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Why Women Kill Review – Alma Opens Pandora’s box (2×02)




Why Women Kill Season 2 Episode 2 jumped right into the action with an inquisitive Alma digging around to get answers after finding her husband’s mysterious box of trinkets in the attic.

She was determined to put all of her worries to rest because, after all, Bertram is the “kindest man she’d ever know,” but sadly, she should’ve followed her gut because all of her fears and anxieties were right on the money. 

And they were confirmed in the worst possible way as Alma found Maise’s lifeless body along with the shadow from where the fan — Bertram’s memento — should’ve been. 

It’s refreshing that the series isn’t wasting any time as Alma immediately confronted Bertram about his shady behavior. 

I love that he didn’t try to deny it either, nor did he try to lie his way out of it by making it seem less terrible than it is. 

Bertram’s honest about what he’s doing and why he was doing it. In his defense, he doesn’t think he’s doing anything wrong as he kept rationalizing it by telling himself that he was helping people who were in immense pain and weren’t going to get better. He explains that it’s his “calling” to help them die peacefully.

His motives, although entirely messed up, are coming from a place of love and concern in his mind. 

He even explained that the first person he ever killed asked for his help in what would technically be considered an assisted death, which explains why he thinks his behavior is okay. 

But as Alma pointed out, it absolutely isn’t okay because he wasn’t given permission to end someone’s life and therefore, it’s murder.

It’s a hilarious and disturbing discussion to have, but Alma doesn’t mince any words when she calls him out on it. 

The kitchen scene between them is like a back-and-forth dance that’s choreographed so well. Both Allison Tolman and Nick Forst did an excellent job with the scene. 

Alma’s understandably terrified of the one man she always trusted. When he tried to make her a tea to calm her down, she told him that she wasn’t afraid he’d hurt her, she was afraid he’d help her. And you can’t blame her… 

The scene got even better when she escaped through the window and realized she didn’t have her car keys and had to double-back to grab them while screaming at him to stay away from her. 

The right thing would’ve probably been to report Bertram to the police, but unfortunately, in those days, the blowback would’ve been on Alma. 

She would be scrutinized in the public eye. People would definitely know her name but not for the right reasons. 

As she teetered between turning him in and turning a blind eye, she was convinced by Rita, who stopped by to inform her that Grace nominated her for the elite club. 

She pointed out that the club would never want to be associated with a public scandal, and thus, she changed her mind about involving the police. 

Alma’s motivations are purely selfish, but considering what’s important to her, it’s not surprising. She knows that the right thing is to report her husband, but she can’t chance it ruining her image and her shot of joining the club.

And that means there’s no way she can kill Bertram either, which is what I initially thought she was planning when she asked Dee to stay at a friend’s house. 

Of course, she could’ve allowed Bertram to inject himself, which would have made it seem like he died of natural causes, but Alma couldn’t risk losing the man she loved all these years, so she decided to give him a second chance. 

Alma simply asked him to stop killing people and figured that a verbal agreement would solve the issue. Alma’s always been naive, so this behavior makes sense. 

Bertram agreed, but the hesitancy in his voice makes me question whether or not he’ll live up to his end of the bargain.

After all, this is a man who, despite being called out for murder, still doesn’t see anything wrong with it.

Of course, Mrs. Yost, the nosy neighbor, overhears the whole fight. And it’s no surprise that her nosiness got her killed.

They don’t say “curiosity killed the cat” for no reason. 

While Mrs. Yost’s death was an accident, Alma makes a split-second decision that bumps her up to the murder category. 

She knew that calling the cops would open up the floor to questions about what was going on in their home that compelled a 70-year-old woman to risk her life.

And since it wasn’t hard for her to figure out what Bertram was up to, she figures the police won’t have any trouble. 

Once again, Alma’s morals go right out the door when her dreams of joining the club are put at risk. 

So, it seems like Mrs. Yost is going to be buried right in Alma’s beautiful garden, which is, well, fitting.

She officially has enough edge to join the garden club!

We now know what motivates Alma to kill, or cover up a murder at the very least, but what motivates Rita?

Money and freedom. 

When Carlo’s daughter, Catherine, blows into town, Rita’s thrilled by her plan to take her father back to Texas with her.

