The White Lotus Season 3 Finale: 11 Thoughts We All Had Watching The Dramatic Episode
Warning: This article contains massive spoilers for the final episode of The White Lotus season three.
After a season that some critics have suggested may have been a little on the slow side, The White Lotus has wrapped up its third run with a truly action-packed finale that included a mass shooting, a foiled murder-suicide, a heartbreaking betrayal and the deaths of new fewer than three main characters.
In short, it was a lot. And understandably, people have had a lot to say about it, too…
First of all – people are obviously furious with Mike White for killing off Chelsea for seemingly no reason
MIKE WHITE YOU WILL PAY FOR MY THERAPY. NOTHING HAS BROKEN ME LIKE THIS. #thewhitelotuspic.twitter.com/i1ap160ARD
— ً (@americanreqiuem) April 7, 2025
Mike White may have to go into hiding for that
— caitie delaney (@caitiedelaney) April 7, 2025
chelsea dying over a man twice her age, you'll pay for this mike white #thewhitelotuspic.twitter.com/aPC2c1FTAh
— ؘ (@selnwr) April 7, 2025
rick and chelsea deserved a much better ending MIKE WHITE YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS #thewhitelotuspic.twitter.com/8pKePITJFo
— l̶i̶m̶a̶ ̶☆ harris dickinson's pr manager (@favdickinson) April 7, 2025
Me trying to save Chelsea through my screen #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/oCN5QrA8uu
— Peter Merly (@PeterMerly) April 7, 2025
Piper’s slow realisation that she isn’t as different to the rest of her family as she thought was so well-played by both Sarah Catherine Hook and Parker Posey
victoria watching piper cry about the monastery #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/yMEISVpvht
— rika (@zooweemeemaw) April 7, 2025
I’m actually not surprised that piper didn’t want to live that Buddhist lifestyle. This scene was hilarious and the way Victoria put her thumb up????????#TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/t5gau2Hwkt
— ???????????????????????????? DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN ERA//????⏳ ???? (@giselleb1234) April 7, 2025
victoria ratliff when piper didn’t like living with the monks #WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/R90nXMGjtm
— æijbol (@fa3riehaerin) April 7, 2025
Piper after spending a night with the monks #WhiteLotus#WhiteLotus3pic.twitter.com/B7kUcLLlpA
— kyoshi’s warrior????????????????⚕️????????♊️ (@itsmetheHBIC) April 7, 2025
Everyone has been calling Victoria clueless this whole season but she CLOCKED her daughter’s true nature and pulled off her gambit flawlessly #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/YOIAgwYj14
— ???? Sophia ???? (@Richard_Vixen) April 7, 2025
Carrie Coon’s final speech to her friends as Laurie also proved to be a highlight of the episode
carrie coon with the most devastating and revelatory monologue of the season.. many hoped for this and are happy to have seen it come to pass #thewhitelotuspic.twitter.com/MHHp9vo1x0
— e (@ninasayerss) April 7, 2025
“…And I’m just happy to be at the table.”
— Brandon Lewis (@blewis1103) April 7, 2025
And I’ll be happy when Carrie Coon walks on stage in September to collect her (long overdue) Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The White Lotus. A stunning monologue that reaffirmed her status as the queen of HBO. pic.twitter.com/lVzMdwEu0N
and carrie coon just secured her emmy with that monologue #thewhitelotuspic.twitter.com/xPhvfxyDCH
— Cris ✨ (@lionesspike) April 7, 2025
I am grateful to live alone so that no one could see what I looked like after watching Carrie Coon deliver that monologue.
— Kevin Fallon (@kpfallon) April 7, 2025
Not Carrie Coon delivering that Emmy-worthy monologue about friendship only to leave them to die once the shooting started lmao #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/joee9JQwl2
— xule (@20051628lch) April 7, 2025
It may have only been for a moment, but having this hun back on our screens in the finale was just what we were hoping for
I love that this woman's entire personality this season and ONLY character trait is this lol #TheWhiteLotus#WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/MSyWIBGwGz
— Liv (@stevenrogered) April 7, 2025
And Lochlan – note for the future, wash out the blender before you use it next time
Why wouldn't Lochlan clean the damn blender that's been sitting out all day before using it??? Just nasty as hell. #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/ndQoowRAFN
— MONTOYA POR FAVOR ???? (@SamiJo91) April 7, 2025
tbh Lochlan almost deserved to die for not cleaning out this day-old dirty blender before using it! men!!!#WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/4V8oMTnrHy
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) April 7, 2025
Who uses a dirty blender ?!!?!? Like I wanna feel bad but I can’t #WhiteLotus#whitelotusseason3#WhiteLotus3pic.twitter.com/VipopLApPE
— FeFe ☆ (@FeFeLaGre) April 7, 2025
Lochlan making a shake in the dirty blender when his dad said the milk was off..... DUMB #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/3hBXhg8tyL
— Khadj (@GanzgangK) April 7, 2025
But like, who the fck doesn’t at least rinse out a blender after using it… #WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/aASyORf4Mu
— Pagey Posey ???? (@TheBravoDerm) April 7, 2025
Belinda doing to Pornchai exactly what Tanya did to her two seasons earlier has left people with a lot of complicated feelings
