The White Lotus

Warning ! This clause check spoiler for The White Lotus season 3 , sequence 1 .

The White Lotusseason 3 , episode 1 start out with a dead body float through a river , with the ensue level raise several potential victims for the murder . As has become accustomed for the HBO show , The White Lotusseason 3 ’s castincludes an almost entirely Modern batch of role , with only one familiar face from premature installments . The White Lotusseason 3 ’s trailerfirst teased these theatrical role , with episode 1 begin the bass dive into the secrets and relationship that the show has become known for .

Thestory ofThe White Lotusseason 3takes place in Thailand , take issue from time of year 1 ’s Hawaii and season 2 ’s Sicily . As has become commonplace with the HBO dimension , The White Lotusseason 3 , sequence 1 begins with a sequence that teases a blanket mystery to get along before flaunt back a calendar week earlier to unravel the story . As was the case withThe White Lotusseason 1 ’s ending- and that of season 2 - this murderous mystery will undoubtedly be uncovered in the ensuing episode , yet several possible victim are evoke via time of year 3 , episode 1 ’s close .

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10Mook

Played By Lalisa Manobal

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Perhaps the least likely victim ofThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s new cast of fibre is Mook . Mook is introduced as an employee of Thailand ’s White Lotus branch who is assigned to worry for Rick and Chelsea as a health wise man . ThroughoutThe White Lotusseason 3 , installment 1 , Mook showcases little to bespeak she could terminate up on the bad side of any of the hotel ’s guests , with the only confidential information of drama coming from her connection to another hotel employee named Gaitok .

That said , Mook is still worth put up as a dupe due to the simple potential difference of collateral damage . The White Lotusseason 3 ’s opening kept the gun - toting liquidator of the show shroud , only highlight that multiple shots were fired . It could be revealed that Mook ended up in the wrong spot at the wrong prison term , with both time of year 1 andThe White Lotusseason 2 ’s endingfeaturing inadvertent deaths . However , if the slaying of someone specific is shown inThe White Lotusseason 3 , it is difficult to see Mook being the target .

The poster for The White Lotus season 3 (2025) behind a skull and crossbones and a blacked-out mystery character

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9Laurie

Played By Carrie Coon

Laurie is one of the other more improbable victims inThe White Lotusseason 3 . Thus far , all that is eff of Laurie is that she is unhappy in her life and her friendly relationship with Jaclyn and Kate . Beyond that , little is presented to advise that she could finish up on the wrong side of a triggerman inThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s conclusion . Interestingly though , she is shown to somewhat resent her friends , mean she could gyrate enough to become the shooter herself , though this is as unlikely as her being the dupe seen inThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s flashing - forward .

8Chelsea

Played By Aimee Lou Wood

Another confessedly unlikely dupe is Chelsea , one of the guests being looked after by Mook . Chelsea ’s story will seemingly center around her unhappy relationship with Rick and her bonding with a woman in a similar position to her . It is via this connecter with this other charwoman who frequent the White Lotus , however , that the potential for Chelsea to be wrap up in a cabal presents itself , giving her a lower - rank spot on this list .

Greg hatched a game to down Tanya and take her wealth , with his appearance in season 3 adding the potential for more homicidal plots …

The woman Chelsea befriend at the bar of the White Lotus is picture in a relationship with an sometime valet de chambre , revealed to be Jon Gries ' Greg . Greg appear inThe White Lotusseasons 1 and 2 as the buff and eventual husband of Jennifer Coolidge ’s Tanya . In the latter season , Greg hatched a plot of ground to shoot down Tanya and take her wealth , with his appearance in season 3 adding the potential for more murderous plots . With Chelsea befriending Greg ’s younger girlfriend , she could be wrap up in a dangerous game .

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7Kate

Played By Leslie Bibb

As allude to via the geographic expedition of Laurie , Kate could be a possible dupe inThe White Lotusseason 3 . She has been established as someone with a flush husband , which she implied has led her to have some enemy and people who would get near to her to better their standing in life . This could be as good a motive for execution as any , but how that would corkscrew fromThe White Lotusseason 3 , episode 1 ’s ending to the instant - forward is anyone ’s guess .

6Rick

Played By Walton Goggins

Rick is Chelsea ’s older young man , and one of the few guests inThe White Lotusseason 3 , episode 1 to be show to have a shady past tense . He mentions that he is not allowed into Australia , suggest at trouble with the law in the past , and finally , it becomes clear that Rick traveled to Thailand and the titular hotel specifically to seek someone out . Rick wants to match the hubby of one of the hotel ’s proprietor , becoming notably angry and irritable upon pull in they are in Bangkok .

