The Paynes
The Paynes is an American television sitcom that premiered on January 16, 2018, on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The show was created, written, and directed by Tyler Perry and serves as a sequel to his previous series, Tyler Perry's House of Payne.
| The Paynes | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Tyler Perry |
| Written by | Tyler Perry |
| Directed by | Tyler Perry Mark E. Swinton |
| Starring | LaVan Davis Cassi Davis Stephanie Charles Markice Moore JD McCrary Sanai Victoria Anthony O. Dalton Matthew Law Jackée Harry |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 38 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Tyler Perry |
| Camera setup | Multiple |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company | Tyler Perry Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | Oprah Winfrey Network |
| Release | January 16 – November 30, 2018 |
Plot
changeThe Paynes picks up where Curtis and Ella Payne have decided to take the next step in their lives—retirement. A death in the family has the whole family traveling to Sun Coast, Florida, to attend the funeral of Curtis' Uncle Robert. Their trip takes an unexpected turn when Ella and Curtis get roped into a real estate deal, landing them in a new community with a new church and unfamiliar family members. The family is thrown straight back into the issues that viewers find in their everyday lives. As life lessons abound, Ella finds a new business, new home and new purpose.
LaVan Davis and Cassi Davis are the only cast members who appear in every episode.
On June 22, 2018, OWN announced the show's return for the second half for the first season to premiere on July 20, 2018. It did not return for a second season.
Cast and characters
changeMain
change- Curtis Payne (LaVan Davis) - Ella's husband and JoAnn’s cousin. Without consulting his wife, Curtis sells his old home and buys the house of his late uncle as well as the laundromat at the suggestion of his cousin, only to find both in ruins. Furious at first, he comes to see the effect the move has on his wife and lets it go. His return appearance in the episode "A Surprise for the Paynes".
- Ella Payne (Cassi Davis) - Curtis' wife. While Ella is furious at her husband for not consulting her, she soon comes to see enjoy the effect of the move and lets her anger go to make a new start. Her return appearance in the episode "A Surprise for the Paynes".
- JoAnn Payne (Jackée Harry) - Curtis' cousin and Ryan's mother. who tricked him into buying his late uncle's dilapidated home as well as a broke-down laundromat in order to make profits for her church. Her first appearance in the episode "A Surprise for the Paynes".
- Nyla Payne (Stephanie Charles) - Kenny and Lynn's mother. a young woman who works with JoAnn at the church. She begins to live with Curtis and Ella after encountering her in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend Kendrick. She has two young kids, Kenny and Lynn. Her first appearance in the episode "Revelations of Payne".
- Ryan Payne (Markice Moore) - JoAnn's son. He works at the laundromat and was amused when his relatives bought the dump. He often butts heads with Curtis, but comes to see him as family and reaches common ground with him. His first appearance in the episode "Revelations of Payne".
- Kenny Payne (JD McCrary) - Nyla's son and Lynn's brother. He is somewhat disrespectful to adults and butts heads with Curtis at times but begins to warm up to him. His first appearance in the episode "Cleaning Up the Payne".
- Lynn Payne (Sanai Victoria) - Nyla's daughter and Kenny's sister. Like Kenny, she also butts heads with Curtis but also warms up to him as well. Her first appearance in the episode "Cleaning Up the Payne".
- Terrance (Anthony O. Dalton) - The head contractor who Ella hires to repair the laundromat. In the episode "Keep the Payne Away", he has an instant attraction to Nyla. His first appearance in the episode "Making Repairs".
- Kendrick (Matthew Law) - Nyla's boyfriend, who is abusive to her. His first appearance in the episode "Revelations of Payne".
Recurring
change- Calvin Payne (Lance Gross) - Curtis and Ella's only son.
- CJ Payne (Allen Payne) - Curtis and Ella's nephew; the adopted son of Curtis' late brother.
- Janine Payne (Demetria McKinney) - C.J.'s wife.
- Malik Payne (Larramie "Doc" Shaw) - C.J. and Janine's oldest child.
- Jazmine Payne (China Anne McClain) - C.J. and Janine's second-oldest child.