Belinda doing Pornchai dirty the same way Tanya did to her….. I see you Mike White. #WhiteLotus#TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/O67JWJlnyz
— k⭐️ (@livrrygf) April 7, 2025
Belinda doing to Pornchai what Tanya did to her #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/l2pGgTRtTn
— Alex Travis (@AlexAwritergirl) April 7, 2025
not belinda doing to that sweet man what tanya did to her…… pic.twitter.com/6uLQSPINsR
— chase (@cfree94) April 7, 2025
#TheWhiteLotus spoilers
— rachel???? (@greyjedireylo) April 7, 2025
the horrible, corrupting full circle of Belinda getting some wealth and immediately turning into Tanya, doing the exact thing to Pornchai that Tanya did to her (except WORSE because the wealth is from covering up a murder) pic.twitter.com/wLjd6C6NtI
when are yall going to realize this is NOT a happy ending and in fact is one of the most tragic endings for any character on this show #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/QZVM0sQ6e0
— president of kindness (@realityysimp) April 7, 2025
Chelsea’s past comments about herself and Rick being ‘yin’ and ‘yang’ just cut even deeper after seeing them together for the final time
the yin & yang foreshadowing is unreal #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/GGUM2TAGbg
— jolt (@meltborne) April 7, 2025
her dying facing down in the water was sad but powerful, he eventually won the yin yang battle between them meanwhile she and her hope were defeated https://t.co/uw9rPuihmE
— devine (@kkktuii) April 7, 2025
rick faceup in the water because him and chelsea are yin and yang and his pain won in the end #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/GbSD8cBr6T
— eggy misses hobi ???? (@kill4stalli) April 7, 2025
Oh, Fabian…
Obsessed with Mike White doing the hotel manager dirty this whole season ???????? #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/XV0mGQ0vOa
— Alex (@alexr_241) April 7, 2025
This was so unnecessary. #TheWhiteLotus#WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/ieYRRtIbpS
— Marie Cervantes (@9woodMac) April 7, 2025
My highlight is Fabian, hands down. So unbelievably useless. That final jump into the water took me out. #WhiteLotus
— Veronika Hölker (@VeroHoelk) April 7, 2025
corrected bc I was reminded that fabian fell in the water https://t.co/16U1JCOhvTpic.twitter.com/Fe3uQfLnbK
— sarah (@akusigh) April 7, 2025
Those parting shots on the boat are always good for a laugh, aren’t they?
white lotus guests leaving the hotel after experiencing a traumatic life-altering event pic.twitter.com/CLbhl1Hgdz
— wiLL (@willfulchaos) April 7, 2025
Timothy Rattlif on the deck of the boat after almost annihilating his entire family.#WhiteLotus#TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/ZSI9xbrfHi
— Ryan RC Rea (@volvoshine) April 7, 2025
everyone from white lotus getting on the boat after a mass shooting and not even addressing it pic.twitter.com/ilns97LoBC
— scotty (@plathiandc) April 7, 2025
The staff of white lotus smiling and waving from the beach like girl… the mass shooting???
— Andiamo (@anderscjay) April 7, 2025
…Although people are wishing we could have seen the family’s discovery that their lives are being turned upside down
lowkey need to see how the ratliffs handle being broke im too curious what is mike white gonna do about this
— ???? (@Iikeapattern) April 7, 2025
I need closure on the Ratliffs. #WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/woZjfVJqie
— Beans ????????♀️ (@Thinkitbelle) April 7, 2025
I need Mike White to make a stand alone show about the ratliffs. I'm so curious of what's gonna happen to them ????????????#WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/x1uQ6u7z3m
— Lily ???? (@myeolysh) April 7, 2025
the ratliff family opening their phones on the boat #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/YDSu3dKucn
— giana (@gianamerly) April 7, 2025
the Ratliffs when their boat docks#WhiteLotus#TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/didFWADn7F
— T (@teewatterss) April 7, 2025
white lotus spinoff, arrested development but with the Ratliffs
— kevin (@kevlncastro) April 7, 2025
I’m sorry I’m gonna need a Ratliff family spin off they’re such a mess I need to see them deal with the fall out of all this. How did Timothy explain to Lochlan how he almost died from a “protein shake”??? #TheWhiteLotus#WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/dBPJmpzntX
— fellfromthecliff (@bylerrainkiss24) April 7, 2025
And finally, we’re happy to be able to put those monkey theories to bed once and for all
how y’all said white lotus was gonna end pic.twitter.com/H3HaHSihnz
— Alex (@alexxmalloy) April 7, 2025
the monkeys were innocent the whole time #TheWhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/LBDPU7tnKo
— camryn X•••• (@camrynclancy) April 7, 2025
The monkeys watching y’all accusing them all season long #WhiteLotuspic.twitter.com/UYcWcI5GcB
— Sarah Mikal (@NetflixFunny) April 7, 2025
glad i didnt bet any money on the white lotus monkey with gun theory bc i’d be broke rn
— buttholebitch24 (@realsadfootball) April 7, 2025
also whoever started that prediction that “one of the monkeys got the gun” please never watch a tv show with us again bc HUH???
— Alex (@alexxmalloy) April 7, 2025
All three seasons of The White Lotus are streaming on Now and Sky in the UK.