The Real Villain in "The White Lotus" This Season? Aging

There's something sinister lurking behind the tranquil mountains of Koh Samui, hidden in plain sight among the koi ponds and palm trees surrounding season three's "The White Lotus" resort. It's not someone's impending death (too obvious), nor the pig-tailed monkeys peering in from the trees (too cute). No, the real villain to emerge this season seems to be something far more universal: aging. There are thinly veiled references to society's obsession with youth in every episode thus far, although you see it most blatantly among trio of "friends" Jaclyn, Kate, and Laurie (played by Michelle . . .