Why didn’t Rick kill Jim in The White Lotus Season 3? Reason, explored

The previous episodes of The White Lotus Season 3 were eventually building up towards a showdown between the hotel's co-owner, Jim, and Rick. However, when that moment of confrontation between Jim and Rick finally occurred on The White Lotus Season 3 Episode 7, it was rather anti-climactic in the sense that not much violence occurred.

Season 3 of The White Lotus continues to present an intriguing potrayal of the celebrity guests living at the Bangkok based resort. However, amidst all the drinking and the partying, conflicts emerge thus leading to more drama on the HBO show.

Here's everything that we know.

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The reason why Rick didn't kill Jim on The White Lotus Season 3 Episode 7, revealed

Earlier on The White Lotus, Walton Goggins' Rick had confided in Chelsea that the hotel's co-owner Jim was responsible for causing his father's death back in the day. According to Jim, he had learned from his mother, Gloria Hatchett, that his father was killed by Jim owing to a conflict over a land deal. This is why Jim got a gun and was looking to take his revenge by killing the old businessman.

The moment finally arrived for Rick on the latest episode of the HBO show. However, in a markedly anti-climactic twist, Rick didn't fire his gun after all, and contended himself with pushing Jim's chair. It was subsequently revealed by Rick that he never seriously intended to kill Jim, and was gripped with empathy to find that the person whom he had previously thought to be violent was but a confused and helpless old man.

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Walter Goggins opens up about the show

In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Walter Goggins opened up at length about his experience working on the HBO show. He stated:

"It took me six months and seven hours of this experience to smile, to really smile. It’s not joy, but there’s contentment or peace for a moment. Other actors would’ve arrived at that in very different ways and lived their life.”

He further remarked:

"It takes until episode four for the audience to really understand the motivations for this guy, where everybody else’s motivations are pretty clear in episode one. There were so many ways in which this guy could have been marginalized right out of the gate.”

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The White Lotus Season 3 is exclusively available on HBO.