The White Lotus is back! Jennifer Coolildge returns as a newlywed

The White Lotus returns for its second season on HBO after a successful first season that earned 20 Emmy nominations and landed 10 wins including Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series.

The new seven-episode season of the social satire is set at an exclusive Sicilian resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.

Jennifer Coolidge reprises her role from Season 1 as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt, along with Jon Gries as her new husband Greg Hunt.

Return: The White Lotus returns for its second season on HBO after a successful first season that earned 20 Emmy nominations and landed 10 wins including Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series

Married: Jennifer Coolidge reprises her role from Season 1 as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt, along with Jon Gries as her new husband Greg Hunt

The episode begins with a new title sequence featuring Italian art and the new cast members and creative team, with creator Mike White writing and directing.

The first shot opens on a gorgeous beach where Daphne Sullivan (Meghann Fahy) introduces herself to two women while praising all of The White Lotus’ amenities.

She heads out for one last swim before she leaves… when she finds a corpse in the water and rushes out to find help. 

The resort manager Valentina (Sabrina Impacciatore) is told that one of the guests ha drowned while police mill around.

Tanya is seen arriving at the resort by boat with her new assistant (Haley Lu Richardson) in tow.

Valentina and her staff welcome her first guests… before she berates the staff for having such a small tray for champagne.

Mia (Beatrice Granno) and Lucia (Simona Tabasco) watch the new guests arrive and rate them on their looks.

Two couples – Harper (Aubrey Plaza) and Ethan (Will Sharpe) and Cameron (Theo James) and Daphne) are seen arriving though Cameron’s luggage was lost.

Tanya arrives as Valentina says her husband has already arrived and mentions she’s a very important guest.

Cameron mentions this place was once a brothel as a worker says there is a door that joins the two rooms but Harper abruptly says she doesn’t think they will need  it.

Cameron and Meghann head to their rooms while the Di Grasso family says they’re there to find their mother’s hometown, while Bert flirts with the employee Isabella (Eleonora Romandini).

Tanya reunites with her husband who asks how her flight was and she says she texted him a bunch of times but he said something came up with work.

Greg gets mad when he sees Tanya’s assistant is traveling with her saying it’s supposed to be a romantic getaway.

He tells Tanya to get rid of her and she tells him to get lost… but stay close because she might need her. 

Valentina tracks down the two local girls and kicks them out of the hotel.

Dom calls Abby but she is not pleased to hear from him and screams at him before hanging up the phone in tears. 

Aside from them, though, the cast will be brand new, with the show set at a different White Lotus resort in Sicily with a new staff and guests from the first season, which was set at a White Lotus resort in Hawaii.

Portia calls a friend Sarah telling her about how much she hates her job as Tanya’s assistant as her friend tells her to get some d**k.

The two couples are at dinner talking about their jobs as lawyers, though Cameron seems to belittle Harper’s job and her firm.

Will says she’s the star of her firm and wins every case and they patronize her and says, ‘Of course she iss.’

Portia talks with Albie, revealing she’s from Los Angeles and he’s from San Francisco while discussing where they went to college.

He reveals he works for a company that does urban planning but he’s an intern and he tells her they’re taking his grandpa where his smother was born.

While they talk he trips and falls as they rush to him and see if he’s OK as he starts flirting with her immediately. 

Tanya changes into a black minidress and tries flirting with her husband but he doesn’t seem interested and sayss he’s going to wash up because he has ‘swamp crotch.’

The two couples share drinks as Harper says she takes sleeping pills because of ‘everything that’s going on in the world,’ but Cameron and Meghann says they don’t even watch news anymore.

‘They’re just trying to freak everybody out. Yeah. They’re just polarizing society by making us glued to their apocalyptic soap opera, you know?’ Cameron says.

Harper says she watches a lot of Dateline about husbands killing their wives and Cameron likes watching ‘macho reality TV.’

Ethan says they watch documentaries… which doesn’t get a reaction but he adds they watch Ted Lasso, with Cameron and Meghann both love.

Tanya and Greg are having sex but she suddenly pushes him off, saying he was seeing all these faces of men with very effeminate hairstyles.

‘Then I saw you and your eyes and they were like shark eyes completely dead,’ Tanya says as Greg says, ‘You really know how to pump a guy up.’

Greg gets made that she ate all the macaroons but she doesn’t remember and he says how is she supposed to lose weight by eating all the maccaroons.

