This is a new TNT series that is trying to compete with HBOs raunchy, sexually explicit, violent series The Sopranos. It's about Desna Simms, the owner of a south Florida nail salon and her 5 employees. She's juggling the salon, her co-workers, her autistic brother, and the mob. She wants to move to a more upscale salon but doesn't have the cash. She made a deal with the local mob to launder money for a clinic that will give prescriptions to any addict that walks in the door. Russian men are always in the clinic. They appear to be observing, not partaking in the festivities....yet. I liked the pilot, but I don't have to see explicit sex scenes. Couldn't they just leave that to the imagination? I don't feel it moves the story forward to see someone getting their carpet munched! I love all the characters, except Roller and Uncle Daddy. They are SO one-dimensional. They should practically have BAD GUY stamped on their foreheads. I love Ms. Nash. She was fantastic in "Getting On". She's great here too. Very sympathetic character. She's doing bad things for the right reasons. Still not a good combo. Never get in bed with the mob. it could be fatal.
Review of Claws
