White Lotus star Jason Isaacs trolls Duke at Season 3 finale event after school slammed controversial scene

He’s duking it out. “The White Lotus” star Jason Isaacs isn’t backing down after the university slammed the hit HBO series. On Sunday, as Season 3 came to a shocking bloodbath conclusion, several cast members attended a panel at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village in California. Isaacs, Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger were among the Season 3 cast in attendance, and in a cheeky move, Isaacs, 61, wore a Duke T-shirt under his blazer. Each season of the hit Mike White series follows a different cast of characters at a branch of the title fictional resort – until somebody dies at the end. Spoiler alert: Season 3 killed off Rick (Walton Goggins) and his much younger girlfriend, Chelsea (Wood), as well as several resort security guards, and resort owner / Rick’s secret father Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn). Before the shoot out, dysfunctional Southern family Timothy Ratliff (Jason Isaacs), his loopy wife Victoria (Parker Posey) and their three college-aged kids — Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook), Lochlan (Sam Nivola) and Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) — seemed like likely contenders as the characters who might kick the bucket.Timothy had been suicidal over getting caught committing white-collar crimes — a fact which he hid from his family as he spiraled.Unbeknownst to the rest of his family, Timothy will go to jail and they’ll lose the lavish lifestyle they’ve been accustomed to post-vacation.In one episode, Tim went so far as to hold a gun to his head while wearing his alma mater’s shirt. The university didn’t appreciate that. “‘The White Lotus’ not only uses our brand without permission, but in our view uses it on imagery that is troubling, does not reflect our values or who we are, and simply goes too far,” Frank Tramble, Duke’s vice president for communications, marketing and public affairs, said as part of a statement released on March 27. He added, “Suicide is the second-leading cause of death on college campuse...