A couple of shows I finally had a chance to wrap up last night:
100 Foot Wave (HBO Max)
As mentioned in my original post regarding this program, the cinematography is breathtakingly superb! The entire series is a bit slow, but each episode is good to very good. I enjoyed getting to hear from all the characters from this big wave community. You really get to know them in a way that is enjoyable. Some of the coverage of the wipe outs is remarkable. One spoiler of sorts, the first episode in my opinion was by far the best.
The White Lotus (HBO Max)
It sucks you in right from the beginning. Each episode has something happen to wet your appetite, but you keep waiting for something REALLY BIG to happen, and it just didn't. At least not for me. I've enjoyed watching Steve Zahn in everything I've seen him in ever since "That Thing You Do". I really liked his character. The crazy middle aged woman was annoying, but her big speech about dating and "exposing the core of the onion" was some pretty impressive writing. The newly wed wife was
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It's recommendable as a winter time binge watch when there's nothing else going on.