It’s that I find it too neat and too easy, even as each season reliably ropes an impeccable cast into a wickedly funny climax. And series creator Mike White, who writes and directs each episode, shows no signs of exiting this comfort zone any time soon —HBO has already renewed the series for a fourth season.

Patrick Schwarzenegger inspired a theory from his mom Maria Shriver that almost tempted him to spill the beans about his “top secret” casting on season three of The White Lotus. Schwarzenegger told Today Tuesday that he didn’t reveal the big news to anyone except his fiancée,

Patrick Schwarzenegger tried to keep his casting in the third season of HBO's "The White Lotus" a secret from his family, including Maria Shriver.

Patrick Schwarzenegger tried to keep his casting in the third season of HBO’s ‘The White Lotus” a secret from his family. It worked, he tells TODAY.com — but he accidentally sparked a different theory.