The
White Lotus
Season
3
Came
out; 2024
Episodes:
7
Where
to Watch: Max
Rated:
TV-MA
Rating
8/10
Caution;
Spoiler Alert
Cast
Leslie
Bibb as Kate Bohr
Carrie
Coon as Laurie Duffy
Walton
Goggins as Rick Hatchett
Sarah
Catherine Hook as Piper Ratliff
Jason
Isaacs as Timothy Ratliff
Lalisa
Manobal as Thidapon “Mood” Sornsin
Michelle
Monaghan as Jaclyn Lemon
Sam
Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff
Lek
Patravadi as Sritala Hollinger
Parker
Posey as Victoria Ratliff
Natahsa
Rothwell as Belinda Lindsey
Patrick
Schwarzenegger as Saxon Ratliff
Tayme
Thapthimthong as Gaitok
Aimee
Lou Wood as Chelsea
Jon
Gries as Gary/Greg Hunt
Caution:
Spoiler Alert
Story
Line:
A
week in the life of vacationers unravels as they relax and rejuvenate
in paradise; with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in
these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel's cheerful employees, and
the idyllic locale itself
Thoughts:
I was
excited to see Belinda and Gary/Greg together. We all know Greg had
Tonya killed in the last season so it was interesting to see how this
would play out.
I was
also excited that Walter Goggins was in this season, he is a great
actor and everything he's in seems pretty good. My first introduction
was as Boyd Crowder in Justified.
The
first episode generally starts with parts of the end, this one would
make you believe there was more shooting than there actually was at
the end.
A few
things I figured out while watching but several things were
unexpected.
I
wouldn't call this the best season, but it was pretty good. The
ending still left me with some questions that won't get answers and
I'm ok with that.
I
can't wait to see what season 4 has in store!
Episode
Guide
Episode
1
Zion,
the young son of White Lotus Maui spa manager Belinda, is joining his
mother on a visit to the White Lotus in Ko
Samui,
Thailand. He begins a session with the hotel's meditation counselor
before being interrupted by repeated gunfire nearby. While scrambling
through a pond to look for his mother, Zion discovers a dead body.
One week earlier, a group of new guests arrive at the White Lotus.
Middle-aged Rick Hatchett arrives with his much younger British
girlfriend Chelsea. Rick is upset to learn that Jim Hollinger, the
hotel owner's husband, is not present. Wealthy businessman Timothy
Ratliff arrives with his wife Victoria and their grown children
Saxon, Piper, and Lochlan. Timothy receives several calls from a
journalist working on a story about possible illegal activity by his
former business partner, Kenny Nguyen. Jaclyn, a popular TV actress,
arrives with her childhood friends Kate and Laurie. Security guard
Gaitok flirts with health mentor Mook after giving her a ride to
work. Left by Rick to drink at the bar alone, Chelsea befriends
ex-model Chloe, whose boyfriend is revealed to be Greg, Tanya
McQuoid's widower.
Episode
2
Kate
and Jaclyn discuss Laurie's messy divorce and her troubled daughter
while Laurie is out of the room. Later, when Jaclyn is absent, Kate
gossips with Laurie about Jaclyn's suspected narcissism and questions
her marriage to her much younger husband. At breakfast, Kate
approaches Victoria, revealing they had met at a baby shower a decade
earlier, but Victoria awkwardly rebuffs her. At Chelsea's insistence,
Rick attends a meditation session with the hotel's counselor, and he
opens up slightly about his traumatic childhood. Gaitok reveals his
true feelings to Mook, but she gently dismisses his advances. Later,
Valentin distracts Gaitok at the security gate, and a robbery occurs
at the hotel boutique where Chelsea and Chloe are shopping. Belinda
and Pornchai exchange massages. Piper is upset by her brothers'
comments and questions about her sex life. Chelsea and Rick dine with
Chloe and Greg, who is using the name "Gary". Greg is
evasive about the details of his life. Timothy continues receiving
calls from high-profile publications about his potential involvement
in a major money laundering operation and finally connects with
Kenny, who believes he is certain to be arrested and threatens
suicide. After overhearing hotel owner Sritala's plans to visit her
husband in a Bangkok hospital, Rick tells Chelsea he must leave
briefly to go to Bangkok.
