April 25, 2025 | Miles Brucker

The White Lotus Ended. What Should Fans Watch Next?


Filling The Void

Unfortunately for all of us, The White Lotus is over. And now people are craving more twisted vacation energy with rich-people dysfunction and beautiful places hiding ugly secrets. But what to watch? 

Big Little Lies

What looks like a coastal dream soon starts to come to light in spectacular fashion. Big Little Lies drops you into Monterey's high-end world of brunch gossip. The show's gorgeous setting and ensemble cast echo The White Lotus, but it goes deeper into the psychology of motherhood and trauma. 

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Bad Sisters

Five sisters. One monstrous brother-in-law. And a suspicious death that kicks off a wickedly funny murder mystery. Set in Dublin, Bad Sisters balances sharp comedy and revenge storytelling. It's not afraid to get dark, but it keeps things grounded in love and the chaos of family ties.

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The Righteous Gemstones

This family lives like royalty and sins like rock stars. The Righteous Gemstones throws you into a world of private jets and mega-church politics. As moral hypocrisy gets wrapped in designer suits, the show becomes addictive in how unhinged it proceeds without losing sight of its satire. 

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Riches

After a sudden death shakes a successful Black-owned beauty empire, secrets come spilling out, and the family drama gets fierce. Riches is sharp, and dripping in luxury, from the boardrooms to the wardrobes. It's about legacy and how power fractures even the closest relationships. 

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The Resort

A couple's anniversary trip turns into a wild search for a long-missing person, and that's just the beginning. The Resort blends a tropical paradise with mind-bending mystery and emotional detours that sneak up on you. It's perfect for people who like layered plots and lush settings. 

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Nine Perfect Strangers

At first glance, this wellness retreat promises healing through spiritual enlightenment. But under the eucalyptus-scented surface, things start to feel…off. Nine Perfect Strangers brings together a fractured group of guests, each hiding something they'd rather forget, and a host who has her own agenda. 

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Bloodline

Family secrets never stay buried long in the Florida Keys. Bloodline starts slow and steamy by luring you into a story about loyalty and deception. The Rayburns are pillars of their community, but behind closed doors, they're anything but noble. Expect haunting performances and a slow slide into chaos.

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The Night Manager

High-end hotels and international arms dealing with a charming spy caught in the middle. The Night Manager is a globe-trotting thriller featuring the elegance of a Bond film and the simmering tension of a Le Carre novel. Although not a satire, it still shows how charm can mask violence.

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Saint X

Years after her sister's mysterious disappearance during a Caribbean vacation, a young woman becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth. Saint X tells its story through shifting timelines and perspectives to unpack privilege in unsettling layers. It doesn't offer easy answers, but it's the definition of a slow-burning drama. 

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Eden

A picturesque coastal town becomes the backdrop for a tangled mystery when a girl goes missing after a wild night. Eden is moody and framed through the fractured perspectives of young adults caught between freedom and recklessness. There's a quiet sense that no one really knows each other. 

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The Third Day

Set on an isolated island, a tight-lipped community deals with a visitor who quickly realizes he's in over his head. The Third Day is dreamlike and eerie in the most hypnotic way. It's about what happens when a place reshapes a person, and not necessarily for the better.

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The Mosquito Coast

This one takes the "runaway from society" fantasy and burns it to the ground. The Mosquito Coast follows a brilliant but increasingly unhinged father dragging his family into the wilds of Latin America. It's thrilling, with gorgeous backdrops that clash against the raw desperation of survival. 

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The I-Land

What if you woke up on a beach with no clue how you got there? The I-Land sets up a paradise that quickly turns hostile. It's a trippy mix of sci-fi and suspense that plays with your expectations. It will work if you're craving another vacation gone sideways. 

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The Undoing

Grace Fraser has it all—until her perfect world begins to crack with the discovery of a brutal murder and a husband turned suspect. The Undoing is soaked in Manhattan luxury with Upper East Side apartments and gallery openings. It's what lurks beneath the gloss that makes it gripping. 

