Max has confirmed that season 4 of The White Lotus is officially in development. In this upcoming season, the series returns to the Mediterranean, and for the first time in the show’s history, the series will take place at a fully vegan, eco-conscious resort. The setting? Koukoumi, a real-life luxury vegan hotel tucked away in the serene village of Ano Mera on the Greek island of Mykonos.
Koukoumi
With its Cycladic charm, saltwater pool, and entirely plant-based culinary program, Koukoumi is known for attracting spiritually minded travelers and wellness seekers. And now, it will serve as the decadent, sun-drenched backdrop for the newest installment of Mike White’s wildly popular series—one that promises plant-based virtue, ambient goat yoga, and probably at least one body floating in a plunge pool.
Why a vegan resort?
“I’ve been vegan for years, so I’ve been quietly manifesting a season that reflects some of those values,” show creator Mike White said in a statement. “Of course, in White Lotus fashion, that means peeling back the layers of self-righteousness to expose the ego underneath all the kale and compassion.”
Koukoumi
White added that setting the show at a vegan resort in Greece felt both personally meaningful and thematically rich. “We live in this time where doing the ‘right thing’ is so intertwined with social currency,” he said. “I loved the idea of exploring what happens when you throw a bunch of high-minded people together—people who came for spiritual transformation and raw zucchini carpaccio—and then watch it all unravel.”
Familiar faces, new baggage
The new season will see the return of several fan-favorite characters who managed to survive their original getaways. Among them is Daphne Sullivan (Meghann Fahy) from season 2, who is now navigating the Mediterranean solo, post-divorce, and very into biohacking.
Also returning is Quinn Mossbacher (Fred Hechinger), the teenage son from season 1 who famously ditched his family in Hawaii to canoe with local islanders. Now in his early twenties, Quinn resurfaces in Greece as a sustainability intern at Koukoumi, filming a mini-documentary about the resort’s zero-waste kitchen.
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Joining them is fan-favorite Nicole Mossbacher (Connie Britton), Quinn’s high-powered mother, who is attending a women’s leadership and longevity retreat at the resort. Fresh off a board shake-up at her tech firm, Nicole is there to reclaim balance, though her passive-aggressive Zoom calls from the resort’s juice bar say otherwise.
New characters include a scandal-plagued wellness guru with a kombucha empire, a TikTok-famous fruitarian couple on a pre-breakup honeymoon, and a Greek-American crypto investor who insists his carnivore diet is ancestral.
White confirms some season 3 characters will also return, but doesn’t want to spoil the season finale, which airs on April 6. Like White, season 3’s Jason Isaacs is also vegan.
The dark side of enlightenment
In true White Lotus form, the idyllic setting begins to crack under the weight of passive-aggressive tension, one-upmanship in the daily breathwork circles, and a potentially criminal incident involving a spiky sea urchin and a raw mushroom foraging walk.
Koukoumi
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Staff members at Koukoumi are drawn into the chaos, including a sweet-yet-guarded concierge with a murky past and an ambitious plant-based chef who dreams of launching Greece’s first Michelin-starred vegan tasting menu. By episode four, there’s already talk of a missing guest—and a misplaced batch of ceremonial cacao.
Real resort, fake murder
Koukoumi is Greece’s first five-star vegan resort, offering holistic wellness programming, fine dining, and sun-drenched tranquility far from Mykonos’s party crowds. Guests at this popular destination can partake in rooftop pilates, lymphatic drainage massages—and, unlike on the show—no emotionally fraught chakra realignments or murder investigations. The hotel has not commented on its fictional portrayal, although a spokesperson did post an Instagram Story that read “Manifesting ✨ this guest list.”
Koukoumi
Guests at the real Koukoumi can enjoy Mediterranean-inspired fare, including fresh pastries, seasonal fruits, French toast, Kagiana tofu, seitan smoked with strawberry port wine sauce, daikon tagliatelle, and a range of homemade cheese. The hotel is popular, so if you want to book your stay, we recommend doing it now.
But one more thing…
As much as we’d love to see Daphne microdosing at dawn, Quinn perfecting his downward dog in a composting workshop, and Nicole spiraling in her caftan during a group fire ceremony, this isn’t a real announcement.
It’s VegNews’ April Fool’s Day special. Season 4 of ‘The White Lotus’ hasn’t been officially announced—yet. But if Mike White is reading this: please let us pitch the vegan murder subplot.
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