The White Lotus
WARNING : SPOILERS onwards for The White Lotus season 3 , episode 1 .
ThroughoutThe White Lotusseason 3 , episode 1 , Timothy meet a smattering of calls from his assistant , who informs him that a spectacular diary keeper – Bart Nixon ofThe Wall Street Journal – is look to speak with him about an pressing matter . Timothy returns the journalist ’s call after interrupting his home dinner but realizes he ’s walked into a sort of trap . Nixon require piercing questions about a man named Kenneth Nguyenand wants Timothy to answer whether he work with him in 2018 to place up a fund called Sho - Kel . Nixon reveals he ’s investigating Nguyen ’s connection to the government of Brunei .
Timothy’s Old Business Partner Is Being Investigated About His Sho-Kel Fund & Connection To The Brunei Government
The Wall Street Journal Is Investigating Kenny For Potentially Illegal Activity
InThe White Lotusseason 3 premiere , The Wall Street Journal’sBart Nixon is running an investigative slice on Timothy ’s previous business mate , Kenneth Nguyen . During the phone call with Nixon , Timothy bring out that he knows " Kenny " propel to Brunei , a modest land in Southeast Asia , but claim he has n’t see or spoken to him in at least four years . This alone differentiate the perceptive Nixon that Timothy looks like on good term with " Kenny " even if they have n’t spoken for some time . Nixon inform Timothy that he is running the story inThe Wall Street Journalthat week .
While Timothy play it off quite smoothly after being caught off guard by Nixon during the telephone call , he immediately begins to worry and call Kenny up . Kenny does n’t resolve but Timothy lays the position out to him in a voicemail , put forward thatThe Wall Street Journalis inquire him and Sho - Kel . From that point on , Timothy becomes a walking stress case after the call , deflecting more question from his family . None of them are mindful of Timothy ’s situation with Kenny and the ostensible illegal activeness involving Sho - Kel and the Brunei government , not even hisdrug - qualified wife Victoria(Parker Posey ) .
The White Lotus Season 3 Hints Timothy Was Involved In Illegal Activity With Sho-Kel
Timothy Appears Very Guilty Towards The End Of The White Lotus Season 3 Premiere
base on the limited information give inThe White Lotusseason 3 premiere , it appear that whatever Sho - Kel is , it ’s something illegal . The most potential solution is that it ’s a money laundering schemeset up by Kenny with Timothy ’s help . As for the connection to the Brunei government activity , it could be that the investment company is masked as a political fund , such as a political action committee ( PAC ) , that is nontaxable from tax . The details stay scarce on what exactly Sho - Kel is and how Timothy and Kenny are involved . The main point is that it could come back to bite Timothy .
The weird incestuous dynamic between the three Ratliff kids , Piper , Lochlan & Saxon , in The White Lotus time of year 3 premiere is alarmingly unusual .
Timothy is intelligibly a moneyed man butit ’s undecipherable exactly how he acquired his wealthafter one installment ofThe White Lotusseason 3 . He looks really shamefaced when Victoria tells him he ’s a good guy and everything they have in their good life is because of him at the oddment of the episode .
Sho - Kel could have sourced a large part of Timothy ’s personal wealth , which means he could stand to recede everything if Kenny is queer .
This imply that Sho - Kel could have sourced a large part of his personal riches , which means Timothy could stand to lose everything if Kenny is queer . Kenny has yet to be introduced inThe White Lotusseason 3 , so viewers will have to await and see how he will react to Timothy ’s phone call – or if he will at all .
Is Timothy’s Sho-Kel Secret Connected To The Gunshots In The White Lotus Season 3’s Opening Scene?
It Seems Possible But There’s No Way To Know After 1 Episode
The gunfight at the start ofThe White Lotusseason 3 premiere remains overcast in mystery . There are still several unanswered question from the curt teaser clip , such as who is firing the hit man , whose body is floating in the water , and whether the gunfire is the termination of a terrorist onslaught , looting , or something else .
The shot may have something to do with either Timothy or Walton Goggins ' Rick Hatchett , who seems to have his own shady schedule .
The two adult lead story after one episode ofThe White Lotusseason 3 are that the shot has something to do with either Timothy or Walton Goggins ' Rick Hatchett , who seems to have his own fishy agenda . There is a lot to learn about these characters and more in future episodes ofThe White Lotus .
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