Exclusive: Monica Raymund and James Badge Dale talk Starz's Hightown Season 2
Coming out this week is the second season of Starz’s critically acclaimed drama ‘Hightown,’ the series from Emmy Award–winner Jerry Bruckheimer and Lionsgate Television. Created by Rebecca Cutter, she makes her television directorial debut this season.
Season Two Debuts Globally Sunday, October 17 at 9 PM ET on STARZ
Monica Raymund, James Badge Dale, Riley Voelkel, Amaury Nolasco, Atkins Estimond and Dohn Norwood return in their previous roles. Luis Guzmán guest stars as Jorge Cuevas, Frankie’s charmingly hilarious but deadly cousin. Season two guest stars also include Jona Xiao as Daisy, Carlos Gómez as Rafael Quinones, Mark Boone Junior as Petey, Cecil Blutcher as Vernon and Crystal Lee Brown as Janelle. Tonya Glanz and Imani Lewis return in recurring roles.
In the second season of “Hightown,” the picture-perfect version of summer on Cape Cod clashes with its off-season reality. Jackie Quinones (Monica Raymund), achieving her dream of becoming a real cop, is out to do some good in this world. Thrust immediately into the crime wave of deadly carfentanyl flooding the Cape, Jackie is laser-focused on bringing down drug dealer Frankie Cuevas (Amaury Nolasco), the man Jackie holds responsible for the death of her best friend, Junior. For Jackie, it is personal but then again, for Jackie, everything is personal. When Frankie’s cousin Jorge (Luis Guzmán) joins his operation, he introduces a new level of violence and chaos. With disgraced officer Ray Abruzzo (James Badge Dale) off the force and mired in depression, Jackie finds a new partner in Leslie (Tonya Glanz), the only other female on the force. Through it all, Jackie must walk the tightrope of sobriety as she struggles to stay above an ocean of secrets, betrayal and the shame and failure of her past. Riley Voelkel, Atkins Estimond, and Dohn Norwood also star.
BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Raymund and Dale regarding Season 2 and how the situation has changed for each of their characters.