Starz’s Hightown Season 2: First Look Photos & Premiere Date

Starz has released new four first look photos, available in the gallery below, for the upcoming second season of its hit crime drama series Hightown, starring Monica Raymund (Chicago Fire). The series will return on Sunday, October 17 (via Deadline).

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“In Season 2, the picture-perfect version of summer on Cape Cod clashes with its off-season reality,” reads the official synopsis. “Jackie Quinones (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.”

Created and executive produced by Rebecca Cutter, the series also stars James Badge Dale, Riley Voelkel, Amaury Nolasco, Tonya Glanz, Atkins Estimond, and Dohn Norwood, with Season 2 guest stars including Luis Guzmán, Jona Xiao, Carlos Gómezm Mark Boone Junior, Cecil Blutche, and Crystal Lee Brown.

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Cutter will make her television directorial debut this season. Rachel Morrison (Mudbound, Fruitvale Station) directs two episodes, with Raymund, Brandon Sonnier, Radium Cheung, Antonio Negret, and Eagle Egilsson also directing Season 2 episodes.

Hightown is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Lionsgate Television. Executive producers include Gary Lennon, Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, and KristieAnne Reed of Jerry Bruckheimer Television, along with Ellen H. Schwartz.