee
but I'm not-- I'm holding it.
So sorry about your mom.
Well, have a nice day, girls.
Hey! Girls, you left your...
Guest
LORENZO: Do you know
Guest
who you're dealing with?
His father is Peter Patton.
You have to make this right.
Guest
I send all my clients
to the White Lotus.
Guest
I've given you

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loads of business.
I know Randy Zeoli personally.
Guest
I'm taking care of it, sir,
I told you.
Guest
LORENZO:
I will call Randy Zeoli.
I'm giving them freebies.
Guest
They'll be in the room
by Wednesday.
Guest
LORENZO: I thought the Germans
were leaving Tuesday.
We have our cleaning protocol.
Lorenzo
Oh my God.
Fuck your protocol.
Guest
We'll get them in
as soon as we can.
Staff
I have to go now, I'm afraid.
Guest
LORENZO: Tuesday.
Guest
(DIAL TONE)
Guest
Fuck my ass! What?
Guest
Some lady found this
on the beach and gave it to me.
Guest
I was gonna put it
in the lost and found.
Staff
What, no tag?
Guest
HUTCH: No.
Staff
(SIGHS)
Guest
You all right, boss?

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I'm busy.
Guest
Anything else?
Nope.
Guest
(PHONE RINGING)
Christie
This is Christie.
Guest
Yes, uh, Christie,
Guest
we need to send flowers
Guest
to Lani's room
at the hospital right away.
Christie
Okay.
Guest
Do you want me to call
Guest
Tropical Florists
or Nana's or...
Guest
No, just have one of the girls
Guest
do an arrangement
and a valet can drop it off.
Guest
CHRISTIE: Okay. And what
Guest
should we say on the card?
Guest
It doesn't-- (SIGHS)
Guest
On the card, just write,
Guest
"Love and well wishes to you
Guest
and..." (SNIFFS)
Guest
Do we know the name of the baby?
Guest
CHRISTIE: No, but I could call
the hospital to find out.
Well, it doesn't matter.
Guest
Um, just "Love and well wishes
Guest
from Armond and all your friends

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at the White Lotus."
Staff
CHRISTIE: Today?
Guest
Yeah, and let me know
when it's delivered. Thank you.
Music Playing
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Guest
(ANIMALS HOOTING)
Guest
OLIVIA: Have you seen our bag?
It's like a green bag.
Staff
STAFF MEMBER 1: No, sorry.
Guest
(SPLUTTERS)
Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck.
Guest
OLIVIA: I don't see it,
it's not here.
Guest
Olivia, fuck!
Music Playing
♪ ("'OHI'A HUA PALAKU"
Music Playing
BY THE SUNDAY MANOA PLAYING) ♪
Guest
Where were you guys?
Guest
Paula lost her backpack
on the beach.
Guest
It's got some crucial shit
in there.
Guest
What kind of crucial shit?
All of my thoughts...
Guest
for the thesis
that I'm about to write.
Staff
Ah.
Guest
Oh.
Staff
Already working on your thesis?

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Guest
MARK: Hmm.
Nicole
That's impressive.
Guest
What's it on?
Staff
Um, colonialism.
Guest
Oh, big topic.
Guest
That's why we need to find
the backpack.
Staff
STAFF MEMBER 2: Here you go.
Guest
Thanks.
Guest
That pretty girl
Guest
who was on the boat with us
was at the pool today.
She said she was a fan.
Guest
Of who?
Of me.
Guest
It was nice to hear,
Guest
although she's
a terrible journalist.
Guest
So, I think I'm gonna
take the job.
Guest
What?
Oh, you're joking.
I think I should do it.
Guest
You're gonna write an article
Guest
about a floating RV
Guest
at Burning Man
Guest
while we're here?
Guest
I just-- I can't just walk away

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from my career, Shane.
Guest
No one's asking you to walk away
from your career.
Shane
We're on our honeymoon.
Guest
Why are you so angry?
Staff
SHANE: I'm not angry, I'm...
'Cause it's fucking weird.
Staff
You haven't worked
for like the last couple months.
Staff
I was dealing with the wedding,
and exactly.
Staff
You're gonna take a job
Staff
while we're here?
That, to be honest, it's...
That's rude. Okay? So, no.
No.
Staff
I just think it's funny that
I'm a role model to strangers.
But...
Staff
But what?
Staff
Most people admire
Staff
people who achieve things,
Staff
but you somehow look at it as if
it's a personality disorder.
Staff
Making shit happen all the time
is a compulsion.
Staff
It staves off
feelings of emptiness.

