Jia Tolentino

Yes. And, you know, I mean, the reason that we saw Dick is because Timothy has been taking too much lorazepam. Right.

Yes. And, you know, I mean, the reason that we saw Dick is because Timothy has been taking too much lorazepam. Right.

Spicy episode.

Spicy episode.

And later in this episode, we'll be talking to Jason Isaacs and Sarah Catherine Hook, who play Tim and Piper Ratliff. This episode is called Hide or Seek and written and directed, like all of them, by Mike White.

And later in this episode, we'll be talking to Jason Isaacs and Sarah Catherine Hook, who play Tim and Piper Ratliff. This episode is called Hide or Seek and written and directed, like all of them, by Mike White.

Well, kind of the second hint, right? Because the ladies were already saying, like, I don't think they even see each other.

Well, kind of the second hint, right? Because the ladies were already saying, like, I don't think they even see each other.

And it's kind of an unlikely pairing, which maybe is attributable to the fact that he's 10 years younger. We know he's on set all the time. We know he's super hot. And our minds go where Jacqueline's mind is going, which is he's... He's fucking.

And it's kind of an unlikely pairing, which maybe is attributable to the fact that he's 10 years younger. We know he's on set all the time. We know he's super hot. And our minds go where Jacqueline's mind is going, which is he's... He's fucking.

Yes. And then the girlies' age becomes kind of, like, they've come into the White Lotus being like, this is our victory tour, we're hot, we are, you know, we're beautiful, all this stuff. And then they spend a lot of this episode kind of feeling like they're not at the center of anything, like they're not valuable.

Yes. And then the girlies' age becomes kind of, like, they've come into the White Lotus being like, this is our victory tour, we're hot, we are, you know, we're beautiful, all this stuff. And then they spend a lot of this episode kind of feeling like they're not at the center of anything, like they're not valuable.

Yeah, who can't, you know, who want to go to the White Lotus but can't. And, you know, Jacqueline is looking around at loose skin, which she has not seen in years as a denizen of L.A. Which is her worst fear. Yeah, she's looking around at her worst fear made real. And it's like Jacqueline who, you know, everyone's been telling her for years and years and years, like, you look unbelievable.

Yeah, who can't, you know, who want to go to the White Lotus but can't. And, you know, Jacqueline is looking around at loose skin, which she has not seen in years as a denizen of L.A. Which is her worst fear. Yeah, she's looking around at her worst fear made real. And it's like Jacqueline who, you know, everyone's been telling her for years and years and years, like, you look unbelievable.

You know, you're how old? Like, you look like you're in your 30s still. You know, all of these things. Suddenly she has this thought, like— Did he send us here because he thinks we're old? And she freaks out.

You know, you're how old? Like, you look like you're in your 30s still. You know, all of these things. Suddenly she has this thought, like— Did he send us here because he thinks we're old? And she freaks out.

Right. And there's this way in which when the camera starts panning around, the camera is operating as if it's Jacqueline's eyes and it becomes kind of this horror.

Right. And there's this way in which when the camera starts panning around, the camera is operating as if it's Jacqueline's eyes and it becomes kind of this horror.

Or just like actual life when you're not within this extremely rarefied.

Or just like actual life when you're not within this extremely rarefied.