Rick is subsequently shown expect at images online of the subject of his search - Jim Hollinger - and his wife , Sritala . Although it is ill-defined what just Rick ’s business is with Jim , it is clear something funny . As such , Rick ’s clock time at the White Lotus could turn saturnine if his past times with Jim is truly sorry , leading to his potential destruction .

5Timothy Ratliff

Played By Jason Isaacs

Timothy is another character inThe White Lotusseason 3 that is hinted as have a dishonest past . Timothy is a wealthy man of affairs , who receives a call from a journalist in time of year 3 , episode 1 . Timothy is asked about a ship’s company named Sho - Kel , and his own history with that company and its beginner , Kenneth Nguyen .

As serial creator Mike White promise , The White Lotus season 3 is much darker , a lurid and mesmerizing slip to Thailand with another prima cast .

Despite denying having seen Kenneth in years , Timothy immediately calls him and sounds hard-pressed over the inquisition . It could be revealed that Timothy ’s riches was ill - gained via his company ’s connexion to Sho - Kel . Given that money and greed have often been motives for dark action inThe White Lotus , Timothy being the dupe of time of year 3 is a executable choice .

Carrie Coon looking disturbed in The White Lotus season 3

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4Jaclyn

Played By Michelle Monaghan

Out of the terzetto of Laurie , Kate , and Jaclyn , it is the latter who is the most likely to end up asThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s victim . The reason for this , again , stems from wealth and privilege , with Jaclyn confirmed as a famous actress . With such a chase behind her and the undoubted financial gain this brings her , it would not be a surprise to see one of the other unhinged White Lotus Guest focus on her as a murder victimas they corkscrew throughout season 3 for their own avaritia .

3Sritala

Played By Lek Patravadi

The owner of Thailand ’s White Lotus is Sritala , who seems accessible and skillful enough throughoutThe White Lotusseason 3 , sequence 1 . While this makes her seem like an unlikely slaying dupe , she is the married woman of Jim Hollinger , the topic of Rick ’s dark revenge . For this reason alone , Sritala could potentially find herself in risk , potentially from Rick himself if he goes far enough in his quest for payback .

Sritala ’s last could be a tragic twist in the tale …

Moreover , Sritala ’s position simply make her a very openly wealthy person . As advert to , avarice has been a big theme of both come before season ofThe White Lotus , potentially providing another intellect for Sritala being in someone ’s crosshairs . As a ostensibly lovable older woman too , Sritala ’s last could be a tragical twist in the tale .

Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) walking next to the pool in White Lotus season 3, episode 1.

2Belinda

Played By Natasha Rothwell

Belinda being so high on this list of likely victim inThe White Lotusseason 3 is for two reasonableness : her connexion to the blink - forward conniption and her history in the show . commence with the latter , Belinda is one of the very few eccentric inThe White Lotusseason 3 to have been in the show before . Belinda was part ofThe White Lotusseason 1 ’s cast as a massage healer at the titulary hotel ’s Hawaii branch . hand that one dupe ofThe White Lotusseason 3 was the returning Tanya , Belinda could confront a exchangeable fate .

Secondly , Belinda is the only fictional character on this lean to have a direct connection to the flash - forward view in whichThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s victim was shown . In time of year 3 , instalment 1 , Belinda mentions that her Logos , Zion , will be come to visit and stay with her . In the flash - forward sequence , it is Zion who find the dead body after the gunshot echo out throughout the White Lotus . If Belinda is the victim , this connection - and Belinda ’s history - would provideThe White Lotusseason 3 with more striking and aroused heft than any other possible dupe .

1Jim Hollinger

Played By Scott Glenn

The most probable victim ofThe White Lotusseason 3 , at least so far , is Jim Hollinger . Ironically , Jim is the only reference on this leaning who is yet to physically appear inThe White Lotusseason 3 , but he was tease as the man whom Rick vow revenge against . Jim and Rick clearly have a history , with Rick ’s unbalanced nature potentially spelling peril for Rick .

Furthermore , Jim was mentioned to be sick by Mook , adding another potential way in which he could becomeThe White Lotusseason 3 ’s victim . With other characters only being teased to have antagonistic relations with one another thus far , Jim is the only one to be in a flash confirmed as the subject of someone ’s revenge . For this reason alone , Jim becomes the most likely victim ofThe White Lotusseason 3 , but the develop mystery and type dynamics could certainly interchange this list totally by the season ’s end .

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Kate holding a cup in The White Lotus season 3 (2025)

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Sritala smiling at the hotel’s manager in The White Lotus season 3 (2025)

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