About this episode
The White Lotus is finally back, and so is novelist and Variety columnist Dan D'Addario to talk about a new locale for familiar hateful-richies storylines. We also talked about who we think gets killed, the most and least successful guest storylines, David Lynch, and what happens when a pandemic lark breaks big for premium cable, before going Around The Dial with Cobra Kai , Yellowjackets , and Lorne Michaels. Dan couldn't help but wonder if his And Just Like That... Canon pitch would succeed; Queens won and Ray Romano lost (guess everybody DIDN'T love him back in the day); and a familiar Game Time had us flipping through the PICI-to-English dictionary. Before you pass out at the dinner table, have a listen! GUESTS 👤 Daniel D’Addario TOPICS Lead Topic: 🪷 The White Lotus Around The Dial: 🥋 Cobra Kai Around The Dial: 🌃 Lorne (A BOOK!) Around The Dial: 🐝 Yellowjackets The Canon: 💅 And Just Like That S02.E03: Chapter Three Winner & Loser: 🕵🏻♂️ Jamaica Bay, NY Winner & Loser: 👨🏻 Ray Romano Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 📺 Netflix + Apple Game Time: 🗣️ Lost In Translation 2025 SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 📕 All things Dan D'addario 🏆 Read Dan D'Addario's forthcoming novel, The Talent , available at Bookshop! 📺 Variety's 100 Best TV Performances of the 21st century ✍🏻 The New Yorker 's recent Mike White profile 🥋 Tara's Cobra Kai review at Cracked 🦅 Tara's Jacob Bertrand interview 📚 True-crime reading recs at Best Evidence 📷 Photo: HBO