The BEST episodes of Claws
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Follow the life and crimes of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.
#1 - Avalanche
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/13/2017
In the season finale, following a harrowing escape from Roller's grasp, Desna is on the run with Roller close behind, running from the Russians. Dean, Polly, and Virginia frantically search for Desna before time runs out. Meanwhile, Jennifer gets more involved with Hank.
#2 - Ambrosia
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/6/2017
With the clock ticking, Desna is scrambling to get out of her worst trouble yet. Determined, she goes searching for the truth with her crew right behind her, save for Jennifer, who is learning how to cope as a Dixie Mafia wife.
#3 - Tirana
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/11/2017
In the opener of this series, Desna and her girls take pride in doing nails at the Nail Artisans of Manatee County, but amidst painting hooves and dreaming of a better life, she finds herself entangled in a money laundering scheme with the Dixie Mafia.
#4 - Fallout
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/2/2017
Haunted by recent events with Roller, Desna is doubly desperate to get out from under Uncle Daddy's thumb. Meanwhile, Bryce drifts deeper into the Dixie Mafia, which Jennifer isn't happy about. Polly reunites with her former gold-digging "friend", while Quiet Ann is in a lady-mess of her own. Meanwhile, Dr. Ken finds himself in a world of trouble.
#5 - Funerary
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/18/2017
Following their entanglement with Roller, Desna and Virginia desperately prepare a cover story to tell the girls and the Dixie Mafia. Desna's dream salon is falling out of her grasp.
#6 - Batshit
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/9/2017
Desna and Jennifer may be Dr. Ken's only hope, as Bryce wrongly accuses him of a heinous crime. Dean sees a disturbing billboard ad that hits too close to home, leaving Desna to cope with the dark aftermath. Meanwhile, Virginia and Desna are forced to go to Polly for help to rid the world of two horrible birds from Desna's past, with one well-aimed stone.
#7 - Self-Portrait
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/16/2017
All of our girls go to their new fancy salon for the first time. They aren't met with the kindness of strangers. Desna and crew decide to compete in Florida's premiere nail design competition for a big cash prize. Feeling left out of the crew, Virginia does something shocking to get some of life's finer things. Jennifer finds out an agonizing secret of Desna's that may destroy their friendship forever.
#8 - Escape
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/23/2017
After the big nail competition, Desna may finally get out from Uncle Daddy's grasp. Jennifer struggles knowing Desna's dark secret, while Polly discovers her previously unknown maternal instincts. Meanwhile, Dean may have found his first feelings of romantic love and makes a discovery that threatens to destroy everyone he knows and loves.
#9 - Teatro
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/30/2017
With a shocking revelation affecting the entire crew, Jennifer finds unexpected solace in her square-dancing instructor, Hank. Polly uses all of her powers of bad for good, for the first time.
#10 - Quicksand
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/25/2017
As Virginia's lies deepen, Desna plays catch-up covering their tracks. Desna still has a small shot at her dream salon, and with the help of her crew, she is determined to get it.
#11 - Fly Like An Eagle
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/14/2019
After successfully leveraging what she knows about Governor Patel in an attempt to win her brother back, a victorious Desna returns to the casino, only to learn that Dean is more entranced under Mac and Melba's spell than she realized.
#12 - Chapter Ten: Mercy
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/2022
Desna, our gangster queen of Palmetto, has her final showdown with her nemesis, Quiet Ann. She and her crew prepare to escape from Palmetto but Desna must jump through hoops in this explosive ending.
#13 - Chicken Pussy
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/21/2019
While Desna works to get Dean away from Mac and Melba, Quiet Ann gets the crew deeper into trouble.
#14 - What Is Happening to America
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/28/2019
The crew makes elaborate plans to pay back the casino's debts only to find out they have a long way to go before they are out of the woods.
#15 - Melba Toast
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/4/2019
Desna and the crew have to tie up loose ends for the Triads if they want to stay alive. Meanwhile, guilt pushes Toby to do the unexpected, putting the entire crew in jeopardy.
#16 - Finna
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/11/2019
Just when the crew thought that they could boss up, fate takes a turn on Desna and Roller. As the walls close in on Desna's Queendom, she is forced to make a choice no one would have expected.
#17 - Chapter One: Betrayal
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/19/2021
With the casino gone, Desna is prepared to return to her roots as a money-laundering nail mogul, which proves to be more difficult than expected, propelling her and the crew further into a world of criminality.
#18 - Chapter Two: Vengeance
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/19/2021
Desna's plan to sell Oxy to a higher-class clientele is quickly sabotaged by Uncle Daddy and Quiet Ann, escalating the drug war.
#19 - Chapter Three: Ambition
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/26/2021
Desna launches Claws Up, her new multi-level Oxy sales operation, employing some of her most loyal clients as dealers and recruiters à la Mary Kay. Tension rises for the crew as they attempt to manage a criminal enterprise from the top.
#20 - Chapter Four: Loyalty
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/26/2021
Desna and her crew begin to enjoy the benefits of their newfound success until it's discovered someone is stealing and reselling their pills under a different label. Desna and her girls must confront this person - with irreversible and deadly consequences, propelling Desna further down her path toward gangsterdom.
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#21 - Chapter Five: Comeuppance
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/2/2022
Feeling guilty for Jenn and Bryce losing custody of their children, Desna offers them use of her condo, where Jenn begins secretly taking Oxy to steady her nerves. After Uncle Daddy is awarded custody of the kids and then promptly misplaces them, the girls are forced to enter a foster home.
#22 - Chapter Six: Greed
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/9/2022
Desna opens up a second nail salon but a rival salon owner soon demands a monthly payoff, forcing Desna to take drastic measures and securing her place as a hardened gangster. Jenn's Oxy addiction spirals out of control as she forms a suspiciously close bond with Tony.
#23 - Chapter Seven: Ascension
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/16/2022
Desna vows not to rest until she has dismantled Uncle Daddy's organization from the inside out. Jenn's questionable friendship with Tony is discovered by both Desna and Bryce, threatening to destroy both relationships.
#24 - Chapter Eight: Reckoning
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/2022
With the realization that Tony is an undercover DEA agent, Desna must rally her crew to avoid being taken down by the feds. But when Jenn ODs, the crew begins to uncover buried truths that threaten to unravel their tight-knit bond.
#25 - Chapter Nine: Wrath
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/2022
With the crew in shambles and the threat of the DEA looming, Desna plots an exit strategy for herself and her girls. Her plans are accelerated after Bryce kills Tony in a jealous rage and then confesses it to Uncle Daddy.