HBO just dropped the first trailer for the highly-anticipated third season of The White Lotus, the brilliant anthology series from Mike White and one of my personal favorite shows on TV.
The star-studded trailer introduces us to the cast of well-to-do tourists and the staff of the titular hotel’s Thailand location. Give it a watch before we proceed:
The White Lotus has taken us to Hawaii (Season 1) and Italy (Season 2) and is now heading east. The show is part dark comedy, part character drama and part mystery. Each season opens with a murder or murders, but you don’t know any of the details including who the victim(s) or killer(s) might be.
Season 3 has an all-new cast, though one character from Season 1 returns, similarly to how one character from Season 1 took on a much larger role in Season 2. The ensemble cast includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood. Additional cast include Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Dom Hetrakul, Julian Kostov, Charlotte Le Bon, Morgana O’Reilly, and Shalini Peiris.
I’m especially excited to see Walton Goggins and Jason Isaacs in this, as both seem perfect for The White Lotus. I’m also happy to see Michelle Monaghan who recently turned up in the excellent Apple TV series, Bad Monkey, and who many will recognize from the excellent first season of True Detective.
The White Lotus has been a critical darling, nominated for 43 Emmys over its first two seasons and taking 15 of those home, including a Best Supporting Actress award for Jennifer Coolidge in 2023. The first season also won Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series. The second season was nominated for the Drama category and lost out to the also phenomenal Succession (nothing really stood a chance against that show in 2023).
Season 3 debuts on HBO and Max on February 16th.
