We didn't see this coming. Walton Goggins explains Sam Rockwell's surprise appearance as Frank in Episode 5 of "The White Lotus."

The Mike White touch: When Piper argues to Tim that he and Victoria did not really raise their children to be religious, Tim lapses into a reverie about his days as an altar boy, then softly sings “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming” to himself.

In this week's episode, Rick catches up with up with an old friend, the Ratliff brothers get too close, and Tim has a moment of crisis (again).

IT'S BEEN A little over two years since we last took a visit to a White Lotus resort. And while that's just about par for the course in the modern television landscape, you only really begin to realize just how much you've been missing writer/director Mike White's razor sharp world and characters once you're back in.

The incestuous story line has left many viewers clutching their pearls, but “White Lotus” producer David Bernad says it has a purpose and is “not just for shock” value.

The White Lotus' Season 3 crossed over into incest territory in Episode 5 when Lochlan (Sam Nivola) kissed brother Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger).