Murder, My Sweet

**"Murder, My Sweet"** is the eighth episode of the second season of Paramount+'s *Why Women Kill*, and the eighteenth episode overall. It was released on July 15, 2021.

## Synopsis

As Alma celebrates finally being admitted into the Garden Club, Bertram mourns the loss of the old Alma. Isabel uses her recent discovery to her own advantage. Dee grows suspicious surrounding Mrs. Yost's disappearance.

## Plot

Rita gets a visit from a lawyer who wants to work with her, but wants to pin Isabel as the culprit for Carlo's death. Rita refuses to but reconsiders as she doesn't want getting jailed forever.

Before tending to the roses, she visits Mrs. Yost's grave on her front yard but Grace appears and announces that the garden club has unanimously voted to have Rita be kicked and have Alma invited back in. Alma becomes elated with the news and decides to invite Grace and the other members for party. But as she shares the information to Bertram, he doesn't share the same reaction as hers. He tries to make Alma be guilty about framing Rita but Alma becomes upset to him. Dee notices Detective Rohbin at Mrs. Yost's house, as he tells her that Mrs. Yost has disappeared. She corrects him as she mentions that her mother told her Mrs. Yost went out on a trip and had asked her to take a look for her pet dog. But he mentions that her car was found in the lake and believes foul play is involved. At Vern's office, Isabel informs Vern that she has found evidence that proves Rita's innocence but wants to be paid $20,000 for compensation on how she treated her. He refuses until she prove she has one. Isabel refuses, advising him to pay more attention where he aims his camera. He demands her to know what is her evidence but she refuses to say.

Dee informs her mother about Mrs. Yost's disappearance as the police believe that she had been murdered. But Alma chooses not to believe them. Dee calls her out for her flippant attitude. Alma explains to her that she is invited back in the garden club and Dee congratulates her. Alma then tells Dee once she has more power, she will try to have her be included in the garden club but she refuses as she will be busy for her child. Alma points out that soon, her child will grow, her husband will work late and then she will become desperate to be included to be with glamorous people until she becomes like Mrs, Yost who end up dead. Realizing what she said, she corrects herself that Mrs. Yost might be dead but believes she isn't. Later that night, the garden club members arrive at Alma's party to celebrate her invitational. But as Alma does her speech, Isabel appears at her doorstep and blackmails her a photograph where she was there on the night of Carlo's death. She demands her to be paid $20,000 to keep her secret.

At the Castillo's, Scooter enjoys his new life as Catherine's lover but she tells him that she is still investigating Rita and wants to know who her lover is. Out of fear that he might get caught, he burns the letters at the fireplace. But Otto, Catherine's butler, becomes suspicious of Scooter. At the prison cell, Rita contemplates the question if Isabel is capable of murder. She then remembers, in a flashback, that Isabel shot Henry after they were caught trying to run away from him.

Back at the Fillcots, Alma informs Bertram that Isabel knows about what Alma did and the amount she wanted her to pay. But Alma reveals that their savings are not enough to pay Isabel. He then blames Alma for what they did and now it coming back to them. She suddenly suggests to kill Isabel but he immediately refuses. Dee talks to Mrs. Yost's nephew, Irving, telling him that her parents are taking care of Mrs. Yost's dog while she is away. But Irving informs her that the cops believe that she died and that she was robbed. He mentions a couple of items stolen from her and she realizes that those are same exact items on her house. Vern tries to talk to Catherine but instead Scooter sees him. Vern asks him if he knows there was somebody else that night but he answers that it was just him, Catherine, Rita and Isabel. Vern informs him that Isabel found proof on the photo that there was somebody else with them. Scooter then remembers hearing someone leaving through the door, confirming Vern's suspicion. As Vern leaves, Otto asks him about Scooter's address and Vern tells him.

Alma tells Bertram that she thought of another way to pay off the money Isabel requested by selling Mrs. Yost's belongings but he refuses, as they will be committing theft. As they go downstairs for breakfast, Dee confronts them about their involvement on Mrs. Yost's disappearance and her stuff that were declared stolen but found on their living room. Alma lies to her that she thought of borrowing them while Mrs. Yost was away for the garden club members but Dee asks her why they haven't returned them. Alma doesn't answer. Dee informs them that she will return them back to her house. Meanwhile, Rita contemplates on another question about what Isabel thought of Carlo. In a flashback, Isabel surprises her with a new red dress and tells Rita to wear it to meet Carlo. She further tells her that she made one of Rita's co-workers, Gloria, get fired for stealing his watch but it was Isabel who stole it and pawned it to buy Rita a new dress she can seduce Carlo with.

Elsewhere, Catherine goes to Scooter's apartment and bribes his landlord for information who was paying his room. Dee returns Mrs. Yost's belongings to her house but as she leaves her home, Irving spots her. She lies to him that she was searching for the dog. He then asks her if she knows where she went but she instead asks him if she went with her sister. He denies this and informs her that Mrs. Yost has only one sister and had died 2 years ago. He returns inside Mrs. Yost's house and find the stolen items returned. Vern calls Isabel that he knows she saw someone else in the photo but she still demands to get paid. He threatens her that he will tell Rita that she didn't cooperate to prove Rita's innocence but she doesn't regret her action for how Rita treated her. He tries to convince her to do the right thing and she becomes convinced but tells him to visit her at 10 pm once she gets paid.

Alma visits Bertram at his clinic and tries to reconcile with him for how she acted. He forgives her but unaware that Alma lied to him again as she stole one of his poisons. Catherine confronts Scooter that she knows he is Rita's lover and plotted to seduce. He tries to explain that he did only used her but then began to fall in love with her, realizing that Rita was mean to him while Catherine was nicer. She confirms that Rita is evil and realizes that Rita used him to seduce Catherine while Rita poison Carlo. Catherine then tells Scooter to testify against Rita. Scooter becomes hesitant but she tells him that if he does this, it will prove of his love for her.

Back at the prison cell, Rita contemplates on the last question whether Isabel hated her. In a flashback, Isabel appears at Rita's doorstep, thinking that she will now live like her. But Rita reveals to her that Carlo allowed her to stay as a maid. She tries to convince Isabel to stay with her since Carlo will soon die and that they will inherit his fortune.

Later that night, Alma and Bertram arrives at Isabel's hotel room and gave her the money. But Isabel doesn't give them the photos, as she will use them to prove Rita's innocence. Alma then injects her poison and Bertram becomes shock what happened. He realizes that Alma had tricked him and that she stole his drug at his clinic. Isabel dies and Bertram becomes angry at Alma. She justifies what she did but he commands her to stay at the car while he properly bid Isabel farewell. She leaves the room but he notices the postcard and he uses it to forge her handwriting. He soon leaves the room, carrying the photographs, and Alma drives them away. Vern soon arrives at the hotel but find Isabel's dead body at her room with the postcard, stating that it was her who killed Carlo. The next day, Rita tells her new attorney that she refuses to frame Isabel for Carlo's deaths and that he must think of a different tactic to prove her innocence but her attorney informs her that Isabel killed herself and confessed to killing Carlo.

As Dee tries to figure out Mrs. Yost's disappearance, she notices the dog digging through Alma's garden. But as she helps the dog digging, she finds Mrs. Yost's dead body. Shocked with the revelation, she calls Vern to elope, not wanting to stay anymore at the house.

## 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