If there’s one thing The White Lotus is going to do, it’s introduce a guy-on-guy incest plotline as casually as some shows bring out a major celebrity for a Very Special Episode cameo. Remember the furor that erupted online when the series’s Sicily-set second season introduced “uncle-nephew gay sex” to the non-Pornhub cultural lexicon? Well, now Mike White—in his infinite bisexual wisdom—has extended that theme to Season 3 in Thailand, giving hilariously awful dude-bro Saxon Ratliff (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and his sweet, malleable younger brother Lochlan (Sam Nivola) the opportunity to lock lips while out of their respective minds on drugs at a full-moon party.
The suggestion of sexuality between the two brothers has been breadcrumbed ever since the season’s first episode, when Saxon spoke to Lochlan about his airplane-induced horniness and tried to school him in the art of being a sexist creep to women trying to unwind in peace (excuse me, I mean: “in the art of seduction”). Plus, the two are sharing a room at the White Lotus Thailand, which Saxon more or less insisted upon in order to keep their sister Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) out of the loop—a fact that takes on somewhat more sinister, sexual undertones after last night’s episode. I mean, that’s got to be a hell of a morning-after confrontation around the breakfast buffet, right?
Ultimately, seeing the show actually go there feels like a timely reminder that The White Lotus will always find a way to get viewers talking around the proverbial water cooler, even if said talk is along the lines of, “Why did I just watch two brothers make out on a prestige television show?” Below, find the very best social media reactions to The White Lotus’s brother-on-brother kiss:
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