11 of the most cringeworthy things that happened on 'The White Lotus' season 2

In the season two premiere "Ciao," Harper and Ethan are eating dinner with their friends, Cameron and Daphne. Harper takes the lead and tells Ethan what they should order for dinner — from salads to main courses to split — before he tells her he actually wants the white fish.

Cameron and Daphne watch as Harper and Ethan have a mini squabble over if the dish will be too fishy. Harper makes everyone uncomfortable by insisting that Ethan could get his fish the next day, but she eventually realizes that the other couple is judging them and lets it go.

There are few things more annoying than someone who tries to flex a name-brand alma mater without simply telling you the name of the school. Albie coyly said he spent a lot of time in San Francisco because he went to school there to bait Portia into asking where he went to college. "Stanford," he said, trying to seem humble.

Anyone who has ever been cornered in a bar by a Harvard alum who loudly proclaims they "went to college in Boston" will recognize this move.

Humble brags are already annoying, but they're worse when they involve a guessing game.

In season two's episode two "Italian Dream," Valentina acts aghast when she is forced to allow Lucia and Mia to enter the hotel grounds as guests of Dominic, clearly upset that they appear to be sex workers.

Why Valentina thinks these young ladies' sex lives are her business is unclear. Sex work is legal in Italy, so they are not threatening her job. Valentina gets paid the same amount whether Dominic has sex with strangers or not, but she hassles him about putting Lucia and Mia's names on his reservation.

Few things are more cringe than watching someone who is slightly more empowered than another marginalized person lord their tiny bit of privilege over them. (Plus, Armond showed us how disposable the White Lotus managers really are in season one.)

Also in episode two, Portia describes what kind of guy she wants, telling Albie she would be open to dating a "caveman." Albie condescendingly tells her to "aim higher," complaining that young women claim to want nice guys but choose brawny boneheads instead.

People are allowed to have sex with who they want and desire who they want. You can't "please" and "thank you" your way into someone's pants and you can't shame your way there either.

During the first episode, Tanya's husband Greg was upset when he saw Portia had tagged along on their Sicilian getaway and insisted that Tanya put her on a plane home. True to form, Tanya did what was best for Tanya, ordering Portia to stay at the resort in case she needed her.

When Greg abandons Tanya, she clings to Portia, even insisting in episode three "Bull Elephants" that the young assistant stays in her hotel room while she sleeps one afternoon. Watching Tanya offer the new Vanity Fair as an incentive for Portia to stand by like an emotional night nurse was really pathetic.

During dinner in episode four "In the Sandbox," Albie outright asked his grandfather Bert if he was still capable of getting an erection.

This wasn't hard to watch because Bert is an elderly man — good for him, honestly — but because Albie was so impertinent.

I don't care how sex-positive you are, asking your grandparent about their genitalia should be avoided and it's certainly not something you should do at the dinner table with another person present, family or not.

When Mia chooses to seduce Giovanni to secure his alleged music industry connections in episode four, he fails to complete the act in the deconsecrated chapel at the resort.

I know I'm not the only one who winced through the pair's horrific and ultimately unsatisfying sex scene that led to a medication mixup and later caused him to collapse. The whole thing was hard to watch.

In episode five "That's Amore," when Lucia approaches Cameron about the money he owes her for a night of sex and drugs, he recoils.

Cameron is clearly in the wrong, but he feels he has the right to dismiss Lucia because of her occupation. He hushes her and chastises her as if she is out of line by approaching him within earshot of his wife, Daphne.

Cameron thinks Lucia is obligated to be concerned about his marriage when he has not compensated her for the goods and services she provided him.

From sex work to fast food service, marginalized workers have historically been judged for how they respond to exploitative, unethical treatment, but their reactions often stem from unjust actions like Cameron's.

While he has been partying on jet skis and throwing back Aperol spritzes, Lucia has been doing the unpaid labor of hunting him down for money she earned.

Doing drugs with strangers is a no-no. Doing drugs with strangers who have guns on their persons is an 'Oh hell no!'

In episode six "Abductions," Tanya notes that she has not done cocaine in a long time, but that means she's done it at some point in her life and probably knows what to expect. So why she decides to snort lines of what could be Ajax for all she knows with someone who has already lied to her is beyond us.

As if watching her snort unvetted powdery party favors was not enough to stress us out, Tanya kisses Nicolo after she sees young Greg in a framed picture. She just kept throwing caution to the Sicilian wind.

The Di Grassos heading to the countryside in episode six to infiltrate the home of people who may or may not be related to them was truly out of pocket. They did not stop at a library or seek out a census bureau. They did not have a documented genealogy report or even a printout from Ancestry.com.

Instead, they asked local citizens if they knew anyone who happened to have the same last name and then pulled up to the house of some people they had never even attempted to send an email or letter to. It was really weird to see Bert insist on making this warm moment happen against the wishes of these women.

Harboring the hope that you find and reunite with your extended family is reasonable. Do you know what's irrational? Showing up to the home of people whom you are not sure are your extended family members and trying to force yourself inside to fulfill a fantasy.

It made total sense that the matriarch of the family would grab a knife and chase them away. These are three strange men accosting her and her family.

Watching Valentina's face crack when Isabella tells her she is engaged to Rocco in episode six is seriously cringe. The hope drains from her face immediately and you can see the joy extinguished in her eyes. To make matters worse, this happens on her birthday.

This level of embarrassment is not an appropriate punishment for Valentina using her position of power to manipulate this young couple, but it is a start.