Hightown

We saw the description for this show, cops, drug dealers, ect. And we figured we'll try it out.

Gave it a shot and we were weren't disappointed.

It is one of our favorite shows now.

Besides the great acting and writing, this show is a master class in pacing.

Some shows need half a season to get going but Hightown never drags, never gets bogged down, the pace of the story is perfect.

Nor is it too fast and relentless to make the storyline confusing.

Cheers to the showrunner, directors and the editors.

Once again , this show is "A Master Class" on pacing!

I am really looking forward to season four!

Hightown follows Ray Abruzzo (James Dale Badge) and Jackie Quinores (Monica Raymond) as they investigate serious crimes in Cape Cod. Quinores has a history of drug problems while she struggles to stay sober and Abruzzo spirals out of control from the stress of the job. Those two are at odds most of the series but really do work well together and will do whatever it takes to get the bad guys. It shows the lows of substance abuse and how the opioid epidemic has really effected people and torn peoples lives apart. Hightown is a fast paced thriller that will keep you entertained throughout the series.

This show really captures the feeling of a seaside town that's filled with people living on the edge of life in a way not many other shows can achieve. It's slightly dark but the characters have both a light side and dark side, they are realistically complex and likeable. It's fun to watch. The storyline may be not be anything amazing but the show is made by the way it's shot, the way it feels and sounds and the acting. It moves fast and again, the acting is superb. Loved it and I hope they keep making more of it. It's quite unique.

This show is really good you need to give it a chance!! More people should know about it, AND OF COURSE I AM WATCHING IT BECAUSE OF MONICA RAYMUND

First of all there's a lots of unnecessary sex scenes that's the one thing I'm not satisfied with, everything else is really good I first thought that this show is a bad show but now it's one of my favourites, I started watching the first episode a year ago but didn't like it, I had to rewatch the first episode multiple times from time to time when I was bored and I have nothing to watch, and then had to watch the episodes randomly until I like it, but these days I started watching it again from episode 1 and in order, and I found out it is a really good show, now I'm waiting for s3.

This was a suprisingly good show that starred a lot of unknown actors. Monica Raymund who was the most widely known character actor headlined this series. One thing that stood out was the two leading characters, Raymund as a Federal Marine Enforcement officer (Fish Police) and James Badge Dale as state policeman Ray Abruzzo are the two most unlikeable characters in the series...yet it works. We still pull for them although they are reckless and both use people. She is a mess but deep down a good person. She has demons, maybe we learn in the next season why she is dead set on destroying herself.

The only thing my father ever told me that I paid attention to was when he said, "If you really hate a character in a show then the actor is doing a really good job". And he was right. Raymund's character is so unlikeable. She's a drunk, a drug addict and she spends way too much time on the hunt for sex with other women. She bedded at least 1/2 dozen women in the series. I'm not a prude but there was too much sex in the series. I'm looking for a crime show about murder & drugs and there's sex in almost every episode. Sex can play a part but thsi was over the top. Still, it was a good series. Ray Abruzzo the cop was a jerk to everyone around him but he was one of the 'good guys'.

There were a couple of hiccups in the series, in the form of silly dialogue but all in all the writing was pretty good.

I haven't watched the second season yet but season 1 is definitely worth watching.