The White Lotus
Warning ! This clause hold spoilers for The White Lotus time of year 3 .
The White Lotusseason 3 ’s finale have many twists , with several of them being tease via clues and hints throughout the season . Theending ofThe White Lotusseason 3was suitably tragical , in the way most installation of the show had been . The various twist and turns of the show , be itChelsea ’s last inThe White Lotusor Rick ’s standardised fate , were grievous . Frustratingly , this left some of the most pitiful members ofThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s castalive and well , as has been a invariable for the show ’s three time of year .
For this reason , among others , season 3 seems to be at the bottom of the pile regardingThe White Lotus ' time of year rankings . That said , the show still proved to be better than most time of year of modern television , thanks to the exploration of church property , morality , wealth , and a motley of other thought process - chivvy topics and themes . Many of these paper came to a head in the finale in shameful ways , yetThe White Lotusseason 3 had sprinkled clues to each settlement throughout the introduce seven episode .
10Chelsea Said Bad Things Happen In Threes
After Her “Near-Death Experiences”
Perhaps the most open hint that Chelsea would end up beingThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s victim came earlier in the time of year . When the titular hotel was robbed , Chelsea was in the store , before another episode evince her being bitten by a poisonous ophidian and admit to hospital . After this , Chelsea keep remark that bad things happen in threes , with the third plain being her death . Nothing of distinction materialize to Chelsea after the snake bite until the conclusion , when she was caught by a stray slug and died , proving thatThe White Lotus ' three - high-risk - things warning was a clue , after all .
9Chelsea Wore A “Stay Gold” Necklace
Referencing The Outsiders
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Another hint that point towards Chelsea ’s death inThe White Lotusseason 3 was her necklace , which record " Stay Au . " This necklace is similar to one worn by Johnny Cade in the filmThe Outsiders . Johnny dies in this film , with his end scene featuring him recite words from a verse form by Robert Frost about staying innocent and utter . This can apply to Chelsea , given that she is one ofThe White Lotus ' few gross and unacquainted characters , with the " Stay Gold " necklace teasing she would fill a tragical end , as Johnny Cade did .
8The White Lotus Season 3 Had A Lot Of Snake Symbolism
Theorized To Link To Rick’s Trauma
ThroughoutThe White Lotusseason 3 , Snake River were featured at various points . One of the ornamentation steal from the hotel in the aforementioned looting scene was modeled after a Hydra and there was the sequence in which Chelsea was bitten by a snake in the grass after Rick set them all free . Beyond that , there is snake symbolism inThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s credits .
One of Rick ’s primary view in The White Lotus season 3 , sequence 3 saw him release virulent snake from their cage , leading many to wonder why .
These various Hydra word-painting were theorized to link to Rick ’s trauma inThe White Lotusseason 3 , which surround the deaths of his female parent and father . This injury is what led Rick to pip Jim Hollinger inThe White Lotus , before gain the latter was really the former ’s father . Both Rick and Chelsea ’s deaths engender as a event of this injury , explaining why the show cover to showcase the symbolisation of snakes .
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7The Suicide Tree Was Teased In The White Lotus Season 3, Episode 1
Before Coming Back In The Finale
The White Lotus ' Ratliff siblingswere a big focusing of season 3 , as were Timothy and Victoria , their parents . Throughout the time of year , Timothy is testify to struggle with crimes he invest that will inevitably result in his family lose their wealth . As a result , Timothy plot to defeat his family members and himself as he knew they could not live an unprivileged living , with his method acting of murder - suicide being the fruits of the local niff - pong tree diagram , colloquially jazz as the suicide tree .
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Timothy Ratliff
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Saxon Ratliff
Patrick Schwarzenegger
Piper Ratliff
Sarah Catherine Hook
Lochlan Ratliff
Sam Nivola
Timothy did not go through with this , but the tree diagram was teased in the Ratliff family ’s very first appearance at their White Lotus Francisco Villa . InThe White Lotusseason 3 , episode 1 , Saxon picks up a yield from the tree diagram , with Pam telling him that the seeds are poisonous and would bolt down a humanif ingested . This pester Timothy ’s eventual method of attempt murder long before it even happened , proving to be one ofThe White Lotus ' earliest clues .