But her hopes of having Scooter move in are dashed when Catherine switches up the plan and moves into the mansion with Carlo instead.

Obviously, Catherine is onto the fact that Rita is only after her father for the money, but why is that so surprising?

Carlo has been pretty open about the fact that he “purchased” Rita, so there should be no question as to Rita’s motivations. 

Still, Catherine has the upper hand here and could write Rita out of the will at any moment if she were to find out about her younger lover. 

And thus, Rita’s forced to kick Scooter to the curb for now. 

The fact that Carlo can’t speak or move works in Rita’s favor as he can’t inform Catherine that he witnessed Rita having an affair.

It also puts him in a very dangerous situation since Rita wants him dead.

She was close to doing it too, but letting him drown would give Catherine the ammo she needs to write her out of the will. Rita knows she has to play it smart and make it look like an accident if she does go through with it.

If Carlo wasn’t such a cold-hearted monster to Rita, I would feel bad for him, but he has it coming! 

I wonder if Rita will find out about Bertram’s little secret and ask him to assist with her little Carlo problem? It would only make sense. 

Also, did anyone get Evil Queen vibes while she was talking to herself in the mirror?! 

All Rita wants is to love and to be loved, and she’s willing to force that out of Scooter by throwing money at him. 

After Why Women Kill Season 2 Episode 1, I thought that Scooter was a solid guy who really wanted to be with Dee and would choose her if it came down to it, but I was dead wrong. 

Scooter wants fame more than anything, so when Rita offered to finance a blockbuster movie in the future, he was on the first train to Rita-town. 

He even turned his back on Dee when she needed a place to stay because it could potentially get him caught up with Rita and he couldn’t lose his meal ticket.

Pretty as he may be, that man is not worth it. 

But do you know who is worth it? Vernon! Yes, his profession forced him to tail her and Scooter, but the man has to make a living somehow. 

He knew that by offering to help Dee when she was stranded in the rain, he’d give away that he was the one tailing Scooter, but he did it anyway! 

What a gentleman. 

He even encouraged her to find a better man than Scooter and informed her that he wouldn’t tell Rita what he found out about the “other woman.”

There’s definitely a vibe here, and I cannot wait for the series to pursue it.

Scooter is a looker, so you can’t blame the girl for falling for it, but it’s clear Dee is a standup woman who deserves better. 

She’s settling because she thinks that she doesn’t deserve better, but I’m here for the romance where a girl “that looks like her” gets the guys that she deserves… period! 

Dee deserves a good guy who loves everything about her and appreciates her for her mind, her personality, her ambition, her looks, and everything in between!

And better is Vernon! Wow, I’m shipping them so hard already. 

Everyone has their secrets on Why Women Kill, but what will happen when they begin to unravel!?


And catch up with our review of the Why Women Kill premiere right here!

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A few more shocking deaths were par for the course. 






But let’s start at the beginning.




























And Bertram did not let us down! 


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Talk about picking up a bad habit!







She finally got the attention she always wanted all along. 








Overall, the finale delivered everything we could’ve wanted. 






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Why Women Kill Review – [SPOILER] Gets Shot (2×09)



Why Women Kill Review The Unguarded Moment Season 2 Episode 9

The penultimate episode of Why Women Kill was deadly! 

Were you as shocked by all that transpired? 

Why Women Kill Season 2 Episode 9 picked up 3 weeks after Isobel’s death. As Rita was cleared of charges and prepared to leave prison, Alma cemented herself in the garden club, Dee eloped with Vern and continued to avoid her parents after coming face-to-face with Mrs. Yost’s buried corpse, and Vern remained focused on solving not one but two murder mysteries.

It’s safe to say everyone has a lot on their plates. 

And poor Bertie found that liquor eases the guilt of covering up a murder along with the pain of losing a daughter.

Neither Bertie nor Vern truly understood why Dee was avoiding her parents, but the audience knew that she was struggling to make sense of what she unearthed back at home.

Who wouldn’t? That’s not something you casually bring up in conversation, but when she finally got fed up, she worked up the nerve to confront her mother. 

I was beyond nervous for Dee in this scene.

