The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series)
The Haves and the Have Nots is an American crime drama and soap opera created, executive produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry. The premise of the series is based on Perry's 2011 play of the same name. The series premiered on May 28, 2013 on the Oprah Winfrey Network; It is the first scripted television series to air on the network.
On October 24, 2019, a seventh season was announced, which premiered on January 7, 2020.
Series overview
OWN renewed the series for a second season midway into the first season. The season was originally to consist of 16 episodes and bring the series to 32 in total by the completion of season 2; however on August 21, it was announced that the network had ordered 4 additional episodes, which will bring the series to 36 episodes in total by season 2's completion.Production of season 3 began in August 2014 following a 25 episode order which will bring the episode count to 61 through 2015.
Cast and characters
The series follows three families and their lifestyles as they coexist in Savannah, Georgia: the rich, powerful, and locally very public Cryer and Harrington families and the poor and destitute Young family. The Young family is headed by Hanna, a single mother who works as the Cryer family's maid and also serves as the best friend and confidante of the lady of the house, Katheryn. Included as part of The Have Nots is another maid of the Cryer family's, Celine Gonzales. While the Young family versus the Cryer and Harrington families lead polar opposite lifestyles in terms of social class, economics, social status, and surroundings, they are each similar in that they lead exceedingly dysfunctional lifestyles.The show's cast is multiracial: one of the upper class families are Caucasian American and the other is African American; the poor family is also African American; in addition to this, there is a poor maid who is Hispanic. To that end, when Angela Robinson was interviewed about her new role on the series in late June 2013, she stated, "This is one of the only shows on television with a diverse cast that looks like America: Black, White, Latino, straight, gay, rich, and poor."
Tika Sumpter is the only cast member who appeared in every episode.
The Youngs
The Young family- Candace "Candy" Young : Candace is Hanna's daughter, Benny's older half-sister, and Jim's latest mistress who's less than half his age. She is portrayed as a roguish, crafty jezebel with a very mischievous, flippant,,, and extremely nervy attitude. Often, Candace subjugates others through her many forms of manipulation; extortion; low blows; and dirt she's able to obtain on people. Unprincipled and unscrupulous, Candace has pulled many cons; has acted as a prostitute and a mistress; has engaged in elaborate forms of blackmail; etc.
- Hanna Young : Hanna is Benny and Candace's mother, and the Cryer's maid. She raised her two children as a single mother. Hanna is very deep, soulful, religious, nurturing, grandmotherly, persevering, and compassionate, though has a harshly overreactive, draconian, rancorous, virulent, vituperative, and even violent side about her as well. Haggard and long-suffering, she often displays the effects of overwhelming stress, overwork, and worry in her behavior. Still, she is very much a trouper who is uncomplaining, assiduous, and always hard-working. Compounded with this, Hanna is also trustworthy and reliable and can be confided in about anything; this has won her the respect of her superiors and even a close bond with her boss Katheryn.
- Benjamin "Benny" Young : Benny is Hanna's son and Candace's half-brother. He operates a tow truck company. In comparison to his conniving sister, he is less prone to cause trouble for his mother. Benny is personable, dutiful, and hard-working. He's very tough and overprotective and takes his role as man of the house very seriously, sometimes recklessly and foolhardily so. He has unconditional love and care for his mother and sister and is willing to put his own life on the line to avenge or defend them.
- Quincy Delon "Q" Young Jr.: Candace and Quincy's 6-year-old son, Hanna's grandson and Benny's nephew. In the series premiere, Candace has taken him away from Hanna, placing him with a nanny. By the second season, it was revealed that he was with his father who was in jail during that time. He faced abuse at the hands of his father and aunt, barring infected scars on his back and body. His safety was threatened by his father when Quincy demanded to know Candace's whereabouts and Hanna didn't give up her daughter. In the third season, he returns being reunited with his grandmother after Benny had rescued him from his Aunt Quita's house. He bounces in and out of the hospital, a hotel, and foster care as his mother attempts to create a suitable home for him while Hanna vies for custody of him. Hanna abducted him from foster care and he briefly stayed at the Cryer's. In season four, Hanna takes him to a hotel where he has a heartfelt reunion with his mother. In the fourth mid-season finale, Q was shot in the head by Warlock and his boys in his search for Candace. When Candace learns of his ultimately death, she has his killer shot in retaliation. Benny and Hanna decide on holding a funeral for him but Candace, very distraught, ultimately decides to have him cremated. While he is not physically seen for the rest of the series, he is mentioned and shown in images by Benny and Hanna. His death had a prolonged and long-lasting effect on his mother, Candace. In season 6, it is shown that Candace has his ashes and gives them to Hanna, which is ultimately a catalyst of resembling their relationship. Later, Jim subtly hinted that he hired a marksman to kill Quincy Dr.
