It makes for a strong, hooking start.

I immediately fell for these well-cast characters and their effortless, warm chemistry.

Yet theres depth here, too.

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The closest we get to the sand is the discount seafood joint next door to Desnas shop.

WE SELL BIG SHRIMPS.

We watch her walk a lonely stretch of highway at night to a cheap roadside motel.

But my enthusiasm forClawsbegan to subside halfway through the premiere as familiar tropes and premises take over.

I want theMad Menversion of this show, not theBreaking Badversion.Clawsgives you sharp, jagged women to care about.

I wish I cared more about the show itself.

Clawspremieres Sunday, June 11 at 9 p.m.