Warning: this article contains spoilers for The White Lotus season 3, episode 6.
There are just two episodes left ofThe White Lotusseason 3, and things are certainly heating up.The White Lotusseason 3, episode 6was an insanely stressful and shocking episode that included several big reveals and close calls. In typicalThe White Lotusfashion, many of the characters are learning things about themselves and their traveling companions that they never knew before, prompting entertaining but difficult-to-watch fights, like that of Kate, Laurie, andLaclyn inThe White Lotusseason 3, episode 6.
Elsewhere, the Ratliff family is spiraling. Between Victoria’s prescription drug abuse,Timothy’s visions of death inThe White Lotus, and the horrifying realization of theRatliff brothers' incestfollowing the full moon party, only Piper seems to be in her right mind. While the Ratliffs may be having the worst time of the bunch, Belinda and Gary seem set for a showdown in the final episodes, as do Rick and Sritala’s mysterious husband. With several characters seemingly on the path to destruction, it is difficult to say who the victim will be, but a few people seem surprisingly safe.
8Zion Lindsey
Belinda’s Son Is The Only Character Who Is Safe For Sure
If there is any character that viewers ofThe White Lotushave probably crossed off their list as the potential victim, it is Zion Lindsey. Belinda’s son has just arrived at The White Lotus Thailand after the other guests have already had time to cause chaos. Aside from him being happy to learn that his mom is enjoying Thailand, Zion has not really had time to do much of anything at all. Audiences have learned that he is a busy student, but other than a minor level of stress,there are no indicators that he is in harm’s way.
What’s more,Zion is in the opening scene of the season where he hears gunshots. During a meditation session with Amrita, Zion senses the danger and goes out of his way to search for his mom, only to be the one to find the dead body in the water. UnlessThe White Lotusseason 3 completely changes its previous format and has more characters die after the first dead body is found, which seems very unlikely, Zion cannot be the murder victim. Instead, he is the unlucky person to find the victim.
7Amrita
Her Appearance In The Show’s Opening Makes Her Death Unlikely
Much like Zion,Amrita is in this season’s opening sequence. Zion notices the gunshots before she does, but once he points them out, she is quick to leave the room to look for safety elsewhere. While there is a slight gap between when she leaves Zion in the meditation room and when he finds the body, it is doubtful that it would be enough time for her to have been killed and then float over to him. It is much more likely that she just went to find safety for herself or possibly to notify the authorities.
While Amrita has appeared throughout season 3 more than Zion has, since she has been at the resort since before the guests' arrival, she still does not interact with the guests as much as some of the other employees do. Audiences simply have not seen that much of her, and every time she does show up in a scene it is very pleasant. Though Rick is often rude to the other guests and even his girlfriend, Chelsea, he actually has a seemingly good and honest relationship with Amrita. Becausepast victims have all had conflicts with other characters, Amrita just doesn’t seem like she is the victim.
6Pam
The Health Mentor Has Not Been Around Much
Pam is another character that we simply have not seen that much of inThe White Lotusseason 3, so on the whole it just would not make sense for her to be the victim. In the past two seasons, the victims have been main characters that we’ve really gotten to see fall into some bad situations. Whether it was Armond in season 1 or Tanya in season 2,the victim has been a character that audiences have been able to care aboutand see develop as the season progresses, and that just is not Pam.
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While, admittedly, Pam has had some frustrating interactions with the Ratliff family over their use of phones during their trip, she has not been around for anything else. Because the Ratliff family’s problems are largely internalized within the family and don’t involve them interacting with the other guests or staff too much, it seems unlikely that Pam is going to face any real threat to her life. To be quite honest,Pam’s death simply would not be a satisfying conclusion to the season, andThe White Lotusis too good a show to waste a season finale.
5Laurie Duffy
She May Be Fighting With Her Friends But I Don’t See Them Killing Her
The Laurie, Jaclyn, and Kate friendship storyline in this season ofThe White Lotushas been very entertaining but incredibly stressful. SinceJaclyn slept with Valentinin episode 5 and Kate and Laurie found out about it,episode 6 was very tense between the friends. Laurie was much more upset about it than she was admitting to, causing even more friction in a group that was already centered around gossiping about each other. However, I don’t see this friction leading to Laurie’s murder.
