Claws (TV series)

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Claws is an American drama television series that premiered on TNT on June 11, 2017. The series was ordered for a first season containing 10 episodes on December 13, 2016, and was originally developed as a half-hour, single-camera comedy for HBO. Set in Palmetto, Florida, the series is mostly filmed in New Orleans. On July 12, 2017, TNT renewed the series for a second season, which is set to premiere on June 10, 2018.

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Plot

Five manicurists at the Nail Artisan salon of Manatee County, Florida enter the traditionally male world of organized crime when they begin laundering money for a neighboring pain clinic.

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Cast

Main

• Niecy Nash as Desna Simms: the owner of Nail Artisans, a nail salon in Manatee County, Florida, and an associate of the Husser family. She launders money for one of their most profitable pill mills, so she can save up and buy a better salon. She was in a somewhat reluctant relationship with Roller Husser, but when he withholds some of her earnings, she and his mistress Virginia attempt to kill him. It is later revealed that Desna and her brother Dean spent their childhoods with abusive foster parents, explaining why she's so determined to build a life for herself. She eventually gets permission to leave the mob, but is subsequently forced to continue laundering money for the Russian mafia.
• Carrie Preston as Polly: a redheaded South Carolinian and one of the salon's manicurists. A former professional con artist, pathological liar and skilled burglar, she only recently made parole for running a Social Security fraud scheme. Her relationship with Desna is one of absolute loyalty; she even threatens Virginia with a knife when she nearly implicates Desna in Roller's "death". She also forms a motherly bond with Marnie, an adolescent girl seeking to escape her own neglectful mother, who is trying to force Marnie into prostitution.
• Judy Reyes as Quiet Ann: the salon's lookout, doorman, and Desna's muscle on occasion. She is openly lesbian, but has difficultly balancing her relationships with her role in the mafia, especially when she falls for a police detective investigating the salon..
• Karrueche Tran as Virginia Loc: a former prostitute for Uncle Daddy and Roller's mistress. After Polly is arrested, Roller forces Desna to hire Virginia in her place, but Desna throws her out in disgust after suspecting that Virginia was the one who told him about the arrest. Eventually, Virginia is accepted when she shoots Roller to defend Desna and proves her willingness to master the manicurist's trade. Later, she becomes pregnant after having sex with Dean.
• Jenn Lyon as Jennifer Husser: Desna's oldest friend, right-hand woman, and Bryce's wife, with whom she has two daughters. Having already lost more than a few relatives to the consequences of organized crime, she is adamant that Bryce not be part of his family's criminal business, but he does so nonetheless, causing a rift to form between her and Desna. When her family is absorbed by the Russians, she manages to keep her position at the salon thanks to Desna vouching on her behalf.
• Jack Kesy as Roller Husser: Clay's nephew, Desna's off & on lover and a high-powered drug dealer whose supposed death in the first episode triggers conflict between the Hussers and Desna's salon. It is later revealed that he is alive, having been imprisoned by a woman as her sex slave. He escapes and rejoins his family, but when his dealings with the Russians are exposed, he and his brother and uncle are forced to work for them.
• Kevin Rankin as Bryce Husser: Jennifer's husband and Roller's brother, who joins the Dixie Mafia to get justice for Roller's death and takes over his narcotics racket, though he is struggling to control his own addiction. When Roller unexpectedly returns, the two clash over his success. Bryce is subsequently forced to relinquish control of his business to the Russians when they absorb the Husser family.
• Jason Antoon as Dr. Ken Brickman: a shady pharmacist who runs one of the Husser family's pill mills. He suffers from emotional instability stemming from his failed marriage, but ends up finding a potential new romance with Polly.
• Harold Perrineau as Dean Simms: Desna's autistic brother whom she takes care of. He takes up bodybuilding as a hobby following Roller's "death", and falls in love with Virginia, one of his sister's associates.
• Dean Norris as Uncle Daddy/Clay Husser: Bryce's and Roller's uncle and the ruthless head of the Husser crime family. After the latter disappears, he starts grooming the former to succeed him, but realizes too late that Roller's actions have put the family into deep debt with the Russians. Stripped of his independence, he turns to the Haitian mob for assistance.
• Jimmy Jean-Louis as Dr. Gregory Ruval (recurring season 1, starring season 2): Desna's love interest, whose role in the Haitian mafia is unknown to Desna.

Recurring

• Franka Potente as Zlata Ostrovsky (season 2): the newly reformed, former black sheep daughter of a powerful Russian mob family who does business in Florida.
• Sheryl Lee Ralph as Matilde Ruval (season 2): the Haitian mother of Gregory.

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Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2

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Reception

Critical reception

The first season of Claws has received mostly positive reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the series has an approval rating of 79% based on 29 reviews. On Metacritic, the series has a score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Variety described the show as aesthetically captivating but with weak storytelling.

Ratings

Accolades

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Claws on IMDb

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