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The White Lotus' recruited a former cast member in a surprise role during the season 3 premiere of the hit HBO series

And this season promises to be no different, since right at the outset, things start off with a bang. Or, more of a distant clack-clack, actually, a sound that Zion Lindsey (Nicholas Duvernay) – the visiting son of returning character Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) – recognizes as gunfire.

The premiere of the new season of the HBO anthology drama, set in Thailand, suggests that Mike White’s formula retains plenty of pop.