Arsenic and Adobo

Janet, Lila’s “high school bully” (54), shows off her engagement ring. The women bicker about their high school relationships. Lila has some time to kill before her dinner, so she decides to bake.

Lila makes a calamansi-ginger pie and gives a small piece of leftover crust to her dog. Then, Lila leaves a note for her aunt and goes to Ninang June’s house. The whole Calendar Crew is there, and they know Lila talked to Bernadette and Janet. They chastise her for not bringing Amir to talk to Janet. Ninang April criticizes the pie, but everyone else loves it. Ninang June gives Lila a list of suspects. Lila says they need the process in the lab sped up, and the women assure her they’ve made some phone calls to help with that.

Lila feels strange not going to work. Tita Rosie begins cooking for Bernadette, Lola Flor secretly goes out gambling, and Lila takes her dog out for a run. Afterwards, Lila visits Adeena at Java Jo’s. Adeena has Lila test some drinks for the coffee shop’s next special. When Adeena suggests they open a cafe together in Shady Palms, Lila is confused. She takes her dog to use the restroom outside and thinks about Adeena wanting to move to Chicago because she is a lesbian and her family keeps trying to set her up with men.