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Devious Maids
GenreComedy-drama
Mystery
Created byMarc Cherry
Based onEllas son la Alegría del Hogar
(Telenovela)
Starring
ComposerEdward Shearmur
Country of originTemplate:TVUS
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • David Lonner
  • Eva Longoria[1]
  • John Mass
  • Larry Shuman
  • Marc Cherry
  • Michael Garcia
  • Paul McGuigan
  • Paul Presburger
  • Sabrina Wind
Producers
  • Justin Lillehei (assoc.)
  • Brian Tanen
CinematographyOliver Bokelberg
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
  • ABC Studios
  • Cherry/Wind Productions
  • Televisa Internacional
Original release
NetworkLifetime
ReleaseJune 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) –
present
Related
Desperate Housewives

Devious Maids is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry, produced by ABC Studios and executive produced by Cherry, Sabrina Wind, Eva Longoria, Paul McGuigan, Larry Shuman, David Lonner, John Mass, Paul Presburger, and Michael Garcia. The series premiered June 23, 2013, on Lifetime.[2]

The show's cast includes Ana Ortiz as lead character, and Dania Ramirez, Roselyn Sánchez, Edy Ganem, and Judy Reyes as other maids, with Susan Lucci, Rebecca Wisocky, Tom Irwin, Brianna Brown, Brett Cullen, Mariana Klaveno, and Grant Show in feature main roles.[2] The series centers on four Latina maids working in the homes of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families, and a newcomer who is making it personal after a maid was murdered and is determined to uncover the truth behind her demise.

The show was originally in development to air on ABC.[3] The pilot episode was released online on June 9, 2013, before its television debut.[4] The pilot episode has received positive reviews from critics.[5] The pilot drew 1.99 million viewers, and in episode six, shot up 45 percent from the series premiere, to 2.90 million viewers.[6]

On August 13, 2013, Devious Maids was renewed for a second season, consisting of 13 episodes.[7]

Production

The pilot is based on the Mexican TV series Ellas son la Alegría del Hogar, which translates to English as "They Are the Home's Joy" and was heavily influenced by Cherry's previous series Desperate Housewives. The Mexican series is based on an original concept by Gloria Calzada, Juan Meyer and Salvador Rizo. The American adaptation was to follow four maids with ambition and dreams of their own while they work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills, California. ABC ordered the pilot on January 31, 2012.[8]

On May 14, 2012, the pilot was not picked to series by ABC.[9] However, on June 22, 2012, Lifetime picked up the pilot with a thirteen-episode order.[10][11] In May 2012, Roselyn Sánchez made a cameo appearance in the final episode of Desperate Housewives, "Finishing the Hat", as her character Carmen. Richard Burgi, Valerie Mahaffey, Rebecca Wisocky, Melinda Page Hamilton, and Andrea Parker, who previously appeared in Desperate Housewives, have major recurring roles in this series.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Recurring cast

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 13[17] June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) September 22, 2013 (2013-09-22)[18] — — —

Season 1 (2013)

