Devious Maids

A new show by Marc Cherry who god bless him created Desperate Housewives and Eva Longoria who portrayed the character Gabby in Desperate Housewives.

Devious Maids combines the sassy script writing and storytelling of Marc Cherry and the insight of Latino lives and heritage and history of the characters which is highly invaluable.

Devious Maids sees four maids (employed by four different families) each with personal goals and in want of a better life yet in the wake of a death of a friend are joined by a fifth (new) maid who is looking for a lot answers and with a whole host of character each with their own dirty secrets the show seems promising.

                                                                             
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT PHOTOS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT EVIDENCE, MY MAID WAS MURDERED!! ....
WHO IS GOING TO CLEAN ALL THIS UP!?"
















Now I've already seen five episodes so i'm informed on the show, and I don't want to bore you with episode by episode reviews, so i'm going to do an overview of what I think of the show during the five episodes I've seen.

The show is half and half in my eyes, because it's attached the desperate housewives name it proves promising and in the pilot episode it encapsulated the entire season, especially five minutes after the death of one of her maids Evelyn Powell (a tall ginger lady who takes control and is an independent woman, sound familiar?) She screams at the police "I don't care about Photo's, I don't care about evidence my maid was murdered!! Who is going to clean all this up?? Sets the tone for the entire show which proves to be a promising one. The pilot episode shows the rich white families unsympathetic towards the needs and lives of the maids. The show splits into each of the maids lives at work and each of the different families they work for.
Unlike on desperate housewives these women don't share a strong bond and connection, they're friends but they don't spend much time together or gossip much or joke around due to all working in different houses. Yet the time they have together is spent on their breaks,which in the show is a total of  four minutes inside the forty five minute episode bracket. Inside the maids  own lives the main kick-ass drama comes from only one maid, and that maid doesn't even need the job, It's hinted that she is a rich woman due to her having her own maid in a flashback, and the lives of the other maids are 'normal' in comparison the title 'Devious Maids' It's should be renamed:

 'Four timid maids and one devious maid'

Though the main gripping drama comes from only one maid the other maids lives are shown and their hunger for a better life for either them or their family which holds some of the shows most heart wrenching  moments. The actresses are brilliant in respect that they can portray their characters deep pain and longing though her eyes and facial features which is commendable and a job well done for the casting director, who ever that is needs a pay rise!
The Beverly hills families who employ the maids also have their own lives which involve secret agendas and lies that are slowly revealed though out the course of the show and do not disappoint, these characters create more drama than maids do themselves!

Hopefully I get to see more connections with the maids, I love their individual stories but I want the women to get their hands dirty and see how they're all effected by that, but it's early days yet. It's a strong cast pushing ethnic characters in lead roles into mainstream viewing which is brilliant.
I'm still half and half about how the characters are treated by their families who employ them but I feel that's my own judgement.

I'll still carry on watching the show and if you haven't you should!

6/10

Until next time! Stay Devious!