This post contains spoilers for the "white lotus".

When we see Rick Jackett (Walton Gogins) for the first time in the "White Lotos" season 3, his latent anxiety becomes immediately apparent. As the ship wears Guests tried to stay in the white Lotus' branch Zooms in on the shore, we notice Rick's visible discomfort, contradicting his girlfriend (Aime Lou Wood), which covers optimism. Rick's indifference to the natural beauty of the resort and what should offer its guests around the world, rarely when Chelsea gently persuades him to grow and have fun. "What chip does this guy have on the shoulder?" We are left to wonder, especially when The facades of every other guest are in the process of exposing.

The first term we get to analyze Rick's protected behavior is his disappointment when he learns that the husband of hotel owner Jimim Hollinger is not present in the resort. The owner, Sritala (Patravadi Cure), becomes the center of attention during her short stay, as she is a local celebrity who also pionarized the hotel's health program. Rick's behavior becomes particularly vigilant whenever she is around Sritala, hinting at some truth that she wants to find herself by finding the opportunity to talk to her. Well, this opportunity arrives in episode 3, where Rick approaches Sritala, as he pretends to be a producer in the business of entertainment he wants to introduce her to the director. Bangkok has a meeting with a strit, but Rick's true intentions are still kept under wrappers.

That is, until Chelsea face Rick for his makeshift trip to Bangkok at "Hide or Search". With everything we have learned about Rick's past, it is becoming clear that the Bangkok meeting is part of a revenge plan rooted in sadness. Let's dive deeper into Rick's motivations behind a visit to White Lotus, Thailand.

During the wellness sessions of Rick with Amrita (Shalini Peiris), he reveals that he has always felt as a non-financial after the alleged murder of his father and the subsequent death of his mother. "Nothing comes from anything," he said, after Amrita urged him to enter his psyche and look for a reason to release his painful past. Later, Amrita gently tells Rick that he does not have to be stuck because he can "escape the karmic cycle" and that she has hope for him. Although Rick seems to be contrary, he gives his sadness and anger and opens only when Chelsea faces him for this During the strange yacht party of Gary/Greg (Jonon Gris).

Rick strongly believes that Jimim Hollinger (Sritala's husband) killed his father, whom Rick believes is a good man punished for standing for what is right. Rick's journey to Thailand was prompted by the assumption that Jimim would be in the white lotus, but since the man is now in Bangkok, he has decided to oppose his father's killer there. After learning the truth, Chelsea is just as sweet and empathetic as always, accepting to convey that she understands, though she is very worried about it. After all, Rick was not a witness to his father's death, and his lifelong goal of hunting Jimim comes from his mother's last words before her death.

This has been a burden that has been carried by Rick since his formative years, which has informed his dark, existential appearance to life. He feels empty and broken by this unresolved sadness and lack of closure, unable to give completely, even to those who love it without conditions. This explains his complex relationship with Chelsea, who seems to really want and care, even though it came out as awkward and in vain. He is absent even when he is physically there with her, his mind forever preoccupied with a filthy sense of unfinished business.

Will Rick take revenge without repercussions, or will some kind of unwanted twist change everything? Well, just Future episodes of "White Lotus"It can provide us with these intriguing answers.

Episodes of the "White Lotus" season 3 fall every week on HBO.