Alma is a cold-blooded killer who has eliminated every person that has posed a threat to her new life. One would hope that killing your pregnant daughter would be a line Alma wouldn’t cross, but it’s hard to tell with her these days.

Alma was flustered when she was called out, and yet, she still managed to talk her way out of it by putting the blame on Bertram. 

She truly has no shame. 

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Does anyone else find it quite silly and naive that Dee just believed that her father had an affair with Mrs. Yost?

Come on, Dee!

Alma straight up manipulated her daughter into keeping quiet, and worst of all, she was proud of herself.

Her behavior has become problematic, and it’s sickening the way she uses people as pawns. It’s even more disturbing that she’s so good at it.

Manipulating Dee wasn’t the only dirty work Alma was indulging in. 

When Joan pushed back on the idea of Alma running for Garden Club president, she took it upon herself to dig up Joan’s biggest secret and use it against her. 

Alma was so sure she would find Joan having an affair when she tailed her to the hotel, and she did, but it was more shocking that she was having an affair with Grace!

At this point, I really thought that Alma wouldn’t dare betray Grace, the only person who has been nice to her since the beginning, but I was wrong. Nothing gets in the way of what Alma wants anymore. 

However, to get what she wants, Alma is becoming the kind of woman she’s always hated. She’s so laser-focused on what she wants that she doesn’t care who she destroys (or kills) in the process.

Joan realized that Alma backed her and Grace into a corner — this was the 50s, so it’s not like they could just come out and announce a same-sex relationship without causing a scandal and losing everything. She immediately halted her run for president and endorsed Alma just as she wanted. 

If throwing Grace under the bus wasn’t a wake-up call for Alma, maybe seeing just how disgusted and disappointed Grace was with her would be. 

As I said, Grace championed Alma when no one else did. She extended a friendship, and Alma betrayed her. 

Hopefully, this is the moment that Alma realized that Bertie was right all along — actions have consequences, and she’s going to pay the price. 

I wanted Alma to succeed and get her heart’s desire but not at the expense of others; she would lose friends as quickly as she made them… if you could even call these ladies real friends. 

And if this isn’t enough of a wake-up call, maybe Bertie’s accident will be. 

Will Bertie survive? Or is this penance for all the lives he unexpectedly took?

If you think about it, all of Alma’s secrets die with Bertie. She might not want to lose her husband, but no one else truly knows what happened the night Mrs. Yost died, nor do they know anything about Carlo’s death. 

Bertie is the loose end. 

Rita was having a hard day, and for once, I truly felt for her. 

One might think that rock bottom would be considered jail, but for Rita, it was the aftermath of her imprisonment that took a toll on her.

When she went to the mansion to kick Catherine out, she realized that her marriage to Carlo wasn’t legally binding as she was still married to her abusive ex-husband, Harry, who, much to her surprise, was still alive. 

This meant that Rita didn’t get anything in Carlo’s will — no house, no money, nothing. 

And at her lowest, everyone turned their back on her including her garden club friends. The term “friends” is used loosely when it comes to those ladies.

Rita may have been rotten to everyone around prior to her downfall, but you would at least hope that someone would lend her a helping hand instead of kicking her down even more. 

The only person that did come through for Rita — and risked his own happiness unknowingly (he’s pretty, but he’s not all that smart) — was Scooter. 

Scooter has done some questionable things, but you can’t help but love him. Or at least feel for him. He has a good heart and wants the best for everyone.

He saw how horrible Catherine was to Rita and snuck out to bring her some clothes and cash. 

In a way, it was his redemption arc, but it was also Rita’s as we finally got some insight into what motivated her to be so cruel to those around her. Rita, who grew up poor, put up a facade because people only treated you right if you had money. 

However, her experiences taught her that the richest people of all weren’t rich because of their possessions but because they were loved unselfishly.

In that sentence, Rita revealed that Alma was always the richest person out of everyone in the garden club but she destroyed it all because she wanted to be someone else. 

It’s a classic case of “you want what you can’t have.”

Of course, Catherine was onto Scooter, and when she saw him embracing Rita, she blew up in a fit of rage as she thought he was cheating on her. 

I expected Catherine’s wrath, but I never expected her to grab a gun. 

