This story includes spoilers for season two, episode seven of The White Lotus.
We’ve seen not one but two walks of shame this season on The White Lotus (more if we count Saxon’s spirals). I love the mess. And while the girls’ trip has officially taken a turn for the worse, I’m still rooting for Carrie Coon’s Laurie, especially after tonight.
The trio of women have been at one another’s throats for a bit now, but everything came to a head at dinner in episode seven. Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) and Kate (Leslie Bibb) gang up on Laurie, telling her that she’s the actual problem and that Jaclyn’s little affair with Valentin isn’t that big a deal. “The source of your disappointment changes, but you’re constantly disappointed,” says Kate, taking Jaclyn’s side. This leads Laurie to leave the table to attend the Muay Thai fight they were all invited to, marking the very first time any one of them has ventured off on their own.
At the fight, Laurie is transformed, her full glam and backless maroon gown replaced with an easy white graphic tee and some striped linen pants. Her style and her attitude have been the most easygoing out of the trio so far, and she seems the most relaxed once she finally separates herself from her friends, replacing them with Valentin and his bros. Aleksei offers her a beer and throws his arm around her shoulder as she leans into him, finally at ease.
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Next thing we know, Laurie is back at Aleksei’s and things are heating up. What seems to be a sexy moment for Laurie comes crumbling down as the pillow talk turns to Aleksei sharing that he has overstayed his visa and needs 10,000 U.S. dollars to bring his mom to Thailand. “Can you help me?” he asks, his snake tattoo, which starts at his wrist and runs “all the way down,” clasping her hands. “I know you’re rich.” A pound at the door saves Laurie a second before she scrambles to the floor, reaching for her clothes, running out toward the back, and clutching at her falling pants behind her.
It’s almost like a Carrie Bradshaw moment — if Carrie had been extorted for thousands of dollars and sent flying out of a hookup’s home in a foreign country. Laurie ends up dangling from the window before running away barefoot and calling a cab. But before she can run for the hills, we see a familiar serpent bracelet sitting on Aleksei’s nightstand. Honestly, I’m not mad at Laurie. She should get to have a little hookup as a treat. But clearly, these men are bad news — and Laurie’s walk of shame was the least dishonorable thing we saw this episode.
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