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Or whatever.
Staff
Okay. The real question is,
Staff
what exactly are you
Staff
getting done?
Putin is an overachiever.
He's impressive, also evil.
Liv, your mother is not Putin.
Guest
Thank you.
Staff
Yeah.
Staff
She runs one of
Staff
the most profitable
search engines in America.
Staff
And she's made it as a woman
in a male-dominated culture.
It's very cool.
Staff
And her company
Staff
is a part of the unraveling
of the social fabric.
Staff
Should I be rooting for that
Staff
just because it's run
Staff
by a woman?
Staff
No, you should be
Staff
rooting for that
because it's your mother.
Music Playing
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Shane, you can't say no.
Shane, it's my decision.
Staff
SHANE: It doesn't make

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any fucking sense.
Staff
You're gonna ruin
Shane
our fucking honeymoon.
Shane
Is that what you wanna do?
Shane
Ruin this whole thing?
Shane
ARMOND: Mr. and Mrs. Patton,
good evening.
Shane
I come bearing gifts,
Shane
a complimentary bottle
Shane
of Veuve Clicquot. May I pour?
Guest
RACHEL: Thanks.
Staff
Wonderful.
Staff
I am so very sorry
for all the confusion...
Staff
and I am determined
Staff
to get you

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Armond
into the Pineapple Suite
Armond
before you leave. (CHUCKLES)
There we are.
Armond
(ICE CRUNCHES)
Please enjoy.
Travel agent must've called.
Finally getting some respect.
Armond
(CLEARS THROAT)
Armond
I'm gonna go see
if anyone's found our bag.
Guest
OLIVIA: Excuse me.
Staff
Yes?
Staff
OLIVIA:
Staff
Where's the lost and found?
Staff
Lost and found?
Staff
My friend, she lost her backpack
today on the beach out front.
Staff
It's green. I was just wondering
if someone turned it in or...
Guest
I can check in the office.
Staff
OLIVIA: Okay.
Staff
There's a lot of important
things in there.
I'm sure.
I'll take a look.
Music Playing
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Staff
(INDISTINCT MUTTERING)
Staff
(LAUGHING)

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No luck, I'm afraid.
Staff
But we'll definitely
keep an eye out.
Yeah.
Keep an eye out.
All right.
Staff
TANYA: I always thought
Staff
it would be cool
Staff
to bring people
instant relief.
Staff
I just-- I really have so much
respect for what you do.
Thank you.
Staff
Are you enjoying
Staff
your shrimp tacos?
Staff
They're really good. (CHUCKLES)
This is so nice.
Staff
More than dinner,
Staff
it's nice to get
Staff
such positive feedback,
Staff
you know?
Staff
It's nice to know you're
Staff
really making a difference
Staff
'cause sometimes,
I question that.
Staff
Why would you ever
Staff
question that?
Staff
Well, the clientele here

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is mostly rich white people,
Staff
and to be honest,
I struggle with that.
Oh.
(EXHALES) Okay.
Staff
How about this?
Staff
Whatever they're paying you,
I'll double it.
Staff
You can get paid to have fun
Shane
on your honeymoon, with me.
Shane
BELINDA: I do think
Shane
that there's a purpose
Shane
in helping even rich people,
Shane
you know?
Shane
Helping them to find healing,
Shane
making them feel more present,
more aware.
Guest
Yeah.
Staff
Because rich people,
Staff
they're the ones that,
you know...
are fucking up the whole world.
Staff
Yeah. I mean,
Staff
I know a lot of rich,
white, fucked up people.
They could really use you.
Have...
Staff
Have you ever thought about

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starting, like,
Staff
your own business?
Come on.
Staff
(LAUGHS)
Staff
No, because I would be down
for funding something like that.
Staff
(SCOFFS)
Guest
That's--
Staff
You have a beautiful family.
Guest
Oh!
Staff
Oh, thank you.
I know. Yes, I-- I know.
I'm the lady from the boat.
Guest
I saw you guys.
Staff
That's right. Yes. (CHUCKLES)
Staff
And this is Belinda,
she works in the spa.
Hi.
Staff
TANYA:
And she's just incredible.
Staff
I mean, I was in agony yesterday
Staff
and I woke up this morning
and I had no pain at all.
Great. Oh, good.
I'll make an appointment.
Guest
Of course, yeah.
Staff
If she's not booked with me.
(LAUGHS) Okay.

