Maybe the one factor we will all agree on is that Will Sharpe’s Ethan, the softly spoken tech bro and introverted husband of Aubrey Plaza’s deliciously snarky Harper, is definitely the least poisonous of the bunch. Sure, he does social gathering with intercourse staff whereas his spouse is away, however when certainly one of them, Beatrice Grannò’s Mia, kisses him, he tells her that he can’t take issues any additional. When Harper later confronts him, he lies to her earlier than lastly coming clear. Then, after he turns into suspicious of Harper’s relationship along with his buddy Cameron (Theo James) and she or he confesses that they kissed, it’s implied that he retaliates with a beachside tryst with Meghann Fahy’s Daphne—one which, in the long run, appears to save lots of his marriage. So, all in all, not solely harmless, however virtually angelic when in comparison with the remainder of this ragtag gang.

F. Murray Abraham, The White Lotus

The type of old-school poisonous man whose habits is often defined away with phrases like “innocent” and “of his time,” F. Murray Abraham’s jolly, womanizing patriarch Bert can’t assist however leer at everybody he encounters. “I become older and older, however the ladies I need stay younger,” he grins at his son, Michael Imperioli’s Dominic (extra on him later…), and grandson, Adam DiMarco’s Albie. He harasses resort workers, retains speaking about his virility over dinner, can’t cease saying “rape” in entrance of Haley Lu Richardson’s Portia, and boasts about how successfully he hid his affairs from his spouse—just for his son to verify that she’d at all times identified. And it’s not solely Bert’s personal habits to the ladies round them that’s damaging—it’s additionally clear that he’s basically formed the less-than-ideal relationship his son and grandson have with the alternative intercourse, setting them up for failure from the very starting.

Alan Ruck, Succession