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Paul McGuiganTeleplay and Television Story by: Marc CherryJune 23, 2013 (2013-06-23)1.99[19]
The series follows the lives of five Beverly Hills Hispanic maids as they navigate through the messy lives of their wealthy and snobbish employers. Rosie (Dania Ramirez), a single mother who left her son back in Mexico when her husband died, works as the housemaid/nanny for a pair of self-absorbed and successful actors, Peri and Spence. Aspiring singer Carmen (Roselyn Sanchez) hopes that her new pop star employer Alejandro can help kick start her career, but Odessa, his very loyal and humorless Russian housekeeper and her boss, will stop at nothing to stand in the way of her dreams. Zoila (Judy Reyes) is the senior maid for Genevieve, a co-dependent, drug-addicted, emotionally unstable wealthy woman. She works alongside her teenage daughter Valentina (Edy Ganem), who has a crush on Genevieve's son, Remi. Newcomer Marisol (Ana Ortiz), whose appearance, knowledge and lack of a Spanish accent does not fit the description of the four aforementioned maids, is hired to clean the home of Taylor, the insecure second wife to a wealthy man, named Michael, whose ex-wife is stalking him. The maids turn to one another for support when their friend and fellow maid Flora (Paula Garcés) is brutally murdered at the home of her employers, the shallow and secretive Evelyn and Adrian Powell, at the biggest society event of the year just moments after she was supposedly raped by Adrian, which Evelyn believed was an affair and blamed Flora for having seduced Adrian. A young waiter is found holding the bloody knife used in the killing at the scene and is arrested, but Flora in actuality was killed by another unseen person after she wrote a letter accusing the person of the crime. It is revealed at the end (unknown to both the other maids and their employers) that Marisol has infiltrated this inner high society circle to find out who set her son (the waiter) up.
2"Setting the Table"Rob BaileyMarc CherryJune 30, 2013 (2013-06-30)2.09[20]
Spence begins to suspect that Peri is cheating on him when he finds underwear that doesn't belong to him, but Peri convinces Rosie to lie to him to cover for her. Rosie finds out that that Peri is indeed cheating with her co-star, but ultimately Rosie decides not to tell Spence because he reminds her of her late husband. Meanwhile, Carmen takes advantage of the house and her co-worker Sam, while Alejandro is away. Carmen reveals to Sam that she refuses to be in a relationship because her last boyfriend wasn't supportive of her dreams. Valentina bonds with Remi over their shared love of old movies and manages to ingratiate herself with his college friends. Zoila, disapproving of this, convinces Genevieve to throw a party where Remi's friends will see her at work. Afterwards, Valentina admits her feelings to Genevieve who agrees to help her. Taylor refuses to let Marisol continue working for the Powells because she considers them horrible people. Adrian (rightly suspecting that Marisol is not who she appears to be) convinces Taylor to let Marisol to continue to help them with the housekeeping. Marisol discovers Flora's note which Adrian immediately snatches. Marisol (who earlier in the beginning of the episode relived through flashbacks about how she began her quest to clear her son's name) visits her son in jail where he tells her that he and Flora dated and added that at the time of the murder the real killer knocked him out and placed the knife on him; Marisol, who also memorized portions of the note, believes it may hold a clue and tells her son she'll search for it. As Adrian reads Flora's letter, she accuses someone of not protecting her from an unknown man. Adrian immediately burns the note.
3"Wiping Away the Past"Rob BaileyVictor LevinJuly 7, 2013 (2013-07-07)2.53[21]
When Michael's ex-wife, Olivia, drops a bomb about Taylor's past, Marisol helps Taylor keep it together. Adrian tries to cheer up his newly divorced friend the only way he knows how, to Evelyn's displeasure. Unbeknownst to Zoila, Valentina and Genevieve team up to get Remi to notice Valentina as more than just a friend. Spence offers to help Rosie out of a bind, but Rosie wonders if his generosity comes with strings attached. Carmen finally gets a meeting with a major music producer and needs Sam's help to sell her diva image.
4"Making Your Bed"David WarrenJohn Paul Bullock IIIJuly 14, 2013 (2013-07-14)2.23[22]
The arrival of Genevieve's brother, Henri complicates matters for Zoila, whose heart he broke years before. Rosie vows to help Spence with his marriage, and tensions between Carmen and Odessa are at an all-time high when Alejandro allows Carmen to be a guest at the party he's hosting while Odessa works in her place. Meanwhile, Marisol offers to work a fundraiser at the Powell house in order to uncover more information about Flora's murder.
5"Taking Out the Trash"David WarrenGloria Calderon KellettJuly 21, 2013 (2013-07-21)2.78[23]
A visitor from Carmen's past tries to win her back. Evelyn and Adrian mark the anniversary date of a tragic event. Peri suspects Spence is having an affair, after he asks her for an open marriage. Remi brings home a date...and Valentina is not thrilled. Marisol and Eddy make a crucial discovery about Flora, that could make or break Eddy's murder conviction.
