Devious Maids Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: Murder and a Baby?

Devious-Maids-Season3-EP1-Evelyn

Devious-Maids-Season3-EP1-WeddingAfter keeping the Devious Army waiting for almost a year since the end of Season 2, Lifetime has brought back its hit show Devious Maids for Season 3. I’m sure everyone in that army would agree when I say that it wasn’t fair of them to leave us for such a long time with the cliffhanger at the final episode of Season 2!

Happily, the premiere episode of Season 3 picks up right where Season 2 left off — a drive-by shooting at Spence and Rosie’s wedding. As everyone is outside of the church happily cheering the couple’s new journey into wedded bliss, an uninvited guest is waiting on the sidelines. Carmen’s young, obsessive lover Ty is creeping on the wedding guests from his the car. He has his eye on Valentina whom he believes is the one behind all his problems. In Ty’s twisted mind, his only chance at living a normal life again is to kill Valentina.

Ty almost goes undetected, but Carmen notices him pull up in the car with gun in hand. She quickly tries to warn everyone to get down but Ty was already in front of the group and fired off three rounds. Ty manages to shoot Valentina’s father, Pablo, the priest and the new bride, Rosie. It’s a relief finally knowing who got shot, but now all I want to do is give Ty a serious beat down!

Luckily, Rosie is still alive but she banged her head on the ground really hard as she fell and wound up in a coma for four months. I blame her falling into a coma on Spence. When Rosie got shot, her new groom just stared at her and didn’t catch her in any dramatic form like you usually see happen in this situation on soaps He just let her topple over backwards.

Unfortunately, Pablo didn’t make it and died of his wounds.

Since Rosie’s missed four months of the action, her besties help get her caught up. Marisol’s book finally came out and made it onto The New York Times Best Seller’s list. That’s great news for Marisol, but Carmen mentions that all this new success for Marisol hasn’t been as great for the rest of the girls. Turns out Marisol doesn’t seem to have enough time for her amigas anymore because she’s too busy spending time with her new BFF, Evelyn Powell. Definitely didn’t see that one coming.

The girls had been poking fun at Zoila for gaining weight since the wedding. They tried to blame it on the death of Pablo, but Zoila knew that had nothing to do with it. After Genevieve mentions that everyone else is also noticing the weight gain, Zoila panics. She’s not freaking out because of what everyone else thinks but because of what she thinks might be the cause of her new weight gain: Zoila realizes she’s pregnant and she’s not exactly sure who the father of this baby could be. It’s highly likely that it’s Javier, but there was that one slip-up with Pablo that happened not  long ago.

Ay yi yi, Zoila you got yourself in a tricky situation with this one!

Devious-Maids-Season3-EP1-Stappords-Evelyn-MarisolThe girls have also made a new friend, Blanca (Glee‘s Naya Rivera) who also happens to be a maid. She recently got fired from her last house after trying to work out a new schedule with them so she could go to school, too. Talk about the worst bosses ever! Marisol mentions that she could help Blanca out by getting her another job with the Stappords. They just moved back in and seemed to have adopted a daughter named Katy so they would need some extra help around the house. Poor Blanca. She has no idea what’s in store for her.

Hoping to find out who the father of her baby is, Zoila resorts to some serious creativity to grab ten of Javier’s hairs by the roots in order to do a DNA test since Pablo is no longer around to be tested. Once Zoila gets the results of the DNA test back she’s shocked to find out the father of her baby is, indeed, Pablo. It’s kind of sweet to know that this baby is going to carry out Pablo’s legacy along with Valentina. Well, maybe Zoila doesn’t see it this way since she now has to explain everything to Javier — but I still think it’s sweet.

Rosie knows how expensive hospital bills are and now that Spence doesn’t have a job, she’s worried about how they’re going to pay them. He reassures her that he’s taken care of everything — because he starred in a movie while she was in the coma. Rosie seems thrilled to hear about the good news but I already knew what was coming: Rosie failed to question what kind of movie could be made in four months that also paid well enough to cover the bills. Her nurse helps her put things together. Ew.

The next time Spence comes to visit Rosie, she explodes at him for making a porn movie while she was in a coma. Really, Spence?! He defends himself by telling her he had no other option because he needed to support Miguel, who is  his son now, too. After hearing him say that Miguel is his son now too, Rosie goes easy on him and lets him off the hook just this once.

Devious-Maids-Season3-EP1-Carmen-SebastienCarmen’s rich married man, Sebastien, turns out to be a complete liar. Turns out, it’s his wife who is the rich one and he hasn’t been able to sell a house all year. The house that he had supposedly rented out for Carmen was really one of his listings. Pobrecita had to find that out the hard way: People were touring her supposed home and she came downstairs in a bikini. It seems like Carmen has been mooching off a moocher. She immediately ends things with Sebastien after finding out the truth and realizing that he doesn’t love her enough to leave his wife like he said he would. He’s only worried about the money he’ll lose.

Zoila invites Javier over to confront him about the baby issue. She starts things off by telling him she’s pregnant — which makes Javier jump with joy. He then picks her up into the air and tells her that he’s so happy because that’s all he’s ever wanted-have a baby with the woman he loves. Zoila’s really trapped now and feels like she’d be crushing his dreams if she tells him the truth about not being the father. When he asks her if he’s really going to be a father she says yes, completely excluding anything about Pablo. It will be interesting to see how this lie holds up down the road.

When Blanca arrives at the Stappord house to move her things in on the day Taylor  told her to, Mrs. Stappord seems shocked to see Blanca. There are cleaning supplies laid out everywhere and Taylor looks like a hot mess. She tells Blanca that there’s a mess Taylor needs to quick clean in the living room, and being a good maid, Blanca heads for the livingroom herself. Taylor tries to stop Blanca, but Blanca manages to push past her and see what looks like a horrible crime scene. There is blood splattered over the entire room including the walls, furniture and carpet. It looks like a sacrificial party went down in the Stappord’s house.  I’m surprised Blanca didn’t book it out of the house to dial 9-1-1 because that’s what I would’ve done. Or passed out cold.

Devious-Maids-Season3-EP1-EvelynEvelyn wakes up the next morning to a dog digging in her front yard roses. She walks over to shoo the dog away — and I already have an idea of what the dog was after.

As soon as the dog leaves Evelyn finds a severed leg in her bed of flowers, causing her to immediately faint. I bet that leg was previously at the Stappord house and someone planted it there (no pun intended) to frame the Powells. I’m hoping it wasn’t little Katy Stappord, because that just brings out a whole different level of creepy.

What were your thoughts on the premiere episode of Season 3 of Devious Maids? They kept us waiting for a long time but I think this season is going to be jam-packed with scandal and drama, just how I like it. Just from the first episode we see a lot of different stories develop that will be interesting to follow along. Could you believe it when Zoila found out she was pregnant and then that Pablo was the father? I really think she’ll regret not telling Javier the truth but we’ll see what happens with that eventually. What do you think is going on with the Stappords moving back in and claiming to have adopted Katy? It’s obvious they’re hiding a lot, especially after Blanca found the massacre scene in their living room where their daughter lives. No wonder Katy has some issues with people. Leave your thoughts in the comments.

Devious Maids airs Mondays at 9/8CT on Lifetime.

Photo Credit: Bob Mahoney

1 Comment

  1. I think it is the most shocking and exciting season opening of all three season with zoila pregnant and javier not bieng the father but I want know what happens to ty.

Comments are closed.