From there, the episode dials back a week, as the season’s principal players arrive to their modern Fantasy Island-like resort. Just as before, “White Lotus” mastermind Mike White introduces a bevy of new characters, and while they all seem easy to read at first, make no mistake – there’s definitely more lurking underneath here.

The White Lotus” is back, and so is Belinda, the resort masseuse played by Natasha Rothwell.Season 3 of the Emmy-winning HBO series will look sparkling new in a lot of ways — from its new set of characters to its Thailand location.

When we last saw spa manager Belinda Lindsay (Natasha Rothwell), spa manager of the Hawaii resort, in the season one finale of The White Lotus, she'd just learnt the hard way that you should never put your faith in a flighty rich person.