The White Lotus Season 3’s Shock Solid Member Might Have Main Implications

Spoilers for “The White Lotus” Season 3, Episode 1, “Identical Spirits, New Types,” lie forward!!!

Because it seems, Natasha Rothwell is not the one particular person returning to “The White Lotus” after making her debut in Season 1. Partway via the Season 3 premiere of Mike White’s worldwide anthology and homicide thriller collection, we discover out that Greg, performed by Jon Gries in each Seasons 1 and a pair of, is again … however he is going by the title “Gary” this time and has been residing in a non-public residence in Thailand for a few 12 months.

Two of the brand new visitors on the fictional luxurious resort in Thailand — Aimee Lou Wooden’s Chelsea and her much-older and seemingly troubled boyfriend Rick Hatchett (performed by Walton Goggins) — find yourself combating fairly rapidly after they arrive, at which level Chelsea decides to have a solo drink on the lodge bar. It is there that she meets Chloe, who additionally occurs to be vacationing with a crabby older man; when she factors him out alone at their desk, the grump is none aside from Greg, however once more, Chloe refers to him as Gary. If we’re assuming that Chloe is not in on Greg’s obvious deception (and I am assuming that for now), he is perhaps on the run, however the level is that he has some motive to wish to stay nameless … which might grow to be an issue when you think about Rothwell’s character. Rothwell performed Belinda, the spa supervisor of the Maui location of the White Lotus, within the collection’ debut season; if she acknowledges Gary as Greg, he might find yourself uncovered … particularly as a result of Belinda is aware of about Greg’s reference to Tanya McQuoid (performed by Jennifer Coolidge).

Once we first met Jon Gries’ Greg in Season 1, he was staying on the White Lotus in Maui alongside Tanya McQuoid, a rich, erratic, and single girl visiting the Hawaiian paradise to scatter her late mom’s ashes. Throughout their keep, Greg quietly after which fairly aggressively romances Tanya, who is totally overwhelmed by his consideration … and sadly for Belinda, Greg’s dalliance with Tanya impacts her livelihood. When Greg first asks Tanya out to dinner, Tanya already has plans with Belinda as a result of she promised the spa supervisor they may talk about a large monetary funding for Belinda to start out her personal wellness heart. Tanya, determined for Greg’s consideration, cancels on Belinda and finally reneges on their deal, crushing Belinda’s goals. (Greg additionally tells Tanya that he is terminally unwell and desires monetary assist for remedy; whether or not or not that is true remains to be up within the air.)

Greg and Tanya finally reappear in Season 2 — which takes place within the coastal city of Taormina in Sicily, Italy — and immediately, it is apparent that Greg is shedding his persistence with Tanya, who’s now his spouse. Not solely is Greg livid that Tanya introduced her beleaguered assistant Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) on the journey (to the purpose the place Tanya orders Portia to cover from Greg throughout the entire trip), however he additionally vanishes partway via the season, claiming that he has to go to Denver for a piece dedication. Simply earlier than he leaves, nonetheless, Tanya overhears him make a cellphone name that positively looks as if it is directed to a different lover … and after Greg leaves Tanya alone in Sicily, issues go from unhealthy to worse for her.

As far is Greg is anxious, there are solely two issues he must find out about his spouse Tanya: 1) she has a ton of cash, and a pair of) he completely hates her. Primarily based on this, followers have been speculating ever since Season 2 aired in 2022 that Greg orchestrated every little thing that occurs to Tanya after he leaves Sicily.

Shortly after Greg leaves, Tanya and Portia meet Quentin (Tom Hollander), a rich queer man with a ton of hard-partying associates who finally ends up bringing Tanya as a visitor to his palatial house in Palermo. Whereas she’s there, the 2 attend the opera collectively and Tanya is handled as Quentin’s visitor of honor, however it all feels actually sinister, particularly when Tanya by accident makes two discoveries: 1) she finds a photograph of Quentin in his youthful years with a man who simply is perhaps Greg, and a pair of) she additionally catches Quentin in flagrante with the younger man he refers to as his nephew (Jack, as performed by “One Day” standout Leo Woodall). Aboard Quentin’s boat on the best way again from Palermo, Tanya finds suspicious objects together with a rope and a gun and realizes her life is perhaps at risk; in one of many collection’ funniest scenes, she squeezes her eyes shut and shoots her means via the boat, asking Quentin if Greg is having an affair proper earlier than killing him. Although she mows completely everybody down, Tanya finally ends up dying when she tries to leap off of the boat and right into a dinghy to get again to the resort, and her physique is found the following day.

So, was Greg behind Quentin’s obvious try to kill Tanya, presumably for her cash? We’d simply discover out as Season 3 of “The White Lotus” continues, with new episodes debuting each Sunday on Max and HBO at 9 P.M. EST.