White Lotus season 3 is triggering for many reasons—the incestuous brothers, the anxiety-ridden father, the evil French lady out to cause chaos—but to us the 
female friendship trio is the most troublesome. Three friends— played by Leslie Bibb (Kate), Carrie Coon (Laurie) and Michelle Monaghan (Jaclyn)—are vacationing in an ideal location. There is sun, sand, cocktails and hot men—but the ladies are not happy.

What starts off as a vacation that promises to give the childhood friends a chance to bond like they used to, ends up being a test of how much do the friends really even like each other. It starts with things like Laurie and Jaclyn judging Kate on voting for Trump, to Laurie and Kate gossiping about Jaclyn’s need to get validation from men, to Kate and Jaclyn commenting on how Laurie was stuck in a rut, to a full blown argument over, well, men. It raises issues about how much are we really okay to let go in a relationship, and brings up topics such as resentment, jealousy and bitterness in friendships.