The Harringtons
- David Harrington : David is the level-headed, grim, and gravelly-voiced husband of Veronica and father of Jeffrey, who often acts as a voice of reason. He is a judge and is also Jim's business partner and friend. He spends most of his time trying to clean up Jim's messes and cover up for his extramarital affairs as his career path is currently aligned with Jim's. As a result of trying to constantly clean up Jim's messes, David has gotten himself into serious plights and predicaments of his own. In an effort to frame Candace to avenge Jim, David unintentionally framed Candace's brother and Hanna's son Benny; consequently, Benny was arrested and incarcerated for drug possession, which resulted in a large, complex mess that David at the center of.
- Veronica Harrington : Although refined, composed, and classy on the surface, Veronica is actually an extremely, vicious, malicious, cold, calculating, coercive, manipulative, overbearing, antagonistic, and catty snob underneath it all. She's used to delivering zingers in her trademarked cool, calm, collected yet trenchant, stinging, and outwitting fashion. Very obdurate, she has proven to be set in her anti-gay and diabolic ways. Resulting from the character's very one-of-a-kind brand of villainy and vile levels she's proven more than willing to stoop to, Veronica has been advertised by OWN and various media outlets as "The Ice Queen."
- Jeffery Harrington : Jeffery is David and Veronica's son. He is Wyatt's 24/7 substance abuse counselor in the Harrington family's drug rehab program. Much to Wyatt's displeasure, Jeffery's counseling is full of preachy remarks and frequent urgings for Wyatt to open up about his feelings.
The Cryers
The Cryer family- James "Jim" Cryer : The take-charge but destructively thoughtless patriarch of the Cryer family, and a Savannah criminal courts judge who has his eyes set on becoming Governor of Georgia. A major reason for Jim's rising to where he's at professionally and socioeconomically is because of his wife Katheryn's family. Although a kind-hearted and sensitive man at heart, Jim's urges, vices, greed, and self-preservation often get the better of him and cause him to act rashly, disloyally, destructively inconsiderate, and even abusively as far as his rank and power. Given his position as a wealthy judge in high society, Jim has certain dirty measures at his disposal from which to gain the upper hand on anyone that crosses him. Jim often uses the catchphrase "I'll handle it" as a signal of his taking to such measures. His wife is all too well aware of his power to gain the upper hand and fight dirty, sometimes even instructing Jim to resort to his foul play tactics by telling him to "handle it."
- Katheryn Cryer : Katheryn is Jim's deeply warm, sensitive, caring but highly passive-aggressive wife. Katheryn often displays her anger, hatred, bitterness, and stress in a suppressed but still very detectable fashion. She is filled with melancholy, rancor, and sullen indignation primarily as result of the various trials and tribulations brought upon her as it relates to her family, particularly her husband. Due to Katheryn's overwhelming stress, un-forthcoming nature, and tendency to hold her feelings in, she has been known to express herself in ways that are unhealthy, passive-aggressive, at times even volatile and explosive. Her reputation in the community has been a major reason for her restraint and unhealthy expressions of pent-up rage. A prime example of this is in Katheryn's attempts to keep her bout with breast cancer away from everyone. As a result, she was constantly snapping on her maid, Hanna, but once she finally opened up to Hanna about what was going on, the two developed a close bond.
- Wyatt Cryer : Wyatt is the son of Jim and Katheryn. In the first episode, it's learned that Wyatt is so incorrigible in his vices that he's on his third stint in rehab for drug abuse and alcoholism. Wyatt's current rehabilitation program is run by the Harrington family and is on an outpatient basis on the condition that he is monitored 24/7 by Jeffery Harrington.