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Well...
I could be your publicist.
Staff
Where were you?
Bathroom.
Staff
What'd he say?
He's gonna look into it.
Staff
(GLASS CLINKING)
Everyone... Sorry.
Staff
I don't know
Staff
why I just stood up. (LAUGHS)
Guest
(NICOLE CHUCKLES)
Staff
MARK: Uh...
This may be a little cheesy.
But, um, I just wanted to say...
Staff
that I had
a little health scare...
Music Playing
♪ ("KE KALI NEI AU"
Music Playing
BY MAHI BEAMER PLAYING) ♪
Staff
...and it turned out
Staff
to be a real blessing,
Staff
because it's the kind of thing
Staff
that gives you a new
perspective on life and...
and how lucky we all are.
Staff
And when you really
think about it, I mean...
Staff
(SIGHS)
...we have no problems.

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We've got food to eat, family,
we're healthy and alive.
And when you think about how...
Staff
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
That-- that family...
is so obnoxious.
The mother is a bitch.
Staff
And the daughter
is a bitch also.
Staff
MARK:
Never take anything for granted.
Staff
It's also a reminder
Staff
to look at things in a new way,
Staff
and if you do,
Staff
then, like, every day
Staff
can be a new day, right?
And if it is...
Staff
it's like you're al--
Staff
you're always
being born into life...
like, all the time.
You're not stuck...
decaying or dying.
Staff
Anyway, that's just
what I was thinking about.
I just wanna share it and...
just... I love you guys.
That's so sweet, honey.

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Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Staff
Quinn. Quinn, just--
Staff
Oh, you know what?
Actually, I think I got it.
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
Okay. Oh, yes.
Staff
(GRUNTS)
Staff
Mom, what are you doing?
Staff
Your brother is gonna suffocate
if he sleeps in the kitchen.
Guest
So get him his own room.
Staff
Olivia.
Staff
What?
You can put a fan in there.
No. This is perfect.
This is fine. You sleep here.
You girls be nice.
Good night.
We don't want you in here.
Fine.
Staff
I'll just sleep
on the fucking beach.
Staff
(DOOR SLAMS)
That was easy.
Staff
Who's the guy?
Staff
What guy?
Staff
The guy you were with
by the lobby. I saw you.

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Just some busboy,
I don't know.
Seemed like you knew him.
Staff
He's just some random
who tried to pick me up.
Olivia
Hmm.
Music Playing
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Staff
There. I emailed them
Staff
and I told them
Shane
that I'm on my honeymoon
and I cannot do the piece.
Shane
Are you happy?
Yeah.

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rachel
Rachel
Thanks, baba.
Yeah.
Whatever. Whatever.
Hey.
rachel
Rachel
You know what
rachel
Rachel
I'm gonna do for you?
Guest
Hmm.
Staff
Because I love you so much.
Hmm.
Staff
I am gonna give you
Staff
what every girl
in America wants, apparently.
Staff
A trip to Burning Man
Staff
in an electric RV
Staff
that can levitate
above the ground.
Staff
(LAUGHS)
Guest
I love my wife.
Staff
(CHUCKLES)
My wife is so hot.
Guest
(CHUCKLES) Stop.
Staff
I love my wife.
Guest
My wife is so hot.
Staff
(CHUCKLES)
My wife.
You're my wife.
My wife.
Guest
Just give me a second, please.

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Staff
MARK: Mm-hmm.
Staff
(CELLPHONE RINGS)
Staff
Hello?
Mark
UNCLE CHARLIE: Mark?
Mark
It's your Uncle Charlie.
Mark
Hey, Uncle Charlie!
Mark
How are you?
Mark
CHARLIE: Well, you know,
no big complaints.
Guest
Same old shit, you know.
Staff
Yeah.
Staff
CHARLIE:
I saw you called me.
Staff
Yeah, um, I'm actually in Hawaii
with the family.
Staff
CHARLIE: Hawaii, great!
Guest
Yeah.
Staff
CHARLIE: Son of a bitch.
Yeah, it's good. It's great.
It's really nice to get away.
Um, yeah, I called.
Staff
I had this health scare
Staff
and I thought

