If you are someone that is struggling with mental illness and addiction, perhaps finding a dead body washed up on the beach isn’t the best thing in the world. But that’s what happens to Jackie Quiñones in the new STARZ series, “Hightown.”
As seen in the trailer for “Hightown,” the new drama series follows the life of Jackie Quiñones, a hard-partying National Marine Fisheries Service agent that discovers a murder victim on the beach one morning. This sends her down a dark path, where she relies on sex with random people and alcohol to help numb the problems. But no matter how hard she tries to move on from the discovery, she is drawn back into the investigation, much to the chagrin of Sergeant Ray Abruzzo.
The series stars Monica Raymund, James Badge Dale, Riley Voelkel, Shane Harper, Amaury Nolasco, Atkins Estimond, and Dohn Norwood. “Hightown” is created and executive produced by Rebecca Cutter, who is probably best known for her work on “Gotham” and “The Mentalist.” Rachel Morrison directed the first two episodes.
“Hightown” is set to premiere on STARZ on May 17.
Here’s the synopsis:
“Hightown” is set on idyllic Cape Cod, and follows one woman’s journey to sobriety, intertwined with an unfolding murder investigation. Jackie Quiñones (Monica Raymund, “Chicago Fire,” “The Good Wife”), a hard-partying National Marine Fisheries Service agent, has her free-wheeling life thrown into disarray when she discovers a body on the beach – another casualty of Cape Cod’s opioid epidemic. As a result of this trauma, Jackie takes the first steps toward becoming sober— until she becomes convinced that it’s up to her to solve the murder. Now at odds with Sergeant Ray Abruzzo (James Badge Dale, Only the Brave), an abrasive but effective member of the Cape Cod Interagency Narcotics Unit, Jackie starts to spiral. And she’s not alone. Ray, too, spins out of control; losing himself in the investigation. The lives of everyone connected to this murder crash and converge, reminding us just how complicated – and deadly – our addictions can be.
