“Hightown” is in part a rehab and redemption story, but in an organic way that mostly avoids preaching and solemnity. Stumbling out to the beach one morning to nurse a hangover, Jackie finds the body of a woman who was shot in nearby Truro and dumped in the bay. It shakes her, and when she later stumbles on a piece of evidence connected to the murder, something clicks: She wants to solve the case, for the sake of the victim but also as a way to get back her own self-respect. She wants to be a real cop.

Source: New York Times May 15, 2020 17:03 UTC