Well , that was something . The White Lotusconcluded its third season with a supersized instalment that tied up lax close , terminated some characters ’ journeys , and sent others on to a Modern beginning . Set in Thailand , season 3 features an all - star roll and follows a chemical group of theatrical role stay at a luxury resort while dealing with personal issue , self - discovery , childhood injury , and regret against the res publica ’s unearthly and religious background .
Although it remainsone of the best shows on HBO , Season 3 ofThe White Lotuswas more divisive than former season — it was also longer , with eight installment . However , it brought thing to a substantial conclusion in the terminal instalment , which , like previous offerings from writer and director Mike White , featured the perfect portmanteau of semisweet going for some characters and satisfying victories for others . Here is a full breakdown of what happened during the last episode .
What is The White Lotus season 3 about?
As antecedently mentioned , season 3 ofThe White Lotusis set in Thailand at the titulary luxury recourse and follows several characters during their workweek - long stay . The Ratliff sept finds itself on a journeying of self - find as the paterfamilias , Timothy ( Jason Isaacs ) , finds out he ’s about to lose his fortune and mayhap stop up in prison . Meanwhile , three lifelong friends — Laurie ( Carrie Coon ) , Kate ( Leslie Bibb ) , and Jaclyn ( Michelle Monaghan ) — go on vacation to reconnect but shortly find themselves at each other ’s throat . The torture Rick ( Walton Goggins ) travels to Thailand attempt blockage for his puerility trauma , attach to by his doting and much youthful girl , Chelsea ( Aimee Lou Wood ) .
Elsewhere , Belinda ( Natasha Rothwell ) , the health spa director introduced in Season 1 , go to Thailand as part of an exchange program only to meet Greg ( Jon Gries ) , the widower of the late Tanya McQuoid ( Jennifer Coolidge ) , who is seemingly behindher death in Season 2 . at last , the woefully out - of - his - conference sentry go Gaitok ( Tayme Thapthimthong ) seek to go up the ladder at the hotel while court health wise man Mook ( Lalisa Manobal ) .
What happens in episode 8 of The White Lotus?
Throughout the time of year , Timothy has been spiraling down after learning of his impending financial ruining . earn his family is utterly incompetent of live without the wealth and privilege he has develop them used to , Timothy toys with the idea of killing them , first with a gun he slip from Gaitok and then with a supposed poisonous fruit . Episode 8 sees him in reality go forrad with the plan after learning that his daughter , Piper ( Sarah Catherine Hook ) , is not staying in Thailand at a meditation center because she is also too attached to her inner modus vivendi . Only his youngest son , Lochlan ( Sam Nivola ) , seems willing to live without money .
Thus , Timothy cook a great deal of piña coladas braid with the seeds from the toxicant fruit . Timothy attempts to poison his wife , Victoria ( Parker Posey ) , and their two oldest nipper while sparing Lochlan . However , he backs out at the last minute , but get out the poisonous seed in the liquidizer . The next sunrise , Lochlan prepares a protein handshake in the same liquidizer , collapses by the kitty , and on the face of it dies . When Timothy feel him , he mourns beside his unconscious trunk , only for Lochlan to waken up . On their elbow room out of the resort , the family at long last learns of their imminent ruin , with Timothy get out a promising grinning while looking at the sea .
The family relationship between Laurie , Kate , and Jaclyn hit a boiling point in previous episodes after Kate tells Laurie that Jaclyn slept with Valentin ( Arnas Fedaravicius ) , a wellness mentor who had been flirt with Laurie . As Laurie acts out , both Kate and Jaclyn endeavor to make up with her . During their last dinner party , Laurie breaks down and confesses that she has been seem for her spirit ’s meaning , only to realize that it ’s not love , oeuvre , or religion that provides it , but meter itself . The three make up , reaffirming their friendly relationship .
Belinda and her son , Zion ( Nicholas Duvernay ) , run into with Greg , who had previously offered to grease one’s palms Belinda ’s silence with $ 100,000 . However , Zion counters and postulate for $ 5 million , which Greg eventually agrees to . Now a moneyed woman , Belinda and Zion leave Thailand the next day , while Greg continues with his sprightliness without “ getting it , ” asJennifer Coolidge had antecedently hope for .
Rick ’s story sees him go to Thailand to confront Jim Hollinger ( Scott Glenn ) , the hotel ’s owner and the man who he believe kill his father . Rick is ineffective to kill him and rather just labour him to the storey , returning to Chelsea as a seemingly changed man , quick to ferment a new leaf . Things get more complicated when Jim and his married woman , Sritala ( Lek Patravadi ) , go to the hotel and Jim confronts Rick again , ride him about his plot of ground and insult his female parent .
An progressively unhinged Rick steals Jim ’s gun for hire and shoots him twice , killing him , only for a crying Sritala to unwrap that Jim was actually Rick ’s father . A gunfight ensues between Rick and Jim ’s escort , whom he successfully bolt down , but not before Chelsea is caught in the crossfire and die out . A regretful Rick carries her exanimate torso , only to be shot in the back by Gaitok on Sritala ’s orders . Rick dies with a gentle grin on his expression , and Gaitok becomes Sritala ’s new bodyguard .
What’s next for The White Lotus?
The White Lotusis a magnanimous success for HBO , dominating awards season and earning stronger ratings with each new entry . Logically , a 4th season has already been greenlit , with Mike White hintinghe’d wish to do an all - star chapterwith the show ’s most famous characters .
Are we perchance in for a time of year where Parker Posey ’s Lorazepam - filled Victoria interacts with Aubrey Plaza ’s cynical Harper ? Might we see Carrie Coon ’s Laurie have a heated argument with Connie Britton ’s luxuriously - power Nicole Mossbacher ? Only time will tell . For now , we know a fourth time of year is on the way , but when and how it will make it remains a secret .
All 8 installment ofThe White LotusSeason 3 are now uncommitted onMax .
