devious maids

Chapter 3~

Chapter 3~

A young man, part of the home invasion gang that killed Alejandro, commits suicide in front of the sidewalk shrine to Alejandro. It could be a staged suicide.

Carmen

Alejandro is laid to rest and Carmen and Odessa must vacate his mansion by the end of the week. Carmen was rehearsing a sexy song to sing at the funeral -- the woman does not have a clear understanding of appropriate behavior when it comes to advancing her career.

But once she's standing at the front of the church, with Alejandro in an open casket, Carmen breaks down. Odessa comforts her, and who knows? Maybe they will become roomies since they are both unemployed and homeless.

Rosie

All is as it always was, which means Rosie knows best. She may be an uneducated, undocumented worker, but she is far smarter and kinder than most people.

Rosie intuits that her newest boss, Kenneth confined to a wheelchair since his stroke, knows what is swirling around him. Didi, his gold-digger, ex-stripper and druggie wife is determined that he die as fast as possible so she can inherit his money. A doctor, or at least someone posing as a doctor, makes a house call and proclaims that there is no hope for Kenneth.

Rosie doesn't believe him and takes Kenneth to another doctor who says that with physical therapy, he will improve. On the way home from the new doctor's office, Rosie sees the young wife kissing the man posing as a doctor.

So Rosie continues her habit of seeing her employers involved with others. Remember, she caught Peri cheating on Spencer.

Zoila

Zoila is in a state, considering her husband of 20 years left her, saying she makes everyone miserable, and her daughter, Valentina is estranged from her and working for the Powells.

To cheer her up, Genevieve invites Zoila to a luncheon she's throwing. One of Genevieve's nasty, entitled rich friends is rude to Zoila, who refuses to take her guff.

Marisol

The ex-maid takes the letter she found to her pals, Rosie and Zoila. The letter to Marisol's fiance's first wife warns that woman to get rid of the evil maid, Opal. Opal, however, is still around and all but making voodoo dolls of Marisol.

Even the other maids tell Marisol to fire Opal, but no: Marisol, ever the intellectual, has to first ferret out information about Opal to make a reasoned decision. She goes on a hunt to find out who the dead wife's friends were and starts by pumping Opal's son, Ethan, for info.

Marisol learns that the dead first wife's best friend was Evelyn Powell. Evelyn remains snippy with Marisol for leaving her because she thought she "vacuumed with the best" and is now jealous that she's marrying someone wealthier than she is.

Adrian has grown increasingly paranoid and tells their live-in security guard Tony that he needs a gun.

Evelyn is furious when she sees her husband with a gun, knowing there's no way this will end without bloodshed. She goes into Tony's room to tell him off, and he's doing pull-ups. Evelyn nearly melts. When he takes off his shirt because he's sweaty, Evelyn becomes flustered, as will every straight woman and gay man who watches this scene.

As Evelyn expected, the sleep-deprived, terrified Adrian does shoot someone -- Evelyn. The bullet grazes her upper arm. Considering what this marriage has been through, how they had just gotten back on track and were finally having sex again, until the home invasion robbery turned Adrian into a paranoid lunatic, it's not surprising that Evelyn is at wit's end.

When Evelyn and Tony finally share a deep kiss, it's pretty clear a new torrid affair is beginning.