Here's Who Should Go Back to 'The White Lotus' in Season 4

Respectfully, I have some suggestions for Mike White.

Leslie Bibb as Kate in The White Lotus season 3 finale episode
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Spoiler alert: This post contains spoilers for the finale episode of The White Lotus, season 3.

After The White Lotus season 3 finale last night, it's safe to say Thailand was the show's darkest location yet. While some beloved characters met their tragic fate, others were left with unresolved storylines—so there's a chance some actors may reprise their roles in the upcoming season.

Between a Die Hard-style shootout, poisonous smoothie plot, and so many chaotic father-son dynamics that I have to assume show creator Mike White has studied Freud, this screeching monkey of a season had all the makings of a Greek tragedy. Some characters found religion (see Sam Rockwell's final on-screen moments in the Buddhist monastery), some found peace (Carrie Coon better win an Emmy for that final Laurie monologue), and some found themselves (turns out Piper is a spoiled Southern brat after all). Others met their fate. As fan-favorite Chlesea (Aimee Lou Wood) predicted, bad things do come in threes: She and her boyfriend Rick (Walton Goggins) faced their ultimate demise after a string of grim omens. In a shocking, yet satisfying, conclusion, their death scene among the lily pads felt as inevitable as it did tragic.

Still, there are a few character arcs that left us with questions. Why did Belinda do her man so dirty? How will Fabian deal with this spectacularly mismanaged hotel disaster? And what in the world was all that subtext around Victoria Ratcliff and Kate Bohr? I can't be the only one who desperately needs to know what went down at that Austin baby shower.

In short, there are some loose ends to tie up. But thankfully, White has a habit of bringing back some White Lotus survivors (see what I did there?) with each new location. Ahead, here's who should come back for season 4—and where I hope their journey takes them next.

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'White Lotus' Hotel Manager Fabian (Christian Friedel)

'White Lotus' Hotel Manager Fabian (Christian Friedel) in the Season 3 finale

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Aimee Lou Wood Teases a Controversial Fate for Chelsea in White Lotus Finale The White Lotus. Over three seasons, White has made it clear that catering to the rich and delusional is a dangerous full-time job. And, the hotel managers, especially, are collateral damage, facing unrequited love, dashed hopes, and even murder.

With Thailand's Fabian, however, it feels like there's a story still left to tell. I can't imagine he wouldn't be sacked after two (almost three) resort guests die on his watch. But where does he go from there? Will he finally audition for Eurovision after being fired? Will he return to his native Germany and reinvent himself as a Berghain-going leather daddy? Please let us know what this strange little freak is up to in season 4, Mike White. I'm begging you.

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Kate Bohr (Leslie Bibb)

Kate Bohr (Leslie Bibb) in The White Lotus Season 3

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If there's one thing to know about Kate, it's that her life is perfect, okay? Unlike the other two women in Thailand's expensive blonde trio, everyone's favorite "Independent" voter doesn't have a Come to Jesus moment. Laurie confronts failure; Jaclyn, insecurity. But Kate floats along for the ride, gossiping and feigning "concern" over her friend's purported mistakes while claiming her life is "in bloom."

Sound a little suspicious? I agree. Between the awkward ice-out Victoria gives her at breakfast and the way she follows around her childhood friends like a lost puppy, methinks Kate is less established in the Old Money South than she makes out to be.

So, this is my call to bring the character (and Leslie Bibb!) back for a family trip—maybe somewhere she would consider "exotic"—for Season 4. Give her a philandering husband, money issues, or a dark secret because something tells me there's trouble brewing beneath that Instagram-filtered facade.

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Victoria Ratcliff (Parker Posey)

Victoria Ratcliff (Parker Posey) in The White Lotus season 3 finale

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Things are bound to change for Victoria Ratliff. With her money gone, husband off to white collar prison, and deeply f*cked up kids (there's no way those siblings are going to therapy), she's no longer able to live, laugh, lorazepam after this trip to Thailand. Her speech about living better than "kings and queens" makes it clear this character can't—or more accurately, won't—live outside her bubble of privilege and prestige. So what's a Southern belle to do?

She seems to me like the type to divorce and remarry even more money after a public scandal—and fast. Perhaps her next trip abroad is a mid-life honeymoon with her replacement husband-slash-piggy bank. Or maybe she's hitched her ride to a sinister one percenter. Either way, those silk caftans and name-brand pills won't pay for themselves.

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Pornchai (Dom Hetrakul)

Pornchai (Dom Hetrakul) in The White Lotus season 3 finale

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We were all rooting for you, Belinda! In a twist no one saw coming, the White Lotus masseuse (played by season 1 alum Natasha Rothwell) abandons her cute fling in much the same fashion as Jennifer Coolidge's Tonya left her in Hawaii. The second a cool five million hit her bank account, she was as wishy-washy and noncommittal as a kooky heiress.

But enough about Belinda; what about poor Pornchai? Her love interest did nothing wrong, and he deserves his own redemption arc. Give this man a promotion and send him to White Lotus Marrakesh or some other far-flung fabulous locale to rebuild his confidence. It's the least Mike White could do.

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Pam, the Phone Bag Lady (Morgana O'Reilly)

Pam, the Phone Bag Lady (Morgana O'Reilly) in The White Lotus

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I need to know more about this diva! Her entire personality can't just be forced cheer, enforcing a "no phones" rule, and a complete lack of social instincts, can it? Let's bring her back for season 4 to find out.

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Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong)

Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong) in The White Lotus season 3 finale

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