Episode
3
Victoria
wakes from a dream about walking toward a tumultuous ocean, unsettled
as Timothy takes a call about an urgent matter. At breakfast, she
shares her dream, and Piper interprets it as a warning. Rick
approaches Sritala at the restaurant, posing as a producer and
offering her a project, which Chelsea finds suspicious. Lochlan
attends a posture correction session, where the therapist questions
if he struggles with assertiveness due to his dominant family
members. Gaitok endures humiliation from Jim's guards, who imply he
is incompetent and reveal that resort manager Fabian wants him fired,
though Sritala has been protecting him. Rick, under the influence,
impulsively frees snakes from a terrarium at a nearby snake show,
causing chaos when Chelsea is bitten and rushed to the hospital while
he follows. Piper visits a Buddhist temple, considering their summer
program. Victoria, noticing Timothy's stress, gives him lorazepam,
causing him to nap throughout the day. Timothy later steals more
lorazepam to sleep at night. Belinda suspects Greg and later
questions his identity at a dinner with Chloe, Chelsea and Rick,
mentioning his relationship with Tanya which he denies. After
admitting that her husband voted for Donald
Trump and
that she herself is an independent,
Kate later watches Jaclyn and Laurie laughing and gossiping about her
marriage and political views.
Episode
4
Gaitok
meets with Fabian who, due to the heightening crime in the resort,
ramps up security by providing him with a gun. The Ratliffs meet with
Chloe and Greg on their yacht for the day, alongside Rick and
Chelsea. Chelsea confronts Rick about his upcoming trip to Bangkok
and his emotional disconnection from her, he later tells her that
Sritala's husband Jim Hollinger allegedly murdered his father when he
was a child and is going there to confront him. Piper tells Lochlan
she lied about her thesis and is planning to tell Timothy and
Victoria she is staying in Thailand for a year after graduation.
Kate, Laurie and Jaclyn go to a nearby resort on Valentin's
suggestion but find it filled with retirees and leave, they order
Valentin to take them out. However, their day in town is interrupted
by a Songkran water
festival but they meet up with Valentin and his friends at a beach
club. Timothy calls his lawyer who tells him that Kenny cooperated
with the federal investigation and that he is looking at a sentence
in federal prison, leading him to steal the gun from Gaitok's
unattended security booth. Belinda discovers Tanya's death in Italy
and learns how Greg fled from questioning. Meanwhile Greg, who has
left Chloe and the other yacht-goers while they attend the Full Moon
party, stalks Belinda and her son Zion at his home.
Episode
5
Piper
shocks her parents by telling them she intends to stay in Thailand
after graduation. Gaitok discovers Timothy stole the gun; however,
when confronted, Timothy evades Gaitok's questions and contemplates
suicide. Chloe, Chelsea, Saxon and Lochlan arrive at the Full
Moon Party;
Chloe procures ecstasy for
the group. Fabian tells Belinda that Greg has been asking questions
about her; but when Belinda informs Fabian that Greg is hiding from
authorities and may be a threat, Fabian refuses to call the police.
Distressed, Belinda confides in Pornchai and the two sleep together.
In Bangkok, Rick meets with his friend Frank, who gives him a gun.
Frank tells Rick about his unhinged sexual exploits in Thailand that
subsequently led to his conversion to Buddhism. At the club with
Valentin and his friends Alexei and Vlad, Jaclyn outshines Kate and
Laurie; and later, at the hotel, she has sex with Valentin despite
having pushed for Laurie to sleep with him for the past few days.
After the party, back on Greg's yacht and high on ecstasy, Chloe
initiates a kissing game, leading to an incestuous kiss between Saxon
and Lochlan. Timothy prepares to commit suicide with the gun but is
interrupted by Victoria, who advises him to go back to bed.
