Sunday’s 90-minute episode brought in 6.2 million cross-platform viewers, a first-night record for The White Lotus. It grew by 29 percent from the previous episode’s 4.8 million viewers — which had been the previous high mark, surpassing the 4.2 million for the week before that.

Season 3 “ The White Lotus ” concluded with more dead bodies and more viewers than ever.

Mike White acknowledges he and the show's composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer did not see eye to eye.