Former
change- Claretha Jenkins (Denise Burse)
Special Guest
change- Agent Simms (Anthony Reynolds) appears in "A Payneful Bounce" and "A Payne Family Secret".
Career
changeCurtis Payne (LaVan Davis) and Ella Payne (Cassi Davis) returned as series regulars.
JoAnn Payne (Jackée Harry), Nyla (Stephanie Charles), Ryan (Markice Moore), Kenny (JD McCrary), Lynn (Sanai Victoria), Terrance (Anthony O. Dalton) and Kendrick (Matthew Law) will be joining the cast as series regulars.
Calvin Payne (Lance Gross), CJ Payne (Allen Payne), Janine Payne (Demetria McKinney), Malik Payne (Doc Shaw) and Jazmine Payne (China Anne McClain) did not return as series regulars, but they will be back as recurring cast members.
Claretha Jenkins (Denise Burse) and Miranda Lucas-Payne (Keisha Knight Pulliam) did not return at all.
Series overview
changeEpisodes
changeSeason 1 (2018)
change- LaVan Davis and Cassi Davis appeared in all the episodes.
- Jackée Harry was absent for ten episodes.
- Stephanie Charles was absent for five episodes.
- Markice Moore was absent for thirteen episodes.
- JD McCrary, Sanai Victoria and Matthew Law was absent for seventeen episodes.
- Anthony O. Dalton was absent for twenty-two episodes.
- Lance Gross, Allen Payne, Demetria McKinney, Doc Shaw and China Anne McClain makes a guest appearance in three episodes.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "A Surprise for the Paynes" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 16, 2018 | 101 |
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Special guest stars: Lance Gross as Calvin, Allen Payne as CJ, Demetria McKinney as Janine, Larramie "Doc" Shaw as Malik and China Anne McClain as Jazmine. Absent: Stephanie Charles as Nyla, Markice Moore as Ryan, JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn, Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. Note: This episode marks the return appearance of Curtis Payne (LaVan Davis) and Ella Payne (Cassi Davis). Note: This episode marks the first appearance of JoAnn Payne (Jackée Harry). Note: This episode marks the first guest appearances of Calvin Payne (Lance Gross), CJ Payne (Allen Payne), Janine Payne (Demetria McKinney), Malik Payne (Larramie "Doc" Shaw), Jazmine Payne (China Anne McClain). | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Revelations of Payne" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 16, 2018 | 102 |
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Special guest stars: Lance Gross as Calvin, Allen Payne as CJ, Demetria McKinney as Janine, Larramie "Doc" Shaw as Malik and China Anne McClain as Jazmine. Absent: JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn and Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance. Note: This episode marks the first appearances of Nyla (Stephanie Charles), Ryan (Markice Moore) and Kendrick (Matthew Law). Note: This episode marks the second guest appearances of Calvin Payne (Lance Gross), CJ Payne (Allen Payne), Janine Payne (Demetria McKinney), Malik Payne (Larramie "Doc" Shaw), Jazmine Payne (China Anne McClain). | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "A Confrontation of Payne" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 19, 2018 | 103 |
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Special guest stars: Lance Gross as Calvin, Allen Payne as CJ, Demetria McKinney as Janine, Larramie "Doc" Shaw as Malik and China Anne McClain as Jazmine. Absent: JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn and Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance. Note: This episode marks the third guest appearances of Calvin Payne (Lance Gross), CJ Payne (Allen Payne), Janine Payne (Demetria McKinney), Malik Payne (Larramie "Doc" Shaw), Jazmine Payne (China Anne McClain). | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Cleaning Up the Payne" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 26, 2018 | 104 |
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Absent: Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. Note: This episode marks the first appearances of Kenny (JD McCrary) and Lynn (Sanai Victoria). | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "A Fugitive in Payne" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | February 2, 2018 | 105 |
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Absent: Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Waiting Game" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | February 9, 2018 | 106 |
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Absent: Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Better Than Nothing" | Mark E. Swinton | Tyler Perry | February 16, 2018 | 107 |
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Absent: Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "A Payneful Night" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | February 23, 2018 | 108 |
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Absent: Jackée Harry as JoAnn, Markice Moore as Ryan, Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The World Wide Payne" | Mark E. Swinton | Tyler Perry | March 2, 2018 | 109 |
| 10 | 10 | "Lynn's Punishment" | Mark E. Swinton | Tyler Perry | March 9, 2018 | 110 |
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Absent: Markice Moore as Ryan and Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Making Repairs" | Mark E. Swinton | Tyler Perry | March 16, 2018 | 111 |
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Absent: Markice Moore as Ryan. Note: This episode marks the first appearance of Terrance (Anthony O. Dalton). | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Payneful Repairs" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 23, 2018 | 112 |
