Welcome back to ‘The White Lotus’: Explaining Season 3
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“The White Lotus,” Mike White’s black comedy anthology series on HBO, returns for Season 3, this time set in Thailand. Airing on Sundays, the new season sports a new cast and a focus on spiritual matters.
“Superficially, this is a story of soul-sick Westerners in the soulful East,” writes Times TV critic Robert Lloyd. But, he notes, “enlightenment is not on any guest’s menu.”
This season’s crop of guests includes an HBO star, a K-pop icon and at least one face familiar to “White Lotus” fans. Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb and Carrie Coon star as friends reuniting on a girls’ trip. Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey portray a Southern couple on vacation with their kids, played by Sarah Catherine Hook, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola. Walton Goggins stars as a secretive man who refuses to tell his younger (and much more friendly) girlfriend why they’ve traveled all the way to Thailand. Also starring this season are Natasha Rothwell, who returns as spa manager Belinda from Season 1, and Lalisa Manobal, the Blackpink pop star who plays White Lotus employee Mook.
As this season continues and who gets killed and who did the killing is revealed, keep coming back to The Times for more analysis, recaps and deep dives into the world of the White Lotus.
A few worrisome calls lead our characters to spiral and venture outside of the White Lotus resort, with one group on a boat and another on the streets, where they get shot — with water.
This week, the Ratliff family puts the phones away, Rick and Chelsea visit a snake show and a character from a previous season is mentioned, as is a president.
This week, our trio of ladies give us ‘Real Housewives’ vibes, the Ratliff family relaxes, Gaitok asks Mook out, and we learn more about Gary a.k.a. Greg.
Season 3 of HBO’s addictive black comedy anthology is finally here. Times writers will be unpacking the latest mystery each week.
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HBO’s anthology is a class satire that skewers high-end tourism, but for Season 3, it also has served as an ad for luxury travel with partnership and marketing deals.
Lalisa Manobal, better known as Lisa from Blackpink, is making her acting debut on Season 3 of HBO’s “The White Lotus.” Here’s what you should know about the multi-hyphenate artist.
Mike White’s black comedy anthology on HBO returns for another season, set in Thailand, with a new cast and a focus on spiritual matters.
