Post Holiday Blues Streaming 25' - The White Lotus - Season Three

The third season of The White Lotus, concluded a wee few weeks ago.

The HBO series originally begun as a miniseries. However the show was so popular, HBO kept it on as an anthology series.

With the third season, filmed in Bangkok, Phuket, and Ko Samui from February to August 2024. 

This season features an all-star cast, Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, HBO darling from the Righteous Gemstones, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood, Sam Rockwell and Scott Glenn, with Natasha Rothwell and Jon Gries reprising their roles from prior seasons. 

The series follows the lives of the staff and wealthy guests at a wellness resort in Thailand. Following prior seasons in Italy and Hawaii.

The third season, received mostly positive reviews from critics, but many criticised the slow pacing and found the final episode disappointing. Well the eighth and final episode was long, slow to start, but packed a punch at the end. Spoilers below the trailer for those slower viewers like me. I still haven't started HBO's The Last of Us season two. That one (along with 9-1-1's) major deaths have been impossible to miss spoilers online.

So you have been warned below.

Piper admits to her parents that she cannot tolerate living without material comforts, relieving Victoria.

Valentin begs Gaitok not to report him and his friends for the robbery lest they be deported. 

Zion negotiates a payout from Greg of $5 million; Belinda decides to leave Thailand, to Pornchai's dismay. 

Laurie reconciles with Jaclyn and Kate. Lochlan tells Saxon that their sexual contact during the threesome was because he is a people pleaser. 

Timothy nearly kills himself and his family (except Lochlan) with poisoned piña coladas, but stops them from drinking at the last minute; Lochlan drinks the leftovers from the blender the next morning and nearly dies before awakening in Timothy's arms. 

Jim confronts Rick at the hotel, insulting Rick's mother; spiralling, Rick begs for another session with Amrita, but she is busy seeing Zion. 

Rick shoots Jim dead with Jim's gun. Sritala reveals that Jim was Rick's biological father. Chelsea is killed in a shootout with Sritala's bodyguards, devastating Rick. 

Gaitok obeys Sritala's order to shoot Rick dead. Later, Timothy tells his family their lives are about to change; Gaitok is promoted to Sritala's bodyguard, to Mook's delight; and Belinda and Zion wave goodbye to the White Lotus staff.

The season was a lot! Parker Posey and Patrick Schwarzenegger stole the show. A lot of the time Posey was just a dream to watch.

Lisa, from Blackpink was also a delight to watch on screen.

HBO (now MAX in Australia) have really taken their series to new heights. With another Game of Thrones spin-off incoming this year, IT's TV series and Harry Potter TV series incoming, along with the return of fellow Game of Thrones prequel, House of Dragon. They have all the content.

So if you were a fan of seasons one and two, you will eat this up. It's deliciously vile, in all the right ways. Expect this to appear high on my #RATED for the Post Holiday Blues Streaming 25' list.