- Amanda Cryer : Amanda was Jim and Katheryn's naïve college-aged daughter who was friends with her father's mistress, Candace. Until the Season 1 finale, Amanda is unaware that Candace was her father's mistress. Amanda has had issues with self-harm and suicide in the past, having engaged in cutting herself. It has been hinted in the series that the reasons for Amanda's battles with self-harm may stem from some traumatic sex abuse incident from her distant past, involving Wyatt and a priest. Compounded with this, she was raped by Professor Cannon, one of her law school teachers in Season 1's "The Criminal."
The Malones
- Mitchell "Mitch" Malone : A friend of Benny's, who is recruited to work at Benny's new tow truck business. Mitch is later revealed to be related to the Malone crime family but chooses to live a straight and narrow life. After suspecting War as bad news and witnessing War sexually assault Candace at the tow yard, he protects her and Benny, by throwing War in jail, putting drugs in his car to make it look as if they were his.
- Vinny Malone : Mitch's uncle. In Season 5, he is the enemies of Wyatt Cryer because Wyatt stab his neck about money after Jim take the money from Wyatt in the episode "The Rabbit and the Moccassin", In the episode "The Road to Hell" He wants Wyatt Cryer dead, In Season 6, Vinny owned Benny for his money with the interest. In the episode "Show Not Tell", Vinny gets money by Mitch, The Malones will not killed Wyatt.
- Sandy Malone : ; Mitch's cousin, His first appeared was in the episode "The Third Quarter"
- Sal Malone : ; Mitch's cousin.
- Tony Malone : ; Mitch's cousin.
- Michael Malone: Mitch's father.
- Sammy Malone : ; Mitch's first brother.
- Zeek Malone : ; Mitch's youngest cousin.
- Don Malone : ; Mitch's fourth oldest cousin.
- Dino Malone : ; Mitch and Sandy's cousin.
- D. Malone : ; Mitch's third uncle
- Al Malone : ; Mitch's second uncle
- Rosa Malone “Mama Rose” & : Mitch's grandmother and the leader of the Malones. Jim, in an attempt to get Candace off of his back, arranged for her to get kidnapped by the Malones and held hostage until she complied with his wishes. To scare her, Mama Rose had one of her thugs fire an empty gun by Candace's ear, which was close to shattering it.
In season 4, Mama Rose meets with Jim at the restaurant in which she informs him about what happened with Warlock and what she plans to do about it. Jim tries to reason with her but she is adamant, eventually throwing him out of the restaurant when he continues to try and appeal with her. Later, she walks into her restaurant after the shooting in which War and his thugs are killed, and congratulates Mitch and Tony, telling them not to get blood on their shoes. She also acknowledges in which they should thank Candace, and that Mama Rose owes her.
Other characters
- Celine Gonzales : Celine is a former maid in the Cryer home and ex-friend of Hanna. She was originally depicted as a casual, relaxed woman, often fostering a friendly, informal atmosphere. She was also depicted as savvy and well-informed, and gossipy, given to divulging useful inside information about life at the Cryer's to Hanna. However, as time passed on and Hanna appeared to become closer to Katheryn and gain favor within the Cryer household, Celine's demeanor changed: she began to take on more jealous, bullying and antagonistic behaviors, largely towards Hanna and later towards Katheryn as well.
- D.A. Jennifer Sallison : : The district attorney who has been gunning for the Cryers and the Harringtons for some time. After a striking a deal with Wyatt for immunity for both him and Jeffery at the end of Season 3, she finally manages to arrest the Cryer and Harrington families for tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice. She also succeeds in getting Wyatt's inheritance for him, which is sure to anger his parents. In the Season 3 finale, Katheryn pulls out a gun and fatally shoots Jennifer multiple times, thus killing her. It turns out that Jennifer's body was being disposed of by the Malone family while being wrapped in plastic wrap with a note that says her name and "Cryer Victim". Her body was left at a television station by the Malone's as a way for their head boss and grandmother, Mama Rose, to pressure Jim even harder into tracking down War.
- Margaret "Maggie" Day : A campaign manager hired by Jim's staff, who has feelings for David. She and her assistant, Landon, manage to get David released and he learns of Veronica's infidelity. In the mid-season 4 premiere, she was shot multiple times in the stomach by a gunman, being mistaken as Veronica, whom Jim intended to be killed. David witnesses her and the gunman's bodies covered in sheets at the crime scene of the shooting and mistakes her as Veronica. It was later revealed that Veronica set Maggie up to die herself.
