Arriving in Bangkok on Thursday, theWhite Lotusexperience began before I reached the outer city limits.

(The only direct giveaway it was related to the show at all?

A discrete HBO logo in the bottom corner.)

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Theres the middle-aged wheeler-dealer boyfriend and his younger, wide-eyed girlfriend played by Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood.

The shows most striking element, however?

Whites ability to conjure the sense that somehow, you actuallyknowthese people.

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Lisa toldVogueahead of the screening, breaking out into a grin.

I sent in my self-tapeand now, I feel so lucky to be a part ofThe White Lotusfamily.

Oh, and know that it will ruin Thai food back in the U.S. for you, forever.

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I walked in and I actually cried.

It was that stunning, remembered Rothwell.

Actually, I take that back.

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I thought: This must be a prank TV show, and theres a camera hidden somewhere.

This cant be real.

The premiere weekend, too, felt a little surrealand not just because of the jetlag.

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Was that Isaacs taking a call by the pool?

Was that colorful muumuu I spotted fluttering around a corner Posey rushing to a spa appointment?

Icansay with some certainty that I found myself sharing an elevator with Schwarzenegger on multiple occasions.

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(Guilty as charged.)

May the next round ofWhite Lotusfever beginThailand is ready and waiting.

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