A timeline compiled of all specifically known, dated events featured in Devious Maids.
- NOTE: Some "exact dates" are more of an estimate, and could be off by about a few days.
Timeline[]
1930s[]
- 1937: Birth of Alfred Pettigrove. ("Minding the Baby")
1940s[]
- 1949: Birth of Kenneth Miller. ("Proof")
1950s[]
- Late 1952 - Early 1953: Death of Genevieve's father during the Korean War. ("Minding the Baby")
- 1953: Birth of Genevieve Delatour. ("Night, Mother")
1960s[]
- Birth of Peter Hudson. ("Another One Wipes the Dust")
- 1967: Birth of Spence Westmore. ("Walking the Dog")
- 1969: Genevieve runs away from her mother and moves to Los Angeles. ("Long Day's Journey Into Night")
1970s[]
- 1974:
- January - March: Birth of Lucinda Miller. ("The Dark at the Top of the Stairs")
- March - December: Birth of Zoila Diaz. ("The Awful Truth", "Since You Went Away")
- October 19: Birth of Opal Sinclair. ("Proof")
- 1976: Birth of Carmen Luna. ("Making Your Bed")
1980s[]
- Genevieve accidentally joined a cult, mistaking it for an exercise class. ("The Maid Who Knew Too Much")
- 1982: Birth of Taylor Stappord. ("Totally Clean")
- 1989:
- Birth of Natasha Jones. ("The Bad Seed")
- Marriage of Evelyn and Adrian Powell. ("Look Back in Anger")
1990s[]
- Marriage of Genevieve and Peter Hudson. ("Another One Wipes the Dust")
- Late 1991 - Early 1992: Marriage of Olivia and Michael Stappord. ("Hanging the Drapes")
- 1992:
- Birth of Barrett Powell. ("Proof", "Look Back in Anger")
- Marriage of Zoila and Pablo Diaz. ("Private Lives")
- The last time Genevieve ever eats bread. ("Suspicion")
- 1993:
- Marriage of Carmen and Oscar Valdez. ("Taking Out the Trash")
- Birth of Blanca Alvarez. ("Cries and Whispers")
- 1994:
- Birth of Valentina Diaz. ("Making Your Bed")
- Alejandro Rubio breaks up with Dario. ("The Dark at the Top of the Stairs")
- Spence Westmore starts working as Dr. Lance Dupree in the soap opera, Love Affairs. ("The Visit")
- Concepcion starts working for Javier Mendoza. ("Betrayal")
- Late 1994: Opal Sinclair meets Dahlia Deering, and starts working for the Deerings. ("The Dark at the Top of the Stairs")
- 1995: Birth of Ethan Sinclair. ("An Ideal Husband")
- 1997: Birth of Ty McKay. ("The Bad Seed")
- 1999:
- Death of Barrett Powell, after being hit by a car that was driven by Nicholas Deering. ("Proof", "Look Back in Anger")
- Death of Dahlia Deering, after being pushed over a bridge by Opal Sinclair. ("An Ideal Husband")
2000s[]
- 2001: Carmen Luna becomes a maid for the first time in her life. ("Sweeping with the Enemy")
- 2002: Taylor moves to Los Angeles. ("Wiping Away the Past")
- 2003: Odessa Burakov starts working for Alejandro Rubio. ("Scrambling the Eggs")
- 2006: Remi Delatour is sent to rehab because of his drugs addiction. ("Taking a Message")
- 2007: Birth of Miguel Falta. ("Terms of Endearment")
- 2008: Taylor meets Adrian Powell and becomes a prostitute, after being a waitress for six years. ("Wiping Away the Past")
- 2009:
- Sam Alexander starts working for Alejandro Rubio. ("Walking the Dog")
- Fake death of Ernesto Falta, who joined the drug cartel. ("Look Back in Anger", "The Awful Truth", "Cries and Whispers")
2010s[]
- 2010: Natasha Jones visits the Miller's home in order to meet her biological mother, Lucinda Miller, but she is rejected by Kenneth Miller. ("Private Lives")
- September 2011 to March 2012: Peri Westmore is raped by Hugh Metzger resulting in the conception of Tucker Westmore. ("Blood, Sweat and Smears", "I Saw the Shine", "Grime and Punishment")
- 2012:
- Marriage of Didi and Kenneth Miller. ("The Dark at the Top of the Stairs")
