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5 responses to “Thoughts on the First Episode of Hightown”

1. peggyatthemovies

   May 22, 2020

   OMG! same.. I got a deal on Starz, mind you a channel I’ve never had in my entire life, and just watched the first eps. which will bring me back for the 2nd!

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   1. Virginia DeBolt

      May 22, 2020

      They have several series and movies I discovered already and I’ve barely begun looking.

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2. Torben Retboll

   May 24, 2020

   Your post about Hightown is based on the first episode. My comment is also based on the first episode. I was not impressed. I see several problems:

   #1. The song that is played at the beginning is just awful, just horrible. I cannot believe that any director would want to pick this tune to open the series. The idea is to draw viewers in. Not to scare them away!

   # 2. The main character is in law enforcement, but this principle is not very important for her. When she and her partner inspects a fishing boat and find illegal items on board, she wants to turn a blind eye to this, because they will have to do some paperwork and she wants to go to a carnival that same evening.

   # 3. When she visits the carnival, we get to see her lifestyle: drinking a lot of alcohol, doing a lot of drugs and driving while intoxicated. She says: “I like to party.”

   Excuse me, this set-up is totally unrealistic. A person who has such a life style can never be accepted as an officer of the law. She could never be sober long enough to study and to pass the necessary exams.

   Even if she could, she could never function as an officer of the law. Her colleagues would have to report her.

   # 4. While driving she causes a serious accident. Her partner tells her to go to rehab, but she does not want to do this. She says she does not have a problem. She is in total denial.

   Even when she is later admitted to a rehab centre, she still insists that she does not have a problem. Even though she clearly does. She says again: “I like to party. Everybody does that.” Not exactly true!

   The main character is totally irresponsible. In her job and in her life. She is not much of a role model, as far as I can see.

   Perhaps she will manage to turn her life around in the next episodes. If this happens, I must say that this is not realistic, either.

   I wonder who gave the green light for this kind of drama. It must be someone whose motto is: the more absurd and unrealistic, the better!

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   1. Virginia DeBolt

      May 24, 2020

      Hot mess anti-heroes are popular right now. I think that’s what this series is aiming for.

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   2. christopher a swaby

      May 26, 2020

      for what it is worth, i have worked in the American criminal justice system for 30 years. while i agree that the majority of law enforcement officers are not like the lead character, i have met quite a few who are. and i have known many functioning alcoholics and drug dealers, many of whom would say they didnt have a problem. it may well be that someone showing these traits would not be admitted to the law enforcement field in many countries; i tend to believe that were these traits known before she applied, she wouldnt be hired by an US law enforcement agency. and we have what we call the “blue wall of silence” or “blue code” here in America – police dont snitch on other police. you can find many stories of American law enforcement officers reporting other officers for violating regulations or breaking the law and then being fired because they violated the blue code.

      the lead character is clearly an extreme character. American viewers dont seem to be really good with nuanced characters – it appears we dont want to have to work too hard to understand our entertainment.

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