A Review of Lifetime’s “Devious Maids” by Tiffany A. White
I almost missed this new series… I hadn’t heard anything about it. Luckily, as I watched the Lifetime original Jodi Arias story, I caught a commercial for Devious Maids just in time to set my DVR for the premiere.
The story begins with a wealthy wife confronting her husband and their maid for having an affair. Having said her piece, the wife takes her husband back down to their lavish backyard party… while someone murders the maid upstairs.
A murder mystery. Already, I’m intrigued.
Devious Maids follows a group of beautiful Hispanic housekeepers in Beverly Hills and the rich families they work for. First, there’s Marisol (played by Ana Ortiz from Ugly Betty). She’s new to the scene, but has a very good reason for being there… Then there’s Rosie (J. Dania Ramirez from Heroes and Entourage). She’s the sweet one, working diligently to bring her young son to America from Mexico. Next, there’s Carmen (played by the beautiful Roselyn Sanchez from Without a Trace). Carmen landed a maid-ship, working for a Latin recording artist… a lucky coincidence, since she has her own dreams and aspirations of signing a big record deal. And finally there’s Zoila (Judy Reyes from Scrubs) and Valentina (Edy Ganem), a mother and daughter cleaning team… that is if the mother can remind the daughter that she’s there to dust and mop (and that the rich folk don’t date the help).
After watching the first hour, this new Lifetime original series reminded me of Desperate Housewives. There are hot guys (Drew Van Acker—also known as Jason DiLaurentis from Pretty Little Liars, and Matt Cedeno—Brandon Walker from Days of our Lives); familiar faces (Susan Lucci—the Erica Kane from All My Children, Grant Show—from the “real” Melrose Place, Brett Cullen—Harold’s business partner from Person of Interest, Mariana Klaveno—Lorena from True Blood; Rebecca Wisocky—the seemingly untrustworthy Brenda from The Mentalist, Brianna Brown—the crazy Lisa from General Hospital; and Tom Irwin—from one of my old favorites… My So Called Life); plus, gossip, lust, and humor, with both laugh-out-loud moments and backhanded comments.
Oh, and did I mention Devious Maids was created by Marc Cherry? You know, the man responsible for Desperate Housewives? No wonder I saw the similarities… even the music reminded me of our favorite ladies from Wisteria Lane.
I’ll admit; when I first saw the commercials for the new series, I rolled my eyes. Just a little bit. But you know me; I set my DVR to record it anyway. And I’m really kind of glad I did… because Devious Maids is devilishly fun.
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Tiffany A. White is the author of the YA mystery “Football Sweetheart” series. She blogs at The Ooo Factor and is available for contact via Twitter at , Facebook at , or by email at .
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