What will happen on 'The White Lotus' finale? Fans share their theories

The latest installment of “The White Lotus” comes to an extremity connected Sunday and everyone is speculating astir however the bid volition wrapper up its escaped ends, who volition dice and how.

We asked readers to stock their theories for however Season 3 volition end.

Three ideas that radical shared the most: Piper isn’t staying successful that Buddhist monastery; Rick’s begetter is Jim Hollinger and Gaitok is going to face the Russians implicit the robbery.

See beneath for much theories, breached up by quality arsenic good arsenic a fewer wide predictions. Responses person been edited for clarity.

Check backmost Sunday for much sum of the Season 3 finale.

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The Ratliff family

Timothy Ratliff volition marque a poison macromolecule shingle retired of the forbidden effect of the land truthful that Saxon volition portion it and yet beryllium blamed for the corruption of the company. Timothy volition not beryllium implicated. Piper decides the monastery is not for her aft all, but the youngest brother, Lochlan, stays astatine the monastery. — Diana Perez, Granada Hills

Victoria Ratliff is going to die, unfortunately. The full household is going to enactment successful Thailand successful a fog for the remainder of their lives portion they bash bully things for different people. — Shelly, Highland Park

Victoria takes implicit the world, Piper ditches Buddhism for Duke, and Chelsea leaves Rick for Saxon. Lochlan stays down successful Thailand, taking Piper’s place. — Eva Sippel, L.A.

Timothy volition not spell to prison. After each of his interest connected the full travel and each of his transgression behavior, helium volition beryllium different wealthy, middle-aged achromatic antheral who someway avoids hard time. And idiosyncratic adjacent to him volition instrumentality the fall. Possibly his ain lad — who is wholly losing his caput aft the afloat satellite party. — Allison Gold, L.A.

Timothy makes a poisonous shingle for Victoria, Saxon and himself to drink. Piper and Lochlan accidentally commencement to portion it. Timothy breaks the glasses arsenic the household discovers the truth, but not earlier Piper and Lochlan are sick. Piper returns location and Lochlan joins the monks. — Linda Weisbrod, Redondo Beach

Victoria Ratliff learns of what’s astir to hap erstwhile she returns to America and astir her youngest son’s sexuality. She does not hold with her daughter’s prime to enactment astatine the monastery. She loses it, and kills herself and her family. She has said she would alternatively dice than beryllium poor, and her oldest lad has said his full beingness is tied to his dad’s business. — Michael Rogers, Edmonton, Alberta

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Gaitok

Gaitok tries to halt the Russians from committing different robbery/crime astatine the edifice but accidentally shoots a impermanent due to the fact that he’s truthful incompetent. — Katie Den Bleyker, L.A.

Gaitok sees different robbery astir to hap with the 3 Russians, chases them and is ambushed by 1 of the Russians who takes his weapon and shoots him. He dies successful Mook’s arms. — Cliff Klein, L.A.

Gaitok feels threatened by the Russian friends of Valentin who helium is definite are the robbers. He confronts them and a conflict ensues, which culminates successful the accidental shooting and decease of Mook. — Myrna, Redondo Beach

Gaitok confronts Valentin and is disarmed. And Mook shoots Valentin to rescue Gaitok. — Andrew Katzenstein, L.A.

Gaitok protects the edifice with his firearm. Gaitok reports the Russians arsenic the robbers. [Fabian] is fired and Gaitok replaces him. — Shakti Newman, L.A.

Gaitok volition amusement his girlfriend, Mook, that his compassion and penchant for attraction implicit unit volition not basal successful his mode successful apprehending the robbers. Her beingness presumption is changed arsenic a result. — Nick Panza, L.A.

Both Mook and Gaitok’s superior archer him he’s not beardown enough. Gaitok spots the jewelry thieves and volition amusement his spot by sidesplitting them. — Stephen Shapiro, L.A.

Mook
Mook volition beryllium revealed to beryllium successful cahoots with the Russians and volition get killed. — Ashley, L.A.

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The messy besties (Jaclyn, Kate and Laurie)

Aleksei’s woman shows up astatine the White Lotus and kills Kate, mistaking her for Laurie since nary 1 could archer them isolated since childhood. — Bea, California

The 3 friends enslaved implicit Laurie’s incident with the Russian thief. — Bill Nuss, L.A.

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Rick

Rick volition dice due to the fact that helium enjoyed committing a convulsive enactment — and Hollinger is his father. — Sylvia, L.A.

I judge [Jim Hollinger] volition nonstop immoderate gunmen arsenic proxy to disconnected [Rick]. But helium could truly beryllium Hollinger’s emotion kid — who knows? Remember they some portion whiskey similar existent men. — Cheryl Penn, L.A.

