‘Devious Maids’ Premiere: Murder Brings A Mysterious Stranger To Town

Those hoping Marc Cherry‘s Devious Maids would indeed be the second coming ofDesperate Housewives should be pretty pleased with themselves after the show’s June 23 series premiere. The man who pulled the strings on Wisteria Lane, along with co-executive producer Eva Longoria, have truly crafted the perfect summer mystery drama — as bitingly funny as it is dangerously addictive.

Marisol (Ana Ortiz) is the new maid in town, having just taken a job with the Stappords. But the real fun begins when she also volunteers to assist the Powells, whose maid Flora was brutally murdered within the first five minutes of the pilot. And because this is a Marc Cherry creation, Marisol has a mysterious connection to the late-great Flora — but, of course, we don’t find that out until the end of the episode.

It turns out Marisol’s son is the waiter who stands accused of Flora’s murder! A nasty little chat over breakfast revealed the Powells believe there’s a much more sinister killer out there, but because it would draw too much attention to them, they’ve decided to do “less than nothing.”

I have to say, I’m already really digging this mystery. By the time we got the big payoff at the end of the episode, I was dying to know what was really going on with Marisol. And the fact that we already got such a big reveal in the first hour makes me think there’s a season full of even-more-satisfying surprises to come.