6Mook & Gaitok’s Entire Relationship Teased Rick’s Death
Making This Clue A Season-Long One
After shooting Sritala ’s guards and carrying Chelsea ’s body off from the scene , Rick was shoot doubly by Gaitok in another bigWhite Lotusseason 3 plait . This bend was also seeded throughout the season via Gaitok ’s relationship with Mook . The latter demo more interest group in the former when he was slightly more remorseless so as to improve his standing in the humanity of use . Gaitok ’s feeling for Mook meant he took her impression very earnestly , meaning , without them , Gaitok may not have taken the surplus violent tone needed to shoot Rick .
5Jaclyn, Kate, & Laurie Never Had Any Real Arguments
To Tease An Unexpected Ending
Another primary passel of characters inThe White Lotusseason 3 were Jaclyn , Kate , and Laurie . The tercet were read to be short friends to one another , with these many scenes leading audience to anticipate a major radioactive dust in the concluding episode . However . one twist ofThe White Lotus ' closing curtain is that this boastful blowout did not amount to pass on , with the trio instead tearfully making up and accept that their relationships are but how they are , and loving each other regardless .
This deficiency of arguing was a cue that their relationship would not end in a big blowout …
Despite not being a massive moment like a dying or a shootout , this was still a crook give that it subverted the season - long first moment of a major argument between Jaclyn , Kate , and Laurie . Interestingly , this more amicable conclusion to their storyline was taunt throughout the show . After all , a magnanimous , angry , vitriol - infused argument never once took place between the three , with only the tension overJaclyn sleeping with Valentinproviding some uncomfortableness . This want of arguing was a hint that their human relationship would not end in a grownup romp , but instead a weeping monolog from Laurie .
4The White Lotus Season 3’s Cold Open Teased Rick’s Death
Because Of Zion’s Involvement
The cold opening ofThe White Lotusseason 3 showed Rick ’s gunfight from Zion ’s perspective , with the gunshots interrupt his health seance . In the finale , Rick ab initio want a wellness session with the char who was hold one to Zion . This led Rick to wait before seeing Jim Hollinger , causing his anger to spike and his eventual shootout . The White Lotusseason 3 ’s cold opening was a hint to Rick ’s last ; if Zion had not been there , Rick ’s fortunes may have been changed via the wellness academic term .
3Chelsea Said Rick Would Be The Victim Of His Own Decisions In Episode 1
Which Eventually Came True
In the premiere ofThe White Lotusseason 3 , Rick and Chelsea ’s family relationship was first outlined . At one percentage point , Chelsea tell Rick that he will always be the dupe of his own decisions . This proved to be a clue that teased both of their deaths . Rick ’s conclusion led him to kill Jim , then the ensue gunfight which resulted in Chelsea dying and Gaitok shoot him . As Chelsea told him in the premiere , Rick became a dupe of his own choices , as did Chelsea .
2Timothy’s Visions Of Death Teased The True Ending Of The Ratliff Family
Timothy’s Decision Was A Twist
In a way , Timothy ’s conclusion not to toss off his family and discontinue them from drinking the poisoned cocktails was a crook ofThe White Lotusseason 3 . Throughout the anterior episode , Timothy ’s visions seemed to imply that the family would drop dead . However , these visions were also viewed as a red herring by many .
The White Lotus season 3 , episode 6 includes several imaginativeness of Timothy dying , with the reason why linking to his overall electric discharge thus far .
The thought of the audience was that , if the Ratliff family was truly going to die at the end of the show , The White Lotuswould not have been so apparently setting this up . Therefore , the various visions Timothy had can be retroactively viewed as a clue that the phratry was never in any material peril .
1Chelsea Said Her & Rick’s Fates Were Intertwined
The White Lotus' Ending Proved They Were
The final major hint to the big twist that both Rick and Chelsea snuff it inThe White Lotuscame in the show ’s finale . Chelsea was shown talking to Rick at dinner party , telling him that their fates were intertwined . She states that what occur to him will happen to her , and vice versa . As proven , Chelsea ’s death by gunfire eventually led to Rick ’s demise via the same method acting . Therefore , Chelsea ’s words to RIck inThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s finale bear witness the net clue to a tragic turn of events .
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