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* DinnerAndAShow: When Michael's ex-wife Olivia crashes his dinner party and throws a crystal heart at him, Marisol intervenes and forcibly shoves her out. This causes Michael's dinner guests to applaud her, and Brad Powell's interest in Marisol is piqued.
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* SkewedPriorities: When the police tell Evelyn they have enough evidence and are ready to leave, she breaks down in hysterics.
-->'''Evelyn''': Who's going to clean this up?
-->'''Evelyn''': Who's going to clean this up?
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* SpicyLatina: Downplayed.Downplayed, although Carmen and Valentina come close to playing the trope straight.
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* MissingMom: Rosie is one to her son Miguel, as she had to leave him in Mexico with her mother and come to the U.S. alone in order to find work after her husband died. When Peri makes insensitive comments about this trope in an interview, Rosie is royally cheesed off.
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* MissingMom: Rosie is one to her son Miguel, as she had to leave him in Mexico with her mother and come to the U.S. alone in order to find work after her husband died. When Peri makes insensitive comments about this trope in an interview, Rosie is this royally cheesed off.cheeses off Rosie.
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* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each other, Rosie most of all, as Peri is a soap opera actress.
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* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each other, Rosie most of all, as Peri is a soap opera actress. [[spoiler: This is probably Marisol's strategy to gather information on the Powells and who framed her son.]]
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* EthnicMenialLabor
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* EthnicMenialLaborEthnicMenialLabor: Although it's shown from Zoila's home, and the maids when they're off-duty that they live in fairly normal middle-class lifestyles.
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** Genevieve is more of a BenevolentBoss, she's just extremely high-maintenance.
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-->'''Marisol''': Is it bad to be talking about my boss like that?
-->'''Zoila''': If you want to sit with us, it's a requirement.
-->'''Zoila''': If you want to sit with us, it's a requirement.
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* MissingMom: Rosie is one to her son Miguel, as she had to leave him in Mexico with her mother and come to the U.S. alone in order to find work after her husband died.
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* MissingMom: Rosie is one to her son Miguel, as she had to leave him in Mexico with her mother and come to the U.S. alone in order to find work after her husband died. When Peri makes insensitive comments about this trope in an interview, Rosie is royally cheesed off.
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Flora, the Powell's maid is murdered at one of their dinner parties. [[spoiler: The young man with the bloody knife at the opening of the pilot? He's Marisol's ''son''. She's working as a maid to figure out who framed him for Flora's murder.]]
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Flora, the Powell's maid Powells' maid, is murdered at one of their dinner parties. [[spoiler: The young man with the bloody knife at the opening of the pilot? He's Marisol's ''son''. She's working as a maid to figure out who framed him for Flora's murder.]]
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** Odessa, the head housekeeper for Alejandro Rubio, is Carmen's immediate boss and they clash almost instantaneously.
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* MissingMom: Rosie is one to her son Miguel, as she had to leave him in Mexico with her mother and come to the U.S. alone in order to find work after her husband died.
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* TheFundamentalist: Downplayed with Rosie. She's deeply religious and frequently attends confession and frowns upon her employer's affairs. (Not that it stops her from gossiping with her friends.)
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* TheFundamentalist: Downplayed Zig-zagged with Rosie. She's deeply religious and frequently attends confession confession, and she frowns upon her employer's affairs. (Not that it stops her from gossiping about it with her friends.)
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Flora, the Powell's maid is murdered at one of their dinner parties. [[spoiler: The young man with the bloody knife at the opening of the pilot? He's Marisol's ''son''. She's been working as a maid to figure out who framed him for Flora's murder.]]
* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each other.
* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each other.
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Flora, the Powell's maid is murdered at one of their dinner parties. [[spoiler: The young man with the bloody knife at the opening of the pilot? He's Marisol's ''son''. She's been working as a maid to figure out who framed him for Flora's murder.]]
* TheFundamentalist: Downplayed with Rosie. She's deeply religious and frequently attends confession and frowns upon her employer's affairs. (Not that it stops her from gossiping with her friends.)
* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to eachother.other, Rosie most of all, as Peri is a soap opera actress.
* TheFundamentalist: Downplayed with Rosie. She's deeply religious and frequently attends confession and frowns upon her employer's affairs. (Not that it stops her from gossiping with her friends.)
* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rosie catches both Spence and Peri engaged in affairs.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rosie catches both Peri in an affair, and Spence and Peri engaged in affairs.attempts to start one with Rosie herself.
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** Taylor takes a disliking to Marisol, but gets over it when Marisol kicks out Olivia.
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* DramaQueen: Genevieve Delatour. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her having a delirious fit under her bed after she swallows a bunch of pills because her affair with the pool boy ended. Judging by Zoila and Remi's reactions, it's not the first time.
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* DramaQueen: Genevieve Delatour. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her having a delirious fit under her bed after she swallows a bunch of pills because her affair with the pool boy ended. Judging by Zoila and Remi's Remy's reactions, it's not the first time.
* FemmeFatale: Valentina styles herself as this in hopes that Remy Delatour would notice her. Her mother actively discourages this.
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** Valentina attempts to gain the attention of Remi Delatour.
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** Valentina attempts to gain the attention of Remi Delatour.Remy Delatour and seduce him, much to her mother's annoyance.
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** Evelyn is more concerned with the upkeep of the house rather than the fact that Flora was murdered in her den. [[spoiler:She and her husband are also hiding some secrets about Flora's murder as they plan to sit back and let an innocent take the fall rather than have the police investigate further.]]
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** Evelyn is more concerned with the upkeep of the house rather than the fact that Flora was murdered in her den. [[spoiler:She and her husband are also hiding some secrets of their own about Flora's murder as they plan to sit back and let an innocent take the fall rather than have the police investigate further.]]
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* [[spoiler:ClearMyName: The main reason Marisol takes a job with the Stappords is that she can get close to their friends and the other maids and figure out who really killed Flora and set up her son as the scapegoat.]]
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* [[spoiler:ClearMyName: The main real reason Marisol takes a job with the Stappords is that she can get close to their friends and the other maids and figure out who really killed Flora and set up her son as the scapegoat.]]
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:[[spoiler: The young man who's been accused of murdering Flora? He's Marisol's son and she's been attempting to figure out who set him up.]]
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:[[spoiler: FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Flora, the Powell's maid is murdered at one of their dinner parties. [[spoiler: The young man who's been accused with the bloody knife at the opening of murdering Flora? the pilot? He's Marisol's son and she's ''son''. She's been attempting working as a maid to figure out who set framed him up.for Flora's murder.]]
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* {{Yandere}}: Olivia Rice, the first wife of Michael Stappord. She crashes the Stappords' dinner party and creeps out everyone at the table until she chucks a crystal heart at him, forcing Marisol to intervene and kick her out.
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* {{Yandere}}: {{Yandere}}[=/=][[PsychoExGirlfriend Psycho Ex-Wife]]: Olivia Rice, the first wife of Michael Stappord. She crashes the Stappords' dinner party and creeps out everyone at the table until she chucks a crystal heart at him, forcing Marisol to intervene and kick her out.
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** Carmen is ambitious and hopes to break into the Latin music industry by getting a job as a maid with a major Latino singer, but has to think quick because her boss is a jerk.
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** Carmen comes closest, as she is ambitious and hopes to break into the Latin music industry by getting a job as a maid with a major Latino singer, but has to think quick because her boss is a jerk.
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** Rosie comes closest mainly because she harbors the most suspicions over Flora's death and because she's been running herself ragged over trying to bring her son over to the U.S. legally from Mexico.
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** Rosie comes closest mainly is quite emotional because she harbors the most suspicions over Flora's death and because she's been running herself ragged over trying to bring her son over to the U.S. legally from Mexico.Mexico.
** Valentina attempts to gain the attention of Remi Delatour.
** Valentina attempts to gain the attention of Remi Delatour.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rosie catches both Spence and Peri engaged in affairs.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rosie catches both Spence and Peri engaged in affairs.affairs.
** Flora was sleeping with Mr. Powell, but it's not her only secret and only Rosie, Zoila, and Carmen know.
** Flora was sleeping with Mr. Powell, but it's not her only secret and only Rosie, Zoila, and Carmen know.
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* BiggusDickus: Rosie accidentally sees [[spoiler: the man who's Peri has been having an affair with]] naked. When Zoila and Marisol press on for details, she holds up a huge cucumber.
-->'''Rosie''': What do you want me to say? Congratulations?
-->'''Rosie''': What do you want me to say? Congratulations?