She was aiming it at Rita, but when Otto tried to grab it from her, he accidentally set it off right as Scooter stepped in front of the bullet. 

He took one for Rita! 

My guess is that Scooter sadly won’t survive the shot, which will destroy Catherine as she won’t be able to accept that she killed the only love she ever had because of hatred and jealously. They weren’t lying when they said jealousy makes you do ugly things. 

The second stray bullet shot poor Bertie. Considering how inebriated he was, I’m confident that he survived.

As I said, Alma would be devastated, but it would mean all of her crimes would be buried with Bertie. 

And it might be best for him if the shot was fatal as Vern’s investigation led him right to Bertram as the top suspect in both Carlo and Isobel’s murders.

Without the photo, Vern followed the poison right to the source, and the pharmacist confirmed that Dr. Filcock is the only person that ever purchases a lethal mix of potassium chloride. 

Vern requested a meeting with Alma before taking his concerns to Dee, though, when Alma brushed him off, I wish he would’ve consulted with his wife first. 

Instead, he broke into Alma’s house and confronted her instead. 

We know Alma is a little too comfortable with killing people who know too much and have the evidence to bring her down.

At this point, she has no idea about Bertie’s accident, so if he threatens to expose her husband, she might do something crazy like kill Vern.

Will Alma stoop that low? Or will Vern’s life be spared by a call informing Alma of Bertie’s accident?

It’s quite heartbreaking to think that if Alma decides to kill Vern, both Dee’s husband and her baby daddy will die on the same night. 

Doesn’t our girl deserve more?

At the onset of the series, I rooted for Alma, but now, I find myself hoping that Dee exposes everyone for who they truly are. 

These characters have truly gone through all the stages of development, and while some of them have been changed for the better, others likely wouldn’t recognize themselves if they looked in the mirror.

Will Alma find her way back to the meek housewife? Will Rita reinvent herself?

Will Scooter, Bertie, and Vern survive?

And who will pay the price for all the murders?

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Why Women Kill Review – Black Widow Killer (2×08)



Why Women Kill Review Murder, My Sweet Season 2 Episode 8

How many people will Alma kill by the end of Why Women Kill Season 2? 

We’re 8 episodes in, and I’ve lost track. 

She’s murdering folks left and right, and feels absolutely no remorse, which is the part that’s most concerning to Bertram. 

The woman he knew and married, and the woman we first met on Why Women Kill Season 2 Episode 1, has faded into the background. And this new and horrible woman has taken hold. 

Alma started off as the woman horrified by Bertram’s crimes, but now, she doesn’t even hesitate to use murder as a way to eliminate any potential problems. 

She justifies it as self-preservation, but unfortunately, that’s not going to hold up in court. 

Murder is murder no matter how you splice it. Gone are the days when I rooted for Alma — she’s gone too far and there’s no going back.

She risked her family, her marriage, and her freedom for some illusion of the perfect life. 

Will Alma ever be satisfied? Or will she constantly want more power and more revenge? Murder seems to be addicting as it gives her a thrill, so she might just continue on this destructive trajectory. 

And all for some pretentious garden club. I understand keeping your eye on the prize, but where does one draw the line?

Does she not realize that the garden club ladies aren’t actually her friends? They’ll turn on her the moment the truth comes out the same way they turned on Rita.

Alma’s latest victim — Isobel. 

Isobel kind of dug her own grave when she blackmailed Alma and Bertram to pay up $20,000 for the incriminating photo proving that they killed Carlo and framed Rita. 

If she just gave them the photo as promised, she might’ve survived the whole ordeal.

Oh, who are we kidding — Alma always intended to kill her. She knew Isobel would bever keep quiet, especially when she found out Rita was her cousin. 

Alma consciously stole the poison and brought it with her — it was part of her carefully calculated plan to kill Isobel and “eliminate” the problem this whole time. 

Except that she’s not entirely eliminating the problem. 

As Bertram told her: every action has a consequence. The more people she murders, the longer the trail of dead bodies. While she’s done her best to hide any and all evidence leading back to her, she’s not a skilled assassin; she’s a housewife who found her power by poisoning people. There are plenty of things she overlooked that will catch up with her eventually. 

