The White Lotus season 3 brought back a familiar face, Greg Hunt, and if you remember his storyline in previous seasons, we can likely assume he’ll play a role in the looming drama of this season.
Greg, who is now going by Gary, was introduced in the season 3 premiere of The White Lotus as the much-older boyfriend of Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon,) a woman living near the Thai resort who strikes up a friendship with Aimee Lou Wood’s character, Chelsea.
In episode two, which aired on Feb. 23, we get a little more insight into Greg/Gary’s life after the events of season one and two. Greg, played by Jon Gries, is keeping it vague as he has dinner with Chelsea’s equally-sketchy boyfriend, Rick (Walton Goggins).
Another spanner in the works for Greg/Gary is Belinda (Natasha Rothwell.) Belinda worked at The White Lotus in season one and briefly crossed paths with Greg. When she sees him in Thailand, it’s clear that he is familiar to her but she can’t exactly place him.
With all this drama in the works, it looks like it’s essential to be up to speed with Greg’s back story.
Who Is Greg in The White Lotus?
Greg is the ex-husband of Tanya McQuoid, Jennifer Coolidge’s character in season 1 and 2 of the show. He also may have played a role in the plot to murder her so is presumed to be in hiding in season 3 of The White Lotus.
In season 1, we’re introduced to Greg through his flirtations with Tanya at the White Lotus resort in Maui. At first, it seems like Tanya and Greg have a lot in common: they’re both lonely and single and craving some attention. Plus, when they start to open up to one another, Greg reveals to Tanya that he has a terminal disease. Without hesitation, she then takes away funding from Belinda’s (Natasha Rothwell) wellness venture to take care of him.
By the time season 1 wraps, they leave together as a happy couple.
What Happened to Greg in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 2?
At the start of Season 2, Greg and Tanya are revealed to be married and show up at the White Lotus hotel in Sicily. But, since episode 1, something is obviously off between them. Greg is no longer sick but seems to detest his new wife. He also seems to be the only one who wanted to travel to Italy while Tanya, who has suspicions of Greg’s infidelity due to his frequent phone calls with an unknown caller, is determined to convince him to sign their prenup.
Halfway through the season, however, Greg eventually leaves on a mysterious business trip to Denver.
Without his company, Tanya confides in Quentin (Tom Hollander) and his friends. But as Tanya and Quentin get closer, Tanya begins to puzzle together hints that Quentin is Greg’s maybe-probably former lover. The biggest piece of evidence for this theory is an old photo seemingly of young Quentin and Greg, who is wearing a cowboy hat. Earlier in the season, Quentin shares the story of a meeting and falling in love with a “cowboy” while traveling in the United States in his younger years.
Most of all, she realizes that Quentin might’ve been hired by Greg to murder her so that they can take her money. And, she was right.
Sadly, by the end of the season, while Tanya is finally standing up for herself against Quentin and his coterie after piecing it all together, she falls off the boat they lured her on to with the intent to kill her. Instead of letting Quentin and his friends, aka “the gays,” come for her, she massacres the whole boat with her eyes closed but in the scuffle, she falls off the boat to her death.
Why Is Greg Back in Season 3?
What we know so far is that Greg is going by Gary and is living near the Thailand resort with his much-younger girlfriend. He also seems to up to no good, telling Rick he does “this and that” when asked what he does for a living.
In the trailer for the rest of the season, there’s clearly some tension between Greg and Natasha, another season 1 character who is back for season 3. “One of our regulars was just asking about you,” Christian Friedel’s character Fabian tells Natasha. “He has a lovely girlfriend but he seems interested in you.”
“I think we should call the police,” she says back. We sense some tension and we can’t wait!
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