Claws (TV series)
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Eliot Laurence |
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| Composer(s) | Jeff Rona |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Sarasota |
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| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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| Original network | TNT |
| Original release | June 11, 2017 – present |
| External links | |
| Website |
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Claws is an American drama television series that premiered on TNT on June 11, 2017.[1] 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.[2] Set in Palmetto, Florida, the series is mostly filmed in New Orleans.[3] On July 12, 2017, TNT renewed the series for a second season.[4]
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.[5]
Cast
- Niecy Nash as Desna Simms, the owner of Nail Artisans, a nail salon in Manatee County, Florida. She has high hopes of owning a much better salon and goes through with the money laundering scheme to get it. She had a relationship with Roller, but when he withholds some of her earnings, she attempts to kill him and unexpectedly receives help from Virginia with the killing. It is later revealed that Desna and her brother Dean spent their childhoods with abusive foster parents.
- Carrie Preston as Polly, a redheaded South Carolinian and professional con artist who did time in prison for embezzling money from seniors. She is fiercely protective of Desna, who seems to be the only positive influence in her life.
- Judy Reyes as Quiet Ann, the salon's lookout and doorman. She is openly lesbian.
- Karrueche Tran as Virginia Loc, a former prostitute for Uncle Daddy who Desna hires to work in the salon as a temporary replacement for Polly while she was serving time. Originally, Virginia was not part of Desna's inner circle.
- Jenn Lyon as Jennifer Husser, Desna's best friend and Bryce's wife. 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.
- Jack Kesy as Roller Husser, Clay's nephew and a high-powered drug dealer whose 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.
- Kevin Rankin as Bryce Husser, Jennifer's husband and Roller's brother, who joins the Dixie Mafia to get justice for Roller's death.
- Jason Antoon as Dr. Ken Brickman, a shady pharmacist who runs one of the mafia's pill mills. He suffers from emotional instability stemming from his failed marriage.
- Harold Perrineau as Dean Simms, Desna's autistic brother whom she takes care of.
- Dean Norris as Uncle Daddy/Clay Husser, Bryce's and Roller's uncle and the ruthless head of the Husser crime family.
Episodes
Season 1 (2017)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tirana" | Nicole Kassell | Eliot Laurence | June 11, 2017 | 1.18[6] |
| In Manatee County, manicurist Desna Simms runs a side hustle laundering money for her boyfriend Roller, a dealer for Dixie Mafia boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser, from various businesses the mob controls in order to save up for buying her own salon. She also takes care of her mentally disabled brother, Dean. One of her colleagues, Polly, has just been paroled for fraud and cannot join the girls later that evening (though she later arrives anyway) when they go to a New Year's Day celebration at a strip club run by Clay, who rewards Roller for his success. Upon discovering that her cut of the profits is less than she thinks she deserves, Desna confronts Roller, but he refuses to help her. Furthermore, he insists that she fire Polly and replace her with his mistress Virginia. Instead, she throws the latter out of the salon. The stress convinces her to split her cut with the girls, and, during a later visit to Roller, she tries to drown him. He survives but is subsequently shot dead by Virginia. | |||||
| 2 | "Funerary" | Howard Deutch | Eliot Laurence | June 18, 2017 | 1.20[7] |
| Desna and Virginia set Roller's body adrift and fake a shootout to cover up his murder. Unbeknownst to them, the boat strands on the nearby coast and the police find the remains. When Desna goes to get Virginia the next day, the latter vanishes. Jenn's husband Bryce, a life coach who also has ties to the mafia, informs the other girls that Roller, his older brother, is missing. When the teen girls she volunteers with ask about her conviction, Polly lies and claims she used to run a prostitution ring. Clay summons Desna to a meeting and asks her to find Virginia. She finds her living out of a dirty motel and convinces her to return. Clay offers Bryce the chance to run his pill mills, but Jenn wants him to turn it down. Desna learns that the salon she wants to buy is no longer willing to sell, on account of an incident where Dr. Brickman disrupted the salon's working day. During Roller's funeral, a battered Virginia bursts in claiming someone tried to kill her. | |||||
| 3 | "Quicksand" | Jamie Travis | Eliot Laurence | June 25, 2017 | 1.07[8] |
| Virginia spins a story about "Roller's killers" abducting and messing with her, angering Desna since doing so has created a trail for Clay. Dean, still distraught by Roller's death, becomes increasingly worried for his sister's life. Desna's agent, Mandy, ditches her as a client after the deal seemingly falls through for good. When a detective (Elvis Nolasco) comes by to check Virginia's story, Desna places a fake witness to back her up. Bryce agrees to temporarily take over Roller's operation, under Desna's supervision. Dr. Brickman's instability grows worse after learning that his ex-wife is remarrying, and Bryce gets distracted, allowing a thief to steal the clinic's entire supply of pills. The girls take Mandy and some other clients on a drinking spree, during which Desna learns of the robbery as well as Clay's insistence that Bryce repay the $88,000 he now owes him. The thieves are revealed to work for him, however, as part of a plan to fully bring Bryce into the Dixie Mafia. | |||||
