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Updated 2 weeks ago,April 15, 2025
Its been another wild ride for fans of the premiere satire,The White Lotus.
As with each season thats come before, the latest installment of HBOs genre-smashing dark comedy has eloquently mocked, ridiculed, and underscored the sheer hypocrisy of its upper-class characters, each of whom appear hopelessly self-absorbed yet somehow continually dazzle and delight us every time we hit play on a new episode.
While theres few constants in the vividly-drawn world ofThe White Lotus,one notable feature throughout the series is the presence of characters who, in spite of their vast wealth and undeniable privilege, seem to possess off-beat personalities and hilariously dysfunctional traits and worldviews.
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With that in mind, we wanted to take a look back at some ofThe White Lotuss most joyously unhinged characters, ranking them in order from slightly off-kilter to straight-up screwballs.
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Mark Mossbacher (Season 1)
While nowhere near as problematic as his wife or daughter, Mark Mossbacher does come with a fair amount of baggage upon checking into the White Lotuss Maui location.
Plagued by fears over a potential cancer diagnosis, Mark soon uncovers a life-altering secret about his deceased fathers closeted past.
Grappling with questions over his own sexuality and struggling to connect with his emotionally estranged wife and equally distant kids, Marks constant neuroses make him a character we cant help but sympathize with even as we laugh aloud at his increasingly strange plight.
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Bert Di Grasso (Season 2)
His middle-aged son Dominic might give him a run for his money, but theres something undeniably memorable about F. Murray Abrahams aging Lothario, Bert Di Grasso.
Looking to reconnect with his ancestral roots in the countryside of Sicily, Berts outwardly jovial manner often clashes with his womanizing lifestyle (something his son and grandson regularly point out in their travels together).
Describing his unwavering love for female companionship as being akin to an ancient Greek curse, Bert makes for one of the most light-hearted characters in an otherwise dark season ofThe White Lotus,providing as many laughs as he does genuinely thought-provoking observations on love, relationships, and the frailty of interpersonal connections.
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Laurie Duffy (Season 3)
Though each character faces some crisis of identity throughoutThe White Lotuss third season, few have demonstrated as massive a change as Carrie Coons lovably gruff Laurie Duffy.
Vacationing with her childhood friends along the idyllic coast of Thailand, it isnt long before the seemingly close-knit trio is driven further and further apart from lifelong jealousies, long-kept secrets, and judgmental gossip whispered behind each others back.
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Fed up with the mental mind games and the artificiality of her friends interactions, Laurie instead chooses to embrace her inner wild side during her time at the White Lotus.
From skinny dipping with hunky Russians to picking fights with Kate and Jaclyn, literally anything can happen whenever Laurie waltzes on-screen, establishing her as one of the most compelling characters featured onThe White Lotusyet.
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Armond (Season 1)
To say Armond didnt deserve any of what happened to him in Season 1 ofThe White Lotuswould be amassiveunderstatement.
The genial manager of White Lotus Maui location, Armond beginsThe White Lotusas an outgoing, competent, painstakingly reliable professional at the resort, bending over backwards to meet his guests demands whenever they request his help.
Unfortunately, the strain of the job (and Shanes antagonistic entitlement) prove too much for Armonds burnt-out psyche, pushing him towards a disastrous relapse after five years of sobriety.
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At the end of the day, however, well always maintain a special fondness for this charismatic Aussie, bemoaning his cruel fate at the end of Season 1 and giggling at his not-so-subtle advances towards the insecure Mark.
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Frank (Season 3)
Leave it to Academy Award-winner Sam Rockwell to unexpectedly walk ontoThe White Lotusand completely steal the show.
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Taking viewers by surprise with his random appearance halfway through Season 3, Rockwell somehow draws audiences attention the moment he pops up in Full-Moon Party.
Delivering an electrifying monologue recounting his bizarre escapades in Thailand, Frank somehow makes otherwise unhinged characters like Armond or Bert Di Grasso seem as relatively normal as Mr. Rogers by comparison.
He might come across mild-mannered and put-together on the surface, but the only thing stopping Frank from becoming an alcohol-fueled Don Juan prowling the streets of Bangkok is a single glass of whiskey and his shaky Buddhist convictions.
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2.Victoria Ratliff(Season 3)
Oh, what we wouldnt give for a conversation between Tanya and Season 3s eccentric Southern belle,Victoria Ratliff.
A self-professed materialist (and proud of it), Victoria is the perennial glue that holds the Ratliff family together: an endearing, if overly class-obsessed matriarch who believes wealth is the most important thing in life a lesson she regularly emphasizes to her three children.
Between Parker Poseys colorful accent and the characters unabashed obsession with comfort, money, and her beloved lorazepam, Victoria is the breakout character of Season 3 we never expected to see.
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Tanya McQuoid (Seasons 1 and 2)
Theres a reason Jennifer Coolidge won a Golden Globe Award for her performance inThe White Lotus.
Creating an anarchic character from the ground up, Coolidge outfits Tanya McQuoid with one of the most vivid personalities in modern TV history.
Possessing an unending number of distinct character quirks, Tanya readily acknowledges her mental instability throughoutThe White Lotus,demonstrating her inherent unpredictability time and time again.
Whether forming co-dependent relationships to her assistants, lovers, and hapless hotel staff members, or drunkenly tossing her mothers ashes from the side of a ship, its clear from the get-go that Tanya is an absolute mess of a person and for that, we utterly adore her.
