Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb in season three of HBO's "The White Lotus" Season Three (HBO) NEW On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element.

When I wrote about the first season of HBO's "The White Lotus" in 2023, I invoked Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1842 poem "The Lotos-Eaters," drawing parallels between the hypnotic allure...