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Hightown is an American crime drama television series that premiered on Starz on May 17, 2020.[1] The series is created by Rebecca Cutter and executive produced by Cutter, Gary Lennon, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, and KristieAnne Reed and stars Monica Raymund and James Badge Dale. In June 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on October 17, 2021.[2][3] In March 2022, the series was renewed for a third season.[4]

Hightown
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Rebecca Cutter
Starring	Monica Raymund Riley Voelkel Shane Harper Atkins Estimond Amaury Nolasco Dohn Norwood James Badge Dale
Music by	Dave Porter
Opening theme	Vacation by The Textones
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Ellen H. Schwartz Gary Lennon KristieAnne Reed Rebecca Cutter Jonathan Littman Jerry Bruckheimer
Producers	James Oh Jeremy Beim Donna Bloom Dale Williams
Cinematography	Radium Cheung Brian Rigney Hubbard JB Smith
Editors	Jason Hellmann Plummy Tucker Louis P. Bravo Victoria C. Page Yasmin Assemi
Running time	54–59 minutes
Production company	Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Release
Original network	Starz
Audio format	5.1 surround
Original release	May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17) – present (present)

Premise

Jackie Quiñones (Monica Raymund) is a National Marine Fisheries Service Agent in Provincetown, Massachusetts who abuses alcohol and drugs. She finds the body of a murdered woman, which launches an investigation by Detectives Alan Saintille (Dohn Norwood) and Ray Abruzzo (James Badge Dale) into Cape Cod organized crime and the local opioid epidemic.

Cast and characters

Main

• Monica Raymund as Jackie Quiñones, a National Marine Fisheries Service Agent in Provincetown, Massachusetts, who is a lesbian, and suffers from alcoholism and drug addiction
• Riley Voelkel as Renee Segna, an exotic dancer at Xavier's Bar and Lounge and the fiancee of Frankie Cuevas Sr.
• Shane Harper as Junior (season 1, guest season 2), a drug dealer and Jackie's friend
• Atkins Estimond as Osito, Frankie Cuevas Sr.'s lieutenant
• Amaury Nolasco as Frankie Cuevas Sr., a drug kingpin who is in jail
• Dohn Norwood as Alan Saintille, a trooper with the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Cape Cod Interagency Narcotics Unit (CCINU)
• James Badge Dale as Det. Ray Abruzzo, a Massachusetts State Police sergeant also assigned to the CCINU

Recurring

• Rumi C. Jean-Louis as Frankie Cuevas Jr., Renee and Frankie Cuevas Sr.'s son
• Mike Pniewski as Ed Murphy, Jackie's National Marine Fisheries Service partner
• Crystal Lake Evans as Krista Collins
• Ana Nogueira as Donna, Junior's on-and-off girlfriend who has a baby daughter together
• Edmund Donovan as Kizzle
• Gia Crovatin as Devonne Wilson, Jackie's ex-girlfriend
• Masha King as Sherry Henry
• Michael Mulheren as Lt. Velekee, Ray's boss
• Joy Suprano as Patricia
• Tonya Glanz as Trooper Leslie Babcock, Ray's old Massachusetts State Police partner whom he had an affair with and Jackie's Massachusetts State Police partner
• Luis Guzmán as Jorge Cuevas (season 2)[5]
• Jona Xiao as Daisy (season 2)[5]
• Charline St. Charles as Henriette (season 2)[5]
• Dominic L. Santana as Chuleta (season 2)[5]
• Crystal Lee Brown as Janelle (season 2)
• Cecil Blutcher as Vernon (season 2)[6]
• Carlos Gomez as Rafael (season 2), Jackie's father[6]
• Barbara Weetman as Callie (season 2), Renee's mother[6]
• Imani Lewis as Charmaine Grasa, niece of drug kingpin Wayne Grasa who takes over his empire after he goes to jail
• Garret Dillahunt as Shane Frawley (season 3)[7]
• Jeanine Serralles as Rachel (season 3)[7]
• Kaya Rosenthal as Sarah (season 3)[7]
• Michael Drayer as Owen Frawley (season 3)[7]
• Ellie Barone as Veronica (season 3)[7]
• Taja V. Simpson as Janelle (season 3)[7]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	8		May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)	July 12, 2020 (2020-07-12)
2	10		October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17)	December 26, 2021 (2021-12-26)