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Absent: Stephanie Charles as Nyla, JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "A Payneful Dispute" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 30, 2018 | 113 |
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Absent: Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "A Payneful Cry" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 6, 2018 | 114 |
| 15 | 15 | "Keep the Payne Away" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 13, 2018 | 115 |
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Absent: Jackée Harry as JoAnn, Markice Moore as Ryan, JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Date Night" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 20, 2018 | 116 |
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Absent: Jackée Harry as JoAnn, Markice Moore as Ryan, JD McCrary as Kenny and Sanai Victoria as Lynn. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Secret Lovers" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 27, 2018 | 117 |
| 18 | 18 | "Making Her Honest" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | May 4, 2018 | 118 |
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Absent: Jackée Harry as JoAnn, Markice Moore as Ryan, JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn and Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "A Payneful Bounce" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | July 20, 2018 | 119 |
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Guest starring: Anthony Reynolds as Agent Simms and Lolly W. PePorte as Margaret Davis. Absent: Jackée Harry as JoAnn, Markice Moore as Ryan, JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "A Payne Family Secret" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | July 27, 2018 | 120 |
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Guest starring: Anthony Reynolds as Agent Simms and Lolly W. PePorte as Margaret Davis. Absent: Markice Moore as Ryan, Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Payneful Situations" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | August 3, 2018 | 121 |
| 22 | 22 | "Home Alone" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | August 10, 2018 | 122 |
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Absent: Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Girl Talk" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | August 17, 2018 | 123 |
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Absent: Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Outsiders" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | August 24, 2018 | 124 |
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Absent: Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "An Impasse" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | August 31, 2018 | 125 |
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Absent: Markice Moore as Ryan, JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn, Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "No Room for Payne" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | September 7, 2018 | 126 |
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Absent: Jackée Harry as JoAnn, JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn and Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "No Sticks or Bricks" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | September 14, 2018 | 127 |
| 28 | 28 | "A Payneful Hunch" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | September 21, 2018 | 128 |
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Absent: Markice Moore as Ryan, JD McCrary as Kenny, Sanai Victoria as Lynn, Anthony O. Dalton as Terrance and Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Syncopal" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | September 28, 2018 | 129 |
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Absent: Matthew Law as Kendrick. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "A Payneful Confrontation" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | October 5, 2018 | 130 |
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Absent: Jackée Harry as JoAnn. | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | "Hostile" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | October 12, 2018 | 131 |
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Absent: JD McCrary as Kenny and Sanai Victoria as Lynn. | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | "Payneful Business" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | October 19, 2018 | 132 |
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Absent: JD McCrary as Kenny and Sanai Victoria as Lynn. | ||||||
| 33 | 33 | "A Conundrum" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | October 26, 2018 | 133 |
| 34 | 34 | "A Payneful Proposition" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 2, 2018 | 134 |
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Absent: Jackée Harry as JoAnn, Stephanie Charles as Nyla, JD McCrary as Kenny and Sanai Victoria as Lynn. | ||||||
| 35 | 35 | "Payneful Partnership" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 9, 2018 | 135 |
| 36 | 36 | "Social Media'd" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 16, 2018 | 136 |
| 37 | 37 | "A Giraffle and a Bull" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 23, 2018 | 137 |
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Absent: JD McCrary as Kenny and Sanai Victoria as Lynn. | ||||||
| 38 | 38 | "Payneful Choices" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 30, 2018 | 138 |
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Absent: JD McCrary as Kenny and Sanai Victoria as Lynn. | ||||||
Season 2 (2019)
change| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 39 | 1 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | 201 |
Other websites
change- The Paynes on IMDb
