Some spoilers for each the previous Season 2 and Season 3 of The White Lotus might be discovered on this article. Do not say I did not warn ya! (But additionally completely catch up!)
Ever because the premiere episode for The White Lotus Season 3 arrived on the 2025 TV schedule this previous weekend, there’s been one second that is been sticking in my mind: The return of Jon Grie’s Greg Hunt. I’ll be trustworthy, for a second I truly didn’t clock that he was the husband of Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya (particularly since Season 2 aired method again in 2022), however as soon as I did, I made a decision it was needed for me to do some digging into the character’s historical past to date. And I’m blissful I did, as a result of it has already led me to attract quite a lot of conclusions and hopes for the brand new season.
When Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya died throughout Season 2 of The White Lotus, we filed it beneath the most surprising TV deaths of the yr. Time has handed, however I nonetheless can’t imagine creator Mike White had the center to kill such a standout character! It was significantly a powerful transfer. Whereas I’m already lacking Tanya, I do suppose the return of Greg may result in some wanted closure from Season 2. Let’s discuss it.
Once I Appeared Again At His Season 1 Introduction, Greg Was Shady From The Starting
So, for a little bit of a refresher, Jon Gries’ Greg Hunt first confirmed up in The White Lotus in Season 1, Episode 4 on the Maui resort the place Tanya has gone to unfold her mom’s ashes within the ocean. They first meet when Greg is making an attempt to make use of his key to get right into a room and it isn’t working. Tanya arrives on the door, the place she lets him know that he’s making an attempt to get into her room, fairly than his. Whereas it could have seemed like a meet cute on the time, after I rewatched the scene years later, I may simply see the way it might need been a setup to fulfill Tanya and begin a connection for conning functions.
Not lengthy after their first assembly, he asks her out to dinner, and Tanya cancels a dinner she had arrange with Belinda with the intention to meet with him. As soon as they do go to dinner collectively, Greg is fairly awkward, and doesn’t appear deeply fascinated by her. The pair do find yourself hitting it off. Tanya is a simple goal as a result of she’s very needy and appears to be particularly unhappy after her mom’s passing. Proper earlier than the holiday ends, he tells Tanya he has some well being points and will instantly “drop lifeless.”
What I discovered notably fascinating is how Tanya tells Greg she’s had “each sort of remedy” over time and “demise is the final immersive expertise I haven’t tried.” Now that I do know that Tanya had successful on her head, and Greg was concerned, I ponder if he took that as an invite to off her for some further money?
He Positively Employed The Murderous Gays To Kill Tanya In Season 2
That brings us to Season 2, once we catch again up with Tanya and Greg after they’ve gotten married and issues are clearly strained between them throughout a visit to Sicily. Proper off the bat, Greg may be very irritated that Tanya’s assistant, Haley Lu Richardson’s Portia, has accompanied them on the journey, and he additionally appears extraordinarily sad inside their marriage. He additionally usually tucks himself away for frequent secret cellphone calls, the place he even utters one thing to the likes of “she doesn’t suspect a factor.” Then, unexpectedly he says he must fly again to Colorado with the intention to maintain enterprise as she’s being wined and dined by a bunch of fancy homosexual males.
That leads us to the viral second the place Tanya realizes “these gays try to homicide me” whereas on a yacht with them, and the place she finally does die. This occurs not lengthy after she sees a photograph of a youthful Greg alongside the lead homosexual, Quentin. Portia additionally calls her proper earlier than to counsel she thinks one thing unhealthy is about to go down. Tanya places two and two collectively concerning how she’d have to die to ensure that him to get her cash, and he did “insist” they arrive to Sicily.
I’m Anxious About Belinda And Chloe, However I Assume There May Be A Twist
Now that we all know that Greg is a part of Season 3, and Belinda is there too, it appears like there’s solely a matter of time earlier than some dots are linked. For now, we all know that Greg is touring with a brand new important different in Charlotte Le Bon’s Chloe, who bonds with Aimee Lou Wooden over having grumpy, wealthy, balding boyfriends. Contemplating Greg can afford a keep in Thailand at one other White Lotus resort, and never behind bars or in a meat-grinding machine, as Coolidge hopes for the character, it may be assumed he bought away with it.
What I’m questioning is that if Chloe is one other “mark” for Greg, or if he’s actually with somebody he likes this time. Plus, I may see the roles being reversed now that he’s stacked, and Chloe maybe being the one who’s courting for cash. I do suppose this season has to finish with Greg getting what he deserves! Or, no less than I hope it does.
And, I Surprise If Season 3 Will Tie Up One other Season 2 Unfastened Finish
Throughout my Greg deep dive, I used to be additionally reminded a couple of main free finish in Season 2 that the collection left us with final time round. Tanya’s assistant Portia was very a lot somebody who had a sense Tanya would die, and he or she very a lot did. So, did Greg know Portia was on to him? Did she go to the police about it? I’ve to surprise if Season 3 will get into this in any respect, as a result of it could be a missed alternative if it didn’t play any function (in my view).
Season 3 begins with the tease of some sort of gunfire occurring, and I definitely surprise if Greg can have something to do with it! We’ll see because the present continues to unfold on HBO and Max on Sundays.