Hightown premiered on Starz in spring 2020, it offered a new take on the familiar grizzled law enforcement officer character and broke barriers for queer Latinx representation.
Swirling around the LGBTQ+ mecca of Provincetown, creator Rebecca Cutter’s show centers Jackie Quiñones, a messy but lovable lesbian “fish cop” who spends days on a boat and nights in a bar tossing back shots, doing drugs, and hooking up with women.
That is until she becomes involved in the case of a murdered woman whose body she stumbles across on a P-town beach. Nefarious characters, the opioid crisis, morally questionable officers, exotic dancers, rehab, and even Jackie’s ex entered the picture of the plot-twisting first season.It’s uncommon to see a queer Latinx.