Lady In The Lake

**"Lady In The Lake"** is the third episode of the second season of Paramount+'s *Why Women Kill*, and the thirteenth episode overall. It was released on June 10, 2021.

## Synopsis

Alma and Bertram devise a plan to bury a potential setback. Their daughter, Dee, enlists Vern's services when she suspects Scooter of lying, meanwhile Rita attempts to clear the air with Catherine.

## Plot

The narrator begins to tell about Mrs. Carol Yost, the Filcot's next door neighbor for 20 years. Throughout those years, Alma tries to befriend her and also invite her to her parties but she doesn't show up until the night Alma and Bertram bury her in their front yard. As they bury her, she founds from him that Mrs. Yost hates Daisies and that she also find Alma's garden "common." Offended, they continue to bury her but Alma is satisfied that the woman she tried to befriend for 20 years is dead. At morning, she realizes that now she lives in a world with a secret and she is disturbed by it. She finds Bertram at the kitchen cooking for her but she gives him the cold shoulder after learning about his secret. They then discuss about what to say on Mrs. Yost disappearance to her friends but Alma believes that Mrs. Yost didn't had any friends for 20 years. They get interrupted by Dee who suddenly arrives and reassure her that they have reconciled about their differences. Before leaving, she asks them if they knew where Mrs. Yost was since her dog had been barking non-stop.

Rita meets with the garden club members to talk about who should be the next member but they get interrupted by Catherine as she mentions about a file she found under the club expenses about written checks to a realty group that had apartment buildings located in Chinatown for the past 8 months. Rita denies to know about the expenses that were mentioned but then creates a fake story that she had rented that apartment because Carlo had been hitting her while being drunk. Distracted, she grabs the file from Catherine. Alma and Bertram goes inside Mrs. Yost's house to check on the dog but as they get inside, Alma gets stunned by the beauty of Mrs. Yost's house but are interrupted by a phone call. They then plan to avoid suspicion about Mrs. Yost's disappearance and Alma thought of pretending to dress as Mrs. Yost to make the other neighbors believe that she is away for the meantime.

At the diner, Vern visits Dee. She mentions that Scooter apologized and gave her roses but Vern tells her that aside from roses, he can take him out to dinner. But she tells him that Scooter is afraid to be seen in public with her so that his lover won't know. Vern tells her that if it was him, he won't hide her to everyone. From his insinuation, she asks if he thinks Scooter is embarrassed to be with her but he doesn't confirm nor deny about it. She still believes that he likes her. Meanwhile, Alma and Bertram continues with their plan about making the rest believe that Mrs. Yost went away. Later, Dee calls Scooter and asks to go out with him where no one would find them but he creates an excuse to go out with her so that he won't get caught. Distraught, she accepts his excuse.

Alma wears one of Mrs. Yost's dress to make their plan believable as they execute it. Elsewhere, Rita calls a truce on Catherine as she opens up about her true feelings about Carlo. While she was grateful for how he changed her and tried to love him, he comes to despise him eventually for how he treated her. She reveals that she knows that Carlo talks badly to Catherine. Catherine opens up about how she once was engaged to a man she loved but her father rejected because the man was only after the money. Following his orders, she sent her former fiancé away. She further reveals that he put a codicil on the will that if she were ever to embarrass her with a man he didn't approve, he'll disinherit her. Rita tries to convince Catherine to be her ally but Catherine reveals that she knows that Rita has an affair with another man and will inherit all of his money once he dies while she gets nothing. She further tells her that she believes that Rita is the cause how Carlo fell down the stairs and will find proof to destroy her. Dee appears at Vern's office to hire him to follow Scooter since she thinks he is lying and wants to be proven wrong. To do so, he forces herself to join him and pay him triple on what his employer paid for.

As Alma and Bertram drives to their destination, Bertram stops at a restaurant to take her into lunch and tries to remind her about their second honeymoon but Alma still gives him the cold shoulder. Inside the restaurant, she finds her ex, Tom Madison, and chats with him. Bertram finds them talking as Alma decides to have lunch with him. But as time pass by, Bertram decides that he and Alma leave. They argue shortly after outside about Tom as Alma reveals that he was her first. Vern and Dee follow after Scooter and finds him enter a restaurant where he meets with Rita. In the restaurant, Rita temporarily breaks up with him to avoid detection by Catherine. And in order to stop that from happening, she proposes an idea to have Catherine be in an affair and pictures them so that she will not get an inheritance but she reveals that she will need Scooter's help. At the car, Dee becomes enraged when finding out about the identity of Scooter's lover. She confronts them both inside the restaurant and reveals that Scooter cheated on his lover. Both Rita and Dee break up with him after the revelation.

Alma and Bertram arrives at their destination to carry on with their plot. However, as they do it, they begin to argue. But after they disposes of Mrs. Yost's car, Alma realizes that her purse is inside the car. Bertram swims down and retrieves the bag but he gets stuck. Alma helps him get unstuck and they both swam away safely. Vern takes Dee home due to her insistence. Upon arriving, she invites him for a drink but he declines as tells her that he has a new client in the morning. As they go both through their separate houses, Dee dances to herself while Vern drinks alcohol, revealing his injured leg. Alma and Bertram soon arrive, both laughing. Dee notices Mrs. Yost dog and Alma and Bertram makes up an excuse that she is away for the meantime.

## 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
* Eileen Galindo as Isabel Vega
* Virginia Williams as Grace Berk
* Rondi Reed as Mrs. Carol Yost
* Jessica Phillips as Joan
* Kerry O'Malley as Mavis
* Ryan McPartlin as Tom Madison
* Cynthia Quiles as Brenda
* Rachel Ashley Redleaf as Young Alma
* Jack Davenport as The Narrator

### Co-Starring

* Mercedez McDowell as Waitress
* Alex Lange as Young Tom
* Cindera Che as Mrs. Wong

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