‘The Cleaning Lady’ Reveals Major Reset & Season 4 Premiere Date: Everything We Know

Kelli Boyle February 4, 2025, 3:00 pm

Élodie Yung as Thony in 'The Cleaning Lady' Season 3 finale - 'House of Cards' — Jeff Neumann / Fox

Fox has finally announced a premiere date for The Cleaning Lady Season 4, and the series is planning a major reset to the plot in the wake of star Adan Canto’s death in January 2024. Another major character was killed off in the Season 3 finale to coincide with Arman being written out.

Where does The Cleaning Lady go from here? Fox has announced that Elodie Yung‘s Thony is making a career change that changes everything. Here’s everything we know about Season 4 so far, from the new story and characters to cast members who may not be coming back.

When does The Cleaning Lady Season 4 premiere?

The Cleaning Lady Season 4 premieres Tuesday, March 25 at 8/7c, followed by the Season 3 premiere of Alert: Missing Person’s Unit.

Fox’s description for The Cleaning Lady Season 4 reveals that Thony has a new job and a new position in Jorge’s (Santiago Cabrera) cartel. It also confirms that Kate Del Castillo will return as Ramona following her arrest in last season’s finale, but it doesn’t appear that Liza Weil will be back as Agent Russo, nor will Brandon Jay McLaren as Jeremy (neither of the FBI agents are listed as characters in the Season 4 description).

Here’s the full description for the upcoming season: “The Cleaning Lady returns for an action-packed Season 4, with the series’ beloved characters in ever-changing and increasingly dangerous situations. After three seasons of being a pawn caught between the FBI and the world of organized crime, Thony (Élodie Yung) makes the bold decision to take charge of her own destiny — by exchanging her cleaning lady uniform for the scrubs of a surgical intern at a small community hospital. Thony’s return to the medical career she sacrificed for her son, Luca (Khalen Roman Sanchez), opens a new path to citizenship for them both. But in order to make this happen, she must continue her service to the Sin Cara cartel — not as a cleaning lady, but as the new mob doctor — bringing her ever closer to Jorge (Santiago Cabrera), the cartel’s brooding new leader. Under the watchful eye of the hospital’s brusque yet handsome chief resident, Dr. Sean Dupont (recurring guest star Daniel Bonjour), Thony straddles the line between two worlds until they inevitably come crashing into each other.”

The logline continues: “Even from within the walls of a maximum-security prison, former head of Sin Cara Ramona (Kate Del Castillo) remains a threat. She continues to exert influence through her unpredictable proxy on the outside, the loner only known as Cowboy Hat (recurring guest star Brian Norris). But she’s vulnerable on the inside. When a tough prison gang puts Ramona in their crosshairs, she must dig deep into her devious bag of tricks to find a way to survive. Meanwhile, Fiona (Martha Millan) struggles to keep her cleaning business afloat, leading her into the world of identity theft. Chris (Sean Lew) learns the painful truth about first love and channels his raw emotions into an unexplored passion — dance. And Jaz (Faith Bryant) deals with the difficulties of being the perfect child in a decidedly imperfect family. The Cleaning Lady continues its exploration of the experience of undocumented immigrants and the hurdles they face in this country. The series tells their stories of resourcefulness in the face of institutional adversity and the sacrifices they must make to achieve their American Dream.”

Who is in The Cleaning Lady Season 4 cast?

Daniel Bonjour, Alain Uy

Bonjour and Alain Uy (pictured above) have joined the cast in new recurring roles, Deadline reported on Monday, November 25. Bonjour was recently in Quantum Leap and Uy was in The Passage and Fantasy Island, and he’s in the Renee Ballard Bosch spinoff cast. Both of the actors guessed starred in Magnum P.I.

Bonjour will play Dr. Dupont, “an overworked attending physician at a clinic serving one of Las Vegas’ poorest neighborhoods,” per the character description. “He emigrated from France years ago because doctors here make more money than they do anywhere else in the world — at least that’s the reason he gives publicly. DuPont hides his deep caring behind his good looks, quick humor, and jaded attitude. A sharp critic of the American medical system and his hospital administration, DuPont can be demanding, ironic, and often rude, but he saves a surprisingly tender bedside manner for patients. Despite his grumbling, DuPont loves the chaos of his underfunded ER. It’s the only place in the world where he makes sense.”

Élodie Yung Says Filming Adan Canto's Farewell on 'The Cleaning Lady' Was 'Painful'

Uy plays Feng, “who is wryly observant but with a dangerous side,” the description says. “Feng has a knack for running elaborate schemes for the Asian mob and has become an asset to international crime bosses worldwide. He started as an actor in Hong Kong, typically playing the sidekick to the hunky, Kung Fu star du jour but has since grown into a shrewd and calculating leader. Now, with the access he has to high-powered criminals, Feng is just waiting for his moment to manipulate the situation and take control.”

The series wrote out Arman rather than cast a new actor in the role following Canto’s shocking death in January 2024, so Arman won’t be back. Neither will his wife, Eva de Dominici‘s Nadia, unless the creators are planning another fake-death twist to be revealed later on. Nadia’s death seemed pretty definitive, though. She could, however, return in flashback or dream form.

Derek has not yet been seen in the series. Expect a casting announcement for him at a later date.

What happened in The Cleaning Lady Season 3 finale?

Élodie Yung as Thony and Eva de Dominici as Nadia in 'The Cleaning Lady' Season 3 finale Part 1 - 'Fight or Flight'

Lewis Jacobs / Fox

The two-part finale, “Fight or Flight” and “House of Cards,” began with Thony (Yung) working with FBI agent Jeremy (McLaren) to keep Nadia hidden. Thony had faked Nadia’s death the week prior in an attempt to protect her from Ramona while still keeping the cartel boss in the dark. The act made Ramona trust Nadia more, and she went so far as to offer Thony a high-up position in her organization which Thony declined.

When Nadia had the chance to slip away from Thony and Jeremy and the bleak warehouse in which they were hiding her, she split. By the end of the episode, she and Thony were waiting for a helicopter that would take her to her new life complete with a new identity. To their horror, it was Ramona in the helicopter. She came to kill Nadia and succeeded. In her final words after being stabbed in the gut by Ramona, Nadia urged Thony to avenge her and Arman. Thony spent the second half of the finale doing just that, with Jorge’s help.

Ramona was arrested by the FBI after an intense showdown on the roof of her charity event (which was really just a money laundering front). With Ramona out of the picture (for now), Jorge assured that Thony can walk away from the cartel. The season ended with a rare moment of levity for Thony, Fiona (Millan), and their kids, but then came a last-minute twist in the form of a burner phone with a message from Derek, Ramona’s heard of but not seen collaborator who offers Thony a job.

Where will The Cleaning Lady go after this season defined by massive narrative shifts?

The Cleaning Lady, Season 4 Premiere, Tuesday, March 25, 8/7c, Fox