The finale of The White Lotus Season 3 is set to air on HBO this weekend, finally unveiling who ends up in a body bag and who fires the gun (or guns). Fans of the popular HBO series have been speculating for weeks about how creator Mike White will wrap up the third season. During a visit to our studio last month, series star Jason Isaacs hinted that the conclusion of The White Lotus Season 3 would be “more emotional and more provocative” than any previous season.

“The thing about Mike is, he’s an incredibly clever, intriguing, and unpredictable writer,” Isaacs said. “He crafts stories in ways and for reasons that aren’t what you’d expect.”

Isaacs then referenced the unexpected demise of Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya McQuoid at the conclusion of The White Lotus Season 2. Despite her success in fending off her would-be assassins, she ultimately lost her life from a head injury suffered while attempting to leap off a yacht.

“Like Jennifer’s death on that boat was so genius that she got away with it and then banged the head on the side,” Isaacs said. “He’s just so endlessly inventive.”

The actor then admitted that he though this season, White had “done something else.”

“He’s spread further. He’s too talented to repeat himself and he’s wanted to go further and deeper and be more rich and resonant. Profound. It’s still funny and there’s still some shocking things coming that my wife couldn’t stop gasping and laughing when she saw it,” he said. “But I think it’s more emotional and more provocative, the ending, than titillating.”

“It’s still entertaining, but I think it’s his best stuff yet and very moving.”

Isaacs’s description matches pretty closely with the early tease series star Natasha Rothwell gave DECIDER all the way back at Winter 2024 TCA. “All I can say is, in reading all of the scripts, Mike blew my mind. Like, he is such an amazing writer, director, world-builder,” Rothwell said.

Heading into the finale, several characters appear to be in more peril than others. Isaacs’s own character, Timothy Ratliff has been dealing with extreme suicidal ideation in the face of his financial ruin. The teaser for this week’s White Lotus finale even sees him fixated on poisonous fruit that grows at the resort.

Elsewhere, Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins) appears to have finally found zen after confronting, but not killing, his own father’s murderer, Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn). The Hollingers employ several tough bodyguards and the finale preview also teased that Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) would worry Rick would still do “something stupid.”

Finally, Belinda herself has come to the attention of Tanya’s husband and murderer, Greg (Jon Gries). He’s offered her $100,000 to keep his location secret, but she seems reluctant to work with the criminal — which could lead to her death.

Will one of these three characters be in the body bag or will it be someone else? Find out when The White Lotus Season 3 finale airs on HBO and MAX this Sunday, April 6.

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