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Mark
I might have cancer.
Mark
CHARLIE: Cancer, no.
Yeah. No, I-- but I don't.
I'm fine.
There's nothing to worry about.
But, um...
Mark
CHARLIE:
Oh, that's good, Mark. Good.
Mark
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I called
Mark
because I was worried
Mark
and I just, you know,
Mark
I couldn't-- I couldn't remember
Mark
what kind of, uh, cancer,
um, dad had.
Mark
CHARLIE: Cancer? What--
Mark
what-- what type of cancer?
Mark
Yeah. Yeah,
Mark
the cancer that killed him.
Mark
CHARLIE:
Mark
Well, Mark,
Mark
your dad didn't die of cancer.
What? Wait.
Mark
He-- he didn't? I--
Mark
I thought for sure
Mark
that he died of cancer.
Mark
CHARLIE: No, Mark,
Mark
your dad didn't die from cancer.
Mark
Okay. What did he die from?

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CHARLIE:
He-- he died from AIDS.
Mark
What?
Mark
AIDS?
Mark
Are you serious?
Mark
I mean--
Mark
wait, are you sure?
Mark
CHARLIE:
Yes, I'm sure, Mark.
Mark
Okay, well-- how did--
Mark
how did I not know this?
Mark
CHARLIE: Well, your dad
didn't want anyone to know.
And you were young.
Mark
Your mother couldn't handle
any of it.
Mark
But I thought maybe
Mark
at some point
someone had told you.
No. No, this is...
Mark
This is the first
I've heard of this.
Um, I-- wait.
I don't understand.
Mark
How did he get AIDS?
Charlie
Well...
well, by having sex with men.
Mark
Your father, Mark,

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he had sex with men.
Mark
He did?
Charlie
He had two lives.
Mark
He had his family,
Mark
and then he had another life
with homosexuals.
Music Playing
♪ ("HAWAI'I ALOHA"
Music Playing
BY THE ROSE ENSEMBLE PLAYING) ♪
Mark
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC INTENSIFIES) ♪
Mark
(WAVES CRASHING)
Mark
(WATER SPLASHING)
Mark
What the fuck?
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
Music Playing
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
Music Playing
♪ (QUIET MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Mark
Your dad found out his dad
was having sex with other men.
Guest
He could've been butch, Dad.
Staff
Please.
Guest
Maybe he was a bossy bottom.
Staff
No!
Staff
Maybe Grandpa
was a power bottom.
Staff
Does that make you feel better?
Staff
PAULA:
We need to find the backpack.

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Armond
I checked lost
and found, it wasn't there.
I do hope we find it.
Staff
SHANE PATTON:
I want to do something romantic.
Staff
What about candlelit dinner
Staff
on our charter boat at sunset,
Staff
dolphins leaping
Staff
as you cruise the coastline?
Perfect. Quick question.
Staff
What's going on with this lady?
Staff
(DRUNKENLY CHEERS)
Right.

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Armond
MARK MOSSBACHER:
I thought I knew my father.
Armond
Meanwhile, he's off getting
manhandled by some random dudes.
Armond
What's it like?
Armond
Does it feel good?
Armond
Do you want to find out?
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Armond
Tanya gets these
Armond
incredible treatments
Armond
from Belinda
Armond
and she just sees her
as this magician, healer.
Armond
And she starts
Armond
to really obsess about her
Armond
in a sense
Armond
that she thinks maybe
Armond
this woman is the key
Armond
to getting rid of all the pain
of her life.
Armond
And in the second episode,
Armond
she has this idea
Armond
that Belinda should have
her own wellness center.
Armond
That's a way for Tanya
to keep her locked in.
Armond
Have you ever thought about

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starting your own business?
Armond
Come on... (CHUCKLES)
Armond
I would be down for funding
something like that.
Armond
She improves so quickly
Armond
that she realizes
Armond
Belinda's a genius,
Armond
and that Belinda
Armond
shouldn't be stuck
Armond
behind a counter
Armond
in some hotel spa
Armond
when she should
Armond
have her own business
and be a superstar.
Armond
And I think she does want
great things for Belinda.
Armond
But I think she's a woman
Armond
with ADHD,
Armond
so I think a lot of things
Armond
get in the way
Armond
with promising things
Armond
to people,
Armond
when you can barely deliver
for yourself.
Guest
You... You are so talented.
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Thank you.
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Because of her privilege,
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she doesn't understand

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that gratitude can be expressed
outside of money.
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She's just having
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this super cathartic moment
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with a really authentic
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person,
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and authenticity,
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especially at certain levels
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of class, is not necessarily
prevalent.
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I am so very sorry
for all the confusion.
Here we are.
Please enjoy.
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Travel agent must've called,
finally getting some respect.
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MURRAY BARTLETT: In episode two,
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Shane gets the travel agent
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to call Armond
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that he's under pressure
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to fix this mistake
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that he's made
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and trying to make it right
with this guy who's on his back.
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And then he's got
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real addiction issues,
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and this bag of pills
lands in his lap.