Whether Laurie was right or wrong to call Jaclyn out for cheating on her husband,their friend group definitely does not seem ready to resort to murder to solve their disagreements. We have already seen that all three of the friends are more than happy to gossip about each other, and it even seems like this has been their MO since childhood. Arguably, the three of them would be better off not being friends as they seem to disagree about something new every day, but I don’t think their friendship will end with Jaclyn killing Laurie over the issue.
4Victoria Ratliff
Her Death Has Been Teased Too Much
Parker Posey’s performance as Victoria Ratliff has been absolutely hilarious this season, so it would be such a shame to see it end with her death. The North Carolina native has seemed completely out of her depth in Thailand, which she inexplicably keeps referring to as China, and has been drinking and taking antianxiety medication throughout the entire season. While these factors seem to hint that she could beThe White Lotus’s next victim, there is one simple reason I don’t think it will be her.The show has hinted at her death far too muchalready.
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FromVictoria’s sinister dream about a tsunamiearlier in the season to her husband’s vision of her death, there have been several indicators that Victoria could be in harm’s way. Past seasons have also seen warning signs build-up, but they have been in the characters' daily lives, not in dreams or visions, making Victoria’s case slightly different. Earlier in the season I would have said she could be the victim as her reliance on Lorazepam could lead to an accident, but since Timothy took those, Victoria’s drug-induced grogginess is less of an issue as well.
3Timothy Ratliff
All The Death Fakeouts Have Made Him Too Obvious To Be The Real Victim
If there is one character who is having by far the worst vacation, it is Timothy Ratliff. Much like his wife, Timothy’s death has been very close on several occasions. After learning that one of his former business partners was being investigated and thatTimothy was implicated in the crime, he has been spiraling ever since. Tim even steals the gun from Gaitok’s office and nearly commits suicide, later imagining killing himself and then again killing his wife and himself.There is no doubt that his life will change massively after this trip, but I don’t think he will die.
The visions of Timothy’s death seem too obvious of a red herring for them to actually come true. There is certainly a reckoning coming for Timothy, but at the end of the day he does love his family and even seemed like he was beginning to recognize how much his death would hurt them. Timothy is certainly still in a bad place mentally, but especially considering thatGaitok now has the gun back, it seems unlikely that Timothy Ratliff would attempt to steal it again to harm himself or his wife.
2Chelsea
Bad things have been happening all around Chelsea inThe White Lotusseason 3.Thanks to the robbery in the hotel’s shop and her surprising snake bite,Chelsea has had two close calls with death this season already. She has also stated that bad things come in threes, implying that something else could happen to her too. Despite Chelsea’s bad omens, she should be in the clear now as she is fairly removed from all the main conflicts, and her death would simply be too cruel.
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Aside from Belinda, whose situation with Greg/Gary is concerning, Chelsea is the sweetest character this season, so her death would be completely unjustified. Furthermore, though the people all around Chelsea are getting into trouble, she is not. While Rick has a vendetta that he needs to sort out, Chloe’s situation with Gary is concerning, and the Ratliff brothers definitely have problems, Chelsea is just on the outside of these issues.She has been unproblematic the entire season, so killing her off in a freak accident would be devastating.
1Kate Bohr
Right Now Kate Seems Determined To Keep The Peace
Earlier in the season, Kate’s admission that she is an independent stirred up some trouble among her friends and highlighted her differences with her more liberal friends, but at this point in the season, she has changed roles and become the peacekeeper between the other two. When the group went out partying, she was also the most reserved and concerned about making sure they were safe and not getting into any trouble. Her current level of caution makes me think that she is likely not going to be the victim inThe White Lotus.
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In previous seasons, the victim has had problems with either the murderer in Armond’s case or attempted murderers in Tanya’s case, meaning that the death will likely occur between two characters that have interacted before. As with Laurie, the trio’s friendship seems pretty questionable, but none of them seem inclined to murder and haven’t interacted with anyone else who would want to kill Kate. While the final two episodes ofThe White Lotusseason 3 will make the victim clear, right now I am not too worried for Kate’s safety.