- LaQuita "Quita" Maxwell : Quincy's ill-tempered, ghetto sister who had been watching over Quincy's son before Benny rescued him. She acts as an antagonist throughout the series' run towards several characters, particularly Candace due to the mysterious absence of her brother Quincy.
- Justin Lewis : A suspicious officer, who comes to Candace's house, minutes after Quincy had been stabbed, to check out a noise complaint from his mother, Candace's neighbor. At one point, he tries to rape Jeffrey. At another point, he threatens to kill Jeffrey after harassing him. He later becomes nicer and enters a sexual relationship with Jeffery but clearly is obsessively jealous and very possessive.
- Melissa Wilson : A young lady who Veronica set up for Jeffery to date. In season two, she was impregnated by Jeffery after getting him to have sex with her after Veronica set them up on a first date. It turned out that she was also coerced into the marriage situation after her mother failed to compensate the payments previously taken to pay for her father's medical bills, so Veronica told her that if she married Jeffrey, she would give her family more time to get back on their feet. In season three, Veronica arranged for Jeffery and Melissa to move in together and get married, but Jeffery refused to go along with the plan. Melissa, knowing of Jeffrey's sexuality, makes numerous attempts to bring this to Veronica's attention, but these warnings are ignored. In the Season Four Mid-Finale, she attempts suicide in bed when she learns that her father died. She is then threatened with death by Veronica if she attempted suicide again, which ultimately fuels her hatred of the former. She falls into a state of depression and tries to kill her baby with a hanger, which is foiled by Veronica's maid. In the season 4 finale, she and Veronica get into a major car accident leaving the hospital partially from Justin's actions, and partly out of her own doing out of anger. While Veronica was in the hospital Melissa schemes to make her life miserable as a form of payback for her constant belittling and abuse. Unbeknownst to her, Veronica set her up and manipulated evidence her committed because she was a danger to herself. After Veronica throws her out of the house after she was caught having sex with Benny, Melissa lives in Hanna's condominium for the rest of season 5. In the season 5 finale, Veronica and a therapist come to Hanna's house to evaluate her sanity, Melissa panics and climbs to the top of Hanna's building. Fed up with Veronica's abuse, Melissa jumps off the building and kills herself as well as her baby.
- Warrick "Warlock/War" Lewis : A friend of Candace, who helps extort money from Jim, but learns that Candace lied about the amount. He becomes the main villain of the show, after Quincy and starts to threaten and verbally and physically abuse Candace, going so far as to threaten to kill Benny and sexually assault Candace against a fence at Benny's tow yard, which Mitch witnesses. Mitch has him thrown in jail, by putting drugs in his car which don't belong to him and he at first thinks it is Candace who set him up. He is, unfortunately, let of out jail by Jim and on the lookout to kill Candace, once again. In the Season 5 mid-finale, it is revealed that he is working with Erica. War is told by Jim of Mitch being related to the Malones who are after him for his shooting at Mitch, which makes him understand how the latter set him up. In the mid-season premiere, Warlock was seen shooting Quincy Jr. in his search for Candace. After Candace learns that War had shot her son, War was shot by the Malones at their restaurant after Candace had him delivered there.
- Erica : A woman who sold Benny her boyfriend's car after a bad break-up. It turned out that she and Candace were working together as good friends. She aided Candace in interrogating Alliyah Delong and Landon after Oscar stole Candace's money. Beginning a new mark, she becomes a love interest to David, igniting a feud between her and his wife Veronica. In the Season Five Mid-Finale, it is revealed that she was working with Warlock and hoped for Candace's downfall. She made numerous attempts to track Candace and lead War to her but both of them failed. After finding traces of War's cologne on Erica's clothes, Candace later found about Erica's moves with Warlock. From that point on, the relationship between the two women was hostile. Erica began to develop genuine feelings for David and eventually abandoned the original plan of getting the money, further straining her already aggressive relationship with Candace. In the season 5 mid-season finale episode "Till Death Do Us Part", Erica got a car as a gift from David after Veronica blew up her old one. Veronica hired a guy to include explosions in an attempt to kill both Erica and David as an act of revenge. Erica and David were both hit by the explosion. In "The Road to Hell", it was revealed that David had a pulse while Erica's fate was a casualty and died from the explosion. Her death was the fuel for David's warpath of vengeance on Veronica.