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He could disappear
and nobody could know.
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When you're under stress
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and feeling in a weak state,
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the temptation that plays
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into your weakness
is right in front of you.
And it's tempting.
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So I think I'm gonna take
the job.
Staff
You haven't worked for like
the last couple months.
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I was dealing with
the wedding.
Staff
You're gonna take a job
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while we're here?
That's rude. No.
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JAKE LACY: Shane has
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an expectation that's like,
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"I have all the money,
and I provide this lifestyle.
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And the thing you provide
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is to shut up
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and go along with it."
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Shane feels all relationships
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are a deal,
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and in this regard,
this is a great deal.

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Everyone gets what they want.
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And all she has to do
is enjoy it.
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I don't know, I hate
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to like blow your mind,
but your situation has changed.
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You don't need to do anything
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anymore,
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now you just do what you want
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to do,
and whatever that is.
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ALEXANDRA DADDARIO:
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Shane thinks that he views
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his wife as an equal,
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he thinks he's wonderful
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to her
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and he's not listening
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to her problems
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because he just doesn't
understand her problems.
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Because, for him,
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I'm hysterical about the fact
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I can't make 200 dollars
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writing hack-job articles
that are clickbait.
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But, for me,
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that's my entire career
and that's my entire life.

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Connie Britton
The scene starts
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where Nicole is actually
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very flattered that
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this young woman admires her,
and is seeking her advice.
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And those are all things
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that enflame Nicole's ego
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and all of the things
that she values about herself.
Staff
I just wanted to say
that I admire you.
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As a woman, it's really--
it's inspiring.
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DADDARIO:
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She's reaching out to this
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woman who's accomplished,
for encouragement.
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And the turn is hilarious,
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because essentially
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I get completely shut down
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and it becomes a very
negative experience.
Staff
I actually-- I wrote a profile
about you.
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"Ten Power Women
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in the Tech World."
Yeah, I remember that.
That was a hatchet job.

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Hey! (CHUCKLES)
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FRED HECHINGER: Quinn spends
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a lot of time
with his dad in the show.
Staff
He is talking all the time
and I say very few words.
Staff
Every day sort of spinning
a new epiphany.
Mark
I thought I had cancer.
Mark
We've got to make the most
out of every moment.
Mark
Let's mix it up, let's bro out,
Mark
come on!
Mark
HECHINGER: Time is valuable,
Mark
and generationally,
Mark
you have to look at fathers
and the way that they change.
Mark
He speaks to being raised
Mark
by a dad who's so private
Mark
with his life and didn't do
any of the parenting.
Mark
So now suddenly,
Mark
you have a father
Mark
who was raised that way
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and is trying
Mark
to actually step in,
Mark
and doesn't really know
his own responsibility.

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Is that a water bong?
Guest
Uh, we found it on the beach.
Staff
It's prescription.
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BRITTANY O'GRADY:
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Paula finds Olivia's parents
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to be out-of-touch,
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and a couple that benefits
from privilege.
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And that's something that,
Staff
after a while,
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starts to rub Paula
the wrong way.
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Most people admire people
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who achieve things,
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but you somehow look at it
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as if it's
a personality disorder.
Staff
What exactly are you
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getting done?
Putin is an over-achiever.
He's impressive, also evil.
Guest
Liv, you mother is not Putin.
Staff
Thank you.
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O'GRADY: Creating this duality
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within Paula,
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where she could exist
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in a wealthy,
upper-class, homogenous space.

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But, really,
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at the end of the day,
not being accepted.
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And that's why she starts
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to connect with someone else
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while she is on vacation
with Olivia's family.
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White Lotus is making a comment
about wealth and privilege.
Staff
Some of these problems
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that these people have,
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these are problems
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with solutions,
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just seems very difficult
to the characters.
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The White Lotus Season 1 Scripts

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All The White Lotus Seasons (19 Episodes)
S01E01
Arrivals
S01E02
New Day
S01E03
Mysterious Monkeys
S01E04
Recentering
S01E05
The Lotus-Eaters
S01E06
Departures