‘White Lotus’ Season 3: What happened in the killer finale

The ‘White Lotus’ has closed out its blockbuster third season with a bang. Well, a few actually.

“The White Lotus” has closed out its blockbuster third season with a bang. Well, a few actually. In Sunday’s stressful Season 3 finale, all the storylines came to a tragic climax, with Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), Rick (Walton Goggins) and Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn), who was revealed to be Rick’s real father, all dying in a shootout at the resort. This was, of course, somewhat predicted by Chelsea earlier in the season, who insisted that bad things happened in threes. Here’s how it played out: Back at the resort after Rick’s return from Bangkok, he expressed how fulfilled and free he felt after confronting Hollinger, the man he believed killed his father years ago. This is short lived, however. Hollinger confronted Rick during breakfast and told him that his father “was no saint” and called Rick’s mother a liar. He also opened his jacket and showed Rick that he was carrying a gun, essentially daring Rick to attack him again. Rick got upset that Hollinger insulted his mother and sought out Amrita (Shalini Peiris), the spiritual counselor, for guidance on how to handle his desperate state. Before they could speak – she had a session with Zion (Nicholas Duvernay) – Rick spotted Hollinger again. In a fury, he grabbed Hollinger’s gun from his holster and shot him in the chest as he was posing for photos with the blonde blob. Sritala (Lek Patravadi), holding her husband in her arms on the ground cried out to Rick, “Why?”