‘Claws’ Recap: Desna Takes on Greg & Zlata + Season Two Ends in a Major Death?

Hurricane Ingacia hits Palmetto.

The season finale begins with a hurricane hitting Tampa and Palmetto. Virginia’s narrating the episode and it begins with a storm blowing through Palmetto and Tampa. Desna and Greg are fighting in their hotel suite as Virginia narrates. 

A weatherman speaks, letting viewers know that Hurricane Ignacia has strengthened. 

“I don’t know where I am, but I can see everything… Remember everything… everything that led up to what happened.” – Virginia

While not sure where she is, Virginia wants to begin her story the night before Desna’s fake wedding to Greg.

“So we might as well start at once upon a time…”

Desna’s sad her friends are experiencing major changes.

The flashback begins with Desna in her shop talking to Ann about the plan after the wedding. 

Desna with all of her girls at the shop as the storm heads out to sea. As Ann cleans up, Desna reaffirms marrying Greg.

“So, All I gotta do is marry him. Zlata’s gonna do the rest.” – Desna

Virginia points out Ann and Desna getting along and asks what they’re talking about. 

Desna brushes her off. Virginia’s client asks Jenn where she’s moving to. Jenn tells her she’s moving to Tampa. Virgnia’s client tells her the shop won’t be the same without her, and Desna agrees.

Virginia’s client gives Jenn hugs and well wishes as she heads out of the door, smacking her on the butt.

When she leaves, Desna thanks all of the girls, and notes Polly’s clear absence. 

“Thank you for backing me up on all of this. We’re are almost there.” – Desna

Desna leaves to see Greg’s attorney. Jenn’s also sad because she’s moving to Tampa.

Clint reveals a truth about the death of Roller’s father.

Meanwhile, Roller and Clint are preparing for a battle, cleaning weapons. They are reminiscing over Roller’s father. Both men lost their fathers and they shared this bond over liquor. 

Clint calls Roller’s father a better gangster than Uncle Daddy. Then he puts a bug in Roller’s ear about Uncle Daddy being responsible for his father’s death. 

This surprises Roller. 

Zlata changes the plan, again.

Desna’s surprised to see Greg’s assets as she sits with him and Greg’s attorney. Desna jokes about not knowing about his investments, because he thought she was a gold digger.

After they laugh, they both share a kiss.

“Where do I sign?” – Desna

Afterwards, she heads over to Zlata and Desna asks if Greg’s going to kill her after the wedding. Olga overhears Desna and Zlata’s plan, which Zlata changes. 

Zlata gives her poison to kill Greg. Desna protests the plan change, but Zlata puts her foot down.

“You don’t want to choose, girlfriend. Until it happens, I am still boss.” – Zlata

She then hands Desna the poison to use to kill Greg.

Desna and the girls head over to the hotel hosting the wedding. Her concierge angers Desna when she finds out the hotel is also hosting a pharmaceutical convention.

Desna goes off on her concierge as Desna’s wears the stress of Zlata changes her plans on her shoulder.

Everyone tries to calm Desna down, and Virginia offers to gets edibles.

Roller puts the pieces together.

Back at the RV park, Roller gets a text from Desna that their plan is in action. He tells Uncle Daddy and brings up how he and Clint were reminiscing over their dead fathers.

Roller asks Uncle Daddy about the day, and Uncle Daddy brings up the sermon he heard that morning. 

“Must’ve been a h*** of a sermon, huh?” – Roller

“Yeah.” – Uncle daddy

As Uncle Daddy hears the story, he begins to put two and two together mentally. 

When Roller leaves, Roller doesn’t call him Uncle Daddy.

“Later Clay.” – Roller

As a hurricane hits the Tampa area, Desna’s with her girls in her hotel suite high off edibles and drinking champagne. Desna’s still tense from Zlata’s change of plans.

Desna’s still reeling from Zlata changing the plans.

They all begin to rehearse their speeches they’re going to say at he reception. 

Their speeches bring Desna to tears and she runs off. 

Roller made it over Bryce’s house, helping him pack. While packing, Roller tells Bryce about their father and Uncle Daddy having a beef. 

Roller tells Bryce that Clint’s mom saw Uncle Daddy shoot their father at church. Uncle Daddy recalled the sermon at church that day, but he was supposed to be in Gulfport, MS.

