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‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap And Review: Same Spirits, New Forms

Headline from Forbes, on the newest of 4 developments

The White Lotus Returns with a riveting season 3 premiere, as we journey to Thailand with another colorful cast of the rich and miserable.

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Developments in this update

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  1. ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 to Premiere on HBO, With Wellness and Angst Included

    Headline from New York Times ·

  2. ‘White Lotus’ Season 3 cast would love to see Season 4 set in either of these two destinations

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

  3. 'The White Lotus' Season 3: Release Schedule and How to Watch

    Headline from CNET ·

  4. Newest

    ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap And Review: Same Spirits, New Forms

    Headline from Forbes ·

Reports & sources

34 articles, oldest first.

  1. Variety

    ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Is Extra Ambitious, but Gets Off to a Slow Start: TV Review (opens Variety)

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    Variety's feed description

    Season 3 of the HBO anthology, set in Thailand, is the most ambitious yet — but gets off to a slow start.

  2. Entertainment Weekly

    'The White Lotus' review: Season 3 gets off to a sleepy start (opens Entertainment Weekly)

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    Season 3 of 'The White Lotus' gets off to a sleepy start, but Mike White's HBO drama about rich-people malaise will eventually suck you in. Read our review.

  3. New York Post

    ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 is a mixed bag without Jennifer Coolidge — but who could be her successor? (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    "The White Lotus" Season 3 takes a cast including Patrick Schwarzenegger, Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon and Jason Isaacs to Thailand for some rich people behaving badly, sex — and maybe murder.

  4. Rolling Stone

    'The White Lotus' Season Three: Third Verse Same as the First (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    Mike White’s class-warfare satire again offers excellent actors — especially Carrie Coon — in a gorgeous location, yet hits the same beats as before.

  5. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘The White Lotus’ Review: Scathingly Good Acting Helps Rescue Thailand-Set Season 3 of Mike White’s HBO Series From Fatigue (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Walton Goggins, Parker Posey and Patrick Schwarzenegger lead the ensemble cast for the Thailand-set season 3 of Mike White's 'The White Lotus.

  6. The Guardian

    The White Lotus review – an absolutely exquisite third season (opens The Guardian)

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    Mike White’s masterly series takes a new gang of shiny unhappy people to a Thai resort and serves up a sumptuous feast for the senses. This is killer TV

  7. Observer

    ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Review: Intrigue and Uncertainty in Thailand (opens Observer)

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    Observer's feed description

    Mike White's third season meets the expectations set by its predecessors, but it hasn’t hit the heights of Season 2 just yet.

  8. New York Times

    ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 to Premiere on HBO, With Wellness and Angst Included (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Blackpink’s Lisa celebrated the third season of the HBO show, this time set at a luxury resort in Thailand.

  9. Local News 8

    ‘White Lotus’ Season 3 cast would love to see Season 4 set in either of these two destinations (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — As TV viewers get ready to lose themselves in another immersive, chaotic and dangerous luxury experience at the White Lotus, it’s difficult not to wonder where the resort might open its next location, now that the award-winning series is set for a fourth go-round.

  10. NPR

    'The White Lotus' lands in Thailand for its most soul-searching season yet (opens NPR)

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    Though less effervescent than past, The White Lotus Season 3 serves up plenty of financial secrets, dark family histories and kinky hijinks as it shoves its characters out of their comfort zone.

  11. Forbes

    ‘White Lotus’ Season 3: Sumptuous Locations, Deadly Possibilities (opens Forbes)

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    ‘The White Lotus’ has assembled a lavish collection of properties for the clueless rich to confront their delusions in season three. Who will make it out alive?

  12. Forbes

    Thailand Is Having A ‘White Lotus’ Travel Moment—Even Before Season 3 Kicks Off Sunday (opens Forbes)

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    With Season 3 of HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ launching Sunday night, Thailand is seeing a big boost in travel demand from American fans of the show.

  13. Local News 8

    Catch up on the drama before your next visit to ‘The White Lotus’ (opens Local News 8)

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    By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Less a ‘whodunnit’ than a ‘whowasitdunnto,’ “The White Lotus” features the discovery at each season’s opening of a dead body (or bodies) at an eponymous upscale resort, followed by a reset to one week prior, which slowly fills in the pieces of what happened, how it happen…

  14. CNN

    Here’s where things stood when we last visited ‘The White Lotus’ (opens CNN)

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    Viewers have been beguiled and baffled by Mike White’s “White Lotus series for two seasons, and excitement is running high for the next mysterious luxury excursion, set for Thailand to begin on Sunday night.

  15. Insider

    Here's the cast of 'The White Lotus' season 3 and where you might recognize them from (opens Insider)

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    Mike White's HBO series "The White Lotus" returns in season 3 with a new cast that includes Patrick Schwarzenegger, Parker Posey, and Walton Goggins.

  16. New York Post

    Get hitched in Thailand, where ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 is set (opens New York Post)

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    The show’s latest setting, the Four Seasons resort on the isle of Koh Samui, is about to be booked out for years to come.

  17. CNN

    ‘White Lotus’ S3 promises to lure more travelers to Thailand. These are the locations featured on the hit show (opens CNN)

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    With the third season of “The White Lotus” about to air, here’s a look at some of the locations in Thailand that appear on the hit HBO show, hotels included.

  18. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    ‘White Lotus' season 3 premiere: Where you've seen the cast before (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    With HBO premiering The White Lotus season three on Feb. 16, stars including Jason Isaacs, Leslie Bibb, Aimee Lou Wood and Natasha Rothwell may look familiar.

  19. CNET

    'The White Lotus' Season 3: Release Schedule and How to Watch (opens CNET)

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    CNET's feed description

    Mike White's hit series is back for another wild vacation.

  20. Insider

    Where was 'The White Lotus' season 3 filmed? (opens Insider)

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    A number of luxury hotels, including one in Phuket and one in Koh Samui, were used to bring the season to life.

  21. Glamour

    'The White Lotus' Season 3 Premiere Is So Shocking, Natasha Rothwell Gasped When She Saw the Script (opens Glamour)

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    Glamour's feed description

    The White Lotus season 3 is full of surprises as the Emmy-winning show returns, this time set in Thailand. The best storyline involves Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, and Leslie Bibb.

  22. CNET

    'The White Lotus' Season 3 Premieres Tonight. Here's How to Watch (opens CNET)

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    CNET's feed description

    Mike White's hit series is back for another wild vacation.

  23. Forbes

    What Time Does ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Come Out? (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    "The White Lotus" is back—and Season 3 kicks off tonight with its premiere episode. Here’s what time to watch and everything to know about the next chapter of the anthology series.

  24. Slate Magazine

    The White Lotus Keeps Falling Into the Same Trap (opens Slate Magazine)

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    Slate Magazine's feed description

    Season 3 of Mike White’s HBO series revolves around, surprise, more miserable rich people.

  25. Time

    Placing Our Bets on Who Is Dead in The White Lotus Season 3 (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    The HBO drama moves to Thailand and opens, as the show always does, with a mysterious death. Here are some clues as to who might be dead.

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