This post contains spoiler For “The White Lotus”.
When we see Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins) for the first time in season 3 of “The White Lotus”, his latent fear becomes apparently immediately. Weared as a boat The guests who are supposed to stay in the White Lotus’ Ko Samui Branch When we zoom in, we notice that Rick’s visible discomfort against the lovable optimism of his friend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) is opposed. Rick’s indifference to the natural beauty of the resort and what it has to offer to its guests and rarely stirs himself, even if Chelsea gently gets him to relax and have fun. “What kind of chip does this man have on his shoulder?” We will be surprised, especially if The facades carried by every other guest are currently being dealt with.
The first hint we get to analyze Rick’s behavior is his disappointment when he learns that the husband’s husband, Jim Hollinger, is not present in the resort. The owner Sritala (LEK Patravadi) becomes the focus of attention during her short stay, since she is a local celebrity that has also done the hotel’s health program. Rick’s behavior becomes particularly vigilant when Sritala is nearby, and indicates a kind of truth that he wants to achieve by finding an opportunity to speak to her. Well, this opportunity arrives in Episode 3, in which Rick is approaching Srick while he pretends to be a producer in the entertainment business that she wants to introduce to a director. A meeting with Stritala is arranged in Bangkok, but Rick’s true intentions are still kept under closure.
That means until Chelsea Rick confronted with his spontaneous Bangkok trip in “Hide or Seek”. With everything we have learned about Rick’s past so far, it becomes clear that the Bangkok meeting is part of a revenge plan that is rooted in mourning. Let us dive deeper into Rick’s motivations behind the visit to the white Lotus Thailand.
Rick’s self -confidence depends on his thirst to revenge in the white lotus
While Rick’s wellness sessions with Amrita (Shalini Peiris), he reveals that after the alleged murder of his father and the subsequent death of his mother, he always felt like a non-animal. “Nothing comes out of nowhere,” he says, after Amrita asks him, to reach into his psyche and to search for a reason to let go of his painful past. Later Amrita Rick gently tells that he does not have to be stuck because he can “escape the karmic cycle” and that she has hope for him. Although Rick seems to have come into conflict, he exhibits his grief and anger and only opens when Chelsea confronts him about it While Gary/Gregs (Jon Gries) Weird Yacht Party.
Rick is firmly convinced that Jim Hollinger (Sritala’s husband) killed his father, whom Rick sees as a good man as a good man because he has entered what is right. Rick’s trip to Thailand was prompted by the assumption that Jim on White Lotus would be, but since the man is now in Bangkok, he decides to face his father’s murderer there. After Chelsea has learned the truth, he is as cute and sensitive as always. After all, Rick was not witness to the death of his father and his lifelong goal to hunt Jim, comes from his mother’s last words before her death.
This is a burden that Rick has been wearing since his formative years, which has informed his dark, existential attitudes towards life. He feels empty and broken by this unresolved grief and lack of closure that cannot be fully given, even those who love it without conditions. This explains his complex relationship with Chelsea, which he apparently really seems to love and cultivate, although he is classified as grumpy and distant. He absent, even if he is physically with her, his mind has dealt with a gnawing feeling of unfinished business forever.
Will Rick get his revenge without effects, or will a kind of unsavory turn change everything? Only Future episodes of “The White Lotus”“Can give us these fascinating answers.
Episodes of “The White Lotus” season 3 fall on HBO every Sunday.
