SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “The White Lotus,” now streaming on Max.
In the beginning, you could almost forget “The White Lotus” was a kind of murder mystery. Back in 2021, Season 1 of the HBO drama put social farce first and deadly stakes a distant second, using a dead body as a hook only for creator Mike White to prove he didn’t need one to hold our attention. But as the series has grown from a pandemic lark into a juggernaut franchise, “The White Lotus” has leaned into the elements that define it across continents and star-studded casts. That includes the fatalities.
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