The White Lotus Season 3: Why did Greg give money to Belinda at the end? Answer revealed

The White Lotus Season 3 finally aired on March 6, 2025, and this climax answers all the questions that have been brewing for the past eight weeks. In this 90-minute finale, long but never not entertaining, Mike White, the creator, makes his larger point quite clearly- The power of money to convince people to change their beliefs, in the real world as portrayed in fiction, is inevitable. Through his characters' choices, particularly Gaitok and Belinda, White makes this depressing point a reality. When presented with a big paycheck, Belinda chooses to abandon her principles and the quest for justice, proving White's point.

The White Lotus Season 3 finally ties together a storyline that has been brewing the entire season in its finale. Gary (Greg as we know him) and Belinda finally broker a deal in the last episode. The penultimate episode of Season 3 left us off at a cliffhanger, with Gary offering Belinda to keep her mouth shut about his reality. Although Belinda initially rejected this offer, viewers were unsure if this was the last we'd see of this deal.

Here's everything that happened in the Greg/Gary & Belinda plotline in The White Lotus Season 3.

Disclaimer: This article has spoilers from The White Lotus Season 3 finale. Reader's discretion is advised.

Greg/Gary & Belinda's deal in The White Lotus Season 3

In The White Lotus Season 3 finale episode, Greg/Gary, and Belinda make a deal where he pays her a substantial amount of money to keep quiet about their history. To understand this history, we need to go all the way back to Season 1 and revisit a character who has been long-dead.

In Season 1, we meet Tanya McQuoid, an heiress worth $500 million, who comes to Maui after her mother's death, seeking inner peace. She was looking to get a massage but, owing to the spa being completely booked, ended up participating in a ceremonial chant with Belinda, the spa manager.

Later, Tanya proposes a business idea in front of Belinda. She promises to fund Belinda's business, a dream that she herself gave to Belinda. However, Belinda is left out in the cold alone when Tanya meets and falls in love with Greg. Tanya decides to not participate in or fund Tanya's business as a way to avoid depending on transactions to develop relationships. The end of Season 1 features Tanya leaving the resort without funding Belinda's enterprise, but she does leave her a considerable amount of money.

In Season 2 of The White Lotus, we met Tanya and Greg again, but what's new is that they are now married. They traveled to Sicily on a romantic getaway but this getaway was anything but romantic (according to Greg) as Tanya insisted on bringing along her assistant Portia. Greg leaves her alone in the resort, citing a work trip to Denver. Tanya talks to a tarot card reader, according to whom Greg is in love with someone else.

Tanya is essentially distressed after learning this and leans on her new friend Quentin. When Tanya finds an old picture of who looks like Greg and Quentin, and some duct tape and rope, she spins into paranoia, convinced that Greg is attempting to murder her for her fortune. As it turns out, this wasn't far from the truth. Even though Belinda kills Quentin and his crew, she slips and falls to her death at the end of Season 2.

The White Lotus Season 3 features Greg, who now goes by Gary, forced to face his crimes as Belinda discovers him and figures out what happened to Tanya. In an attempt to convince her to keep her mouth shut, he offers her $100,000. Belinda, depicted as a character with strong moral beliefs, initially says no to this offer as that money, according to her, is blood money.

Mike White has been making an overarching point throughout his series - the point being that the allure of money has more than enough power to convince people to abandon their beliefs. So, when faced with a choice of justice or money in The White Lotus Season 3, Belinda chooses money. Belinda negotiates a deal with Greg/Gary, with the help of her son Zion, and demands $5 million to keep quiet about his involvement in Tanya's death. She abandons her beliefs, along with her business venture, when presented with the big paycheck.

The White Lotus Season 3 finale might cast Belinda in an unappreciative light, but one cannot begrudge her for her choices. One might even be of the opinion that Belinda should've asked for money, considering the economy that we live in. Belinda had already been left out in the cold, and her dreams, which she had just started to think were possible, were terribly crushed by Tanya. So, for her to give up a life-changing amount of money for justice, for a woman she barely knew, a woman who'd betrayed her, makes no sense in the real world - a reality Mike White is quite aware of.

Trending

Keep reading Soap Central for more such dissections of The White Lotus Season 3 finale.

×

Was this article helpful?

Thank You for feedback