- Charles Frederickson : The president-elect and the love interest to Candace, whom she uses to help her get her money back. Later down the line Charles finds out about Candace's background but decides to fall in love with her anyway.
- Madison : A nurse who works at the hospital where David was severely injured. He is also Jeffery's old friend since elementary school. Madison has witnessed Jeffery get into fights with an old bully, Bobby Safeman who was also tormenting him as well. Madison is also openly gay and has feelings for Jeffery and has been ever since. Him and Jeffery run in the same circles of feeling resentment from a parent. He comes into conflict with Justin when he is seen with Jeffery together.
Recurring characters
- Tony Watson : Tony is Benny's estranged father whom he doesn't find out is his father until it is accidentally revealed by his mom. Benny only knew his as "Mr. Watson", before finding out, because he goes to church with him and Hanna. Hanna had a one-night-stand with Tony, which resulted in her pregnancy with Benny. In the second season, Tony tries to get Benny taken off life support, so that he could have his kidneys, not showing any sincere feelings of remorse and compassion for his son's well-being. In the third season, when Hanna reveals to Benny that Tony tried to take him off life support, Benny had Tony to come over and explain why. Tony, feeling guilty, says he didn't want his son to have to worry about not being able to walk and suffering through pain.
- Laura : Laura is Wyatt's longtime girlfriend, who he had not seen since rehab. When she and Wyatt reunites, Jeffery becomes jealous and tries to keep her away, and lies to Wyatt, telling him she's dating someone else, whom she hasn't seen since highschool. Once Jeffery is revealed to Wyatt by Laura, Laura calls out Jeffery for his behavior calling him a mean, cruel person.
- Quincy Maxwell : Quincy is one of the main antagonists of the Young family. He had once had a romantic relationship with Candace, with whom he produced a child, Quincy Delon "Q" Young Jr. He claimed that he loved Candace even though he abused her, with subtle mentions of their last meeting. Candace mentioned he broke her jaw, beat her up, and pimped her to his friends. War also mentioned how Candace's fear of him stemmed from “what he did to her last time” they met. Hanna dislikes Quincy because he kept her grandson away from her, and Benny doesn't like Quincy for all the trouble he has caused. He and Quincy got into many fights because of his behavior towards Candace. Quincy was also known for harassing the Harrington family, after Veronica let him out of prison to wreak havoc on Candace. For most of the first season he spent his time looking for Candace after he was released from jail and attracts the attention of Warlock and his boys. Because of this, Candace is able to avoid Quincy, saying it was going to be “bad” if Quincy found her, implying that Quincy had evil intentions. He struck up some sort of love relationship with Amanda, though it is unknown if he was using this only as a ploy to find Candace or if it was sincere. He beats up Jim and tells the Cryers and Harringtons that Jim was screwing “his girl.” On Veronica's orders, Quincy beats up her son, Jeffery, because he would not tell him where Candace was. In the third mid-season finale, Benny discovers that Quincy had slapped his mother, tracks him down at a strip club, rams his car into Quincy's, and then proceeds to thrash Quincy for his crimes towards his family. Benny had Quincy sent to jail on drug charges by putting crystal meth in his car. Quincy is visited by Candace in the hopes that he'll tell her where their son is, but he refuses to tell her what she wants to know unless she gets him out of jail. He then threatens to kill her since he knew that she gave him up on three homicides. Benny bails Quincy out of jail and does physical damage to him and finally succeeds in getting his nephew away from his degenerate father and brings him to Hanna. Quincy reappears at his sister's apartment clearly injured and is told that not having Quincy is going to effect her welfare benefits. While there the police show up after she is suspected of child abuse and instead leaves the card of the social worker and doesn't properly check to see if there are other children being abused in her custody. Quincy later appears at the hospital after tracking down the social worker and assaults her while young Q looks on terrified. Then he leaves and security is increased for the next time he shows up, he also, runs a car through Hanna's home burning down the place she has worked all her life to be able to afford. He eventually finds Candace's home and attempts to strangle her until he is stabbed to death by both her and Jeffrey after he arrives with the latter delivering the final blow. In the second episode of season 3, he awakes briefly, pleading to Candace for help, who refuses and lets him completely die. His body is buried by Benny in Candace's backyard until the police uncover it. He is mentioned by several characters long after his death.