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Sharp Objects

If The White Lotus gave you a taste for slow-burn darkness, Sharp Objects delivers it in a glass of sweet tea laced with arsenic. Camille returns to her hometown to cover a murder but ends up confronting her own past. Time to enjoy some family dysfunction with visual poetry. 

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Homecoming

Homecoming is a psychological thriller wrapped in slick corporate aesthetics and fragmented memories. A caseworker at a secret facility slowly begins to question what her job really is. Told with stylistic precision and clever storytelling, it explores themes of consent and manipulation.

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Behind Her Eyes

A steamy affair, a strange wife, and a dream world that may not be fiction. Behind Her Eyes twists through psychological thrills with a supernatural jolt that you won't see coming. It starts as a domestic drama but turns into something far more bizarre. 

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The Affair

What really happened depends on who's telling the story. The Affair isn't just about infidelity—it's about guilt and the way truth shifts through emotion. Set against sun-dappled beach towns and cozy cottages, the he-said, she-said narrative keeps things slippery. 

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Fleishman Is In Trouble

Toby Fleishman's newly single life is going surprisingly well until his ex-wife vanishes, leaving him with the kids and questions he never wanted to ask. Fleishman Is in Trouble digs deep into midlife crises and gender expectations, all under New York's high-achieving charm. 

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Search Party

Although it starts as a missing-person mystery, the series morphs into a wild, darkly funny ride through cults and fame. Search Party follows a group of Brooklyn hipsters whose curiosity snowballs into something far more twisted. It's sharply written and consistently unpredictable.

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Succession

Money doesn't buy love, but it does buy yachts, planes, scandals, and Shakespeare-level betrayal. Succession follows the Roy family, whose media empire is the battleground for the most cold-blooded corporate warfare on TV. The dialogue is razor-sharp and the characters are a disaster. The tension never lets up. 

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Dead To Me

A grieving widow meets a sharp-tongued stranger at a support group and the two form a bond laced with secrets and unexpected laughs. Dead to Me walks the line between dark comedy and emotional drama with effortless charm. It's fast-paced but never shallow, balancing grief and friendship with genuine heart.

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Made For Love

A tech mogul implants a chip in his wife's brain so he can monitor her emotions and thoughts—romantic, right? Made for Love is equal parts absurd and disturbingly plausible, delivering satire and heartache in one sharp little package. It's colorful and weird in all the best ways. 

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Killing Eve

This show begins as a cat-and-mouse game between a bored MI6 agent and a stylish assassin but turns into one of TV's most unpredictable love-hate sagas. Killing Eve is witty and irresistibly offbeat. Both women are smart and drawn to the chaos they create. 

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Little Fires Everywhere

When an artist and her daughter move into a perfect suburban neighborhood, they discover the community's illusion of control. Little Fires Everywhere explores race, privilege, motherhood, and secrets with smoldering intensity. The performances are fierce, and the story exposes how much people hide behind perfection. 

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The Leftovers

About two percent of the world's population vanishes, and those left behind struggle with grief and the bizarre ways people cope. The Leftovers is filled with surreal moments and emotional weight. It doesn't chase answers but lingers in the ache. 

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Mad Men

Don Draper sells illusions for a living, but behind the polished ads and designer suits, his world is falling apart. Mad Men is a masterclass in style and substance. The slow-burn drama and social commentary make it a natural companion for anyone who loves watching facades crack in paradise.

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Big Love

At first glance, Bill Henrickson seems like a model family man until you realize he's balancing three wives and a secret religious past. Big Love is about faith and the emotional cost of keeping up appearances. It works if you enjoy stories where seemingly normal lives get exposed under pressure. 

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The Chair

Academia has never looked this messy. The Chair follows the first woman of color to lead a prestigious English department as she explores crumbling institutions and personal chaos. It's sharp and deceptively emotional, with just the right amount of satirical bite. 

