Per creator and writer Mike White, both runtime and narrative tidiness were instrumental in the decision to scrap the scene.

The Season Three finale of The White Lotus aired Sunday night, finally answering the season-long question: Who the heck dies in the end? Fans believed from Episode One that at least one character would die in a shooting,

Some characters got happy endings, while some decidedly did not. But there were enough twists to keep viewers guessing until the end.