Harper and Cameron get up to Harper’s room as she gives him Will’s extra trunks and he says he’s happy Ethan found someone.

She goes to get the sunscreen and he changes right behind her though she can see in the mirror but she says she can’t find the sunscreen. 

Albie goes to find his father Dom and tells him that Bert fell by the pool and he suggests someone watches him while he sleeps and Dom suggests he sleeps in Albie’s room because he has work stuff. 

Lucia and Mia are hanging out outside the resort where Lucia suggest they have a threesome but Mia is still  in love with Mossimo.

They sneak into the resort when Valentina’s employee leaves as they are seen getting freshened up in the bathroom.

Tanya and Greg head into the restaurant when Tanya sees her assistant Portia eating alone. Tanya rushes over and says she was supposed to stay in the room but she says she had to eat.

Tanya covers Portia’s face with her menu while they walk by while the Di Grasso family sits down for dinner as Bert flirts with the waitress.

Bert mentions his son Dom is a ‘big muckety-muck in Hollywood’ while they start bugging Bert for flirting all the time.

Mia and Lucia walk in as Cameron says they’re hookers while Cameron jokes that Ethan was the ‘original incel.’

Cameron says he barely left his room he worked so much as Harper says he’s still pretty much the same.

Mia and Lucia notice the pianist staring at them when singing his song as Albie waves at Portia still eating alone.

Portia notices Tanya who mouths for her to go home and she abruptly leaves. 

Lucia leaves the bar as Valentina chases her out after kicking them out earlier.

Back in her room, Portia checks out Albie’s Instagram while eating room service food.

Albie is in bed with his grandpa Bert but he keeps farting in bed as Albie decides to leave and he’s fine. He walks into hiss grandfather’s room when he sees Lucia and smiles at her.

He goes into the room as Lucia goes into Dom’s room. Back at the bar the pianist buys Mia a drink and she says it’s her dream to be a musician. 

He abruptly ask if he needs to pay and asks how much money he needs from the bank but sshe says he has th wrong idea. 

He says he needs to be home by midnight and she throws the rest of her drink in his face and leaves.

Cameron and Meghann are in their room as he starts tickling her but Harper and Ethan can hear it from their room and Harper wonders if he’s hurting her.

TThey both think it’s messed up that they don’t watch the news or vote and wonder what they do all day. 

The new cast includes F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco, Beatrice Grannò, Meghann Fahy, Tom Hollander, Sabrina Impacciatore, Michael Imperioli, Theo James, Aubrey Plaza, Haley Lu Richardson, Will Sharpe, Simona Tabasco, and Leo Woodall.

Tanya and Greg head to the Sicily White Lotus resort with Tanya’s assistant Portia, played by Haley Lu Richardson.

New cast: Aside from them, though, the cast will be brand new, with the show set at a different White Lotus resort in Sicily with a new staff and guests from the first season, which was set at a White Lotus resort in Hawaii

Assistant: Tanya and Greg head to the Sicily White Lotus resort with Tanya’s assistant Portia, played by Haley Lu Richardson

Abraham plays Bert Di Grasso, who is visiting Sicily with his son Dominic (Michael Imperioli) and grandson Albie (Adam DiMarco).

Other guests include Daphne Babcock (Meghann Fahy) and her husband Cameron (Theo James), who are traveling with another couple, Ethan (Will Sharpe) and Harper (Aubrey Plaza).

Tom Hollander plays Quentin, described as an English expat vacationing with his nephew Jack (Leo Woodall).

Son: Abraham plays Bert Di Grasso, who is visiting Sicily with his son Dominic (Michael Imperioli) and grandson Albie (Adam DiMarco)

Theo: Other guests include Daphne Babcock (Meghann Fahy) and her husband Cameron (Theo James), who are traveling with another couple, Ethan (Will Sharpe) and Harper (Aubrey Plaza)

Beatrice Grannò plays Mia, described as, ‘a Sicilian local’ and, ‘a talented singer in search of her big break.’

Sabrina Impacciatore plays Valentina, ‘the passionate, dedicated manager in charge’ of the Sicily White Lotus.

Simona Tabasco plays Lucia, ‘a Sicilian local who frequents the White Lotus resort in search of work and opportunity amongst the wealthy clientele.

Manager: Sabrina Impacciatore plays Valentina, ‘the passionate, dedicated manager in charge’ of the Sicily White Lotus