- Professor Cannon : Cannon is Candace and Amanda's law professor. In Season 1's "The Criminal," Cannon agrees to give Amanda a makeup exam after seeing her sexy makeover. Later, he comes by her and Candace's apartment and makes unwelcome advances towards Amanda, even threatening to fail her if she doesn't sleep with him. He then proceeds to rape Amanda. Amanda later takes to stalking Cannon, breaking into his house twice and threatening him with a gun. In their final encounter, Amanda stabs Cannon in his shoulder in broad daylight. In Season 3, Jim and Katheryn finally find out that Cannon raped their daughter and confront the professor. Jim brutally assaults his late daughter's rapist until Katheryn tells him to stop. Later on, Jim orders for Cannon to be killed along with Officer Terrell and Veronica.
- Landon : Landon is a guy who works at the campaign office and has feelings for Jeffery, who also has feelings for him, but still feels something for Wyatt. He and Jeffery met at a gay bar, in the second season. In season three, Landon sleeps with Jeffery, after Jeffery decides he's free to be whoever he wants to be. In season four, after finding out his Friend/Boss Maggie was murdered at Veronica's house, In the twelfth episode, he lashes out at Jeffery and decides to leave town. He returns later in season five working for Charles. By the sixth season he develops romantic feelings for Charles.
- Byron : Byron is a homicide detective. He meets Hanna in the second season and becomes one of her close friends. When Hanna finds out that he was working with Jim to protect Wyatt, she become furious with him, and when he shows up at the party, in the third-season premiere she orders him to leave.
- Darlene : is an old friend and classmate of Benny's. She works at the county hospital where Benny was placed to by Katheryn.
- Michael : Michael is the grandfather of Lizzie, the girl killed by Wyatt Cryer. He becomes a close friend to Hanna and they both comfort each other dealing with each other their situation. In the third season, he starts having feelings for Hanna and seduces her into having sex with him, in the third episode of the third season, until being interrupted and caught by Benny who is shown to be horrified and disgusted.
- Carlos : Carlos ls Jim Cryer's estranged son whom he shares with Celine. Carlos reveals to Jim that he is his son in the season 2 finale. He tries to convince his mother that Jim doesn't love or care about her, Jim or his little brother, but she disagrees and claims that he only loves her and not his wife, Katheryn.
- Brandon Wallace / "Oscar Adien" : Oscar is a strange guy who Candace notices spoting her at the Sarandon Hotel. He shows interest in Candace and wants to get to know her, but she continues to reject him, until he reveals his life story to her, telling her about his wife's death and how after her death, he would sleep with any woman, to keep from mourning. After this, him and Candace have sex and both start to fall in love with each other. When Candace realizes she has no money in her Bank account, she confronts him about it and he shows his true colors and admits that he took the money and only used her for sex, which breaks her heart. As she attempts to right him, Quincy comes in and fights him off of her, and he then runs away. Oscar is later put under Jim's services to locate Wyatt and for Jim to reclaim control of Wyatt's inheritance. Oscar continues to help David who became smitten by Erica and tries to do research on her. In the mid-season five finale, Oscar is killed by Candace who stole the money from him and pushes him out a window after he attacks her. Oscar's death is made to look like a suicide.
- Pearl : : Pearl is Justin's mother and Candace's nosy neighbor who lives in front of her and watched everything that goes on. She also revealed that she saw Quincy go into Candace's house and never come out.
- Alliyah Delong : Alliyah Delong is a social worker for Child welfare. She helps Hanna get custody of Quincy Jr. much to Candace's dismay. When Candace suspects Alliyah of working for Oscar, she calls her friend Erica over so that they can both confront her. When Alliyah claims she doesn't know anything about Oscar or about him giving her money, Candace and Erica begin to beat her up, until she tells the truth. She then admits that Oscar gave her 25 Thousand Dollars. Candace orders Alliyah to give her the money back and give her custody of her son Quincy Jr.
