Tyler Perry’s The Haves and The Have NotsPosted by Wilson Morales
May 28, 2013
The Haves and the Have Nots premieres May 28 at 9pm ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
The Haves and the Have Nots — created, written, directed and executive produced by Tyler Perry — follows the dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work in their mansion in Savannah. John Schneider plays Cryer patriarch Jim Cryer, a judge with a double life and tawdry affairs; Renée Lawless plays his dutiful wife, Katheryn Cryer, who will do anything to protect her family’s status; Aaron O’Connor plays son Wyatt Cryer, a troubled jock who is in and out of rehab; and Jacyln Betham plays daughter Amanda Cryer, a struggling law student.
Crystal Fox stars as Hanna Young, the Cryers’ maid and the matriarch of her own family, which includes son Benny (Tyler Lepley), the glue who keeps the family together. Hanna has a dark secret — her estranged daughter, Candace (Tika Sumpter), a manipulative opportunist who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Coincidentally, Candace finds out that her newfound friend Amanda’s father is Jim Cryer, the very man who has been paying her for sex, and Candace views this knowledge as the opportunity of a lifetime.
Additional characters in The Haves and the Have Nots include the Cryers’ chef Celine (Eva Tamargo); their wealthy friends Veronica (Angela Robinson) and David Harrington (Peter Parros); and son Wyatt’s rehab counselor, Jeffery Harrington (Gavin Houston).
