The White Lotus season 3

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The White Lotus
Season 3
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Showrunner	Mike White
Starring	Leslie Bibb Carrie Coon Walton Goggins Sarah Catherine Hook Jason Isaacs Lalisa Manobal Michelle Monaghan Sam Nivola Lek Patravadi Parker Posey Natasha Rothwell Patrick Schwarzenegger Tayme Thapthimthong Aimee Lou Wood
No. of episodes	1
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16) – present
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The third season of The White Lotus , an American satirical comedy-drama anthology television series created, written, and directed by Mike White, premiered on HBO on February 16, 2025. The season was greenlit on November 18, 2022, and was filmed in Bangkok, Phuket, and Ko Samui from February to August 2024.

The season features an ensemble cast of Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood. The season consists of eight episodes.

Cast and characters

Main

• Leslie Bibb as Kate, a country club wife from Austin, Texas, one of three longtime friends reuniting on a girls' trip ^{[1] [2]}
• Carrie Coon as Laurie, a corporate lawyer and recent divorcée from New York, one of three longtime friends reuniting on a girls' trip ^{[1] [2]}
• Walton Goggins as Rick Hatchett, a rugged and mysterious man with a chip on his shoulder, travelling with his young girlfriend Chelsea ^{[1] [2]}
• Sarah Catherine Hook as Piper Ratliff, a college senior studying religion and middle child of Timothy and Victoria ^{[1] [2]}
• Jason Isaacs as Timothy Ratliff, a financier in jeopardy from Durham, North Carolina, vacationing with his wife, Victoria, and kids Saxon, Piper and Lochlan ^{[1] [2]}
• Lalisa Manobal as Thidapon "Mook" Sornsin, a health mentor for guests of the White Lotus ^{[1] [2]}
• Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn Lemon, a successful television actress, one of three longtime friends reuniting on a girls' trip ^{[1] [2]}
• Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff, a shy high school senior and Timothy and Victoria's youngest child ^{[1] [2]}
• Lek Patravadi as Sritala Hollinger, one of the owners of the White Lotus, who pioneered its health program ^{[1] [2]}
• Parker Posey as Victoria Ratliff, Timothy's wife and mother to Saxon, Piper and Lochlan ^{[1] [2]}
• Natasha Rothwell as Belinda Lindsey, a spa manager from the White Lotus resort in Hawaii, attending the work exchange. Rothwell reprises her role from the first season.
• Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxon Ratliff, Timothy and Victoria's oldest child, who works for his father's company ^{[1] [2]}
• Tayme Thapthimthong as Gaitok, a security guard at the White Lotus ^{[1] [2]}
• Aimee Lou Wood as Chelsea, a bubbly free spirit from Manchester travelling with Rick, her much older boyfriend ^{[1] [2]}

Recurring

• Jon Gries as "Gary" / Greg Hunt, a man involved with Chloe and the widower of Tanya McQuoid. Gries reprises his role from the first and second seasons.
• Nicholas Duvernay as Zion Lindsey, Belinda's son who is visiting her after finishing his coursework
• Arnas Fedaravičius as Valentin, a Russian health mentor for Jaclyn, Laurie and Kate
• Christian Friedel as Fabian, the manager of the White Lotus in Thailand
• Dom Hetrakul as Pornchai, the wellness expert at the White Lotus who is assigned to train Belinda
• Charlotte Le Bon as Chloe, a former model French-Canadian expat who is currently dating Greg
• Morgana O'Reilly as Pam, a staff member involved in the hotel's wellness program and health mentor for the Ratliffs
• Shalini Peiris as Amrita, a meditation teacher and spiritual counselor at the White Lotus
• Scott Glenn as Jim Hollinger, Sritala's American husband
• Julian Kostov