Episode
6
Belinda
is surprised when her son Zion arrives early and catches her in bed
with Pornchai. Later that day, Pornchai tells Belinda that he is
interested in opening a spa with her in Thailand. Greg suspects that
Chloe had sex with either Saxon or Lochlan, and tells her to invite
the boys to a dinner party; Greg also invites Belinda, who becomes
paranoid about his intentions. Kate spots Valentin leaving Jaclyn's
bedroom and tells Laurie, who openly scorns Jaclyn's behavior as
deceitful and consistent with her old ways. Piper brings her family
to the monastery to assess its legitimacy. Timothy has a conversation
with the monk about death, which moves him; he decides to let Piper
stay at the monastery, much to Victoria's horror. Lochlan joins Piper
for the stay; he and Saxon separately come to remember that they had
an incestuous threesome with Chloe on the boat the previous night
while intoxicated. While the Ratliffs are away, Gaitok recovers his
gun from their villa. Timothy contemplates a murder-suicide of his
family to spare them from his impending financial ruin. Rick
persuades Sritala to invite him and Frank (posing as a film director)
to her house in Bangkok, where he is finally introduced to Jim
Hollinger.
Episode
7
While
Frank chats with Sritala, Rick confronts Jim privately, threatening
him with a gun, but decides to abandon his revenge and instead has a
night out with Frank. Saxon notices his father's strange behavior and
asks if anything is wrong at work, noting how his entire identity is
tied to his father's success, but Timothy denies there being any
issues. Greg offers Belinda $100,000 for her silence on his
whereabouts so she can use it for her business which Tanya once
promised her; Belinda does not accept the offer, even though Zion
urges her to. Laurie has an argument with Jaclyn and Kate, and leaves
them to attend a Muay
Thai fight
with Valentin. She later has sex with Aleksei, who then attempts to
pressure her into giving him $10,000; when they are interrupted by
Aleksei's girlfriend, Laurie flees. At the fight, Gaitok confides in
Mook that his Buddhist beliefs in nonviolence contradict his job as a
bodyguard. He later recognizes Valentin's friends as the boutique
robbers. Piper is dismayed when Lochlan tells her he wants to join
her at the monastery. Saxon rejects an invitation from Chloe to
fulfill Greg's cuckoldry
fetish.
Seeing the distress in Saxon, Chelsea attempts to teach him to
meditate, but leaves after he tries to come on to her. Timothy
fantasizes about killing Victoria, Saxon, and himself, but finds the
gun he had taken to now be missing.
Episode
8
Piper
and Lochlan return from the monastery; Piper admits to her parents
that she cannot foresee living without material comforts, relieving
Victoria. Rick leaves Frank behind in Bangkok and returns to Chelsea.
Valentin begs Gaitok not to report him and his friends for the
robbery lest they be deported. Zion accompanies Belinda back to
Greg's house and successfully negotiates a payout of $5 million;
Belinda decides to leave Thailand. Laurie reconciles with Jaclyn and
Kate at dinner. Timothy nearly kills himself and his family (spare
for Lochlan) with poisoned piña
coladas,
but backs out at the last minute; Lochlan unwittingly drinks the
leftovers from the blender the next morning and nearly dies before
reawakening in Timothy's arms. Now deranged Rick is confronted by
Jim, who insults Rick's mother; a spiraling Rick begs for another
meditation session with Amrita, who is busy attending to Zion. Rick
spots Jim and Sritala taking a picture with Jaclyn, and shoots Jim
dead with his gun; Sritala reveals that Jim was Rick's biological
father. A shootout occurs which leads to two bodyguards killed and
Chelsea fatally struck by a stray bullet, devastating Rick. Gaitok,
alarmed to the noises, is forced by Sritala to shoot Rick dead. In
the aftermath, Timothy tells his family their lives are about to
change as they receive their phones back and discover the news of his
case; Gaitok is promoted to Sritala's bodyguard to Mook's delight;
Belinda and Zion wave goodbye to a disheartened Pornchai.
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