The White Lotus

WARNING : SPOILERS onward for The White Lotus season 3 finish .

Laurie ’s emotional monologue inThe White Lotusseason 3 finale finally lead her to reconnect with her older friends Jaclyn and Kate . After several ups and down throughoutThe White Lotusseason 3 , the ongoing catty feud between Jaclyn , Kate , and Laurie made their collective storyline one of the most entertaining of the time of year . Even though they did not have much of an encroachment inThe White Lotusseason 3 coda , their " frenemies " dynamic fueled much of the activity in the season ’s mediate episodes . Laurie had a unmanageable time getting over the fact thatJaclyn catch some Z’s with Valentin , which could have violate their friendly relationship beyond fix .

At the beginning ofThe White Lotusseason 3 finale , Jaclyn apologizes to Laurie about Valentin after Laurie has a wild dark with Aleksei . Interestingly , Laurie never mentions all the jewelry she discovered in Aleksei ’s flat but does eventually forgive Jaclyn . Ever since thefirst episode ofThe White Lotusseason 3 , Laurie has been the field of study of some individual and critical conversation , particularly about her ex - husband , the end of her career , her daughter , and her drink job . Laurie finally dishes it back and plays the rotating game of gabfest . In the end , it isLaurie ’s vulnerability that reunites the " triumph spell " trio .

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Laurie’s Monologue About Friendship, Time & Her Life’s Meaning Explained

Laurie Hasn’t Had Luck With Belief Systems But Knows The Value Of Time

Laurie really lets easy in the latter one-half ofThe White Lotusseason 3 after feeling deject by Jaclyn sleeping with Valentin . Laurie ’s baseless night with Aleksei is fueled by her aggressiveness toward Jaclyn but it really exemplifies how disquieted she is existentially , apart from the holiday drama . Laurie has been direct before inThe White Lotusseason 3 when she call out Jaclyn about Valentin . InThe White Lotusseason 3 finale , Laurie take aim her point-blank approach at herself , revealing thatit ’s been hard for her to see Kate and Jaclyn being wealthy and beautiful while she does n’t feel like eitherof those thing .

Lochlan had a metaphysical vision that made him think he " saw God " while he was appearing to submerge in   The White Lotus   season 3 finale .

Laurie is quite introspective , which is likely part of the reasonableness why she is so knockout on herself . Her confessional substance about trying and failing at societal " religions " like careers and falling in love is profoundand painful for Jaclyn and Kate to try , especially after they both agree that they ’re in excellent places in life .

Laurie’s Monologue In The White Lotus' Season _3 Finale Explained & Why She Makes Up With Jaclyn & Kate

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Laurie ’s hardship have wear upon her and made her bitter in some slipway , whereas Kate and Jaclyn are glowing with overconfident Energy Department .

Laurie ’s hard knocks have tire her and made her bitter in some ways , whereas Kate and Jaclyn are glowing with positive push . Laurie finds resolution in a newfound understanding that the only thing that gives meaning to things is time . The fact thatshe and her childhood Quaker still get together is all the meaning she needs .

Why Laurie Makes Amends With Jaclyn & Kate In The White Lotus Season 3’s Ending

Laurie Wants Jaclyn & Kate To Be Real Friends, Not Just Old Friends

Laurie ’s monologue at her last dinner with Jaclyn and Kate was her seek to be true booster , not just honest-to-god friends , with them both . Sick of pretending that everything is great all the time , Laurie ’s confessional statements about her adversity and failure prove that she demand genuine friend not based on a toxic , private-enterprise , and catty dynamic . It ’s easy for Jaclyn and Kate to reside in trivial conversation and forced positivity , butLaurie has really been struggling for some clip before The White Lotus vacation and is asking for support . gratefully , Jaclyn and Kate have it in their kernel not to approximate Laurie for her shortcomings .

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Laurie makes it clear that she values every second of her prison term with Jaclyn and Kate , even when it seemed like she did n’t . She alludes to acting out in reception to her compare and insecurity , which Jaclyn and Kate both honor as valid and genuine .

Laurie getting emotional in The White Lotus season 3 finale

Laurie stress to turn her green-eyed monster into gratitude , which is why she tell Jaclyn she ’s happy she has a beautiful face and Kate that she has a beautiful living . Laurie feels like she does n’t have these thing , which is why she ’s " well-chosen to be at the table " with them . The rawness of Laurie ’s excited statement cuts flat through Jaclyn and Kate ’s kayoed layers , tolerate them to all say " I love you " to each other .

How The White Lotus' Thailand Trip Made Laurie, Jaclyn & Kate’s Friendship Stronger

The “Victory Tour” Trio Broke Out Of Their Toxic & Gossip-Filled Dynamic

It appears that Laurie , Kate , and Jaclyn ’s friendly relationship may not endure the Thailand vacation . Even after Jaclyn and Laurie advert base that morning , it was really Laurie ’s monologue at dinner that allowed them all to speak on a deeper degree . They recover a connexion that they in all likelihood had n’t accessed since they were kids and maybe had never voice so at once before . All three of them terminate up accepting their friendly relationship and part in their sprightliness for what it is , messy or not , because they know each other . Even though they ’ve done it on an individual basis , they ’ve built these life together and from the same starting degree inThe White Lotusseason 3 .

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