Just look at how easy it was for Dee to connect the dots about Mrs. Yost’s disappearance. Though it might take the cops a little bit more time to piece it all together, if she can do it, so can they. 

Dee was first tipped off to something being wrong when Alma was overly calm about the news of Mrs. Yost.

When she confronted Mrs. Yost’s nephew, Irvin, she realized all of his aunt’s “missing items” were in her parent’s living room. Dee then realized her mother lied when about where Mrs. Yost was going as she couldn’t have been visiting her sister since her sister died two years ago.

All of this could’ve definitely been chalked up to a “misunderstanding,” but there’s no explaining the corpse buried in the backyard.  nothing like getting all your answers when you’re staring down a corpse. 

Thanks to Rocco (truly a woman’s best friend), Dee quite literally dug up her mother’s biggest secret. 

I’m surprised Dee remained so calm, though, I’m not surprised she ran away from home. I would’ve peaced out of there immediately. 

Dee called Vern and asked him to elope as soon as possible, but Vern was busy solving a murder mystery of his own.

Why Women Kill Review Murder, My Sweet Season 2 Episode 8

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It doesn’t help Alma that her daughter is engaged to a detective. If these two get to talking and exchanging information, they’re going to unearth something very menacing.

Vern knew someone else was in the house that night, but now that he found her cold, lifeless body, he’s going to be seeking out the truth by any means possible. After all, a good detective doesn’t stop until he’s closed a case. 

He’s investigating not one but two murders and considering Isobel knew who took out Carlo, it’s safe to assume that the same person is responsible for both murders.

Since the same poison used is the same in both deaths, I wonder if they’ll be able to trace it back to Bertie’s practice. 

And if so, would Alma turn on Bertie to protect her new image?

After all, she pretty much risked her family and marriage to get the lifestyle she always wanted.

Throughout the episode, anytime someone threatened to expose her, she played the victim card, so I could see her selling out her husband at the end of all of this, especially as she had no problem lying to him to get the poison from his practice in the first place. 

Vern will definitely pursue the case. He knew Isobel had evidence, so he won’t be fooled by the suicide letter.

Will Vern and Dee be the people that take down Alma and Bertram? Or will they help them cover up the murders once they realize what’s really going on?

Or will Alma kill Vern once she realizes he poses a threat to her new life? As I said, she’s way too comfortable with pulling the trigger (or injecting the poison or whatever) these days. 

The note will likely clear Rita’s name; It was Isobel’s last selfless act to her cousin. 

It was also the least Bertram could’ve done to help Rita after partaking in this whole mess at the whim of his vengeful wife. 

Rita is painted as evil, but at least she owns it.

Her evil is also very different from Alma’s evil. She may go to extremes to get what she wants, but she’s far from being a murderer. The only time she ever killed anyone was in self-defense, so she doesn’t deserve to be rotting in prison when she’s innocent. 

As Rita weighed her options on whether or not to sell out Isobel and let her take the fall for Carlo’s death (she didn’t), we saw flashbacks of their journey together. They rose up from rags to riches together as Isobel sacrificed everything to help Rita land a wealthy man to support them both.

That’s why her death is going to hit Rita hard. 

When Rita finds out that Alma not only put her behind bars but also contributed to her cousin’s death, she might actually consider murdering her. 

Rita’s troubles are far from over as Catherine finally got to the bottom of Scooter’s issue.

With the help of her butler, Otto, she found out that Scooter was Rita’s lover boy. 

She was mad, sure, but she quickly channeled her energy into a new plan to destroy Rita. 

In order to prove his true love for her, she wanted him to testify against Rita in court, which would mean she wouldn’t get a dime of Carlo’s money. 

Will he do it? He didn’t seem fully on board, but he is materialistic. I do think Scooter has some genuine feelings for Catherine, but those feelings are definitely fueled by a life of luxury that being with her affords him. He has no loyalty — he goes where the money is, which, right now, is with Catherine. 

I can also see Rita retaliating by telling Catherine about Dee’s pregnancy as she knows it would come between them and cost Scooter.

As I said, this whole mess was caused by one housewife who wanted to feel worthy of a garden club membership. And it continues to escalate for that reason! 

What did you think of the episode? How will it all end? Let us know in the comments below!

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