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The White Lotus Season 3 got here, noticed, felt very gradual at instances, revealed some stunning deaths… after which shattered some data.
On Sunday evening, the third season finale drew 6.2 million viewers, a 30% leap over the earlier sequence excessive… which was set at 4.8 million viewers simply seven days earlier.
Together with the rise from Episode 7, this finale’s viewers represented a 51% improve from the Season 2 finale and a 158% improve from the Season 3 premiere.
The present is a reputable hit.
In case you weren’t conscious, HBO has already given the inexperienced gentle to Season 4, an announcement that instantly prompted hypothesis from followers throughout the globe.
The White Lotus has already taken us to Hawaii. And Italy. And most just lately Thailand.
The place may we be headed subsequent?
Those that know creator Mike White properly have mentioned there’s no likelihood he takes the sequence wherever chilly; he simply doesn’t like that sort of atmosphere.
“For the fourth season, I need to get a bit bit out of the crashing waves of rocks vernacular however there’s at all times extra room for extra murders on the White Lotus resorts,” White mentioned on the finish of Season 3 in an interview with Deadline.
This identical outlet reported earlier this yr that the HBO drama was contemplating a 4 Seasons resort in Europe for its impending season.
A supply added that again then, nevertheless, that “all the things is on the desk for subsequent season” and that no determination has been made.
Elsewhere, HBO Govt Vice President Francesca Orsi has additionally teased the place Season 4 might happen in a chat with Deadline in February.
“We’re occurring some areas scouting within the subsequent couple of weeks, so we’ll know quickly,” Orsi mentioned. “I can’t actually say the place we’re going to land however chances are high someplace in Europe.”
In response to Deadline insiders, any scouting journey for the subsequent location has been pushed to summer season as a result of White wants a bit break after Season 3.
The man writes each episode. He has definitely earned it.
For these questioning, The 4 Seasons chain and HBO formalized their partnership earlier than Season 3 aired, that means it’s more and more probably Season 4 will additionally use a department of the resort.
The posh resort’s European areas embrace London, Paris, Geneva, Budapest, Athens, Madrid and Portugal. Simply one thing to consider it and surprise about.
Early on in Season 3, Govt Producer David Bernad previous The New York Submit about future episodes: “We haven’t gotten to it but,” including:
“There’s a macro method, which is ‘what’s a rustic that has a movie neighborhood or native crew that additionally has a tax rebate that’s movie pleasant?’ We begin in a broader sense, and every season has a bigger theme.”