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The OA

When a blind woman reappears after seven years with her sight restored and a strange story to tell, everything starts to blur between reality and belief. The OA is hard to define: it's part sci-fi, part spiritual journey. The show pulls you into a world of chosen families and transcendence. 

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Scenes From A Marriage

This isn't a love story—it's a slow, piercing breakdown of one. Scenes from a Marriage strips away the fluff and dives into the raw, uncomfortable spaces between two people trying and failing to stay connected. The intimacy is often painful, but the performances are magnetic. 

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Barry

Barry is a hitman who just wants to be an actor, but escaping your past isn't so easy when your side hustle is murder. Barry balances dark comedy with surprising emotional depth, following one man's increasingly violent journey toward self-discovery. The show's tonal whiplash makes it interesting. 

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The White Queen

Ruthless ambition drives this historical drama set during England's War of the Roses. The White Queen mixes palace intrigue with personal betrayal as powerful women pull strings behind the scenes. Though set centuries before jet-set vacations, it delivers the same voyeuristic thrill of watching the powerful break down under pressure. 

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The New Look

Set in post-WWII Paris, The New Look tells the story of how Christian Dior revolutionized fashion in the shadow of destruction. The series explores beauty and power with a refined hand to give viewers a rich visual and emotional palette. There's glamour, yes—but also secrets and resilience beneath the surface. 

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Obsession

It starts out as a respectable affair, but it spirals into something far more consuming. Obsession is a British thriller that peels back layers of desire and danger with a sharp, sensual edge. It's seductive in its stillness and perfectly suited for those who like haunting drama.

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Servant

A young couple hires a nanny to take care of their "baby" but something doesn't sit right. Servant unfolds inside a sleek Philadelphia townhouse, where obsession and the supernatural slowly take root. Every episode is a drip of tension, with elegant direction and eerie pacing. 

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Trust

Oil tycoon J Paul Getty refuses to pay his grandson's ransom, and the true drama is exposed in the dysfunction oozing of this ultra-wealthy family. Trust is full of dark humor. If you liked the rotting core of White Lotus's wealth parade, this series hits the same sweet spot. 

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The Royals

Think of this as tabloid fodder turned prestige soap. The Royals takes you inside a fictional British monarchy where scandal is a family tradition. It's flashy and filled with betrayal, which makes it endlessly watchable. It leans into the drama of privilege and legacy with campy charm. 

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Domina

Power-hungry men tend to get the spotlight in Roman history, but Domina flips the script. It follows Livia Drusilla, who claws her way to influence in an empire that thrives on manipulation and male dominance. Lavish and full of quiet betrayal, it's a stylish historical drama with bite. 

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The Girlfriend Experience

High-end escorting meets emotional detachment in this sleek, provocative anthology. The Girlfriend Experience explores intimacy and control through transactional relationships that blur into something more personal—and sometimes, more dangerous. Not your typical drama, but perfect for those who love watching people lose control in pristine spaces.

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Schitt's Creek

Seemingly a fish-out-of-water comedy, this show becomes one of the most heartwarming series in recent memory. Schitt's Creek follows a formerly wealthy family forced to rebuild their lives in a town they once bought as a joke. It's hilarious and surprisingly deep as it offers a reverse view of privilege. 

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The Perfect Couple

Secrets and high-society drama are revealed when a wedding at a lavish Nantucket estate takes an unexpected turn. Based on a novel, The Perfect Couple offers suspense and scandal wrapped in elegance. It's a whodunit with a social edge, peeling back the polished surface of the family legacy. 

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Paradise

On the surface, it's just another dreamy getaway, but something about this beachside retreat feels wrong. Paradise is a slow-burning psychological thriller that explores blurred realities. The more the characters try to relax, the more trapped they become. It's visually lush and subtly menacing, perfect for fans of White Lotus.

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The Afterparty

Everyone at the high school reunion is a suspect, and everyone remembers the night differently. The Afterparty is part murder mystery and part genre playground, as each episode is told in a completely different cinematic style. It's funny and full of surprising depth.

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