| 4 | "Fallout" | Victoria Mahoney | Janine Sherman Barrois | July 2, 2017 | 1.24[9] |
| Desna suffers another recurring nightmare about being abused by Roller. Polly's old friend Sally, who calls her "Heather", visits the salon, and Polly lies and claims she's conducting research for a novel. Clay calls in Desna's debt, but allows her to repay it in installments of $500. She comes up with a plan to increase sales at the clinic in order to free herself from his grip. Clay also asks Virginia to identify a suspect in Roller's death and then executes him anyway, traumatizing Bryce by forcing him to participate in the man's dismemberment. Polly ditches the girls to spend more time with Sally, but is quickly exposed as a fraud when her ankle monitor goes off. Desna's efforts raise enough to cover all but $15,000 of the debt, which Polly collects by blackmailing Sally. Desna learns that Clay has put a hit on Dr. Brickman, who gets thrown out of his ex-wife's engagement party after showing up drunk. Before Desna arrives, Bryce abducts Brickman and drives off with him. | |||||
| 5 | "Bats**t" | Howard Deutch | Janine Sherman Barrois | July 9, 2017 | 1.19[10] |
| With Jenn's help, Desna tracks Bryce to a remote swamp. At the last second, they persuade him to spare the doctor's life. While visiting the new salon, Desna is alerted by a neighbor that Dean is vandalizing a billboard featuring their old, abusive foster parents. The other girls suggest that Desna is enabling Dean's behavior, and that the new salon is a poor choice. At a meeting, the Hussers indirectly accuse Virginia of lying to them and Polly threatens to go after her if she gets Desna in trouble. Dean gets Desna to help him confront their foster parents and later reveals that he was raped as a child. Recognizing how the situation is making him more unstable, Desna has Polly plant evidence framing them as Roller's killers. Desna learns from Mandy that another salon has made an offer. The mafia executes a hit on the foster parents, during which Bryce commits his first set of murders. Roller, having survived his "death", wakes up to find himself the prisoner of a strange woman. | |||||
| 6 | "Self-Portrait" | Tricia Brock | Leila Gerstein | July 16, 2017 | 1.25[11] |
| Desna confers with Virginia and Polly, making it clear that Jenn must never learn the truth behind Bryce's actions. Roller's abductor reveals that she sees him as her soul mate and intends to trap him there forever. Desna decides to fire all of the manicurists at her new salon; in retaliation, they flood it and leave the girls with thousands of dollars worth of repairs to make. As an incentive to keep him in the family, Clay offers Bryce a new mansion. After being denied the chance to participate in the NailPalm tournament, Virginia ditches the girls and returns to prostitution. Desna meets Dr. Gregory Ruval, a gynecologist who she starts to date but ends up ditching twice. After a last-minute substitution with Virginia for an injured Jenn, Nail Artisans goes on to win the tournament and the $15,000 prize. Roller manages to contact Clay, but is soon forced to drop the call. Jenn discovers the truth about the murder of Desna's foster parents from Dean. | |||||
| 7 | "Escape" | Shira Piven | Bruce Rasmussen | July 23, 2017 | 1.27[12] |
| Dean prepares to go on a trip with Virginia, upsetting Desna as she does not entirely approve of the latter. Polly takes her teenage neighbor Marnie in after her mother is incarcerated. Desna asks Toby, Clay's transgender muse, to run Nail Artisans in her place. Jenn quits her post at the salon on account of her newfound wealth. Ann's new girlfriend, Detective Branch, encourages her to be more open. Dean assaults a man after he insults Virginia. Gunmen break into the mansion owned by Gladys and confirm Roller's survival. After Dean is chosen as a performance artist's new model, Virginia gives him his first kiss and later has sex with him. At an anniversary party for Clay, Jenn angrily tries to choke Desna before Ann stops her. Drunk, she then fantasizes telling Bryce the truth, but ultimately decides not to. Desna finally asks Clay to release her from service to the Mafia, and he agrees. Virginia happens to spot Roller at the arthouse just before he is abducted by the gunmen. | |||||
| 8 | "Teatro" | Nicole Kassell | Maisha Closson | July 30, 2017 | 1.59[13] |
| Roller visits the salon with signs of amnesia, not remembering that Virginia shot him. Fearing the potential repercussions, Desna and the girls agree to return him to the Hussers. Overjoyed, Clay arranges for a special "white party" to celebrate his return. During lunch, Roller asks to go to Desna's house, and they have sex. The next morning, he catches her kissing Ruval, forcing Desna to lie about their past relationship. Bryce's success as a dealer incurs jealousy in Roller, and at the party, a fight nearly breaks out between them. Ken and Polly also end up having sex. Two Russians whom Roller owes money to demand it back, and he pretends to regain his memory, claiming that they were his attackers. Desna finds evidence that Roller embezzled money from the clinic to pay the Russians. When his request to attack them is denied, Roller ends up fighting Bryce before Clay breaks it up. The head of the Russians, Riva, confirms that Roller is in her pocket. When Desna confronts him, Roller abducts her at gunpoint. | |||||
