The White Lotus
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WARNING ! This article contains SPOILERS for The White Lotus season 3 , sequence 7!While Jaclyn instigate their hookup inThe White Lotusseason 3 , new Apocalypse from instalment 7 hintValentin may have had later motivation in sleeping with her . consider she ’s matrimonial and had been pushing Laurie onto him throughout the week , it came as somewhat of a shock thatJaclyn secretly sleep with ValentininThe White Lotusseason 3 , episode 5 ’s ending . Jaclyn only did so after Valentin ’s two friends , who were also flirting with Laurie and Kate , pass on the resort . However , Kate pick out him leaving Jaclyn ’s room the next daybreak , extend to a stressful confrontation between the three cleaning lady .
Rather than spend the rest of the nightarguing with Jaclyn and Kate , Laurie opted to go watch the Muay Thai engagement with Valentin and his two friends on her own . The night culminated inLaurie kip with Valentin ’s Quaker , Aleksei , a medical prognosis that initially agitate her until – while the two were still in bottom – he kept asking her to wire him ten thousand dollarsin order to bring his mother to Thailand . While Laurie was able to take flight his apartment and get off that conversation , Aleksei ’s unexpected request reveals a out of sight motive for Valentin and his friends .
The White Lotus Season 3 Hints Valentin & His Friends Were Only After Jaclyn, Laurie & Kate For Their Money
Aleksei Tries To Get Laurie To Give Him $10,000
Considering Aleksei tried to get Laurie to give him ten thousand clam forthwith after they finished hooking up , it seems that Valentin and his friends have been try out to go after their money the entire time . Valentin influence at theWhite Lotus Thailand resortmeans he often sees flush women fare through as guests , sohe and his friends may have worked out a arrangement of trying to make some of these women and convince them to help out financially .
There ’s still no real account as to why Valentin and his two friends move from Russia to Thailand together , but it likely deals with fiscal and potentially even criminal issues , pay their old robbery .
Otherwise , there ’s no real incentive for Valentin to convert his booster to pass clip with Jaclyn , Laurie , and Kate outside his job , peculiarly when doing so could potentially jeopardize his position at the resort . ConsideringThe White Lotusseason 3 , episode 7 also formally confirms thatValentin and his friends were creditworthy for robbing the repair back in installment 2 , the show has instal that these characters are motivate by become as much money from the affluent as they can in serious and unusual ways – whether it be by steal or through seduction .
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Jaclyn , Laurie , and Kate have all been gossiping behind each other ’s vertebral column throughout The White Lotus time of year 3 , but one of them lastly goes too far .
The idea that Valentin and his friends were essay to getJaclyn , Laurie , and Kate ’s money all along alsoexplains why Vlad continued to drunkenly talk to Kate about his parents ’ deaths in sequence 5 . Kate cogitate it was just a sad drunken confession , but it now appear that Vlad was trying to get understanding points in social club to eventually convert Kate to give him money . There ’s still no actual account as to why Valentin and his two friends strike from Russia to Thailand together , but it likely deals with fiscal and potentially even criminal issues , given their previous looting .
Valentin & Jaclyn’s Affair Still Might Have Been Separate From Their Money Plans
Valentin Sleeping With Jaclyn Was More Lustful
Though Aleksei was distinctly sleeping with Laurie with the hopes that he could subsequently get her to give him money , that might not on the nose be the case for Jaclyn and Valentin . Their affair seemed to be more based on lust , tally withThe White Lotusseason 3 , episode 5 ’s themesof self - liberation and risk - taking . Valentin did n’t have any intentions of telling Laurie or Kate about hook up with Jaclyn , and did n’t come out uncomfortable when asking them to join him at the Muay Thai conflict .
Characters
Actors
Jaclyn
Michelle Monaghan
Laurie
Carrie Coon
Kate
Leslie Bibb
Valentin
Arnas Fedaravicius
Aleksei
Julian Kostov
Vlad
Yuri Kolokolnikov
While Valentin was clear chat up with the three majorThe White Lotusseason 3 characters , his motives did n’t come out to be as dreary as those of his acquaintance . Valentin ’s use in their cabal looks like more peripheral , instead being involved in the solidifying - up rather than taking a more participating role in the robbery or possible extortion . Like how Valentin was just the one who distracted Gaitok when his friends were robbing the hotel , he seemed to only be the one finding the women to seduce and bringing everyone together rather than more directly attempt to extract money from them .
As such , Valentin did n’t appear to kip with Jaclyn in installment 5 with the expectation that she would later give him money . Still , that does n’t stand for he wo n’t eventually use the liaison to his own benefit inThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s finale .
Valentin & His Friends Could Still Use The Affair To Blackmail Jaclyn
Jaclyn Wouldn’t Want The News Of Their Hook-Up To Reach Her Husband
Since it look likeCarrie Coon ’s Lauriewon’t be Cash App - ing Aleksei the ten thousand one dollar bill he asked for inThe White Lotusseason 3 , Valentin ’s friends might have to take more desperate beat to get money from the three fair sex . One opus of information that they can use to extort some money is that Jaclyn cheated on her married man with Valentin . Jaclyn herself noted that she incessantly deals with newsmonger and speculation in Hollywood , andValentin and his friends could jeopardise to expose the function to the mediaif she does n’t give them any payment .
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