*We caught up with “Hightown” star Monica Raymund to discuss the explosive third and final season of the hit STARZ series.
Series creator Rebecca Cutter previously described Raymund’s character on the show as a “queer female Fisheries Service Agent who’s kind of like Don Draper as a woman with these real appetites and unapologetic and really tough. And I just kind of knew that her and a crime story and a sobriety story would be a good TV show, and I went from there,” she told CBR.
Raymund portrays Fishery Service Agent Jackie Quiñones on “Hightown,” and she starts season three with a bang!
Here’s the official description: Quiñones is off the wagon and off the force in the final season of “Hightown,” but that doesn’t stop her from careening into the dark underbelly of picture-perfect Cape Cod to save a missing woman and a murdered sex worker. Meanwhile, her former colleagues Ray Abruzzo and Alan Saintille are focused on taking down drug syndicates, but despite their best efforts, the drugs keep flowing. This attracts Shane Frawley, a gangster from Boston looking to cut himself in on the Cape’s drug trade – and making an enemy of Osito while he’s at it. Alliances are made and old loyalties are questioned in this beautiful but corrupt place where nothing is as it seems.
Watch the Season 3 trailer below.
Raymund (“Chicago Fire,” “The Good Wife”) leads a cast that includes James Badge Dale (“24,” The Departed), Riley Voelkel (“Roswell, New Mexico,” “The Originals”), Amaury Nolasco (“Prison Break,” “Deception”), Atkins Estimond (“The Resident,” “Lodge 49”) and Dohn Norwood (“Mindhunter,” “The Sinner”).
Imani Lewis, Mark Boone Junior, and Mike Pnniewski (“Madam Secretary”) returned this season in recurring roles with guest stars Ana Nogueira, Taja V. Simpson, Michael Drayer, Garret Dillahunt, and Jeanine Serralles.
Cutter serves as an executive producer on the “Hightown” along with Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Ellen H. Schwartz, Gary Lennon, and Tim Walsh.
Cutter told MovieWeb that “Every single episode” this season “ends with a cliffhanger.”
“It’s explosive,” she added.
“It’s a really good exploration on cliffhangers. It couldn’t be more extreme for each character. And I think for Jackie, specifically, we’re watching her go on this road of redemption and how difficult it can be to finally accomplish her goal, and how messy it is along the way. But in the end, hopefully she finds some kind of peace in that,” Cutter shared.
In our exclusive conversation with Raymund, she elaborated on Jackie’s journey and what it means to represent both the queer and Latino communities on the show. Check out what she had to say in the clip below.
The third and final season of “Hightown” premieres Friday, January 26 at midnight ET on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms. On linear, it will debut on STARZ on Friday, January 26 at 9 PM ET/PT in the U.S. and Canada.
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