Grosse Pointe Garden Society – Pests

“Pest” – Grosse Pointe Garden Society. The picture shows: Matthew Davis plays Joel. Photo: Mark Hill/NBC©2025 NBCuniversal Media, LLC. all rights reserved.

Today’s Chaos: Messy Relationships, Dead Dogs and Unnecessary Houses

Meanwhile, the bird is currently cheating on her son, Alice is obsessed with a dog murder, and Katherine is dealing with her worst nightmare – Gary, showing up in her house with a gun. Naturally, Catherine’s husband (blessing his naivety) felt Gary’s plight – being kicked out for his wife’s cheating, instead of calling the police, he invited Gary to stay in their pool house. Katherine’s horror face says it all.

Alice still convinces someone to murder her dog, pick up the ashes and get revenge on the series. When she realized her financial situation was horrible, her husband Doug forced her to move into her mom’s rental house. She refused, feeling that Doug was slowly shaping her into the life path of her parents and vowed that she would take back her job so they could continue to realize their dreams. Doug could feel that Alice wasn’t as dedicated to the relationship as his, and even suggested that she loved Molly more than he did, but Alice insisted that she was there.

Just when Catherine thinks things won’t get worse, she crosses the road with Gary’s pregnant wife, an unwelcome twist that turns her inner gui into a full-blown panic. This revelation has struggled to cope with the impact of their romance, which adds another layer of regret. Facing Gary, she asks to know how to live with herself after she has done everything she has done. But he quickly flipped the script, hit her in the hurt, and she was deceived, what made her better? Catherine desperately hopes that he can get rid of life, but he has the upper hand. If she worked too hard, he could blow up her marriage in an instant.

The situation of Brett and Alice

Brett’s storyline is lighter than others, but this episode requires a turn. His son’s school program leads to a dispute with his ex, and in the heat of the moment, she drops a bombshell: Brett has been in love with Alice, which is why she left him. This seemed to catch him off guard, but the second sinking you can see the wheels turning.

Alice, on the other hand, is still very concerned about her dog’s murder investigation. Alice remains convinced that her former student Peyton is responsible for Molly’s death. She is determined to get her job back and make a deal with his mother—if his mom convinces the school board to restore her, she will use her connections to help Payton enter the University of Michigan. But when Alice finally faces Payton, she quickly realizes that he can’t be the one who killed Molly. With her main suspect being excluded, the mystery is not yet resolved…for now.

The final twists: guns, lies and a corpse that will not be buried

Just as Alice finally moved on from Molly’s death, she stumbled upon a pistol in the closet. Then it clicked – Doug killed her dog. This revelation is about to break their already fragile relationship – with Doug’s “The Secret of Darkness” is now exposed, and he may just be the victim of the murder of the quartet.

At the same time, it is shocking that Officer Joel is actually the adoptive father of Xiaobird’s son, and the two are involved in a secret incident. He eventually helped her cover up the murder, turning what was originally a confession into an unexpected alliance.

In the last flash, the core quad faces another problem: their buried corpses need to be moved again, as the koi pond is installed in the garden. Just when we don’t think things will get more complicated, Joel (Little Bird’s Love and son’s adoptive father) puts the dead guy’s phone in Gary’s high-end shoe store. Are they setting up Gary? Or is his moving body?

“Pest” is aptly called plot-between intervention, unnecessarily House guests and literal cover of murder, everyone is tortured by something they can’t shake. The show skillfully balances tension and humor, making the character’s increasingly terrifying decisions feel relevant to some extent.

Bird’s reckless confession, Catherine’s life is trapped in a vibrant nightmare, Brett’s knowledge of Alice and coveted revelation about Doug, all building an explosive path ahead. If Episode 1 is planting seeds, Episode 2 is where the weeds start taking over the seeds – annoying, uncontrollable, and so fun to watch.