Season 1 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Love You Like a Sister"	Rachel Morrison	Rebecca Cutter	May 17, 2020 (2020-05-17)[lower-alpha 1]	0.224[9]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (November 2020) Sherry Henry and her recently-sober friend Krista Collins drive to a remote part of Cape Cod at night to buy drugs. While Krista is relieving herself nearby, Osito arrives to meet Sherry; as soon as she identifies herself he murders her. Osito and his partner leave with Sherry's body but without seeing Krista, who is hiding. After a night of partying and sleeping with a tourist in her hotel room, Jackie takes a walk on the beach in the morning and comes across Sherry's body, which had been dumped in the ocean. State Police detectives Ray and Alan become involved because Sherry had been Ray's Confidential Informant in a case he is building against local drug kingpin Frankie Cuevas Sr. Ray confronts Frankie, who denies any involvement. Ray questions Renee, Frankie's girlfriend and the mother of his child, and obtains a physical description of Osito. Disturbed by what she has seen, Jackie goes out partying and crashes her car on her way home, injuring the woman she was taking with her. Bailed out of jail by her partner from work, Jackie is told she is facing a felony DUI charge and that going to rehab may help her case. She checks into a local drug rehab center. Junior is cleaning his fishing boat, and sweeps away some of Sherry's fake fingernails.
2	2	"Severely Weatherbeaten"	Rachel Morrison	Teleplay by : Rebecca Cutter Story by : Rebecca Cutter & Gary Lennon	May 24, 2020 (2020-05-24)	0.228[10]
Jackie struggles adapting in rehab. While she is there, she sees a picture of Krista, a former patient, wearing a matching necklace that was found on Sherry's body. She attempts to find more information about her, and checks herself out of rehab in order to find her. Ray sends Renee and Leslie, an undercover cop, to meet with Osito, who becomes suspicious and leaves them. Ray retrieves Osito's trash and collects his fingerprints. Junior meets with Frankie in prison and unsuccessfully tries to quit working for him; he reveals that he was the one who dumped Sherry's body in the water.
3	3	"Rebellion Dogs"	Michael Offer	Ryan Farley	May 31, 2020 (2020-05-31)	0.231[11]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (July 2020) Jackie goes to court to try and get her felony DUI reduced to a misdemeanor, but the judge upholds the felony. She has Junior drive her to meet Lisa, who previously denied knowing Krista despite wearing her earrings. Junior, despite being sober, purchased heroin and offers it to Lisa in exchange for information about Krista. Lisa gives them Krista's suitcase, but that doesn't provide any evidence to help Jackie find her. Jackie checks herself back into rehab to find more information about Krista, and finds that she likely went to visit Anthony in Wareham. Jackie reconnects with her ex-girlfriend, Devonne, and manipulates Devonne to lend out her car so that Jackie can go meet Krista. Ray unsuccessfully attempts to find Osito, and invesigates Sherry's old house. He sees a man, Ethan, leave. Ethan crashes his car after overdosing, and Ray revives him and turns him into an informant. Osito meets with Junior and takes him for a drive; he tells Junior that Frankie had asked Osito to kill Junior. Osito takes Junior to Remy's, his favorite fast food restaurant, and forces him to assault an employee there to prove his dedication. Frankie convinces Renee to get closer to Ray to find out information about his operation, and she seduces Ray.
4	4	"BFO"	Michael Offer	John Covarrubias	June 7, 2020 (2020-06-07)	0.228[12]
Ray convinces Ethan to help him meet Kizzle, a dealer with ties to Osito. After arresting and interrogating Kizzle, Ray assaults him, forcing Alan to take him out of the room. Jackie travels to Wareham and meets with Anthony. Anthony threatens her and attacks Devonne's car, but Jackie threatens to reveal Anthony's affair to his wife unless he gives her Krista's whereabouts. Jackie travels to the hotel where Krista is staying and leaves a note for Krista to call her. She returns to Provincetown and reconnects with Devonne. Jackie is then asked to take part in a big operation, in which she successfully helps apprehend several illegal fishermen. Jackie celebrates at the bar to celebrate the operation, where she ends her sobriety.
5	5	"The Best You'll Feel All Day"	Eagle Egilsson	Jordan Harper	June 14, 2020 (2020-06-14)	0.179[13]
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (July 2020) Jackie wakes up after a night of partying to find that her phone is soaked and needs to be dried off. She soaks it in rice in anticipation of receiving a phone call from Krista. Jackie returns to her old life of drinking and drugs. She meets Devonne for their scheduled date, and Devonne realizes that Jackie hasn't changed and leaves. Jackie meets with friends and tells them about Krista; they decide to catch a taxi to travel to Wareham to get her, but their driver kicks them out when they are drinking and smoking in the car. Osito and Junior meet with Frankie in prison, and he informs them that they must kill Krista to remove any witnesses to Sherry's murder. Osito and Junior travel to New Bedford to buy fentanyl from Cape Verdean gangmembers with the intent of making Krista's death appear to be an overdose. Junior poses as a drug dealer and tries to have Krista inject the fentanyl, which he claims is less-potent heroin. When she refuses, Osito enters the room and beats Krista to death with a clothes iron. The next morning, Jackie wakes up to find that her phone has dried off and has a message from Krista. She calls back, only to be answered by Ray, who is investigating Krista's murder.
6	6	"The White Whale"	Eagle Egilsson	Molly Manning	June 21, 2020 (2020-06-21)	0.219[14]
Jackie meets with Ray following Krista's murder, and learns that he believes that Frankie is ordering these killings from prison. She goes to the strip club to meet Renee, and then travels to jail where Frankie is being held to meet with him. Osito decides to begin selling drugs without Frankie, and meets with the New Bedford gangmembers; he enlists Junior to sell drugs on Cape Cod. Ray and Leslie interrogate Scott, a witness to Krista's murder, and learn that he is an accomplice of Osito. Ray and Alan decide to bring Osito in for questioning, but he refuses to speak until his lawyer arrives. Jackie requests that Ron, a fellow agent, run a report to determine which boats were out the night of Sherry's murder. She sees that Junior's boat left Provincetown, arrived in Truro, and returned to Provincetown again that night.
7	7	"Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami"	David Rodriguez	Cortney Norris	June 28, 2020 (2020-06-28)	0.248[15]
Frankie attempts to eliminate any witnesses, and orders the murder of Scott and Junior. Scott is murdered in prison, while Kizzle and Osito search for Junior. Jackie investigates Junior's boat and sees that the trip the night of Sherry's murder was not in the boat's logbook, but had occurred according to the boat's transponder. Jackie visits Junior, who tells her to leave once Osito and Kizzle show up. Kizzle and Osito take Junior to the woods, and appear ready to murder him, until Osito kills Kizzle instead. Osito helps eliminate evidence and gets a ticket for Junior to travel to Miami. Jackie, fearing for Junior, contacts Ray and gives him the vehicle info for Osito, which leads them to the Wayne, who helped Osito destroy evidence and get a bus ticket. Jackie and Ray stop the bus to search for Junior, but find he is not on it. A boy in a bathroom opens a stall door to find Junior unresponsive after injecting heroin.
8	8	"#Blessed"	David Rodriguez	Rebecca Cutter	July 12, 2020 (2020-07-12)	0.330[16]
Junior is pronounced dead after overdosing on carfentanil. Jackie is distraught over his death and relapses. Ray arranges a raid on a house of Osito's suppliers, and brings Jackie along. She sees Osito approaching, and the two shoot each other. Jackie recovers, and Alan clears her DUI conviction. Osito is recovering in the hospital, and Alan offers to strike a deal with him. Ray is suspended for forming a relationship with Renee, and Frankie is released from jail.

