This publish accommodates spoilers for the season 3 finale of “The White Lotus,” “Amor Fati.”
Mike White’s world anthology sequence “The White Lotus” has launched us to so many dysfunctional households, all of whom have an excessive amount of cash and privilege and all of whom act abominably in numerous unique places the world over. Lastly, in the present’s third season, which takes place in Thailand, we get one purposeful household, and it is made up of simply two individuals, each of whom are largely innocent as they’re surrounded by rich lunatics.
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We first meet spa supervisor Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell) within the present’s first season, set in Maui — however we do not meet her son, Zion (Nicholas Duvernay), till the third season, when Belinda takes a visit to Thailand to be taught from the wellness employees at that nation’s fictional White Lotus location and Zion meets up along with her there. Whereas in Thailand, Belinda notices one thing odd: She acknowledges Greg Hunt (Jon Gries), who’s going by the false identify “Gary,” from her time as an worker on the Maui White Lotus, and she or he is aware of he was married to Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge), a particularly rich heiress, earlier than her premature loss of life.
Within the season 3 finale, “Amor Fati,” Belinda and Zion meet with Greg, who supplied Belinda $100,000 to maintain quiet about no matter could have transpired with Tanya previously. After a fairly good negotiation, Zion and Belinda handle to get Greg to agree to provide them 5 million {dollars}, which they settle for … and when the cash hits Belinda’s account, the mom and son are overwhelmed by their model new fortune. Positive, they did simply grift $5 million out of a man, however he is additionally a possible assassin, and Belinda and Zion gave “The White Lotus” its very first optimistic depiction of a household unit. Not solely do they work collectively for a typical aim, however they really like one another, which is greater than most households on this present can say. Belinda genuinely loves her son, and Zion fights for his mother. So what occurs to them on the finish of the finale?
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What occurs to Belinda and Zion Lindsey on the finish of The White Lotus season 3?
We all know from the season 3 premiere of “The White Lotus” that Zion, whereas attending his de-stressing session with a wellness knowledgeable on the lodge, hears a gunshot from afar. Here is what occurs earlier than that: Belinda sends Zion to his session and goes to see Pornchai (Dom Hetrakul), the Thai resort’s wellness knowledgeable with whom she had slightly trip fling, to inform him that they will not be beginning a enterprise collectively in spite of everything. This instantly echoes what occurred between Belinda and Tanya, the aforementioned useless heiress, within the first season. Tanya, who takes a liking to Belinda, guarantees the girl that she’ll fund a wellness middle along with her appreciable wealth, solely to fulfill Greg and fully ditch Belinda for her new boyfriend.
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Belinda’s story comes full circle as she tells Pornchai that she’s leaving Thailand, which instantly guidelines out the 2 of them beginning any type of wellness enterprise collectively. It is genuinely gutting to see Belinda take after Tanya, the girl who so bitterly betrayed her — particularly as a result of she’s being paid off by the girl’s personal husband, who probably orchestrated Tanya’s loss of life within the first place. I wished to imagine Belinda was higher than that. Cash corrupts, although, and now that she’s rich, Belinda has taken a web page from the playbook of the girl who left her crestfallen.
“The White Lotus” season 3 is streaming on Max now.
