WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for The White Lotus sesaon 3, episode 4!Walton Goggins’Rick finally reveals the reason why he’s looking for Khun Sritala’s husband, Jim, inThe White Lotusseason 3, but I’m now worried that there’s more to their history than just a murder plot. Since arriving at the Thailand resort, Rick has been acting strange around hotel co-owner Khun Sritala, and had a curious interest in the whereabouts of her American husband, Jim. All the while, Rick wouldn’t tell Chelsea why they really came to Thailand, with the mystery aroundWalton Goggins’The White Lotuscharacterhinting at a dark conspiracy related to Jim.
InThe White Lotusseason 3, episode 3, more details about Rick’s backstory were revealed in his meditation session, which gave some big clues to the reason for his curiosity about Jim. In his meditation session,Rick tells Amrita that his father was murdered before he was born, and that his death and his mother’s subsequent drug addiction and overdose continue to impact his lack of feeling like he has an identity. That revelation led totheories that Jim was connected to the murder of Rick’s father, whichThe White Lotusseason 3, episode 4 confirms to be accurate.
Rick Confirms That Jim Killed His Father In The White Lotus Season 3 Episode 4
Rick’s Reason For Coming To Thailand Is Finally Revealed
After Rick had been distant from Chelsea for much of their vacation, she finally convinced him to be honest about his purpose in Thailand.Rick confessed that Jim, who co-owns the hotel, killed his fatherbefore he was born. Rick found out that he would be at the hotel after reading about Jim’s stroke, only to find out that he was actually recovering at a hospital in Bangkok. While Rick isn’t exactly sure what he’s going to do when he sees Jim, he knows that he needs to be face-to-face and get some sort of satisfaction for his father’s death.
Jim Hollinger will be portrayed by Scott Glenn inThe White Lotusseason 3.
Still, there are some details about what Rick was told regarding his father’s death that leave the door open for more surprises. Rick reveals to Chelsea that his mother, on her deathbed, told him that his father was killed by Jim Hollinger. According to Rick, his father was a “do-gooder” who came to Thailand to help the local people try to keep their land from being taken by a shady American businessman, aka Jim.Rick admits he doesn’t know all the details, but was told that one day his father disappeared while in Thailand, and they never found his body.
The detail that makes me question whether Jim truly murdered Rick’s father is that they never found the body.
I was convinced that Jim killed Rick’s father after the reveal of his mysterious murder, but now I’m not so sure if that’s the whole story. The detail that makes me question whether Jim truly murdered Rick’s father is that they never found the body. It’s possible that Jim and his associates buried the body somewhere that could realistically never be found or used another strategy to make the body disappear forever. Or,maybe Rick’s father never actually died. Rather, anearlierThe White Lotusseason 3 theoryabout Rick may be actually true instead.
Why Was The Body Of Rick’s Father Never Found?
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An earlier theory aboutJim and Rick’s connectionwas that Jim was secretly Rick’s father. The reveal that Rick’s father was murdered seemed to debunk that theory, but now that door could be back open given the idea that his body was never found. It’s possible that Jim is still Rick’s father, but ended up becoming corrupted by another greedy figure in Thailand and abandoning his morals. If that’s the case, thenRick’s mother may not have necessarily been lying, as Jim would have “killed” and replaced the good man that his father once was.
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Alternatively,Rick’s father could still be alive in Thailand but potentially faked his death to hide from Jim. If Jim and his associates were that strongly threatened by Rick’s father opposing their business deals inThe White Lotusseason 3’s Thailand location, then they might have ordered a hit on him. Rick’s father might have known he was being targeted and made himself disappear, explaining why a body was never found. Even if neither of these options is proven correct, I still think there are more dark twists to come regarding what happened to Rick’s father.
Will Rick Try To Kill Jim In Bangkok?
What Will He Do When Finally Coming Face-To-Face With His Father’s Killer?
When Rick says he’s going to Bangkok to find Jim, the recentlysnake-bitten Chelseanotes that she believes he’s “going to do something stupid” there. Though Rick isn’t certain about his plans,it’s implied that he might be going there to kill Jim and avenge his father’s death. On the other hand, Rick might just end up wanting Jim to confess his crime and tell him the truth about what happened.
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It seems likely that Jim and Rick’s confrontation will continue back at the resort after the latter’s trip to Bangkok, which could potentially culminate in the shootout fromThe White Lotusseason 3’s opening death scene.There could be some larger conspiracy at play that Rick unfolds after coming face-to-face with Jim, perhaps finally taking down the shady businessman and his Thailand resort inThe White Lotusseason 3’s ending.
