Season three of The White Lotus has so far been defined by monkeys, incest, and the perils of female friendship, but there is one other symbolic element you may want to pay attention to as this iteration draws to a close: snakes.

Max is previewing the Season 3 finale of "The White Lotus" ahead of its Sunday premiere with a teaser that aired after the penultimate episode.

This piece discusses plot points from the seventh episode of The White Lotus. The White Lotus is entering its violence era and things are getting “tense” at Greg/Gary’s fancy party. The penultimate episode is dark with various threats of violence from Walton Goggins’ considering ending the man who killed his father to Jason Isaacs’ Timothy Ratliff continuing to fantasize about killing himself,