- June to December 2012: Birth of Tucker Westmore. ("Scrambling the Eggs")
- Late December - Early January 2013: Michael Stappord leaves and divorces Olivia. ("Pilot", "Hanging the Drapes")
- 2013:
- Death of Dahlia's mother. ("Dangerous Liaisons")
- January: Marriage of Taylor and Michael Stappord. ("Pilot")
- June:
- Flora Hernandez is stabbed and killed by Philippe Delatour. ("Pilot")
- Marisol Suarez starts working for the Stappords under the guise of "Marisol Duarte". ("Pilot")
- December:
- Philippe Delatour is poisoned by Adrian Powell. ("Totally Clean")
- Marisol Suarez meets and starts dating Nicholas Deering. ("An Ideal Husband")
- 2014:
- March:
- Nicholas Deering proposes marriage to Marisol Suarez, and she accepts. ("An Ideal Husband")
- Spence Westmore leaves Peri Westmore. ("The Dark at the Top of the Stairs")
- Peri joins a cult known as "The Circle", and meets her new manager Benjamin Pacheco. ("Once More Unto the Bleach", "Grime and Punishment")
- Rosie Falta starts working for the Millers. ("The Dark at the Top of the Stairs")
- August: Helen breaks up with Pablo Diaz. ("Look Back in Anger")
- September:
- Marriage of Rosie and Spence. ("An Ideal Husband", "Look Back in Anger")
- Ty McKay does a drive-by shooting: Pablo is killed while Rosie is wounded and falls into a coma. ("Look Back in Anger", "Awakenings")
- Marriage of Rosie and Spence. ("An Ideal Husband", "Look Back in Anger")
- March:
- 2015:
- January: Rosie Westmore wakes up from her coma. ("Awakenings")
- February 1:
- Marisol Suarez's book signing party is hosted at the Powell's house. ("Awakenings", "The Talk of the Town")
- Death of Louie Becker, after being impaled by a glass shard during a fight with Sebastien Dussault. ("Awakenings", "The Talk of the Town", "Anatomy of a Murder")
- March 2: Jesse Morgan is hired by Marisol Suarez. ("The Awful Truth")
- March 3:
- Javier Mendoza leaves Zoila Diaz at the altar. ("The Awful Truth")
- Blanca Alvarez is kidnapped by Sebastien Dussault. ("The Awful Truth", "Anatomy of a Murder")
- March 4: When stopping by to visit Blanca, Carmen is told by Taylor that she left. ("Since You Went Away")
- March 11: Jesse Morgan discovers Louie's severed hand in Gail Fleming's flowers. ("Since You Went Away")
- March 12: Christopher Neff confesses his feelings to Genevieve. ("Since You Went Away")
- March 13: Detective Figueroa questions Genevieve Delatour about Louie's murder. ("Since You Went Away", "The Talk of the Town")
- April to Early May: Blanca Alvarez is hung and killed by Sebastien Dussault. ("The Turning Point", "Anatomy of a Murder")
- June:
- Hostage situation at the Powells house by Sebastien Dussault. ("Anatomy of a Murder")
- Michael Stappord is shot and killed by Sebastien. ("Anatomy of a Murder")
- Sebastien is killed in the explosion of the Powells house. ("Anatomy of a Murder")
- Hostage situation at the Powells house by Sebastien Dussault. ("Anatomy of a Murder")
- December: Peri Westmore is killed by Gail Fleming. ("Once More Unto the Bleach", "Grime and Punishment")
- 2016:
- January: Daniela Mercado discovers the identity of her biological mom: Carmen. ("Sweeping with the Enemy")
- February:
- 2017:
- Marriage of Marisol and Peter Hudson, but the former disappeared, mysteriously. ("Grime and Punishment")
Trivia[]
- There are conflicting reports on how long Marisol worked for the Stappords in Season 1. While it is generally accepted that she was their maid for a total of 6 months ("The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"), she has also been mentioned as having worked there for 12 weeks ("Getting Out the Blood") and a year ("Suspicion"), strangely.