‘Hightown’ Season 2 Trailer: Officer Jackie Quiñones Struggles with Sobriety New Season Of Starz's Crime Drama

With so much content out there vying for eyeballs, Starz can sometimes feel like the forgotten middle child of the streaming wars. Outside of “Outlander” and the “Power” franchise (which also includes “Power Book II: Ghost” and “Power Book III: Raising Kanan”), the outlet hasn’t established much of a presence in the competitive landscape of premium television. But if the upcoming second season of “Hightown” continues building momentum with critics and audiences, Starz may have found its next signature show.

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The first season of Rebecca Cutter’s Provincetown-set crime drama saw National Marine Fisheries Agent Jackie Quiñones (Monica Raymund) battle against addiction while investigating a murder connected to a Massachusetts drug ring. This season she’s become a bona fide cop, but sobriety hasn’t gotten any easier. Quiñones struggles to put her past behind her as she pursues Frankie Cuevas (Amaury Nolasco), the drug kingpin she holds responsible for her best friend’s death. Tonya Glanz will reprise her role as Trooper Leslie Babcock and has been promoted to the main cast as Jackie’s new partner. Season one’s James Badge Dale (“24,” “The Kitchen”), Riley Voelkel (“Roswell, New Mexico”), Atkins Estimond (“The Resident,” “Lodge 49”), and Dohn Norwood (“Mindhunter”) will also return.

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The splashiest cast addition is probably Luis Guzmán, who will appear in a recurring role as Frankie’s violent cousin Jorge Cuevas. Other guest stars include Jona Xiao (“Being Mary Jane”), Carlos Gómez (“Madame Secretary”), Mark Boone Junior (“Sons of Anarchy”), Cecil Blutcher (“Random Acts of Flyness”) and Crystal Lee Brown (“Black Lightning”).

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Episodes were directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer and series pilot director Rachel Morrison, Eagle Egilsson (“The Wire”), Radium Cheung (“The Sinner”), Antonio Negret (“Prodigal Son”), Brandon Sonnier (“L.A.’s Finest”), and Monica Raymund. Cutter will also helm an episode in her television directing debut.

The season two premiere of “Hightown” drops on October 17.