Jia Tolentino

We also get two hotel employees, Mook and Guy Talk, which I didn't know until about 30 seconds ago.

We also get two hotel employees, Mook and Guy Talk, which I didn't know until about 30 seconds ago.

This is Lisa from Blackpink. I had no idea.

This is Lisa from Blackpink. I had no idea.

It's funny. It's like it's different from the idol where Jenny was playing like still an idol, you know. But here she, Lisa, is playing this health mentor because this hotel has this like extreme sort of wellness meditation focus. Guy Tuck is a security guard. He's like very clearly in love with her who wouldn't be. She seems to be keeping him a little bit more at the distance.

It's funny. It's like it's different from the idol where Jenny was playing like still an idol, you know. But here she, Lisa, is playing this health mentor because this hotel has this like extreme sort of wellness meditation focus. Guy Tuck is a security guard. He's like very clearly in love with her who wouldn't be. She seems to be keeping him a little bit more at the distance.

We can't really tell whether she's just being demure or if she's like, no, no, no, you're my friend. Please leave me alone.

We can't really tell whether she's just being demure or if she's like, no, no, no, you're my friend. Please leave me alone.

I honestly, I love their vibe. There's that one scene where later in the episode where they're flirting and she is talking to the bodyguards of the hotel's owner. And he's sort of being protective. And I found them to have really wonderful, very sincere chemistry. Do you know what I mean?

I honestly, I love their vibe. There's that one scene where later in the episode where they're flirting and she is talking to the bodyguards of the hotel's owner. And he's sort of being protective. And I found them to have really wonderful, very sincere chemistry. Do you know what I mean?

And I kind of feel like maybe they will. I don't know. And then we have our recurring character.

And I kind of feel like maybe they will. I don't know. And then we have our recurring character.

Okay, then there's the Ratliffs, the family of five, an upper-class family from North Carolina, clearly extremely invested in tradition. What did you think about the accent work here?

Okay, then there's the Ratliffs, the family of five, an upper-class family from North Carolina, clearly extremely invested in tradition. What did you think about the accent work here?

I grew up in Texas. I went to school at the University of Virginia. This exact kind of family is as familiar to me as the back of my hand. I was legitimately, you know, this is as the kids say, but I was literally screaming.

I grew up in Texas. I went to school at the University of Virginia. This exact kind of family is as familiar to me as the back of my hand. I was legitimately, you know, this is as the kids say, but I was literally screaming.

So Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey play Timothy and Victoria Ratliff. Victoria, the mom, just seems to really be on a steady drip of lorazepam. But that part at dinner where she's like, scratch my arm.

So Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey play Timothy and Victoria Ratliff. Victoria, the mom, just seems to really be on a steady drip of lorazepam. But that part at dinner where she's like, scratch my arm.

Their three impeccably named adult children are Saxon, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger, Piper, played by Sarah Catherine Hook. Piper, incredible name today. She would be Hadley, but this girl this age is Piper. and Lachlan, played by Sam Nivola. They normally vacation in the Caribbean. They are in Thailand because Piper is a senior at Chapel Hill.

Their three impeccably named adult children are Saxon, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger, Piper, played by Sarah Catherine Hook. Piper, incredible name today. She would be Hadley, but this girl this age is Piper. and Lachlan, played by Sam Nivola. They normally vacation in the Caribbean. They are in Thailand because Piper is a senior at Chapel Hill.