CLAWS S2 Talenthouse

SEASONS2 Premiere 6.10.18 2 PREMIERES:Strategy Sunday, Updated June 10, 2018 11.1.17 @ 9pm

1 Show Overview PREMIERE JUNE 10 2018 @ 9/8c

SYNOPSIS Claws is a midnight-dark, wickedly funny meditation on female badness set in a South Florida nail salon. It follows the rise 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. Claws is all about good women caught in bad places with worse men. It’s the story of real, hardworking women, trying to get by in this economy, set against the surreal, bright, gritty landscape of Florida and the luscious absurd extreme excesses of the crime world.

CREATORS Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca, Toy Story 4, Celeste and Jesse Forever, A to Z) Will McCormack Shekur Kapur (Toy Story 4, Celeste and Jesse Forever, A to Z) Janine Sherman Barrois (ER, Criminal Minds)

Season 1 Key Art 2 S2 Character Arcs for the Crew

DESNA POLLY JENN QUIET ANN VIRGINIA

TOP BOX SCORE: 92% (#1) TOP BOX SCORE: 74% (#2) TOP BOX SCORE: 56% (#4) TOP BOX SCORE: 50% (#5) TOP BOX SCORE:41% (#6) CHARACTER RECAP CHARACTER RECAP CHARACTER RECAP CHARACTER RECAP CHARACTER RECAP • The proprietor of the nail salon • A chameleon of a con artist, a • Desna’s BFF is a former party • Her quiet and collected nature • Former stripper who was has big dreams and a money wild storyteller, a good friend girl turned mom and wife. Her makes her trustworthy in initially dismissed as immature laundering side hustle. She’s a to Desna, and a survivor. She life and friendship with Desna serious situations. She’s who and impulsive. After she finds multitasking mother hen who is has a June Cleaver fascade, becomes more complicated as you call when the shit hits the her place in the crew, she equal parts badass and full of but she’s not afraid to cut a her husband gets in deep with fan, and she’s not afraid to proves that she’s capable of heart. bitch. the Dixie mafia. jump into action. change. S2 ARC S2 ARC S2 ARC S2 ARC S2 ARC • Desna’s life is looking up with a • Polly’s settling into home life. • Jenn’s struggling with the • Quiet Ann is broken after • Virginia is nervous about (seemingly) great romance and a Her romance with Dr. Ken is demise of her marriage and her losing Arlene and aims her sharing the news about her new boss in her corner. Desna’s going strong, and she’s cushy, Dixie Mafia-funded bitterness at Desna. Episode 4 pregnancy with Dean, but she’s no longer on the sidelines of officially taken in Marnie as her lifestyle. When she discovers centers on Quiet Ann and her relieved when he reveals Florida’s mafia scene, she’s deep own daughter. She also finds Bryce in bed with her mother, internal monologue. We meet himself to be 100% supportive in the game. that she has a real strength as the crew helps her get revenge her family and learn more of her. She ends up moving in a strip club choreographer. on her estranged husband. about her backstory as the with Dean, Desna, and Jenn, episode unfolds. cementing her role in the crew.

3 Considerations CREATIVE CONSIDERATIONS

Claws Is: Empowered Follow the established look, while pushing the show into the next season • The colors should be highly saturated and pop Heartfelt • Concepts should be bright, sunlit noir (think crazy-dark shit happening in midday sun) Bold • Bring Forward a more stylized environment and look Sharp Loyal Balance the pop fun with a nod to bigger themes • Themes of female empowerment and class through the lens of the campy, neon world of Claws Fun • The key art should nod too these themes, but the themes should not be overtly spelled out Inclusive Unpredictable Promise a bigger, bolder, more bat-shit second season • They’ve only scratched the surface of the fun, wild, messy adventures of the crew

Bring forward the group dynamic with Desna at the front • Key art should feature an empowered and fun group dynamic with Desna at the forefront Claws Isn’t: Timid Explore high-concept and/or provocative options with cast • We would like to see options that explore concepts beyond just Desna’s crew Mean-Spirited • Music, beauty, fashion, danger and passion are all key elements to explore Catty Elitist Emphasize empowerment over victimhood Conventional • They’re survivors who aren’t afraid to fight against the patriarchal culture that stands in their way Neutral Keep the key art grounded to the show Pretentious • The backdrop should be true to the show: Florida noir, nail salons, etc. Formulaic

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