SPOILERS are forward for The White Lotus Season 3, now streaming with a Max subscription. Do not learn on until you’ve got seen the finale!
The White Lotus finale has sparked all kinds of questions because it aired final weekend, however I don’t suppose we’re speaking sufficient about Natasha Rothwell’s Belinda. Certain, the returning character might not have been on a revenge quest to mockingly kill his personal father or tried to poison her household with Piña Coladas, however she and her son did efficiently earn a hefty $5 million from Tanya’s husband Greg Hunt to be able to maintain quiet about her demise. Whereas it could be stunning if her life from there was paradise, I feel I do know higher after seeing the previous three seasons of the present.
By way of every season of The White Lotus, creator Mike White has explored the twisted and chaotic privilege of varied friends at his fictional White Lotus luxurious resorts. However, in every season, he’s chosen a extra particular theme to base the narrative round. In Season 1 targeted on class privilege, Season 2 was about intercourse and love and Season 3 was all about spirituality. However the throughline has at all times been about characters in excessive tax brackets. Belinda in Season 1 and Season 3 was an outlier, however after she set sail within the finale, issues modified. I wish to speak about how I feel this would possibly result in a prediction of mine.
Belinda Left Thailand With $5 Million, And I Love That For Her
Earlier than I get all darkish and deep with this piece, No. 1: Belinda simply had the perfect Thai trip ever. Certain, she thought she was staying on the similar resort as a possible assassin for half of it, however she additionally discovered some romance with Pornchai, and ended up placing a take care of assist from her son to obtain $5 million {dollars} from Greg in trade for her silence. As I might be, Belinda was tremendous uncertain about making the deal as a result of she didn’t wish to be an confederate to homicide, however as we all know because the viewers, she isn’t within the first place, as a result of Tanya wasn’t murdered in any case, she fell off a ship and drowned.
So, Belinda strolling away with $5 million means she’ll get to actually transfer up on the earth and begin her personal enterprise. Plus, it’s an excellent wrap-up to her story with Tanya within the first season, after Belinda had labored on a proposal, and Tanya ended up blowing her off for Greg. It’s sort of an excellent karma, full-circle storyline, proper? However what if there’s extra to it brewing?
However, It Additionally Means That Belinda Might Be Simply As Wealthy As Different White Lotus Visitors
I additionally discovered the finale reveal fascinating as a result of it’s going to fully change Belinda’s life. Earlier within the season, I used to be fascinated with how Belinda is among the few characters in The White Lotus Season 3 I can actually relate to (except for features of the too-real feminine friendship plotline) as a result of she doesn’t spend all her holidays in a pleasant resort. She’s not used to actually taking time for herself and sharing the identical sort of luxuries as a well-known actress or a rich financier.
Nonetheless, if she does come again for a future White Lotus season, chances are high issues are going to be completely different any further. I’m imagining Season 4 skipping out on the return of Belinda, however one other future season, like 5 or 6, might carry her again at a time when she’s established her enterprise and is completely thriving. Maybe within the matter of only a few years, she turns into probably the most profitable spa tycoons on the earth however decides to return to a White Lotus resort to recollect her humble beginnings. And as an alternative of being the underdog, this time, she’s one of many privileged friends.
Belinda Is Not Protected As Lengthy As She’s Not The Solely Particular person Who Can Join Greg To Tanya’s Loss of life
To return to Greg for a second, should you return to Season 2, you could recall that Belinda shouldn’t be the one unfastened finish for Tanya’s late husband. Haley Lou Richardson’s Portia additionally suspected Greg when she left Italy, it simply wasn’t clear if she did something about it. What if Season 4 brings Portia again into the fold, or we be taught that she’s tipped the police off, however Greg doesn’t comprehend it’s Portia somewhat than Belinda, and she or he’s then in peril once more?
Whereas this a part of my prediction is extra speculative and brainstormy, my primary level right here is that Belinda’s issues received’t essentially finish simply because she took Greg’s $5 million and ran with it. As The Infamous B.I.G. famously says: ‘Mo Cash, Mo Issues”. And I wager Mike White will wish to discover that in some unspecified time in the future.
I Might See Mike White Ending The Collection With Belinda Incomes Her Personal Lesson Of Privilege
Whereas The White Lotus Season 3 forged speculated who might be forged in Season 4, in the meanwhile, we don’t know what the creator has in retailer for the following installment. An HBO programming government has stated (through Deadline) that the following season would probably be “someplace in Europe.” (And that positively provides extra weight to my Portia idea!) Apart from that, we’re just about in the dead of night. Nonetheless, given the way in which issues ended with Belinda and have already began with Belinda, how excellent would it not be if the collection ended with Belinda falling like the opposite White Lotus friends after beginning as a spa supervisor at one of many resorts and rising to the highest? I simply really feel like it could wrap up the present, each time it does finish, in a very round method.
And $5 million is $5 million. That sum of money might get Belinda in lots of success or hassle regardless of the way you slice it. In any case, right here’s hoping she does present up in a future season, however till then, you’ll be able to try our The White Lotus interviews with Natasha Rothwell and so forth.