So The White Lotus Is Over—Now What’s Going to Ruin Your Sunday Evenings?
Now that The White Lotus has ended in a haze of sun and existential dread, the question lingers, almost accusingly—what on earth do we watch next?
The finale of The White Lotus Season 3 has aired, and with it, the ephemeral thrill of Sunday nights infused with acid-tongued dialogue, ambiguous glances over poolside cocktails, and the low thrum of existential dread.
The credits rolled, and we were left staring at the black screen, unsure whether we felt satiated or hungrier than ever.
So, what now? What do we do when the sun sets on another season of privileged ennui and murder-laced satire? We look for something else, of course—something to fill that perfectly ironic void.
Here are some shows that won’t replicate The White Lotus—nothing really could—but will echo its energy: smart, self-aware, and vaguely unsettling.
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The Curse
Imagine a show about a show. Then imagine that show unraveling, disintegrating in real-time into something grotesque and tragic.
That’s The Curse, a collaboration between Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, starring Emma Stone as a woman trying very hard to be good—and failing.
It’s a slow burn, like The White Lotus, but more uncomfortable. The kind of discomfort that doesn’t announce itself with blood but creeps in during awkward silences and too-long stares.
There are moments so cringingly human that you might have to pause, get a glass of water, and remind yourself it’s fiction. Probably.
Succession
If you haven’t already watched Succession, congratulations: you now have four seasons of dysfunctional brilliance waiting for you. It’s another HBO heavyweight, a masterclass in power, privilege, and passive-aggressive wit.
The White Lotus and Succession share more than a home network—they both explore the spiritual erosion of the elite, rendered in razor-sharp scripts and morally gray characters you love to loathe.
Think less sun-soaked decadence, more boardrooms and betrayal. But just as intoxicating.
The Other Two
A different flavor of satire, The Other Two is funnier, faster, and often strangely tender. It follows the adult siblings of a teen pop star as they try—desperately and delusionally—to make it in showbiz.
What connects it to The White Lotus? The ever-present theme of identity—how we perform ourselves, how we lose ourselves, and how we monetize it all.
Plus, the writing is brilliant, biting, and blisteringly current. If The White Lotus is a caustic vacation, The Other Two is a sprint through the burning corridors of contemporary fame.
Beef
On the surface, Beef is about two strangers locked in an escalating feud after a traffic incident. But underneath, it’s about dissatisfaction, loneliness, and the collapse of modern identity. Sound familiar?
Like White Lotus, Beef balances dark comedy with emotional heft. It’s stylish, surreal at times, and unwilling to give you clean answers.
It asks what happens when two broken people keep pushing each other to the edge—and then past it.
Severance
For those who watched The White Lotus less for the satire and more for the slow, creeping sense of dread, Severance might scratch that particular itch.
It’s a corporate dystopia where employees literally sever their work selves from their home selves—and naturally, things spiral.
Or… maybe nothing at all
And maybe the answer isn’t another show.
Maybe it’s letting yourself feel the absence. Letting the space breathe. Letting the characters of The White Lotus fade back into the ocean mist they came from.
Or maybe you rewatch Season 1. You know—just to catch what you missed the first time.
