Spoilers ahead for The White Lotus season three finale.
Last night’s finale of The White Lotus left me with plenty to obsess over—Rick and Chelsea’s yin-yang demise, Laurie’s monologue (that bittersweet feeling when you despise your friends the whole girls’ trip but still get sad when it ends!). But one tiny detail keeps nagging at me. No, not Timothy Ratliff’s deranged plan to wipe out his family with poisoned piña coladas—it’s Lochlan Ratliff casually using a filthy blender (unknowingly laced with toxic seeds) to whip up a protein smoothie.
Sure, we know Lochlan dodged his parents’ grim fate by the episode’s end, but let’s circle back to the real crime here: that unwashed blender. I’m no kitchen purist—I toss Tupperware in the dishwasher (much to my Virgo boyfriend’s horror) and freely bend the five-second rule (my floors are clean, fight me). But my one non-negotiable rule? Wash. The. Blender. Immediately. No excuses. A quick rinse right after use saves you from scrubbing crusted smoothie gunk or fossilized pesto later.
Okay, fine, the real villain here is Timothy, who left the blender dirty overnight. Even without poison involved, that’s a domestic felony. But I guess he was a little preoccupied with almost murdering his entire family? Still, Lochlan, my dude—just because you’re a trust-fund kid doesn’t mean you skip basic blender hygiene. Especially when the last thing in it was rotten coconut milk. A two-second rinse could’ve spared you puking in the pool and hallucinating God while your dad sobbed over your (thankfully temporary) corpse. (The fact that Timothy meant to spare Lochlan makes his near-death even more messed up.)
So let this be a cautionary tale for all you rich, kitchen-cutting corners bros: Wash. Your. Blender. Or risk a fate worse than death—stuck cleaning dried smoothie sludge.