The basic storyline is the same as the first season. In the opening scene we discover a guest (or possibly guests) of the White Lotus has (have) been murdered. We are then brought back to a week before when the wealthy guests are arriving. The big difference is we are at the White Lotus Sicily in the Sicilian town of Taormina. The locals all seem to be speaking standard Italian as opposed to Sicilian. The guests are all new characters with one exception. Tanya from season one (the woman with her mother's ashes) arrives with the other guests. She is meeting her husband there who is the man she hooked up with in season one. Not surprisingly they are in what seems to be a very unhealthy relationship. The other guests are two young couples. The men are longtime friends but the women seem to hate each other. The other main guest are Michael Imperioli who is traveling with his father and son. Overall the show maintains the same feel as season 1. The ocean and Mount Edna provide the breathtaking views that Hawaii did in the first season. It will take more episodes to decide if the characters are engaging or just caricatures of the rich. I could have done without revisiting the Tanya character.