Jim Hollinger is Rick’s father, not the feline who killed his father. The ma meant that metaphorically and an 11-year-old kid took it excessively literally. The assemblage had connected a achromatic garment and had short, acheronian hair. Rick had a achromatic garment successful Episode 7, but with 90 minutes successful Episode 8, it could beryllium idiosyncratic else. — Angel Zobel-Rodriguez, San Fernando

Rick’s brushwood and less-than-violent actions with Jim volition impact the police. Police volition spell to the edifice searching for Rick, and each characters volition consciousness similar the constabulary are determination for them, which whitethorn effect successful each quality panicking to fly oregon woody with the situation. — Benjamin Cendejas, Glendora

Chelsea
I deliberation Gaitok accidentally shoots Chelsea and kills her. — Susan Scelfo, Hollywood, Fla.

Rick and Chelsea unrecorded happily ever after. — Nick Panza

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Greg/Gary
Greg/Gary comes to the villas looking for Belinda and gets bitten by the snake that’s been escaped successful her country — and helium dies! (Yay!) — Jill Frank, L.A.

Greg/Gary yet gets his due. Gaitok indispensable flooded his Buddhist tendency for nonviolence and sprout him to support Belinda. Fabian helps Gary get entree to Belinda erstwhile helium thinks she and Pornchai are conspiring to instrumentality implicit his job. — Marika, Marina del Rey

Gary/Greg is revealed to person a transportation to the GM oregon the owner, which explains his casual access. — Bill Nuss

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Belinda
Belinda takes the money. I interest that Pornchai has alterior motives erstwhile helium rushed to person her enactment and unfastened a spa successful Thailand, but I deliberation the Russians volition country the marketplace connected the grift. — Angel Zobel-Rodriguez

Belinda gets a weapon and erstwhile she is astir to sprout Gary successful the eating country she accidentally shoots and kills Chelsea. As she is dying, Chelsea tells Rick to unrecorded a bully life. He becomes a Buddhist. — Linda Weisbrod

Pornchai
Pornchai, Belinda’s workfellow and caller friend, is going to die. He told her, “I volition support you.” He volition bash that, but lone by losing his ain life. — Allison Gold

Fabian
Hotel manager Fabian volition yet person a large singing fig that goes truthful severely that aggregate guests commencement taking shots astatine him. — Chad McDonald, Saratoga Springs, Utah

Frank
Frank continues his debauchery and gives up his sobriety for good. He yet starts moving for Sritala, arsenic she was charmed by him — adjacent if helium truly wasn’t a producer. — Diana Perez

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The theories that necktie up everything

Two sets of killers volition descend connected the edifice — the Russians looking for their re-stolen necklace and Sritala’s guards looking for Rick. Both efforts volition get stymied. Chelsea and Laurie volition elude them by connecting with Gaitok. A transverse occurrence volition ensue, distracting Timothy from eating the termination effect agelong capable to reunite with his family. He volition determine to enactment astatine the temple with Lochlan, and the remainder of the household volition determine to spell home. Belinda volition find solace successful the arms of Pornchai. Gaitok volition purpose to support the edifice from the attackers, and win successful sidesplitting a mates of them, but successful the chaos, helium volition besides accidentally termination Fabian and Greg, who volition rotation into the fracas connected their idiosyncratic missions to micromanage and power others. Saxon and Chelsea volition spell backmost to England. Rick and Frank volition beryllium excessively hungover to get backmost to the hotel, and volition enactment successful Bangkok. Mook volition beryllium arrogant of Gaitok and helium volition get promoted by Sritala. — Louise Yarnall, La Selva Beach

Oh this is easy. Gaitok wins Mook’s bosom by identifying Valentin arsenic 1 of the robbers, securing his spot among the item of bodyguards to apprehension the thieves. The edifice proprietor persuades the girls to invitation Valentin and his buddies to a enactment the nighttime earlier they are scheduled to leave. The program is to apprehension them there. The information guards see those of the owner’s hubby who person arrived to nonstop revenge connected Rick. Meanwhile successful different portion of the resort, Greg/Gary prepares to fly but tries 1 past clip to transportation Belinda and doubles his offer. She resists, against the wishes of her son. Gary/Greg is hopeless and reveals a gun. Meanwhile, astatine the enactment Valentin’s buddy seizes Mook arsenic a quality shield. It’s a stalemate, and astatine the infinitesimal of highest tension, Fabian intervenes to speech positions with Mook, redeeming her. Gaitok tries to instrumentality a changeable but lone grazes Valentin’s shoulder. Greg/Gary is distracted by gunfire that breaks retired betwixt Valentin’s pack and the bodyguards. Greg/Gary decides to flee, and connected the mode out, helium is intercepted by Rick, who takes the gun. Rick runs toward the gunfire. He yet has a accidental to beryllium a hero, but helium misses erstwhile helium shoots. The Ratliff family, trying to flight the mayhem, takes the bullet. It’s Piper who goes down. Mike: Next season, marque it harder! — Alan Farago, L.A.

General predictions

A tsunami arrives. — Liz Wex, Woodland Hills

Those monkeys person had it! They’ve been watching atrocious quality behaviour — and we each cognize the information defender doesn’t support a bully oculus connected his gun. — Cherie Wasoff, L.A.

Blackpink volition amusement up and prevention the day. — Jason Lew, L.A.

They were determination for six months — capable clip to movie 2 seasons. I foretell a cliffhanger to beryllium continued successful Season 4. — Kurt Beske, Gig Harbor, Wash.