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:[[spoiler: The boy who's been accused of murdering Flora? He's Marisol's son and she's been attempting to figure out who set him up.]]
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:[[spoiler: The boy young man who's been accused of murdering Flora? He's Marisol's son and she's been attempting to figure out who set him up.]]]]
* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each other.
* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each other.
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* RuleOfPool: The pilot opens with a dinner party and Flora being fatally stabbed after a scuffle with her killer. She then stumbles out into the backyard, where everyone is located, and dies as she falls into the pool.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rosie catches both Spence and Peri engaged in affairs.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Rosalyn Sanchez even makes a cameo in that's show GrandFinale as Carmen.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Rosalyn Sanchez even makes a cameo in that's show that show's GrandFinale as Carmen.
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* HandsOffParenting[=/=]ParentalNeglect: Peri ignores her son and leaves his care to Rosie unless it's for PR purposes.
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* HandsOffParenting[=/=]ParentalNeglect: Peri ignores her infant son and leaves his care to Rosie unless it's for PR purposes.
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* SuprisinglyGoodEnglish: Taylor Stappord says this word for word to Marisol when she interviews for a job with them. This causes Michael to shift uncomfortably in his chair and earns her a pointed look from Marisol.
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* SuprisinglyGoodEnglish: SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Taylor Stappord says this word for word to Marisol when she interviews for a job with them. This causes Michael to shift uncomfortably in his chair and earns her a pointed look from Marisol.
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* HandsOffParenting: Peri leaves the raising of her son to Rosie unless it's for PR purposes.
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* HandsOffParenting: HandsOffParenting[=/=]ParentalNeglect: Peri leaves the raising of ignores her son and leaves his care to Rosie unless it's for PR purposes.
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* SuprisinglyGoodEnglish: Taylor Stappord says this word for word to Marisol when she interviews for a job with them. This causes Michael to shift uncomfortably in his chair and earns her a pointed look from Marisol.
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* BigFancyHouse: Given, since the series is set in Beverly Hills.
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** Evelyn is more concerned with the upkeep of the house rather than the fact that Flora was murdered in her den.
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** Evelyn is more concerned with the upkeep of the house rather than the fact that Flora was murdered in her den. [[spoiler:She and her husband are also hiding some secrets about Flora's murder as they plan to sit back and let an innocent take the fall rather than have the police investigate further.]]
* [[spoiler:ClearMyName: The main reason Marisol takes a job with the Stappords is that she can get close to their friends and the other maids and figure out who really killed Flora and set up her son as the scapegoat.]]
* [[spoiler:ClearMyName: The main reason Marisol takes a job with the Stappords is that she can get close to their friends and the other maids and figure out who really killed Flora and set up her son as the scapegoat.]]
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* BadBoss: All of the maids' employers, although it appears they're more self-absorbed than anything.
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* BadBoss: All of the maids' employers, although it appears they're more self-absorbed than anything.
** Peri doesn't understand why Rosie is so heartbroken at the legal hurdles separating her from her son.
** Evelyn is more concerned with the upkeep of the house rather than the fact that Flora was murdered in her den.
** Peri doesn't understand why Rosie is so heartbroken at the legal hurdles separating her from her son.
** Evelyn is more concerned with the upkeep of the house rather than the fact that Flora was murdered in her den.
* EthnicMenialLabor
* HandsOffParenting: Peri leaves the raising of her son to Rosie unless it's for PR purposes.
* RichBitch: Evelyn Powell. She's more concerned that no one will clean her house now that Flora is dead.
* RichBitch: Evelyn Powell. She's more concerned that no one will clean her house now that Flora is dead.
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* {{Yandere}}: Olivia Rice, the first wife of Michael Stappord. She crashes the Stappords' dinner party and creeps out everyone at the table until she chucks a crystal heart at him, forcing Marisol to intervene and kick her out.
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* {{Yandere}}: Olivia Rice, the first wife of Michael Stappord. She crashes the Stappords' dinner party and creeps out everyone at the table until she chucks a crystal heart at him, forcing Marisol to intervene and kick her out.
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* DramaQueen: Genevieve Delatour. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her having a delirious fit under her bed after she swallows a bunch of pills because her affair with the pool boy ended. Judging by Zoila and Remi's reactions, it's not the first time.
