Who will die in ‘The White Lotus’ season three? Fans make their predictions

The White Lotus’ third season has kept viewers gripped ever since its debut on February 16. One mystery that has fans talking, however, is the identity of the body from episode one.

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The show opened with a flash forward that saw Zion, the son of White Lotus Maui spa manager Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) join his mother on a visit to a sister location in Ko Samui, Thailand. His meditation session at the resort is interrupted by repeated gunfire nearby. While scrambling through a pond to look for his mother, Zion discovers a dead body.

The show then goes back one week to introduce us to the main cast for this season. However, with half of the episodes already aired, fans are sharing their theories as to whom the body might be.

One viewer believes it may be Belinda, due to her son finding the body and previous confrontations. “I think it’s Belinda bc wasn’t that her son who found the body,” they posted, “and she confronted Craig/Gary which made him really angry and the ending of the last ep kinda hinting at someone being in her room”.

I think it’s Belinda bc wasn’t that her son who found the body, and she confronted Craig/Gary which made him really angry and the ending of the last ep kinda hinting at someone being in her room
(Also sorry to insert myself into this convo, I just have a lot of theories lol)

— Georgia (@rev0lution0) March 5, 2025

Another believed that the evidence as to the identity is there in the show’s beginning. “My bet on who will die in The White Lotus S3 goes to Patrick Schwarzenegger or Jason Isaacs (you just have to watch the first episode)” they said. Isaacs plays Timothy Ratliff, a financier in trouble, and Schwarzenegger plays his son Saxon.

My bet on who will die in The White Lotus S3 goes to Patrick Schwarzenegger or Jason Isaacs (you just have to watch the first episode) Read More