Yahoo Lifestyle 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Hints at Incest: What's Going on With the Ratliff Siblings?
The White Lotus Season 3 has created a love triangle in the form of siblings Saxon, Piper and Lochlan Ratliff (played by Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola, respectively), with oldest brother Saxon and middle sister Piper vying for the attention of baby bro Lochlan. But is the show headed into legit incest territory? The final few minutes of the premiere, in which we see Lochlan leering at his naked brother in the bathroom of their shared suite, certainly hints at the possibility. But let's start at the beginning.
Not long after we meet the trio, children of Timothy (Jason Isaacs) and Victoria (Parker Posey), they argue over where Lochlan will sleep. Saxon says "Lochy" should room with him, because it would be "weird" for him to share a space with Piper. "Brothers and sisters don’t sleep together after they have full grown … genitals," he says.
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Then they argue over what Lochlan will do that afternoon, with Piper asking him to join her at the temple and Saxon protesting because he thought they were planning to go to the pool together. (Lochy agrees to do both.)
The incest vibes are already pretty strong at this point, but later that night, things get especially strange. Talking to Lochlan about their sister, Saxon tells his little brother not to "humor her bullshit."
“For one, which I’m sure you’re noticed, she’s pretty hot …. But I don’t think she’s ever been laid before," he says. (Maybe Saxon has a crush on Piper?)
Then he proceeds to tell his brother that he needs to go after "p---y, money, freedom, respect" and that they're going to "buff" him up.
"What kind of porn do you like?" he asks towards the end of their fairly one-sided conversation, scrolling his iPad. “How the f--k am I gonna jerk off with you in here all week?"
Then he gets up to go the bathroom and we see Lochlan staring intently—curiously? longingly?—as his butt-naked brother prepares to masturbate.
Where this is all headed remains to be seen. But one thing is certain: Piper is gonna be pissed.
The White Lotus airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.
