Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fares podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers.

I'm David Canfield.

I'm Richard Lawson.

And I'm Rebecca Ford.

Today is White Lotus finale day on the podcast.

HBO put up the finale on Sunday night, a 90-minute finale written and directed by Mike White,

filled with deaths and surprises and people getting away with what they get away with.

We're going to talk about it all, so big spoilers ahead, and also just get into our feelings on this season as a whole, who we think is best positioned for some Emmy consideration, et cetera.

And later on in the episode, Amy Lou Wood joins Rebecca for an interview, so make sure you stick around for that.

And again, please consider that a spoiler warning as well.

So guys, to start, what do we think of the finale?

Richard, you reviewed it for us.

Yeah, I think, you know, there had been some complaints throughout the season that it was a little slower than in the previous two seasons.

Maybe there wasn't enough happening or enough excitement, and I think the finale certainly gave us suspense and a lot of event. And I liked it for the

most part. I think that it maybe felt a little bit less thematically combined or something than the

other two seasons. Like I think some of the plot threads just never really woven with the other

ones in a way that I typically have found satisfying on the show.

But I was entertained. I was really moved by the Carrie Coon monologue. She's very good at giving

monologues in fanalies of HBO shows. And the way it sort of meted out, like who lived, who died,

all made a certain kind of sense. Yeah, I really enjoyed it too.

I felt like one of the things I struggled with for most of the season was not enough

sort of highs and lows of emotions.

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