

7.687 minSeason 3 • Episode 8
LatestLaurie, Jaclyn, and Kate reckon with their friendship. Timothy comes up with a shocking plan for his family. Belinda considers a deal.
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.
Writing
Mike White's surgical character dissections.
Acting
Career-best work from Jennifer Coolidge and others.
Production
Paradise production design that mocks itself.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Each season's location mirrors colonial power structures: Hawaii (US imperialism), Sicily (mythic masculine violence), Thailand (spiritual tourism extraction).
Jennifer Coolidge almost turned down Tanya; Mike White wrote it specifically for her after their decade-long friendship. She won an Emmy for each season she appeared.