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The White Lotus is more than just luxury resorts and drama. It’s also about people. The messy ones or the complicated ones and the emotional baggage they carry even on vacation.
The White Lotus Season 3 is set against the lush and serene backdrop of Thailand. We meet a trio of women: Jaclyn, Kate, and Laurie. They’re longtime friends looking for a break from their lives in Los Angeles, Texas, and New York, respectively.
These three women bring with them years of history. They have unresolved wounds. But there's also love that’s changed over time. We see raw honesty and jealousy through their friendship. We become spectators of their evolution involving some passive-aggressive brunches and even some heartbreak.
Laurie, amongst all this, delivers a dialogue in the final night that hits us so hard because it's so real. She finally says the thing some of us probably have been afraid to admit. This might just be the most honest moment The White Lotus has ever given us.
The White Lotus Season 3: Laurie's dialogue
Some dialogues in The White Lotus are really profound. Some are simple but still pretty effective. And then there’s this dialogue. This is the kind that makes you pause and just sit with it for a moment. That moment happens in The White Lotus Season 3 finale.
We’ve seen Laurie, Jaclyn, and Kate, throught the season, go through the highs and lows of a long-term friendship. There’s laughter and support but also bitterness and distance. Laurie and Jaclyn hit a rough patch midway when Jaclyn invites Valentin over one night.
But they finally smooth things over on their last night in Thailand. Laurie says something about friendship that is so honest that it kind of stings.
"It's funny because if I'm being honest, all week I've just been so sad. I just feel like my expectations were too high, or...I just feel like, as you get older you have to justify your life, you know. And your choices. And when I'm with you guys it's just like...so transparent what my choices were. And my mistakes. I have no belief system, and I...well I mean I've had a lot of them, but...I mean work was my religion for forever, but I definitely lost my belief there. And then, and then I tried love, but that was just a painful religion that made everything worse. And then even for me, just like being a mother, that didn't save me either. But I had this epiphany today: I don't need religion or God to give my life meaning. Because time gives it meaning. We, we started this life together. I mean we're going through it apart but we're still together, and I, I look at you guys, and it feels meaningful. And I can't explain it, but even when we're sitting around the pool talking about whatever insane shit, it feels very fucking deep. I'm glad you have a beautiful face. And I'm glad that you have a beautiful life. And I'm just happy to be at the table."
It’s not trying to be wise or poetic. It is just raw and incredibly honest. And you will feel this deep in your chest if you have ever had a long friendship or had to let one go.
The White Lotus Season 3: Why Laurie’s words feel so real
It’s the last night in Thailand. It's their final dinner. The air is thick with that bittersweet vacation-ending feeling. Kate and Jaclyn are smiling and saying how this trip was everything they needed. They had the best time. And then Laurie delivers that dialogue out of nowhere.
Laurie, who’s been holding things in all week, finally lets herself go at the table. And as she’s saying this long and beautifully messy monologue, she’s almost in tears. It’s about her life. Her choices. Her regrets.
She says to Jaclyn, “I'm glad you have a beautiful face,” because earlier she was clearly envious. She was telling Kate she didn’t believe Jaclyn looked that good naturally. She hinted at plastic surgery. Laurie's jealousy came from admiration.
She turns to Kate and says, “I’m glad you have a beautiful life.” And that, too, is layered. Maybe Laurie always wished for the kind of rooted family life Kate has. Laurie is a single mom and a corporate lady in The White Lotus Season 3. So her words are basically confessions. The kind we only say when we’ve stopped performing.
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