Dangerous Intruder

**"Dangerous Intruder"** is the sixth episode of the second season of Paramount+'s *Why Women Kill*, and the sixteenth episode overall. It was released on July 1, 2021.

## Synopsis

Alma takes matters into her own hands after persuading Bertram to ease Carlo's suffering. Rita ensnares Scooter in her plot to blackmail Catherine.

## Plot

After Rita destroyed her garden, Alma begins to change herself and plans to use Bertram to get back against Rita. She talks to him as they drive to his clinic, pretending to understand why he had killed them, though he gets confused on her sudden change of decision. He then realizes that she wants him to kill someone, specifically Rita's husband, Carlo.

At the Castillo's, Rita receives a call from Scooter, telling him that he should have sex with Catherine later that night, now that Carlo knows about their plan. Catherine appears and suspects that Rita was talking to her lover after she hung up the call. The phone rings again and Scooter talks to Catherine to take her out for dinner later that night but she declines as she is busy. He asks if she is busy the next night as he pretends to her it is his birthday. She reconsiders and accepts his invite.

Alma tries to convince Bertram to kill Carlo but after his trip to Oxnard, Bertram decides to stop killing others. However, Alma gets upset at Bertram's refusal to her. Elsewhere, Dee meets up with Vern and breaks up with him. He tries to talk to her why she wants to but she refuses and walk away. Later that day, Grace visits Alma at her home and they have tea. Grace voices out her shock of how Rita hated Alma though she does not know as to why. She then reveals to Alma that Rita has been unhappy ever since she married Carlo because he physically abused her. Alma is shocked to learn about this but comes up with a plan. She talks to Bertram again later that night and tries to convince him once more to kill Carlo because he physically abused Rita, as she pretends to him that she cares about Rita. He finlly accepts.

Rita gives back the apartment to Scooter, where he plans to have sex with Catherine. As they plan, he confesses that Catherine is not that bad and has a really good smile. Rita is shocked to hear this but reminds him that he only needs to have sex with her to get her out of the will, not loving her. He suddenly realize that she is jealous but she denies. The two make out but stops as she tells him to take a shower. Dee arrives and tries to talk to Scooter but then Rita sees her. As Dee asks Rita to speak with Scooter, Rita suddenly finds out that Dee is pregnant with Scooter's baby. Dee is shocked that Rita found out immediately but then she slaps her after Rita insulted her. Dee announces that she will return later to talk to Scooter but Rita tells her that she shouldn't, as he doesn't love her nor ready yet to be a father or a husband to her. Dee then responds that she does not want to marry him but she had no choice. Rita convinces her not to go with it and think of something so that she won't regret it. Dee is convinced and she leaves. Rita offers her money but Dee refuses. Going back inside, Rita is surprised with Dee's revelation but then lies to Scooter as he appears after taking shower and the two make out again.

At the Fillcots, Alma prepares their plan to kill Carlo as she shows Bertram the map of the house where he will have to sneak in. Meanwhile, Rita tries to convince Vern to photograph Catherine having sex with Scooter but refuses. But as she reveals that Dee appeared at Scooter's apartment to announce that she is pregnant, Vern accepts her offer. Rita returns home and tells Catherine that her "dry cleaner" arrived. Catherine leaves while Rita mocks Carlo that Catherine will have sex with Scooter to have her get disinherit the will. Later that night, Scooter and Catherine enjoys their dinner at the restaurant. She gives him diamond cufflinks as a birthday present. He gets surprised but thanks her. At the same restaurant, Vern watches them from afar. Later on, Catherine opens up to to Scooter that she was once close to Rita but when Rita married Carlo, she finds out what she really is. She further reveals that Rita can be sweet as pie when she needs you but she will ditch you when she no longer needs you. As Catherine leaves to the bathroom, Vern appears to him, reminding him to make it quicker to execute the plan.

Isabel reveals to Rita the note Carlo wrote on the handkerchief where he demands to speak with his lawyer. Rita plans to have him be not near his lawyers or condiments but Isabel expresses concern that Rita's plan may not succeed if Carlo gets the ability to speak in the future. Rita tries to stay calm and thinks of sedating him to prevent him from talking but Isabel suggests to kill him instead.

Bertram sets out to leave but suddenly sees Alma all dressed up. She reveals that she will accompany him as a lookout. Though he object at first, she lets him. But as Bertram leave to get his coat. Alma steals his syringe and poison. At the diner, Dee shows up and asks help from her friend at the diner to abort the child. The two talk as her friend opens up about her pregnancy and that she had to gave away her child to another parent. As Dee leaves, her friend advices that if she visits St. Anne's, she should follow the nun's advice to not look.

Back at the Castillos, Rita and Isabel gets drunk while discussing about killing Carlo. While thinking of a way how to kill him, they both reveal that they had previously shot a man named Henry and ran away. And that they had to come up with new identities. As they relax for a moment, Rita makes Isabel promise that she won't leave her, revealing that they are both cousins. Outside, Alma and Bertram watches the mansion, waiting for Rita to go to sleep. Back at the restaurant, Scooter and Catherine prepares to leave but instead of taking her to his apartment, she wants him to send her to her home. Scooter goes back inside the restaurant and notifies Vern to call it off but he reminds him that Rita will get mad if they don't get a photo. Scooter decides to go with it and instructs Vern to follow him

Bertram and Alma sees the light turn off at Rita's room and Bertram sneaks in. As he gets inside Carlo's room, he flashes his flashlight at the window. While Alma also sneaks in, Bertram tries to stealthily inject the syringe but fails as he steps on a creaky floor. Carlo wakes up and sees Bertram. Alma gets inside the mansion and puts the syringe and poison on Rita's purse, to frame her for Carlo's death. But as Alma leaves, she spots Scooter and Catherine arriving. She gets back inside and hide. Scooter seduces Catherine again to have sex with him but the two instead open up with each other with their feelings and had sex. Vern arrives and takes a photograph of them while Alma fetches Bertram to get out, unaware that Vern is outside taking a photograph. Alma, Bertram and Vern leaves the mansion after succeeding their tasks. Vern stops at a pawnshop while Alma and Bertram returns home and have sex.

The next day, Scooter leaves the mansion while Catherine finds Carlo dead. Dee visits Vern and tries to confess that she is pregnant but he tells her he knows thought he lied how he knew. He then offers to marry her. She accepts his proposal. Alma wakes up and leaves to the Castillos where she saw an ambulance. She then calls via phonebooth and tell Catherine that Rita plotted Carlo's murder to get his inheritance.

## 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
* Carson Fagerbakke as Judy
* Jack Davenport as The Narrator

### Co-Starring

* Jeffrey Sun as Landlord
* Daniel Zacapa as Carlo Castillo