| 9 | "Ambrosia" | Marta Cunningham | Jeff Augustin | August 6, 2017 | 1.34[14] |
| A series of flashbacks show Roller's first meeting with the girls, Polly's arrest for fraud, and Roller and Desna's growing romance; in the present, Roller explains his plan to clean out the mafia's accounts and frame Desna. She manages to pass along a code word to Polly before retrieving the money. Ann finds Branch's files on Desna during a hookup. Bryce asks Clay to request approval for a strike on the Russians. Desna manages to puncture one of Roller's tires, forcing them to pull over for repairs. When a cop comes by, he refuses to help on account of being on the Hussers' payroll. Ann struggles between her love for Arlene and the need to protect Desna. Bryce accidentally kills a Georgia mobster (Michael Emerson), putting the family in danger. Ann drugs Arlene, getting her arrested for DUI. As a final wish, Desna gives Dean her blessing to marry Virginia. Roller also reveals that Clay, not him, took the money Desna was owed. Polly figures out the meaning of Desna's code, just as Roller arrives to make the drop. He ends up killing the Russians and prepares to kill Desna as well, but she escapes. | |||||
| 10 | "Avalanche"[15] | Howard Deutch | Eliot Laurence | August 13, 2017 | TBD |
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 75% based on 24 reviews.[16] On Metacritic, the series has a score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[17] Variety described the show as aesthetically captivating but with weak storytelling.[18]
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Tirana" | June 11, 2017 | 0.4 | 1.18[6] | 0.3 | N/A | 0.7[19] | N/A |
| 2 | "Funerary" | June 18, 2017 | 0.4 | 1.20[7] | 0.5 | 0.99 | 0.9 | 2.19[20] |
| 3 | "Quicksand" | June 25, 2017 | 0.4 | 1.07[8] | 0.5 | 1.06 | 0.9 | 2.13[21] |
| 4 | "Fallout" | July 2, 2017 | 0.5 | 1.24[9] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 5 | "Bats**t" | July 9, 2017 | 0.4 | 1.19[10] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 6 | "No. 2" | July 16, 2017 | 0.5 | 1.25[11] | 0.4 | 1.04 | 0.9 | 2.29[22] |
| 7 | "Escape" | July 23, 2017 | 0.5 | 1.27[12] | 0.4 | 1.08 | 0.9 | 2.35[23] |
| 8 | "Teatro" | July 30, 2017 | 0.6 | 1.58[13] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 9 | "Ambrosia" | August 6, 2017 | 0.5 | 1.34[14] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 10 | "Avalanche" | August 13, 2017 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
References
- ↑ "TNT's Claws Premieres Sunday, June 11". The Futon Critic. April 3, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (December 13, 2016). "Rashida Jones' Nail Salon Dramedy Claws Ordered to Series at TNT". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ↑ Dymond, Richard (March 15, 2017). "New TV show has a nail salon, a pill mill and money laundering. And it's set in Manatee County.". The Bradenton Herald. Bradenton, Florida. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (July 12, 2017). "Claws Renewed For Season 2 By TNT". Deadline. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ Tinubu, Aramide (June 8, 2017). "You’ll Be Able To Watch TNT’s ‘Claws’ On Twitter For FREE!". Ebony Media Operations, LLC. Ebony. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- 1 2 Metcalf, Mitch (June 13, 2017). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.11.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- 1 2 Metcalf, Mitch (June 20, 2017). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.18.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- 1 2 Metcalf, Mitch (June 27, 2017). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.25.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- 1 2 Metcalf, Mitch (July 5, 2017). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.2.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- 1 2 Metcalf, Mitch (July 11, 2017). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.9.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- 1 2 Metcalf, Mitch (July 18, 2017). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.16.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
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- 1 2 Metcalf, Mitch (August 8, 2017). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.6.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "(#110) "Avalanche"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Claws: Season 1 (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- ↑ "Claws: Season 1". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- ↑ Saraiya, Sonia (June 5, 2017). "TV Review: ‘Claws’". Penske Business Media, LLC. Variety. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ Porter, Rick (June 23, 2017). "'Better Call Saul' triples in cable Live +7 ratings for June 5-11". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ↑ Porter, Rick (June 29, 2017). "'Better Call Saul' on top again: Cable Live +7 ratings for June 12-18". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
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- ↑ Porter, Rick (July 26, 2017). "'Game of Thrones,' 'Nashville' and 'Orphan Black' lead the cable Live +7 ratings for July 10-16". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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