Season 2 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
9	1	"Great White"	Rachel Morrison	Rebecca Cutter	October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17)	0.180[17]
10	2	"Girl Power"	Rachel Morrison	Scott Wolven & Tim Walsh	October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)	0.144[18]
11	3	"Fresh as a Daisy"	Monica Raymund	Cortney Norris	October 31, 2021 (2021-10-31)	0.176[19]
12	4	"Daddy Issues"	Radium Cheung	John Covarrubias	November 7, 2021 (2021-11-07)	0.139[20]
13	5	"Dot Dot Dot"	Eagle Egilsson	Lloyd Gilyard Jr.	November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14)	0.179[21]
14	6	"Behind Every Skirt is a Slip"	Eagle Egilsson	Molly Manning	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)	0.258[22]
15	7	"Crack is Wack"	Rebecca Cutter	Tim Walsh & Sarah Berry	December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05)	0.260[23]
16	8	"Houston, We Have a Problem"	Antonio Negret	Mae Smith & Kayla Westergard-Dobson	December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12)	0.228[24]
17	9	"Small Craft Warning"	Antonio Negret	Gary Lennon	December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)	0.260[25]
18	10	"Fool Me Twice"	Brandon Sonnier	Rebecca Cutter	December 26, 2021 (2021-12-26)	0.226[26]

