So, ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Was Bad

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I was waiting until the finale to see if my suspicions were right about this season and yes, in fact, season 3 of The White Lotus was not good. It was bad.
The White Lotus season 3 is full of decent individual moments and some good individual performances, but the way this was scripted was awful with predictable plotlines, bizarre tropes and characters that ultimately went nowhere interesting for the duration of the season.
We might as well start with Rick, who we now know was the instigator of the shooting and what would end up being five total deaths, including his own. It made literally no sense at all that Rick would go to Bangkok, threaten a powerful man with a gun in his face, then casually stroll back to the hotel the man owns to have brunch with his girlfriend. Hell, you don’t go back at all, you just tell Chelsea to get on a plane immediately and get back to meet you in America. What did he think was going to happen? He’s not a stupid character, but this is a very stupid script.
As for the shootout, I predicted this, but I still cannot believe they actually went through it. They did in fact pull a Darth Vader where it was revealed that Jim was Rick’s father, something pretty much yelled from the rooftops during their first encounter, and the shock would have been if this was not true. It’s just absurd they actually dusted this one off to use in the show.
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