There are the sun-drenched locations, luxurious hotel settings and murder mysteries at the heart of each season, but let’s be honest, we really tune into HBO’s The White Lotus for its roster of despicable characters.

The show’s creator, Mike White, knows exactly how to create a character that audiences will love to hate, and this season is no exception. From the filthy rich guests to the staff who never seem to be able to just do their job, the Thailand outpost of The White Lotus is full of brilliantly awful and wonderfully insufferable characters.

We’re not at the end of the season just yet, but the guests and staff are already starting to show their true colours, and as their complexities are revealed episode by episode, some characters are becoming easier to hate.

So, what better time to rank the class of season three of The White Lotus in a league table of awfulness, from least annoying to most insufferable?

Be warned, there are spoilers for season three ahead!

Every The White Lotus season 3 character ranked from least irritating to most unbearable, so far