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Shortly after the series was announced and a promotional ad was released, controversy erupted over the perceived stereotyping and racial implications of the Latina characters as maids and {{Spicy Latina}}s. Eva Longoria has defended the show, saying that the portrayal of the main characters are not racist and stereotypical. Time and subsequent episodes will tell if these statements are true.
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Shortly after the series was announced and a promotional ad was released, controversy erupted over the perceived stereotyping and racial implications of the Latina characters as maids and {{Spicy Latina}}s. Eva Longoria has defended the show, saying that the portrayal of the main characters are not racist and stereotypical. Time and subsequent episodes will tell if these statements are true.true.
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* BadBoss: All of the maids' employers, although it appears they're more self-absorbed than anything.
* {{Dramedy}}
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:[[spoiler: The boy who's been accused of murdering Flora? He's Marisol's son and she's been attempting to figure out who set him up.]]
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed.
** Zoila is straightforward and stern with her daughter Valentina and is more exasperated with Genevieve's hysterics than anything.
** Carmen is ambitious and hopes to break into the Latin music industry by getting a job as a maid with a major Latino singer, but has to think quick because her boss is a jerk.
** Marisol only becomes this when the {{Yandere}} ex-wife of her employer threatens to destroy the party he was throwing.
** Rosie comes closest mainly because she harbors the most suspicions over Flora's death and because she's been running herself ragged over trying to bring her son over to the U.S. legally from Mexico.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Rosalyn Sanchez even makes a cameo in that's show GrandFinale as Carmen.
* {{Yandere}}: Olivia Rice, the first wife of Michael Stappord. She crashes the Stappords' dinner party and creeps out everyone at the table until she chucks a crystal heart at him, forcing Marisol to intervene and kick her out.
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* BadBoss: All of the maids' employers, although it appears they're more self-absorbed than anything.
* {{Dramedy}}
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:[[spoiler: The boy who's been accused of murdering Flora? He's Marisol's son and she's been attempting to figure out who set him up.]]
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed.
** Zoila is straightforward and stern with her daughter Valentina and is more exasperated with Genevieve's hysterics than anything.
** Carmen is ambitious and hopes to break into the Latin music industry by getting a job as a maid with a major Latino singer, but has to think quick because her boss is a jerk.
** Marisol only becomes this when the {{Yandere}} ex-wife of her employer threatens to destroy the party he was throwing.
** Rosie comes closest mainly because she harbors the most suspicions over Flora's death and because she's been running herself ragged over trying to bring her son over to the U.S. legally from Mexico.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Rosalyn Sanchez even makes a cameo in that's show GrandFinale as Carmen.
* {{Yandere}}: Olivia Rice, the first wife of Michael Stappord. She crashes the Stappords' dinner party and creeps out everyone at the table until she chucks a crystal heart at him, forcing Marisol to intervene and kick her out.
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Shortly after the series was announced and a promotional ad was released, controversy erupted over the stereotyping and racial implications of the Latina characters as maids and {{Spicy Latina}}s. Eva Longoria has defended the show, saying that the portrayal of the main characters are not racist and stereotypical. Time and subsequent episodes will tell if these statements are true.
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Shortly after the series was announced and a promotional ad was released, controversy erupted over the perceived stereotyping and racial implications of the Latina characters as maids and {{Spicy Latina}}s. Eva Longoria has defended the show, saying that the portrayal of the main characters are not racist and stereotypical. Time and subsequent episodes will tell if these statements are true.
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''Devious Maids'' is a {{Dramedy}} airing on Lifetime created by Marc Cherry of ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' fame with Eva Longoria serving as the executive producer. Based off a {{Telenovela}}, the series is about a group of Latina maids working for the wealthy Beverly Hills elite who band together after one of their own is murdered.
Shortly after the series was announced and a promotional ad was released, controversy erupted over the stereotyping and racial implications of the Latina characters as maids and {{Spicy Latina}}s. Eva Longoria has defended the show, saying that the portrayal of the main characters are not racist and stereotypical. Time and subsequent episodes will tell if these statements are true.
Shortly after the series was announced and a promotional ad was released, controversy erupted over the stereotyping and racial implications of the Latina characters as maids and {{Spicy Latina}}s. Eva Longoria has defended the show, saying that the portrayal of the main characters are not racist and stereotypical. Time and subsequent episodes will tell if these statements are true.