"At the End of the Week, You Will Be an Entirely Different Person": The Full 'The White Lotus' Season Three Trailer Is Here
Come February, what happens in Thailand stays in Thailand in the third season of HBO's hit holiday-set drama.
If you thought that the White Lotus resorts in Hawaii and Sicily were luxe, Thailand's counterpart has news for you: "our hotel is the best in the world," guests are told upon checking in, as viewers can see in the just-dropped full season-three trailer. A new batch of travellers is making the chain their temporary home away from home, and a new round of chaos is certain to ensue. Also exclaimed in the latest sneak peek: "what happens in Thailand stays in Thailand".
The acclaimed series returns for its third run in mid-February 2025 — and while a vacation at an opulent hotel is normally relaxing, that isn't what folks find in this show. It was true in the first season in 2021, then in season two in 2023, each with a largely different group of holidaymakers. Based on the various glimpses at season three over the last few months, that's of course set to be accurate again in the eight-episode run that arrives from Monday, February 17 Australian and New Zealand time.
Walton Goggins (Fallout), Carrie Coon (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Jason Isaacs (The Crowded Room), Michelle Monaghan (MaXXXine), Leslie Bibb (Palm Royale) and Parker Posey (Mr & Mrs Smith) are among the vacationers hoping to enjoy a White Lotus stay this time, alongside Sam Nivola (The Perfect Couple), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V), Sarah Catherine Hook (Cruel Intentions) and Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education). Families, couples and friends on getaways: they're all covered by the above cast members.
From season one, Natasha Rothwell (How to Die Alone) is back Hawaii spa manager Belinda, who advises that she's there on an exchange program to take some knowledge back to Maui. Season three also stars Lisa from BLACKPINK, Lek Patravadi (In Family We Trust), Tayme Thapthimthong (Thai Cave Rescue), Nicholas Duvernay (Bel-Air), Arnas Fedaravičius (The Wheel of Time), Christian Friedel (The Zone of Interest), Scott Glenn (Bad Monkey), Dom Hetrakul (The Sweetest Taboo), Julian Kostov (Alex Rider), Charlotte Le Bon (Niki), Morgana O'Reilly (Bookworm) and Shalini Peiris (The Ark).
Bad feelings, seeking pleasure but finding pain, threatening to drink oneself to sleep, wanting to always live like this, family reunions, angry rich men, possible prison sentences, protecting the hotel: alongside guns, dancing, judgemental pals, missing pills, snakes, swims, monkeys, ambulances, complaints about gluten-free rice and a body bag, they're all featured in the clips from season three, which takes place over the course of a week.
Where the Mike White (Brad's Status)-created, -written and -directed satire's first season had money in its sights and the second honed in on sex, eastern religion and spirituality is in the spotlight in season three. What'll be in store after this? While the third go-around is 2025's must-see viewing, HBO has already renewed The White Lotus for its fourth season.
Check out the full trailer for The White Lotus season three below:
The White Lotus returns on Sunday, February 16 in the US, which is Monday, February 17 Down Under. At present, the series streams via Binge in Australia and on Neon in New Zealand.
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