Just when we thought the The White Lotus had pushed their own boundaries as far as they could, this week they served up another shocking episode. Social media erupted overnight as fans were treated to another shocking episode involving the creepy Ratliff brothers. But has the show gone too far? Has the White Lotus crossed the line? Let’s be honest no-one expected we’d go into 2025 avidly following a sexually questionable relationship between the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his fictional brother, yet here we are.
If you haven’t been following The White Lotus season three so far, there’s a lot to catch up on. The current season, set in Thailand once again follows several groups at the international luxury resort as their lives slowly begin to intersect. Since the beginning of the season the wealthy southern Ratliff family have dominated air time and social media attention, for all the wrong reasons.
The opening episode saw brothers Saxon ( Patrick Schwarzenegger ) and Lochlan ( Sam Nivola ) engaged in a creepy discussion about pornography that ended in the younger brother Lochlan delivering some very longing looks at his naked brother. It wasn’t long until the family drew attention again when the father Timothy Ratliff , played by Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs shocked everyone with a full frontal nudity moment , in front of his family. Last week The White Lotus took things to the next level again when the brothers engaged in a steamy on screen kiss that had the .