6"Walking the Dog"Tawnia McKiernanBrian TanenJuly 28, 2013 (2013-07-28)2.88[24]
Zoila's job is jeopardized when Genevieve has financial troubles, and Marisol makes a discovery at the Powell house. In the meantime, Carmen is jealous when Sam starts dating, and Valentina worries about Remi's erratic behaviour.
7"Taking a Message"Tawnia McKiernanTanya SarachoAugust 4, 2013 (2013-08-04)2.74[25]
In a series of events that takes place over the course of two days, Rosie is suspicious about Marisol after a college student comes up to Marisol and calls her a professor — and her real last name. Marisol in return vows to retaliate against Rosie about her texts that she has been getting from Spence (which viewers could see onscreen that were coming from him). The two come to a truce to help each other so they could find out the truth behind Flora's murder while keeping their alliance a secret from the other maids. Meanwhile, Valentina believes Remi is doing drugs, only to learn that Zoila had known about his habit early on and steps in to do damage control; As Carmen and Sam agree to be boyfriend and girlfriend, Carmen asks Sam about what he likes about his job; Olivia helps a frustrated and delirious Evelyn look for a new maid, and Rosie answers the call (as she becomes the mole for Marisol).
8"Minding the Baby"Tara Nicole WeyrGloria Calderon KellettAugust 11, 2013 (2013-08-11)2.66[26]
As Rosie infiltrates the Powell household to find the DVD of Flora that Marisol needs as evidence, Evelyn becomes fixated on Peri's son after Rosie brings him over. After getting carried away with him to make up for the loss of her son Barrett, Evelyn apologizes to Rosie for keeping the child away for too long and when she offers her a job, Rosie (after she sees the evidence located in the Powell's safe, and whose combination password is that of her late son's first name), accepts. At the same time Marisol helps Taylor with trying to have a child at a fertility clinic, unaware that word does travels fast when a so-called former friend of Olivia's tips her off. Meanwhile, when Carmen learns that Odessa is trying place the blame for her chores on her in front of Alejandro, Carmen discovers that Odessa is using that reason to hide her battle with cancer that resulted in her loss of her leg that ended her career as a ballerina in Russia, and Zoila and Valentina intervene in Genevieve's attempt to marry a 76-year-old blind man who believes Genevieve is 39 and hopes that she will give him a family. He makes a deal to marry Genevieve if Valentina becomes the egg donor.
9"Scrambling the Eggs"Tara Nicole WeyrTanya SarachoAugust 18, 2013 (2013-08-18)2.56[27]
In the course of two months, Rosie, fearing that Evelyn will become obessed with Tucker, decides its time to quit for the Powells. But when Rosie and Spence's affair is discovered by Evelyn, she finds a way to blackmail Rosie by asking her to bring Tucker over so she won't tell Peri, but Adrian is determined to stop Evelyn from growing more attached to the Westmore's son. Marisol follows up on a lead from the DVD that leads her to Flora's grandmother (who is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease) and discovers that a another person that was close to Flora and her boyfriend is also involved. Carmen encourages Odessa to come clean to Alejandro about her cancer treatments, only to discover how cold Alejandro is to the ladies about Odessa's condition. Genevieve is put at a disadvantage after Zoila refuses to allow Valentina to be a egg donor but Valentina (who really wants to go to fashion school) is tempted to take the offer after she is asked by Genevieve's boyfriend.
10"Hanging the Drapes"John ScottBrian TanenAugust 25, 2013 (2013-08-25)2.48[28]
Marisol discovers about the fact that Eddie never knew about Flora having seen one of his friends, who could have impregnated her. The lawyer then tells Marisol that Eddie was a drug dealer and one of his partners may have known about Flora being pregnant, putting Marisol in a difficult position about finding the truth and deciding if she should continue helping Eddie. At the same time, Taylor reveals that she is pregnant but Michael decides to let Olivia know, even if she is not comfortable about the news. Marisol then uses Eddie's catering services to lure Eddie's friend into helping set up a dinner for Taylor and Michael and their guests. Valentina is worried about Remi's behavior after he returns from rehab, but its Valentina who becomes upset over how he sees her as the hired help, while Genevieve and her ex-husband Phillipe decide to get reacquainted as friends. Rosie is caught in a tangled web between helping Spence and Peri seek marriage counseling and being propositioned by Adrian at the same time. After getting off on the wrong foot, Carmen wants Alejandro to become more trusting to her, and he agrees to open up to her — where he reveals to Carmen that he is gay. During the dinner, Marisol confronts Eddie's friend and he points the person out to her as Remi, but at the same time she sees Olivia hanging from a tree (after she commits suicide), she then notices Remi racing with a knife after he cuts the tassled ropes off.
11"Cleaning Out the Closet"[29]UnknownUnknownSeptember 8, 2013 (2013-09-08)[29]N/A
12"Getting Out the Blood"[30]UnknownUnknownSeptember 15, 2013 (2013-09-15)[30]N/A
13"Totally Clean"[18]UnknownUnknownSeptember 22, 2013 (2013-09-22)[18]N/A

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