- Daylon : A friend of Quita who helps her try to track down Quincy. He and Quita get arrested after getting caught breaking into Candace's house.
- George : A D.A. attorney who takes it upon himself to investigate Jennifer Sallison's murder. His main suspects is the Cryers.
- RK : A friend of Candace who works at the bar of the Artesian Hotel. He becomes attracted to Candace and helps her try to get her money back. He also has a romantic dalliance with Veronica, and starts to like Jeffery.
- Gia : A prostitute who is struggling to make a living. She is recruited by Candace who orders her to have sex with several guys and uses them as one of her schemes to get her money back. Her main source: Jim Cryer. It also revealed that she is working under George under the police department to get information about Jim.
- Derrick : is a handyman who works for Katheryn. With Katheryn's interference, he quickly develops romantic feelings for Hanna. It is also revealed that he also works for Veronica because she knows about his past criminal history and constantly threatens to expose him. Katheryn set him up with Hanna and the two went on multiple dates, affirming their relationship and feelings with each other. In the season 5 mid finale, however, upon hearing Hanna and Candace's emotional conversation, he tearfully and regretfully reveals his lion tattoo, revealing himself to be the man who raped Hanna and turns out to be Candace's father. In the finale, he learns that his rape conceived a child Candace and he is shocked to hear this.
- Broderick : A manager who basically owns the Artesian Hotel. He has developed romantic feelings for Katheryn. In the season 6 premiere, it was revealed that he and Katheryn has shared a past affair and Jim is unaware of the occasion. It is later revealed that he is in charge of a prostitution ring that is owned by Candace.
- Rocky : A guy who works at the bar of the Artesian Hotel. He also works with Candace in her big schemes to get her money back.
- Sarah : A prosecutor who works under George to take it upon themselves in prosecuting the Cryers behind Jennifer Sallison's murder. It is revealed that she has shared an intimate past history with Jim, who he has to put it into good use in order to make sure that Katheryn never goes to jail for Jennifer's death.
- Akil : ; Akil is Jim Cryer's client, who kidnapped Benny about Jim Cryer's gets the money back.
Reception
Ratings and broadcast history
The Haves and the Have Nots premiered on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 9/8c on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The Haves and the Have Nots is the first scripted television series to air on OWN. Both the show's first and second episodes aired back to back on its premiere night. Each episode of the series runs for an hour.The Haves and the Have Nots set a record for OWN, scoring the highest ratings ever for a series premiere on the network. During the show's first season, The Haves and the Have Nots received numerous widely publicized series highs in ratings, including with its July 30 episode, its August 6 episode, its August 13 episode, its August 27 episode, and most notably with its season 1 finale on September 3. The season 1 finale of The Haves And the Have Nots was the third most watched telecast in OWN history, bested only by an interview with Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina and episodes of Oprah's Next Chapter featuring Lance Armstrong.
Within its first season alone, Variety had recognized The Haves and the Have Nots as "OWN's most popular series to date." Also within only its first season, The Haves and the Have Nots had been critically acclaimed as being "one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, manipulations and a bitch slap or two."
Season 2 of The Haves and the Have Nots premiered on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Continuing on with its ratings records from season 1, the show debuted its 2nd season with series and network high ratings. Throughout season 2, the soap has achieved several more series highs. On February 4, 2014, for example, the drama series came in as the most watched television program in all of cable television with an estimated 3.4 million viewers. Among all of OWN programming since the network's January 2011 debut, only a March 2012 Oprah's Next Chapter interview with Bobbi Kristina has drawn more viewers than the February 4, 2014 episode of The Haves and the Have Nots. The Haves and the Have Nots episode in question is "Why Didn't You Tell Me?" On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, however, the mid-season 2 finale of The Haves and the Have Nots set a record for all of OWN programming, scoring the highest ratings in the station's history. The record-breaking episode brought in 3.6 million viewers, surpassing the 3.5 million that tuned in for Oprah Winfrey's interview with Bobbi Kristina. Not only was the episode the most watched broadcast in all of OWN history but it came in at number 1 among all of cable television and number 4 among all shows on television for its airing night.
In May 2015, it was reported that the 3rd season of "The Haves and the Have Nots" was primetime's #1 original cable series among African-American women and total viewers, regularly attracting more than three million viewers.