Warning: this article contains some spoilers for The White Lotus season 3, episode 6.Mike White’s popular HBO series,The White Lotus, has included more shocking moments than ever this season, especially surrounding the Ratliff family. Jason Isaacs portrays Timothy Ratliff inThe White Lotus’s castthis season, along with Parker Posey as his wife, Victoria. Victoria and their three children each have their own problems going on, but Timothy Ratliff is having by far the worst week. At the beginning of the season, it is revealed thatTimothy Ratliff committed a crimealong with his business partner Kenny, who has since decided to cooperate with the police.
As a result, Timothy is facing some serious consequences that he knows will have massive ramifications for his family’s lives when they return to North Carolina, leading toTim nearly committing suicide in episode 5. While he eventually decides to put the gun away at the end of the episode,The White Lotusseason 3, episode 6 has introducedTimothy having visions about his own deathwhich are notably darker fare than anythingThe White Lotushas broached in past seasons.
Timothy Ratliff’s Death Fakeouts Are Darker Than Any Of The White Lotus' Real Deaths Have Been
Timothy’s Death Visions Have Become Increasingly Concerning
In both season 1 and season 2 ofThe White Lotus, the deaths have ultimately been in very ironic or even comedic circumstances, but Timothy’s dark visions feel entirely opposite to those. Armond and Tanya’s deaths are built up to in a way that still has hints of sadness, but both definitely have jokes surrounding them. However,Timothy’s visions of death in episode 6 raise far too many real concerns. These sequences are very dramatic and completely change the tone that audiences have been used to throughout the show.
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In particular, Timothy imagining what would happen if he did shoot himself and his family found his body, highlights his mindset around living at that particular moment. Though the horror on Victoria and Piper’s faces arguably does remind him of everything that he would be leaving behind if he went through with the act. Likewise, following his conversation with Victoria earlier in the episode,Timothy’s second vision of killing her and then killing himself shows what a bad place he is inin a way thatThe White Lotushas not really done before.
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It Seems Unlikely That The Real Death Will Follow Tim’s Imagined Deaths
While Tim’s imagined deaths are definitely disturbing,it is actually this fact that makes me think he is not going to be the one to die inThe White Lotus’s ending. Instead, it would make a lot more sense for the actual death to be more along the lines of the previous seasons' ironic deaths. Tim’s very grim imagined deaths would make the show’s ending too serious, when the moments directly leading to the deaths in past seasons have been some of the weirdest and funniest moments of the entire show.
Especially since Gaitok got the gun back from Timothy in episode 6, it seems unlikely that he will get it again.
The context that audiences have so far about season 3’s death definitely falls more along the lines of those from past seasons. Especially since Gaitok got the gun back from Timothy in episode 6, it seems unlikely that he will get it again. Additionally, there is no confirmation that the person was actually shot, so the death could still end up being a completely unexpected fakeout, more like Tanya in season 2. While Timothy is still far from being in a stable place,The White Lotuslikely won’t end with his death.
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The White Lotus is a television series that explores the interactions of guests and staff at an upscale tropical resort. Premiering in 2021, the narrative unfolds over a week, revealing underlying complexities and tensions among the resort’s seemingly ideal travelers and employees.
