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As Mike White prepares for a third season of his HBO hit The White Lotus, it’s hard to come to terms with the fact that this will be the first installment without Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge). Luckily, Coolidge—a known genius—has an idea for White about how to honor her character’s memory.
Tanya, a foolish billionaire with a penchant for the White Lotus hotel chain, was killed off in Season 2. She died after falling for a scam, in which her husband Greg (Jon Gries) teamed up with his secret lover to murder Tanya and take her money. She nearly escaped, after killing off the team of men trying to strangle her and get the dough entitled to Greg’ in the McQuoid will. But after murdering the crew of thieves, Tanya accidentally kills herself by jumping off the boat they were on and hitting her head on another boat.
This means that her family fortune will probably go to Greg, who Tanya never got to remove from her will. Gross! Coolidge thinks we ought to see this play out in the next season, though, and believes it should end with Greg meeting his own demise.