This post contains spoilers for the "white lotus".

Someone would think that the penultimate episode of Season of "White Lotus" I would push us to the deep end. Surprisingly, the seventh episode of Season 3, titled "Killed Instincts", chooses to boil in the tension as it laid the foundations for a disorderly, climate final. As seen in the season premiere, shots from the shootings eventually come out of the white Lotus' wellness resort in Thailand, closely followed by a shot outside the focus of a dead body hovering in the water. This wicked setting, linked to the possible tsunami, made it clear that the final of the season could have one or more victims. There is a good reason to really be afraid of the life of many characters in the season, because not everyone is morally convicted or spoiled in the core (unlike Greg Hunt of Jonon Gris, who is never okay).

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The only character away removed from this Nexus in Thailand is Rick (Walton Gogins), who is looking to avenge his father's death. As a refresher, Rick's awaken thoughts are constantly consumed by a void, as he sees himself as a non-image that has nothing to offer to those around him. When Rick was a child, his mother named A particular JIMIM HOLINGER (Scott Glen) as his father's killerAnd since then he has been carrying this heavy weight.

In previous episodes, we learned that Jimim owns the Thailand Hotel, Sritala (Patravadi) an equally merged husband, who is currently in Bangkok after recovering from a heart attack. After a long and opposing internal noise, Rick decided to go to Bangkok and oppose his father's alleged killer. To mask his true intentions, he represents as a producer While asking his friend, Frank (Sam Rockwell)To present himself as a director interested in casting Sritala as the leadership of his film.

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Episode 7 focuses on this long-awaited encounter, which ends on a fairly anti-climate note. However, this very subversion works in favor of Rick's bow, along with forgiveness and release themes, which are rooted in his story so far. Let's take a closer look at what happened.

The presence of Rick and Frank at Hollinger Castle initially leads to some comic moments, as Frank has no idea who is Sritala and struggles to answer basic questions about his fax identity (as the films directed?). Things are becoming so stressful that Frank spoils the sober string, releasing glasses of whiskey to deal with the absurd situation. Rick, on the other hand, is tightened with anxiety, but he manages to isolate Jimim and talk to him alone. When Jimim mentions that his daughters had a spoiled and blissful childhood, Rick pointed out that the absence of a happy childhood could ruin one's sense of himself. This is when he directly asks Jimim if he killed his father, to which the old man responds with confused confusion. Despite Rick's angry questions, Jimim continues to stare in shock, as if he is unable to remember whether he Whether Let someone like Rick's father killed.

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Only when we think Rick will shoot Jimim after he missed it, he kicked him back and quickly leaves the premises with Frank. From a dramatic perspective, this can be felt as an underwear, because Jimim neither confirms nor denies his involvement, and Rick cannot make his father take revenge. However, the importance of this moment is huge: Rick has been changed now, after faced the only thing he haunted forever. As Frank tells, Rick understood Jimim to be this threatening arch-nouthesis, but in reality, he is just a frail, a "pathetic" old man who was unable to defend himself. Killing Jimim would not help Rick feel better, so he does the following best: he allows this traumatic luggage for good.

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This unexpected conclusion of Rick's revenge reflects what the Hotel Meditation Guide to the Amrita (Shalini Peris) in the previous episode: "You can let your story, you can avoid this karmic cycle. I have hope for you." Season 3 of "White Lotos" explores Eastern religion/spirituality and are often co-decides from Western tourists for selfish, hollow benefits, but Rick's story includes authentic spiritual lessons, such as the peace that comes with a deep series. Rick could have been captured deeper in a violent karmic cycle by harming Jimim, but in the end, he chooses a new life and the hope that comes with it. Whether this world optimism will last is something that remains to be seen.

New episodes of the "White Lotus" season 3 fall every week at HBO.