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Before you check in to Cannes

Previously at The White Lotus

Three resorts, three weeks, a body every time. If you are new — or it has been a while — here is each season in a minute. Who died stays behind the door: open it only if you have watched.

A painted Hawaiian coast at golden hour; two figures carry a crate toward a seaplane.

Season 1 · July 2021 · 6 episodes

Hawaii

The White Lotus Maui — filmed at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea.

One week at a resort on Maui. Newlyweds on a honeymoon that curdles, a wealthy family with two cynical teenagers, a grieving heiress with her mother’s ashes — and the staff who smile through all of it. Armond, the manager, is five months sober when they arrive.

The season opens at the airport, with a coffin being loaded onto the plane home.

Checked in: Armond, Tanya McQuoid, Belinda Lindsey, Shane Patton, Rachel Patton, Nicole Mossbacher, Olivia Mossbacher

Do not disturbWho did not check out — spoiler

The coffin loaded onto the plane belongs to Armond, the resort manager — stabbed by Shane Patton.

▶ The trailer▶ Mike White unpacks it (spoilers)

A painted Sicilian terrace with lemon trees above a bay; Etna smokes in the distance; a hat floats on the sea.

Season 2 · October 2022 · 7 episodes

Sicily

The White Lotus Sicily, Taormina — filmed at the San Domenico Palace (Four Seasons), with Palermo, Noto and Cefalù.

One week in Taormina, Sicily. Three generations of the Di Grasso men chase their roots, two couples on holiday together compete and suspect, two local women work the hotel’s guests — and Tanya, now married to Greg, starts to wonder what he is up to.

The season opens on a beach, with a body floating in the sea.

Checked in: Tanya McQuoid, Greg Hunt (“Gary”), Portia, Harper Spiller, Daphne Sullivan, Lucia Greco, Quentin

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Tanya McQuoid shoots Quentin and most of his friends on the yacht, then drowns trying to get off it.

▶ The trailer▶ Mike White unpacks it (spoilers)

A painted Thai temple-mural lotus pond with monkeys and a spirit house; something floats among the leaves.

Season 3 · February 2025 · 8 episodes

Thailand

The White Lotus Thailand, Koh Samui — filmed at the Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui, with Bangkok and Phuket.

One week at a wellness resort on Koh Samui. A rich North Carolina family about to lose everything, three old friends keeping score, a man with a much younger girlfriend hunting someone from his past — and Belinda, from the first season, on a staff exchange. Greg is in Thailand too, under another name.

The season opens with gunshots by the resort’s pond.

Checked in: Rick Hatchett, Chelsea, Timothy Ratliff, Victoria Ratliff, Lochlan Ratliff, Laurie, Belinda Lindsey

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Rick Hatchett kills Jim Hollinger; Chelsea dies in the crossfire; Gaitok shoots Rick. Lochlan is poisoned but survives.

▶ The trailer▶ Mike White unpacks it (spoilers)

And now

Season 4: Cannes

Season 4 moves to the Côte d’Azur, during the Cannes Film Festival, with an all-new cast — though HBO has hinted that a familiar face or two may check back in.

Play: who won’t check out?Every Season 4 rumor, graded