The third season of The White Lotus came to a deadly end with multiple murders — but did every major question get answered?
Warning: This story contains spoilers about the season 3 finale of The White Lotus
During the finale, which aired on Sunday, April 6, there are three major deaths before the episode is done. Rick (Walton Goggins) briefly finds peace with his decision not to kill Sritala (Lek Patravadi)’s husband to avenge his late father but ultimately his decisions lead not only to his death. His girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) — and Sritala’s husband Jim (Scott Glenn) who is actually his father — end up getting killed in the process as well.
There was also Belinda’s (Natasha Rothwell) face-off with Greg a.k.a Gary (Jon Gries) that got addressed, the Ratcliff family left the resort in a different state than how they arrived and the girls’ trip between Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan), Laurie (Carrie Coon) and Kate (Leslie Bibb) offered closure.
Sunday’s episode wrapped up a chaotic season full of incest, feuds and surprising sexual turns. Before the third installment came to an end, the cast and creator Mike White weighed in on trying to properly address every story line.
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“To be honest, I’m a bit of a head case right now. I’m crying in my car. This show is my whole life, then it’s over and I’m back in my house with my dog, trying to remember who my friends are and what did I do before the show,” White, 54, told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Wednesday, April 2. “I don’t want to become one of those crazy people who’s lost the plot.”
He continued: “I had to take these MMPI psych tests, and they were like, ‘You’ve become one standard deviation less nice than you were in 2018.’ Yep, that sounds right.”
Parker Posey, meanwhile, surprised Us when she admitted she “forgot who died” after filming the last episode of the season. “It was so stressful when I read it. The dark stuff, I blazed through,” she noted before Jon Gries added, “Whatever you think you know, you’re going to get it wrong.”
Charlotte Le Bon joked about the potential fan response, saying, “People are going to hate Mike White.”
White, for his part, offered a glimpse at what is to come next in a featurette that played after the finale, in which he said, “I want to get a little out of the crashing waves against rocks vernacular. But there’s also room for more murders at the White Lotus hotels.”
Keep scrolling to see where every White Lotus character ended up by the end of season 3:
Kate, Laurie and Jaclyn
The trio found peace during their last dinner together when Laurie opened up about the sadness she faced while trying to explain her life choices to them. Instead, Laurie has not come to a place of understanding and peace about her life, which has made her appreciate her friendships more.
Before getting on the boat, Kate, Laurie and Jaclyn had a front row seat to Rick shooting Sritala’s husband. They seemed affected on the ride back home but it feels like a story they will be telling on many joint trips to come.
The Ratliffs
Despite Piper’s (Sarah Catherine Hook) initial interest in staying behind, she quickly admitted that she wasn’t willing to give up her luxurious life to live in a monastery. That was music to Victoria’s (Parker Posey) ears but Timothy (Jason Isaacs) realized he needed his daughter to die too.
His plan was to poison them with drinks made from the seeds of the fruit he was told not to drink. Everyone but Lochlan (Sam Nivola) was meant to drink the spiked cocktails but Timothy chickened out.
Lochlan, who told his father he could see himself living a simple life, then ended up drinking the concoction anyway when making a smoothie. Luckily, Lochlan survived and no one in the family was the wiser to Timothy’s plan. The last shot was of them on the boat getting their devices back as Timothy warned them that their lives would change.
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Rick and Chelsea
Initially, Rick seemed to be moving on from his plan to get revenge. He returned to the hotel, reunited with Chelsea and surprised her when he admitted he planned for them to be together forever.
But Sritala’s husband Jim then arrived at the hotel where he taunted Rick by calling his mother a liar and his father a disappointment. Despite Chelsea’s — and Rick’s — best efforts, Rick shot him. Sritala, however, revealed to him that Jim was actually Rick’s father.
In a shoot out with Sritala’s guards, Chelsea ended up injured. Rick tried to get her help but he was shot as well (more on that later) and they both died together.
P.S. Frank (Sam Rockwell) is back at the monastery after a night of partying.
Belinda — And Her Hot Son
The reservations about taking Greg’s money continued to drive Belinda and her son Zion (Nicholas Duvernay). They negotiated with Greg up to $5 million, which Belinda received and promptly planned to leave the White Lotus. In a parallel to the season 1 scene between Belinda and Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge), Belinda told Pornchai (Dom Hetrakul) that her circumstances changed and she couldn’t open a spa with him anymore.
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Gary a.k.a Greg
After paying off Belinda, Greg a.k.a Gary returned to his life in Thailand. The last shot was of Chloe (Le Bon) propositioning a new guest at the resort to have sex with her while Gary watched.
The Locals
Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong) planned to turn Valentin (Arnas Fedaravicius) and his friends in for robbing the White Lotus. But then that changed to him wanting to quit because he didn’t feel he was doing right by his values and morals. In a last minute shakeup, Gaitok was at the scene when Jim got shot and sprung into action. He shot Rick — which killed him — and thus got a promotion to Sritala’s driver and bodyguard, which made Mook (Lalisa Manobal) proud.
