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'The White Lotus' Season 3: Here’s Where Every Character Ended the Season

We finally know who was in the body bag and we're NOT okay.

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Well, it's over. The White Lotus season 3 returned on February 16 and captured our attention and conversation for 8 blissful weeks. We got to theorize, speculate, and mull to our hearts' content. And as always, the season finale gave us much to go over: the long-awaited reveal of who dies, the (also) long-awaited reveal of who's the killer, and an answer to whether Saxon will survive the shame he feels over having an incestuous hookup with this brother (okay, maybe not an answer-answer).

Here, we'll go over where every major and minor character ended the season. I'll be honest, I'm going to miss hanging out with these unlovable rich people!

1

Leslie Bibb as Kate

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Dead or alive: Alive

Kate spent the majority of the season playing referee between Laurie and Jaclyn, and for that, we thank her. She helped pull her friend group bath together after a major rift, and came away with a renewed appreciation for her life.

2

Carrie Coon as Laurie

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Dead or alive: Alive

Look, I was concerned about Laurie many times. Especially when she went off to the Muay Thai fight by herself and then went home with one of the Russian guys (who we always assumed was part of the robbery scheme), but she survived the finale and had a real emotional breakthrough in the process, telling her friends she was just happy to be at the table with them. She also survived a shooting, so, good for her.

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3

Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn

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Dead or alive: Alive

She and Laurie might have had their differences, but they both slept with Russian men involved in a robbery, so... how different are they really? Jaclyn survived the finale by the skin of her teeth, barely avoiding a bullet meant for Jim Hollinger (courtesy of Rick).

4

Jason Isaacs as Timothy Ratliff

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Dead or alive: Alive

After contemplating suicide the whole season, even having multiple dreams where he killed not only himself but his wife and son, and even making them poisonous pina coladas to kill them all, Timothy Ratliff survived the season. His son Lochlan almost died, and the fact that he didn't seems to have given Timothy a new will to live.

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5

Parker Posey as Victoria Ratliff

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Dead or alive: Alive

Victoria Ratliff spent most of s3 worrying too much about her daughter Piper and not enough worrying about what was happening with her husband, and while she did survive the finale, she's going home to no more money. Honestly, Victoria would probably have rather died.

6

Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxon Ratliff

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Dead or alive: Alive

At the beginning, Saxon gave big mass shooter vibes, but as the episodes went on, he started to evolve into a person who seemed eager to become a better version of himself. He not only survived the finale but seems like he's on the cusp of a real emotional change. Good for him!

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7

Sarah Catherine Hook as Piper Ratliff

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Dead or alive: Alive

In the words of Victoria Ratliff: Piper, no!!! I knew this white girl did not have it in her to leave the creature comforts behind and adopt a life of Buddhism. I love to be proven right! Honestly, while she made it out of the finale alive, she should be embarrassed.

8

Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff

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Dead or alive: Alive, barely

Lochlan was very nearly an accidental byproduct of his dad's plot to kill the rest of his family. Imagine bringing that to your therapist! After drinking the poisonous pina colada by accident, Lochlan survives a near-death experience, and says he saw god. So maybe he's the closest we got to a real spiritual awakening this season.

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9

Walton Goggins as Rick Hatchett

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Dead or alive: Dead

Another character that seemed to be courting death all season, it was a bit odd when Rick's Bangkok adventure didn't end in at least one dead body, but now we know why. Jim Hollinger came back to the hotel to tell Rick off, and Rick got so angry about it that he shot him. In return, Gaitok shot Rick. It would have been way too simple for him to make it out alive.

10

Aimee Lou Wood as Chelsea

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Dead or alive: Dead

The one person this whole season who I refused to believe could die, of course Chelsea wound up dead. While trying to get Rick to avoid doing something stupid and irreversible, she took a bullet meant for Rick and died. This is truly the most tragic death on the show so far.

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11

Lisa Manobal as Mook

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Dead or alive: Alive

Honestly... Mook is alive and she's getting her bag now that Gaitok is working security for Sritala, but I hope it doesn't work out for her, because she's clearly only in it for the money!

12

Natasha Rothwell as Belinda

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Dead or alive: ALIVE AND RICH

I'm so glad we got some more Belinda, especially after she got the shaft on her spa deal with Tanya. She deserved some redemption! She ends up taking the money from Gary while negotiating him up to $5 million. But realizing she should leave right away, she breaks Pornchai's little heart by telling him she can't go into business with him. I'm pretty sure she repeated the exact same words Tanya said to her in season 1. So while she's richer and better off, she basically just did the same thing to Pornchai that Tanya did to her. Ouch.

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13

Jon Gries as Greg, aka "Gary"

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Dead or alive: Alive

I mean, this guy. THIS GUY. I cannot believe he weaseled his way back onto a White Lotus property. Rich people, I guess. He paid Belinda to keep his secret, and it looks like he's going to get the sexual fantasy he wanted. Smh.

14

Charlotte Le Bon as Chloe

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Dead or alive: Alive

All Chloe wanted was to live in peace with her rich boyfriend in their huge mansion, and it looks like that's what she got. Good for her, I guess?

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15

Tayme Thapthimthong as Gaitok

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Dead or alive: Alive

The moment Gaitok actually did well at the shooting range, I knew we were in trouble. He'd been goaded all season by people who didn't think he was tough enough or had the killer instinct, and he was basically commanded by Sritala to shoot Rick. He sacrificed his morals, but he got that promotion he wanted, so... all good? Honestly, I think this is going to haunt Gaitok for the rest of his life.

16

Arnas Fedaravičius as Valentin

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Dead or alive: Alive

I really wanted Valentin to simply be a fun vacation hookup for one of our blondes, but this is White Lotus, so obviously that wasn't going to happen! He threatened Gaitok in the finale and somehow got away with it all. Oof.

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17

Nicholas Duvernay as Zion

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Dead or alive: Alive

Zion was tempting fate when he persuaded his mom to go to that party at Greg/Gary's, and we obviously knew early on that he encountered a dead body in the water. But he was not only able to negotiate a bigger payoff for his mom, he survived the mass shooting. Honestly... a bit of an episode MVP.

18

Dom Hetrakul as Pornchai

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Dead or alive: Alive

Pornchai!!! I could have used a whole spinoff episode about Pornchai, but alas, it was not meant to be. He made Belinda the sweetest offer ever to start a spa together, but she turns him down as soon as she gets her $5 million. Harsh. I hope there are better things on the horizon for this kind, kind man.

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19

Christian Friedel as Fabian

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Dead or alive: Alive

We only got to hear Fabian sing one time, and I think that's the true crime of the season.

20

Patravadi Mejudhon (aka Lek Patravadi) as Sritala Hollinger

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Dead or alive: Alive

Another huge crime is that we'll never get to see the fake movie Frank and Rick were courting Sritala for. She lost a husband and a movie deal in one fell swoop.

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