Like the tragic heroine of an opera, Tanya's death was inevitable. While at the palazzo with Quentin, Tanya learns that Quentin fell in love with a straight cowboy in Montana for whom he would still do anything. Fans theorized that the cowboy could be Greg, and when Tanya later finds a photo of a young Quentin and Greg, it's clearly the case that Greg put Quentin up to something.

At first, we think that perhaps he wants Tanya to break an infidelity clause on her prenup, which is why Niccolò gets her high on cocaine and sleeps with her at the palazzo party. However, when Tanya is on the yacht (as her assistant Portia is simultaneously being held hostage by the mysteriously dark Jack), Tanya and Portia are able to connect on one quick phone call.

Tanya puts the pieces together and realizes that she's in danger. The party was to make Tanya feel comfortable enough to get on a small boat with just Niccolò.

Quentin tells Tanya that Niccolò will be joining them to take Tanya back to the resort, and Tanya tries to delay the inevitable. Luckily for us, she gets her comeuppance — well, she sort of does. In a moment of haste, Tanya takes Niccolò's bag and locks herself in the bedroom on the yacht. She discovers rope, duct tape, and a gun, proving the theory that they were out to kill her correct.

As Quentin and Niccolò bang on the door, Tanya holds the gun out to protect herself. In a moment of self-defense (and a bit of impulsivity), she shoots anyone in her sight. Once she realizes what she's done, she sees the shot in Quentin's back and asks him if Greg is cheating on her, but he dies before he can respond.

In an attempt to flee the scene, Tanya tries to get off the yacht onto the smaller boat, and in doing so, she trips and hits her head on the side of the smaller boat, drowning to her death. In the end, it's Tanya's body that Daphne finds while taking her final swim.

Both seasons of The White Lotus are now available to stream on HBO Max.