If this were one of the previousWhite Lotusseasons, it would be finale week right now.

Instead, Mike White got HBO to agree to make eight episodes ofThe White Lotusinstead of seven this year.

And at the risk of losing my title as spokesman for theMake TV seasons longer, dammit!

Jon Gries in THE WHITE LOTUS Season 3 Episode 7.

Greg-Gary keeping it creepyHBO

movement, more hasnt been more withLotusSeason Three.

And several other subplots, like the ones involving Belinda and Gaitok, have barely gotten going at all.

But the only wayLotushas changed is that its longer, and slower.

Greg may have all of Tanyas money, but he cant get what he wants on this particular evening.

Im not just one thing, he insists.

I mean, I could be something else if I wanted.

The other explanations seem more likely.

(That, or Frank himself has been drenched in whiskey far more recently than he suggested.)

(*) Glenn is in his mid-eighties, but hes spent much of his career defying his age.

In his mid-seventies, he was still kicking ass onscreen asDaredevils martial arts mentor on Netflix, for instance.

Less than a year ago, he looked pretty hale and hearty as Vince Vaughns dadon ApplesBad Monkey.

Instead, she encourages him to embrace the concept, because its human to fight.

Aleksei is just using her to have a go at swindle her out of $10,000.

It seems a poor payoff to that particular running gag.

The most likely explanation for the shooting involves Gaitok versus the thieves.

Will White zag when were expecting a zig?

But maybe seven episodes would be just fine next time?