Scene Of The Crime

**"Scene Of The Crime"** is the fourth episode of the second season of Paramount+'s *Why Women Kill*, and the fourteenth episode overall. It was released on June 17, 2021.

## Synopsis

After Alma is tipped off that the Garden Club will make a surprise visit to her home, she persuades Bertram to help her prepare despite the police investigation of their missing neighbor next door. Heartbroken, Dee seeks comfort in Vern.

## Plot

Alma receives a phone call from Grace, telling her that Rita will inspect her garden along with the other members as she is unconvinced that Alma is a fit for the position. As Alma prepares to clean the place, she realizes that cleaning will not be enough and decides to grab Mrs. Yost's stuff. Elsewhere, a group of police officers receives a report about a car being discovered down the lake and finds out that it belonged to Carol Yost but her body is not found. They also found out that someone was with her from the footprint they found. Bertram finds Alma grabbing Mrs. Yost's stuff to their stuff. She tells him that the garden committee will be drop by to check up on her and her garden and she decides to grab Mrs. Yost's stuff to impress the committee but Bertram doesn't like the idea of stealing Mrs. Yost's stuff. Alma tells him that if he helps her, she will stop complaining about his killing and that they are both even; Bertram decides to help her.

Rita removes all of Scooter's stuff in his room since she paid for all it. In order for him to return all of it, he will have to seduce Catherine but he rejects on seducing her. Vern receives a threat from a man named Sid Hemple who's life got ruined after his affair was revealed. With no one else to turn to, Scooter ask for Dee's help as he tells her that Rita threw him out of his apartment. She decides to help him and he apologizes for hurting her, saying that she deserves to be treated by someone better than him, to which she agrees. As Bertram continues to help Alma grabbing Mrs. Yost's stuff, they come to another argument as she decides to replace their family portrait with Mrs. Yost's painting. However, they find the police arriving at Mrs. Yost's house and they panic. To throw them off, Alma decides to talk to the officers outside as she distracts them while Bertram grabs the painting. The officers tell Alma that they found Mrs. Yost's car beneath the lake but thinks that there was someone with her and threw off her car down the lake and that she might still be alive.

Dee calls Vern over the phone to have lunch with him, which she calls a date. As Dee drops the call, Rita arrives as she demands him to let her know who was the woman Scooter with. He declines to reveal her identity. But as she tries to offer him money, he tells her that she never loved Carlo because he bought her. He further tells her that she only married Carlo to buy her pretty things but is still not enough so got herself a gigolo, thinking that he loved her but now he doesn't and she panics upon learning that the real thing is no longer for sale and that the men who would've loved her are now interested in "fresher produce." Offended, she walks out his office. Later, Vern meets up with Dee but she notices his behavior. He explains that it has been a while since he was on a date. But she doesn't believe him since he's a nice guy. He opens up that he was once engaged to a woman but broke off their engagement after seeing his state as he return from a war. As they eat, the man who threatened Vern earlier stalks him.

Rita and the garden club members arrive at Alma's house, though Rita is unimpressed by the flowers Alma is taking care of. Alma welcomes the ladies and they all talk. In their conversation, Alma makes a lie that she went to Paris, unaware that the hotel she lived in meant small apartment in English. At the diner, Vern recognizes Sid Hemple from afar. Vern and Dee escape through the back door but Sid catches them and tries to attack Vern. Dee attacks Sid but he fights back and slices Vern's leg. The police spots them and goes after Sid, who attempts to escape but as she tends to Vern's leg, she is surprised his injured leg. At the Filcot's, Bertram looks after Martha who was forced to be brought along. The ladies begin to converse about one of their son who is attempting to marry someone who is older than he is. Uncomfortable, Rita goes to the kitchen where Alma is and the two talk as Alma reveals to her that she thinks she is beautiful and will be so until she gets old. Rita is touched and tells Alma that she is too nice to be part of the club. Despite knowing that she made a lie, Rita admits that she is impressed by her for remaking herself. Rita decides to have her become part of the club, in exchange to get more better booze.

Scooter goes to the mansion to look for Rita as he is now homeless but finds Isabela and he begs her for money. As she lets him inside, Catherine sees him as she remembers him as the dry cleaner. She gives him her father's pants to dry clean and he compliments her. Back at the house, Martha confides to Bertram about her illness, as he tells her that he would love to spend some time with her. She notices that Alma is fitting well with the members. However, Bertram and Alma find out from Joan that the dog is trying to dig out Mrs. Yost from the ground. Alma tries to distract the club members while Bertram cover Mrs. Yost's dead body. Now bandaged, Dee confronts Vern why he lied about his leg. He confesses that he wrote a letter to his fiancee at the hospital in France that he was injured and she wrote back, saying that she was proud of him and that he served his country. But when he returned and saw his leg, she broke up with him. Because of that, he stopped looking for love. They get interrupted by his old friend, as Dee introduce herself as Vern's new girlfriend to which he doesn't deny. Later that evening, the ladies start to leave, expressing their enjoyment at the party. But as Alma get inside her home, she sees Bertram returning back their stuff to their original place and also returning Mrs. Yost's stuffs. But Alma doesn't want to as she reveals that while she loves her family, she believes that she deserves more and thinks that she can learn from the ladies in the club. She asks him to help her be the new Alma and bury the old one, to which he accepts. Outside, the ladies converse to have Alma join their club. Rita agrees to let her join. She watches Alma and Bertram outside from their window, realizing that she envied her for her happy life and marriage. She also wonders if Alma can make her teach about attaining happiness. But her mood changes when she sees Dee, finding that she is Alma's daughter.

## Cast

* Lana Parrilla as Rita Castillo
* B.K. Cannon as Dee Fillcot
* Jordane Christie as Vern Loomis
* Matthew Daddario as Scooter Polarsky
* Veronica Falcón as Catherine Castillo
* Nick Frost as Bertram Fillcot
* Virginia Williams as Grace Berk
* Jessica Phillips as Joan
* Kerry O'Malley as Mavis
* Warren Kole as Detective Mike Rohbin
* Carol Mansell as Aunt Martha
* Cynthia Quiles as Brenda
* Carson Fagerbakke as Judy
* Jack Davenport as The Narrator

### Co-Starring

* Kevin McNamara as Detective Earl
* Zach Tinker as Patrolman Ford
* Delpaneaux Wills as Patrolman #1
* Philip Lubin as Patrolman #2
* Guy Nardulli as Sid Hemple
* Christopher Bencomo as Paramedic
* Joe Daru as Beat Cop

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