“How do we even know who this man is?” – Roller

Despite this news, Bryce isn’t ready to get back into their lifestyle.

“This whole conversation is a nest of s*** hornets I don’t and step into.” – Bryce

Ann’s with Desna in her bathroom and Desna’s telling her about Zlata forcing her to kill Greg.

Ann tells Desna that they’ll okay and nothing will get bad.

However, a bird flies through their bathroom window. Virginia notes that the bird could be a sign of trouble to come.

“That bird s*** was definitely a sign.” – Virginia

The concierge heads to Desna’s suite to tell the girls they are going to postpone the wedding. Hurricane Ignacia made a u-turn and is heading back to Palmetto.

As everyone tries to keep Desna calm, Polly makes an appearance. Polly snuck out of the hospital but tells everyone she just showed up. 

Virginia asks Polly if Lillian is here with them.

“Lillian is inside me now.” – Polly

Everyone cheers and then commences to get food and supplies together for a party. 

Desna comes up with a plan of her own, involving Arlene.

While everyone is setting up for the party, Desna gets a text and sneaks off. She heads to a back storage room and meets Arlene. Arlene has clothes for Desna to wear, which have a wire in it. 

Desna also swaps out poison Zlata gave her for a solution that will cause Greg to be just knocked out. 

Desna returns and is much happier than before. This causes everyone to be puzzled.

It’s the day of the fake wedding and Desna and Greg are at the altar. Desna recites her vows and her bridesmaids side-eye everything. 

“I will honor and cherish you until the day you die.” – Desna 

Greg then cites his vows.

“I have never met a woman with as much strength and resilience as you. I will honor and cherish you, in sickness and health, until death does us part.” – Greg

After the wedding, everyone’s at the reception with all of the goodies they made yesterday. On the dance floor, Desna and Greg are playing their roles fully.

“Lets live tonight like it’s our last.” – Desna

“I am going to give you everything your heart desires.” – Greg

Meanwhile, Jenn tells Bryce she’s being hired by a salon in Tampa. They celebrate by heading to their room for s*x.

Polly and Ken are dancing at the reception. She tells him she snuck out.

Olga catches Desna and Roller in the bathroom together.

Lastly, Roller and Olga are on the dance floor slow dancing. He tells Olga his friend’s gonna help get her and Bogdan out of Palmetto. 

She thanks him as he eyes Desna. She wants to start fresh with Roller, but he has eyes on Desna, following her to the bathroom. 

“There’s thirsty, and then there’s Russian thirsty.” – Virginia

Desna yells at Roller for following her into the bathroom. He pleads with Desna to listen to him. Roller tells her about Uncle Daddy killing his father, and then goes down on her, underneath the wedding dress. 

As Desna screams and moans out of pleasure, Olga hears everything. 

Meanwhile, Ann’s flirting with the bartender. 

Roller gets pulled into the kitchen with Clint and Uncle Daddy. While in there, Roller and Uncle Daddy have a confrontation of sorts. He asks Uncle Daddy to stop calling him dumb.

Thunder crashes as Dean and Desna dance. 

“I just wish this was real for you.” – Dean 

“You’re real for me Dean. We are real. And it’s always gonna be like that.” – Desna

Dean then tells her that he hopes her plan is going well. 

When he leaves, she tells Virginia not to let him out of the bedroom no matter what. Greg grabs her and Desna gives Zlata a head nod, indicating things are about to begin happening. 

Inside their wedding suite, Desna places the poison in Greg’s drink. She hides the evidence when he comes out of the bathroom in a robe. 

She hands him the spiked martini as he lays the compliments on her thick. Greg pulls out a map of islands they are going to visit on their honeymoon. 

She’s trying to get Greg to drink, but Greg wants to consummate their marriage. When she heads to the bathroom to change, he smiles.

Roller beats Uncle Daddy, and Juanda stops Uncle Daddy’s suicide attempt.

Downstairs, Roller attacks Uncle Daddy, confronting him about him killing his father. He proceeds to beat him up and choke him out. 

“You can’t even say it, can you? I know what you did Clay.” – Roller

When Roller leaves, a defeated Uncle Daddy grabs his gun and places it in his mouth. Just then, a fridge door opens. 

“Take that s*** out of your mouth. You always did have an oral fixation.” – Juanda

Uncle Daddy’s wife appears to him as the gun jams. He cries and Juanda consoles him. She tells him he should tell Roller the truth.

Juanda then tells him to be strong and kill Zlata. 

“I’m ready to be with you baby.” – Uncle Daddy

“Not yet, baby.” – Juanda

Clint walks in and Uncle Daddy snaps out of it. 

Olga spills the beans on Zlata and Desna to Greg.

Back in their suite, Greg receives a call from Olga. Olga tells Greg everything about Zlata’s plan. She even tells Greg Desna and Roller had s*x at the reception. 

Greg plays it off well. But when he hangs up, he attacks Desna. The two begin fighting, and glass breaks. Desna grabs the glass and slashes Greg. 

“You made me love you!” – Desna

“You wanted to believe!” – Greg

Greg stops and sees the wound. He lunges at her again, and Desna stabs him again. Eventually, as he suffers from the wounds, she pushes him over their balcony to his apparent death.

A battered Desna grab Arlene’s outfit and changes, meanwhile, Greg’s mom is desperately looking for Greg, rolling up and down in her electric chair.

Dean saves Desna from Zlata.

Polly and Roller are drinking at the bar when Olga comes over and tells them about what she did. Polly slaps her multiple times and then runs off to Desna’s suite with Roller. They head there to see the room trashed. While they’re there, Desna heads to Zlata’s suite.

She tells her everything and when they leave, Greg’s mom and pulls them into their room. 

Desna tries to lie but she doesn’t believe them. 

Surprisingly, his mom stands up out of the chair, pointing the gun. When the power turns on, Zlata grabs her gun, shooting her in the stomach. Zlata then pulls out the contracts to have Desna sign. 

When Desna’s finished, Zlata points a gun at Desna’s head, revealing her true plan.

“Des, you need to pick your friends better. We knew this b**** was a nope from the get go.” – Virginia

Desna realizes all of Zlata’s woman empowerment messages were just a ruse. 

“I believed too, to a certain extent. I told you what you wanted to hear. You’re thirsty for it.” – Zlata

Zlata, unbeknownst to her, reveals her entire plan while being recorded by the wire. She even revealed she has a new source for coke that’s being processed at the retirement home.

As Zlata gets ready to pull the trigger, Zlata’s shot in the stomach. When Zlata falls dead, Desna’s shocked to see Dean holding the gun. 

Polly and Roller arrive and take Dean away before police arrive. 

Desna loses the salon.

Outside, Desna’s being patched up at an ambulance. Arlene walks over to tell her they found Greg and his mother’s body. Arlene says they’ll shut down her operation with everything on the wire. 

Unfortunately, Desna lost her salon.

Afterwards, Dean walks over and tells her it was his choice to shoot Zlata. He wanted to defend his sister.

Desna tells him to never tell anybody, ever. Dean lets her know he won’t.

“I won’t. I wouldn’t do anything that stupid.” – Dean

Next, Ken drops Polly off at the mental hospital. They both apologize to one another and share a kiss. When she heads to the door, she sees Lillian hanging out inside. 

Desna head’s over to She-She’s where Clint, Roller and Uncle Daddy are hanging out. Uncle Daddy wants to rope Desna back into their plan, but she has better ideas. She tells Clint and Uncle Daddy she’s going to be running the clinics now and she answers to no one. 

Roller stands up by Desna’s side and promises to defend this. As they kiss, Uncle Daddy looks foolish, as he still owes Clint retribution for help and killing his father.

The episode ends on a controversial note. 

Mandy meets Desna and Virginia at a casino in Palmetto. Desna learns that in Greg’s will, he left her a casino he owned. 

Virginia and Desna cheer as they realize they’re going to be running a big-time casino in Florida. 

Their celebration is halted as two people appear on a motorcycle. One draws a gun and shoots at Desna. Virginia sees what’s going on and pushes Desna out-of-the-way. As a result, Virginia’s head is bloody and she’s knocked out/grazed, if not dead.

Desna cries as she holds Virginia’s body, which isn’t moving. 

“Why’d I do it? Because I love her. She’s the mother I never had, the friend I always wanted, and the sister I guess I had to earn.” – Virginia. 

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