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Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy devoured all of the second season of The White Lotus on HBO, and are wrapping up the year with an interview with series creator, writer, and director of the show: Mike White!

This week, find out which one of the story lines was hardest to write, Jennifer Coolidge and the murderous gays, how White decided on the themes of the second season and what to expect in the future when The White Lotus ventures into a third season!

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Still Watching is wrapping up our Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-out of the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.

This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the seventh and final episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Arrivederci." We finally end up with a body. The gays are trying to kill Tanya, and Portia's trip takes a nightmarish turn. Daphne, Cameron, Harper, and Ethan find something like resolution at the end of their vacation. This time on The White Lotus, the locals...win?

This podcast includes an interview with Meghann Fahy who plays Daphne on the show and her take on what happened with Ethan this episode.

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Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.

This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the sixth and penultimate episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Abductions." Portia and Tanya find themselves lured into a situation they don't fully understand, Ethan becomes paranoid about Harper and Cameron, Albie and Lucia's relationship becomes much more complicated.

This podcast includes an interview with Aubrey Plaza who plays Harper on the show and her big episode with Ethan and Cameron.

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Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.

This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the fifth episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "That's Amoré." Tanya and Portia head off with their new friends, Albie and Lucia's relationship evolves, Harper forces some hard truths and Mia gets to sing again!

This podcast includes an interview with Adam DiMarco who plays Albie on the show and has an overall positive outlook on his character.

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Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.

This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the fourth episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "In the Sandbox." Tanya gets close to Tom Hollander’s Quentin, Harper sinks deeper into herself after a disturbing discovery, and Mia makes a career play.

This podcast includes an interview with Haley Lu Richardson who plays Portia on the show and looks like she might be abandoning Albie this episode.

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Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.

This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the third episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Bull Elephants." Harper and Daphne split off from Cameron and Ethan (who run across Mia and Lucia!). Tanya gets some negative news from a tarot card reading. Portia and Alfie cross paths with a cold man in a pool.

This podcast includes an interview with Michael Imperioli who plays Dominic on the show, a character that is trying to actually change.

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All ten episodes of season 5 of The Crown are now on Netflix, and Dynasty's Erin Vanderhoof joins Vanity Fair reporter Julie Miller for a special Still Watching breaking down the first five episodes of the new season. Catching up with the royals in the 90s, the decades of Charles and Diana's bitter divorce and the Queen's "annus horribilis", the new season includes plenty of drama for every adult member of the royal family, plus the introduction of new key figures like Mohamed Al-Fayed and Hasnat Khan. 

Vanity Fair's royal correspondent and Dynasty cohost Katie Nicholl also joins for a conversation about how the real-life royals are feeling about the new season, and why the show may be much more than just an inconvenience for the newly crowned King Charles III. 

For more on The Crown, read all of Vanity Fair's coverage.

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Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.

This week, Richard and Chris tune in for the second episode of the second season of White Lotus, titled "Italian Dream". Everything gets more complicated for the couplings of the second season, especially for Dominic and Tanya. Portia and Alfie find common ground, Harper can't stop picking at Cameron and Daphne.

This podcast includes an interview with Beatrice Grannò who plays Mia on the show and has an amazing musical moment this episode.

For a transcript of this episode, please follow this link.

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Still Watching is watching other people on a Sicilian vacation as Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson and Chris Murphy check-in to the second season of The White Lotus on HBO.

This week, Richard and Chris rejoin Mark White's dark comedy series for a news season about flawed people at an international five star hotel, another titular White Lotus. Besides Jennifer Coolidge's Tanya and Jon Gries' Greg, there's a whole new cast that includes this week's interview subject Will Sharpe who plays Ethan on the show.

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Welcome back to Still Watching: House of the Dragon, covering the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series: House of the Dragon.

This week, for the season finale, "The Black Queen" Vanity Fair's Josh Wigler is joined by co-host Richard Lawson to analyze what happened on Dragonstone when Rhaenyra learned Aegon had been crowned king and attempts to hold the realm together while gathering banners for a looming war.

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