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title  [3]	Directed by  [4]	Written by  [5]	Original release date  [6]	U.S. viewers (millions)
14	1	"Same Spirits, New Forms"	Mike White	Mike White	February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16)	0.420 [7]
Zion, son of spa manager Belinda Lindsey, begins a meditation session at the White Lotus in Ko Samui, Thailand, before being interrupted by repeated gunfire. While scrambling through a stream to look for his mother, he discovers a dead body. One week earlier, a group of new guests arrived at the White Lotus. Middle-aged Rick Hatchett arrives with his much younger British girlfriend Chelsea. Wealthy businessman Timothy Ratliff arrives with his wife Victoria and their grown children Saxon, Piper, and Lochlan. Timothy receives several calls from a journalist regarding possible illegal activity with a former business partner. Jaclyn, a popular TV actress, arrives with her childhood friends Kate and Laurie. Security guard Gaitok flirts with health mentor Mook after giving her a ride to work. Chelsea befriends ex-model Chloe, whose boyfriend is revealed to be Greg, Tanya McQuoid's widower.
15	2	"Special Treatments"	Mike White	Mike White	February 23, 2025 (2025-02-23)	TBD
16	3	"The Meaning of Dreams"	Mike White	Mike White	March 2, 2025 (2025-03-02)	TBD
17	4	"Hide or Seek"	Mike White	Mike White	March 9, 2025 (2025-03-09)	TBD
18	5	TBA	Mike White	Mike White	March 16, 2025 (2025-03-16)	TBD
19	6	TBA	Mike White	Mike White	March 23, 2025 (2025-03-23)	TBD
20	7	TBA	Mike White	Mike White	March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30)	TBD
21	8	TBA	Mike White	Mike White	April 6, 2025 (2025-04-06)	TBD

Production

Development

On November 18, 2022, preceding the premiere of the second season, HBO renewed The White Lotus for a third season. ^[8] Following the second-season finale, series creator Mike White hinted that the third season would be set in Asia and invoke a "satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality", similar to how the first season focused on money, and the second season on sex. ^[9] The third season's production was disrupted by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, resulting in the release being pushed to 2025. ^{[10] [11]}

Casting

Upon the third-season renewal announcement, producers confirmed that there will be a new cast of characters in another White Lotus resort. ^[12] In April 2023, Natasha Rothwell was reported to be reprising her role as Belinda for the series' third season. ^[13] In January 2024, it was announced that Leslie Bibb, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Dom Hetrakul, Tayme Thapthimthong, ^[14] Carrie Coon, ^[15] Miloš Biković, Christian Friedel, Morgana O'Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, ^[16] Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, ^[17] Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, and Arnas Fedaravičius joined the cast for the season. ^[18] Biković's casting was criticized by Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs over his alleged support for Russia's invasion of the country; Biković was subsequently dropped from the cast on February 2, and replaced with Julian Kostov, ^{[19] [20]} who will star in a recurring capacity. ^[6] In February 2024, Scott Glenn and Lalisa Manobal were cast in the season. ^{[21] [22]} In March 2024, Charlotte Le Bon joined the cast to replace Corney in a re-casting. ^[23]

Filming

In March 2023, Variety reported that filming for the third season was likely to take place in one of the Four Seasons hotels in Thailand. ^[24] Honshu, Japan was scouted as a filming location by Mike White, but ultimately Thailand was chosen as the filming location for the third season due to the series receiving a $4.4 million tax incentive for filming in Thailand, while Japan does not have a film-incentive system. ^[25] Principal photography began in February 2024, with locations including Bangkok, Phuket, and Ko Samui, ^{[26] [27] [28] [29]} and wrapped in August 2024. ^[4]

Release

The third season premiered on February 16, 2025, on HBO. ^{[30] [31]}

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 91 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads, "Darker and more patient with its storytelling than previous seasons while brandishing a superb new ensemble full of acidic performances, The White Lotus' third season offers a spiritual respite that shivs the soul." ^[32] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 79 out of 100, based on 39 critic reviews. ^[33]

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External links

• Official website
• The White Lotus at IMDb