No, 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Finale Isn't a Happy Ending for Gaitok
Although it looks like Mook sticks with Gaitok and he gets a promotion, this isn't a happy ending for the wholesome White Lotus security guard.
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The White Lotus Season 3 finale.The third season of The White Lotus delivered one heck of a finale. Between Rick (Walton Goggins) and Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) dying, and Lochlan (Sam Nivola) almost dying because of his desperate father, Timothy (Jason Isaacs), there was no shortage of edge-of-your-seat thrills. Mike White rarely disappoints, and he even managed to find a way to work our favorite Thai security guard, Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong), into the madness as a pivotal player in how things were resolved. But something felt a little off in his character's arc, and we need to examine it further. Should we have been happy to see Gaitok get his dream girl, Mook (Lalisa Manobal), and be promoted to security guard for Sritala Hollinger (Lek Patravadi)? Did Gaitok pay too steep a price for the things that would make him happy in the short term at the expense of something much more important over the long haul?
