History Series / DeviousMaids

* SpicyLatina: Downplayed.

* MissingMom: Rosie is one to her son Miguel, as she had to leave him in Mexico with her mother and come to the U.S. alone in order to find work after her husband died. When Peri makes insensitive comments about this trope in an interview, Rosie is royally cheesed off.

* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each other, Rosie most of all, as Peri is a soap opera actress.

* EthnicMenialLabor

* MissingMom: Rosie is one to her son Miguel, as she had to leave him in Mexico with her mother and come to the U.S. alone in order to find work after her husband died.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Flora, the Powell's maid is murdered at one of their dinner parties. [[spoiler: The young man with the bloody knife at the opening of the pilot? He's Marisol's ''son''. She's working as a maid to figure out who framed him for Flora's murder.]]

* TheFundamentalist: Downplayed with Rosie. She's deeply religious and frequently attends confession and frowns upon her employer's affairs. (Not that it stops her from gossiping with her friends.)

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Flora, the Powell's maid is murdered at one of their dinner parties. [[spoiler: The young man with the bloody knife at the opening of the pilot? He's Marisol's ''son''. She's been working as a maid to figure out who framed him for Flora's murder.]]
* GossipyHens: The maids all share information about their employers to each other.

* YourCheatingHeart: Rosie catches both Spence and Peri engaged in affairs.

* DramaQueen: Genevieve Delatour. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is her having a delirious fit under her bed after she swallows a bunch of pills because her affair with the pool boy ended. Judging by Zoila and Remi's reactions, it's not the first time.

** Valentina attempts to gain the attention of Remi Delatour.

** Evelyn is more concerned with the upkeep of the house rather than the fact that Flora was murdered in her den. [[spoiler:She and her husband are also hiding some secrets about Flora's murder as they plan to sit back and let an innocent take the fall rather than have the police investigate further.]]

* [[spoiler:ClearMyName: The main reason Marisol takes a job with the Stappords is that she can get close to their friends and the other maids and figure out who really killed Flora and set up her son as the scapegoat.]]

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:[[spoiler: The young man who's been accused of murdering Flora? He's Marisol's son and she's been attempting to figure out who set him up.]]

* {{Yandere}}: Olivia Rice, the first wife of Michael Stappord. She crashes the Stappords' dinner party and creeps out everyone at the table until she chucks a crystal heart at him, forcing Marisol to intervene and kick her out.

** Carmen is ambitious and hopes to break into the Latin music industry by getting a job as a maid with a major Latino singer, but has to think quick because her boss is a jerk.

** Rosie comes closest mainly because she harbors the most suspicions over Flora's death and because she's been running herself ragged over trying to bring her son over to the U.S. legally from Mexico.

* YourCheatingHeart: Rosie catches both Spence and Peri engaged in affairs.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler:[[spoiler: The boy who's been accused of murdering Flora? He's Marisol's son and she's been attempting to figure out who set him up.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Rosalyn Sanchez even makes a cameo in that's show GrandFinale as Carmen.

* HandsOffParenting[=/=]ParentalNeglect: Peri ignores her son and leaves his care to Rosie unless it's for PR purposes.

* SuprisinglyGoodEnglish: Taylor Stappord says this word for word to Marisol when she interviews for a job with them. This causes Michael to shift uncomfortably in his chair and earns her a pointed look from Marisol.

* HandsOffParenting: Peri leaves the raising of her son to Rosie unless it's for PR purposes.

** Evelyn is more concerned with the upkeep of the house rather than the fact that Flora was murdered in her den.

* BadBoss: All of the maids' employers, although it appears they're more self-absorbed than anything.

* {{Yandere}}: Olivia Rice, the first wife of Michael Stappord. She crashes the Stappords' dinner party and creeps out everyone at the table until she chucks a crystal heart at him, forcing Marisol to intervene and kick her out.

Shortly after the series was announced and a promotional ad was released, controversy erupted over the perceived stereotyping and racial implications of the Latina characters as maids and {{Spicy Latina}}s. Eva Longoria has defended the show, saying that the portrayal of the main characters are not racist and stereotypical. Time and subsequent episodes will tell if these statements are true.

Shortly after the series was announced and a promotional ad was released, controversy erupted over the stereotyping and racial implications of the Latina characters as maids and {{Spicy Latina}}s. Eva Longoria has defended the show, saying that the portrayal of the main characters are not racist and stereotypical. Time and subsequent episodes will tell if these statements are true.