[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The White Lotus Season 3 Episode 1.]
The White Lotus is again together with a couple of acquainted face because the Season 3 premiere unveiled Belinda’s (Natasha Rothwell) beforehand introduced return alongside the resurfacing of none aside from Jon Gries‘ Greg, a.okay.a. Tanya’s (Jennifer Coolidge) murder-plotting husband from Seasons 1 and a pair of.
Upon studying of Gries’ return, Rothwell tells TV Insider, “It was simply the longest hug. I simply love him a lot.” When it got here to Belinda’s story arc, Rothwell didn’t know a lot, however upon studying Season 3’s scripts, she found that Gries would even be again for a brand new Thailand-based journey.
“I stated sure to the present earlier than studying scripts, so I had no thought. And my character was introduced earlier than I bought the scripts after which lastly I bought the scripts and I spotted he was gonna be there and I texted him I used to be like, ‘Holy sh*t, man!’” Rothwell recollects. “So to see him on set… Once you’re round good people who find themselves nice at what they do, it’s simply inspiring and iron sharpens iron, and so I like being throughout from somebody who’s that devoted to their craft as I’m.”
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As viewers noticed within the premiere episode, Belinda is visiting the titular resort’s Thailand location for a particular wellness change program, in hopes of selecting up new ideas and tips to convey again to the Hawaii-based location she works out of, and has but to really cross paths with Greg, if in any respect. However what prompts his return? In a scene towards the tip of the episode, Aimee Lou Wooden‘s Chelsea, a visitor, sits on the bar alone the place she meets one other younger girl, performed by Charlotte Le Bon.
When Chelsea asks if the girl is a visitor too, she reveals that she and her boyfriend solely go to to get meals and drinks and reside in a home on the high of the hill, and have for the previous 12 months. Pointing the person out to Chelsea, the digicam pans over to disclose Greg, the person Tanya had met in Hawaii and had married by the point Season 2 debuted.
However as viewers will recall, he had a job within the plot to homicide her as photos revealed connections to the expats who tried to kill her aboard their yacht. Memorably, their plan backfired and Tanya ended up taking pictures them, however her try to leap off the boat had lethal penalties when she hit her head and drowned.
So, what function will Greg play in Season 3? We’re already spiraling over potential theories. Under, we’re breaking down three potential instructions for his character’s story in Season 3, however keep tuned to see how his resurfacing will unfold as Season 3 continues on HBO and Max.
Greg’s Going to Get Caught
If there’s something this present might do to console us over the lack of Tanya, it might be to serve justice following her premature dying. The one technique to serve justice is that if Greg is lastly held accountable for his function in her demise. Clearly a con man, Greg’s gallivanting has to meet up with him sooner moderately than later, proper? A minimum of we are able to hope.
Greg’s Look is a Coincidence
As talked about by Le Bon’s character, she and Greg have been residing in Thailand for a 12 months, maybe his look is merely a coincidence as he lives beneath the radar following Tanya’s dying. In spite of everything, Tanya’s demise seemingly made means for a significant windfall as we all know she had fairly a hefty inheritance.
Greg’s Searching for to Remove Others
In a extra insidious idea, maybe Greg is much more calculated than we thought and he’s bought a brand new goal in sight. We all know his present girlfriend has squabbles with him as she laments over Greg’s habits on the bar with Chelsea. Might this new woman be in his crosshairs, or does he have new targets in thoughts?
Whereas we ponder this idea, the celebs of The White Lotus weigh in on why anybody would wish to homicide their characters this season within the video, above. Test it out, and tell us your Greg theories within the feedback part, under.
Extra Reporting by Kate Hahn
The White Lotus, Season 3, Sundays, 9/8c, HBO