Ella Rollins (Motive)

Ella Rollins (Meaghan Rath) is the main villainess from "The Suicide Tree," episode 3.05 of Motive (airdate April 5, 2015). She is a florist and the wife of armored car security guard Blair Morton.
Ella's business was struggling, and Blair was also strapped for cash, with their money problems putting them in danger of losing their home. They had met wealthy Lee Ward at the flower shop, and after learning about their money problems, Lee bought a number of Ella's flowers, while also giving Ella cash that he kept in his refrigerator. It was revealed that Lee and his partner in crime, Tim Kelly, were committing robberies, and that Blair was an inside man in a planned robbery of an armored truck. After seeing Blair threatened by Tim, Ella planned to kill Lee to protect her husband, but also to get Lee's money.
Later on, the evil Ella laced Lee's coffee with Digoxin, a heart medication which Lee had a prescription for. The plan was for Lee to die before the robbery could take place, as Tim wouldn't have acted on his own. However, the villainess was unsure about how much of the poison she could use, and as a result, Lee's death occurred during the robbery, which saw Tim shoot and kill Blair's partner, Tony Lamot. The villainous couple was threatened by Tim regarding Lee's money, which ended up leading to Tim taking Ella to Lee's storage unit, which contained his stash. Ella managed to escape, leaving Tim to be caught.
Ella revealed to her husband that she killed Lee, and after Dr. Betty Rogers pinpointed that the poison in Lee's system came from a plant known as "The Suicide Tree," Angie Flynn went to Ella's shop, where she handcuffed and arrested Ella. Angie and Oscar Vega's plan to turn Ella and Blair against each other failed, so Angie decided to use the couple's loyalty to get a confession. The plan works, and Ella confesses to killing Lee, with their financial problems being a motive. Ella was officially taken into custody following her confession.
Category:2010s
Category:Bondage Used On Villainess
Category:Brunette
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murder: Poison
Category:Murderer
Category:Thief
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested