It’s five in the morning. Walton Goggins sits on an airplane. He’s flying from Los Angeles to New York City, possessing one of the most protected artifacts in all of modern Hollywood: the full collection of scripts for the latest season of The White Lotus , the hottest show in town. Soaring across America, Goggins pours over Mike White ‘s third season, on a collision course with a dark fate meant to unfold in Thailand. It’s a secret to everybody — even if the secrets themselves are somewhat lacking in security.

“I had the scripts for these five episodes on my computer, just as PDFs,” he says, Negroni in hand and his voice rich with the enthusiasm of someone who’s just unearthed a buried treasure. He can’t help but reiterate: “Just as PDFs, dude!”

It’s five in the morning. Walton

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