Production

Development

By November 27, 2017, Starz had put the production, then titled P-Town, into development. The series was created by Rebecca Cutter, with Gary Lennon as showrunner and both serving executive producers alongside Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, and KristieAnne Reed. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Jerry Bruckheimer Television.[27] By November 26, 2018, Starz had given the production, now titled Hightown, a series order.[28] On February 5, 2019, it was announced that Rachel Morrison would serve as director for the series.[29] On June 11, 2020, Starz renewed the series for a second season.[2] More recently, the creator signed a deal with Lionsgate Television.[30] The second season premiered on October 17, 2021.[3] On March 1, 2022, Starz renewed the series for a third season.[4]

Casting

On September 14, 2018, Monica Raymund had been cast in a leading role in the pilot.[31] On January 9, 2019, James Badge Dale and Riley Voelkel had joined the main cast.[32][33] In February 2019, Shane Harper, Atkins Estimond, Amaury Nolasco, and Dohn Norwood had been cast in the series in starring roles.[29][34] On November 19, 2020, Luis Guzmán was cast in a recurring role for the second season.[5] On December 16, 2020, Crystal Lee Brown, Cecil Blutcher, Carlos Gomez, and Barbara Weetman joined the cast in recurring capacities for the second season.[6] On June 15, 2022, Garret Dillahunt, Jeanine Serralles, Kaya Rosenthal, Michael Drayer, Ellie Barone, and Taja V. Simpson were cast in recurring roles for the third season.[7]

Filming

Principal photography for the series was scheduled to commence in March 2019.[28] The Provincetown, Massachusetts, Select Board voted on April 29, 2019, to allow filming from May 20 to June 11 at locations including MacMillan Pier and the harbor, the West End rotary, and Provincetown Inn. Commercial Street between Standish and Ryder streets was scheduled to be closed for part of June 4 in order to recreate a Carnival parade scene.[35] Production for the second season began on November 19, 2020 and concluded on April 2, 2021.[36][37] Starting in season two the show's production moved to Wilmington, North Carolina.[38]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 80% based on 20 reviews with an average rating of 6.07/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Monica Raymund's charms rise above any formulaic tendencies in Hightown's highly entertaining first season.[39] On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[40]

Ratings

Season 1

Viewership and ratings per episode of Hightown

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Love You Like A Sister"	May 17, 2020	0.03	0.224[9]
2	"Severely Weatherbeaten"	May 24, 2020	0.03	0.228[10]
3	"Rebellion Dogs"	May 31, 2020	0.03	0.231[10]
4	"BFO"	June 7, 2020	0.03	0.228[12]
5	"The Best You'll Feel All Day"	June 14, 2020	0.02	0.179[13]
6	"The White Whale"	June 21, 2020	0.02	0.219[14]
7	"Everybody's got a Cousin in Miami"	June 28, 2020	0.04	0.248[15]
8	"#Blessed"	July 12, 2020	0.07	0.330[16]

Season 2

Viewership and ratings per episode of Hightown

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Great White"	October 17, 2021	0.04	0.180[17]
2	"Girl Power"	October 24, 2021	0.04	0.144[18]
3	"Fresh as a Daisy"	October 31, 2021	0.04	0.176[19]
4	"Daddy Issues"	November 7, 2021	0.02	0.139[20]
5	"Dot Dot Dot"	November 14, 2021	0.04	0.179[21]
6	"Behind Every Skirt is a Slip"	November 28, 2021	0.06	0.258[22]
7	"Crack is Wack"	December 5, 2021	0.03	0.260[23]
8	"Houston, We Have a Problem"	December 12, 2021	0.04	0.228[24]
9	"Small Craft Warning"	December 19, 2021	0.03	0.260[25]
10	"Fool Me Twice"	December 26, 2021	0.03	0.226[26]

Notes

References

External links

• Hightown at IMDb

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