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Artemis wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:21 pm

The first episode of Season 2 of The White Lotus was great! This time they're in Sicily.

creep wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:35 pm

Artemis wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:21 pm

The first episode of Season 2 of The White Lotus was great! This time they're in Sicily.

I really disliked S1 but made it through the whole thing.

I did like the first episode so I hope I like this season.

"Nothing’s sweeter than death to kick off a story. Drops of God, a new series on Apple TV+, opens with the passing of a legendary French wine critic, Alexandre Léger, who leaves behind a massive private collection in Tokyo estimated to be worth $148 million — “the fruit of a lifetime’s work.” Leger was a megalomaniacal diva in life, and so he continues to be in death: The beneficiary of his trove is to be decided, perversely, through a series of ornate oenological tests pitting his estranged daughter Camille (Fleur Geffrier) against his Japanese protege, Issei Tomine (Tomohisa Yamashita).

But don’t let the gorgeous cinematography cloud your eyes: Drops of God is prestige television with a pure soap-operatic heart. Camille, years removed from her father’s hard-driving parenting and wine tutelage, is nowadays incapable of drinking the stuff. Literally: Even an ounce of alcohol causes her to keel over and bleed through her nose. Meanwhile, the stern, incredibly ripped Issei hails from a powerful diamond family whose patriarch threatens to cut him off over his professional passion for wine. Yes, Drops of God is a high-stakes succession drama steeped so lovingly in the wine world even LeBron James would feel out of his depth. But the series’ perspective is often so curious and bizarre as to be uniquely compelling. There’s really nothing else like it."