The BEST episodes of Hightown
Every episode of Hightown ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hightown!
Jackie Quiñones, a hard-partying National Marine Fisheries Service agent, has her free-wheeling life thrown into disarray when she discovers a body on the beach—another casualty of Cape Cod’s opioid epidemic. As a result of this trauma, Jackie takes the first steps toward becoming sober, until she becomes convinced that it’s up to her to solve the murder.
#1 - Small Craft Warning
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/2021
Renee risks everything to change her world around. Alan sets a trap that covers the entire Cape.
#2 - Dot Dot Dot
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/2021
Jackie and Ray both realize a distressing truth; Frankie feels threatened; Renee proves herself to be ruthless.
#3 - Big Fish
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/2024
Ray and Renee are backed against the wall and must make a deal with the devil. Shane’s all-business approach brings sworn enemies together and a chance meeting helps Jackie pick a side in the coming battle.
#4 - Fool Me Twice
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/26/2021
The whole “Great White” operation is cracked open, but a few mysteries remain. Ray’s plan to get his job back has a complicated ending. Jackie goes from feeling like a hero after an important discovery to the zero who let something critical get away.
#5 - Chekhov's Gun
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2024
Owen is more dangerous than ever and he’s taking Sarah with him. Jackie unsuspectingly closes in on the prostitutes’ killer and Charmaine and Osito resume their partnership.
#6 - #Blessed
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/12/2020
Jackie and Ray try to return to business as usual after a depressing failure, only to learn the case might not actually be closed.
#7 - Everybody's Got A Cousin in Miami
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/28/2020
When Jackie realizes Junior's involved with Sherry Henry's murder, she enlists Ray and the entire CCINU to track him down -- before Frankie has him murdered. Renee finds herself deeply questioning her budding relationship with Ray.
#8 - Crack is Wack
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2021
It’s Thanksgiving but the drugs and despair don’t let up. Frankie, riding an ocean of anxiety, takes Renee to the point of no return. Ray is going all in on a case no one wants him on, and Alan’s holiday dinner is interrupted.
#9 - Houston, We Have a Problem
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2021
Ray is so close to getting everything he’s wanted, but he will have to maneuver things just right. Jackie’s met with a crossroad and must choose how to move forward.
#10 - 29 Days Later
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/23/2024
Shane has a new partner. Frankie has intel for Alan on Jorge’s murder. Ray and Renee’s relationship hits rock bottom and Jackie completes rehab - no more rogue hero bullshit.
#11 - Behind Every Skirt is a Slip
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/2021
It’s the day before Thanksgiving on the Cape: things are looking up for Ray, and looking grim for Jackie. Frankie is filled with anxiety over his business with Jorge.
#12 - The Best You'll Feel All Day
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/14/2020
Jackie goes on a bender, threatening everything she's got going for her, throwing her sobriety out the window, and ultimately putting Krista Collins in danger like never before. Junior has to prove himself in a new way. Ray and Renee go on a date.
#13 - Girl Power
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/2021
Jackie’s new partner Leslie matches her ambition perfectly as their relationship deepens on and off the force. Frankie and Jorge continue to move forward but Charmaine, their New York connection, is a wild card. Jorge sows distrust between Frankie and Renee; as Alan turns to Frankie’s old right-hand man, Ostio, to solve a case.
#14 - The White Whale
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/21/2020
Jackie and Junior struggle to cope in the wake of a traumatic event. Ray's investigation picks up speed. Ray is there for Renee when she really needs him.
#15 - Jackpot
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/2024
Jackie lays out her missing prostitute’s case and gets Alan’s cooperation to go after Swayzee. From behind bars, Frankie orchestrates his greatest coup yet.
#16 - Daddy Issues
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/2021
Jackie and Leslie get deeper into the case, and with each other. Someone will make a decision they will regret.
#17 - Great White
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2021
Jackie is white-hot to prove herself as a cop and avenge the death of her best friend, Junior. Frankie teams up with his cousin while Rays off the force because of Renee. Theres a new deadly drug in town, Great White.
#18 - Severely Weatherbeaten
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/24/2020
After discovering a lead on Sherry Henry's murder, Jackie becomes determined to solve the case. Junior finds himself trapped in a position he can't stomach, and Ray finds he's connecting with his CI Renee in ways that are not professional.
#19 - Fresh as a Daisy
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/2021
Jackie abandons her stakeout for a firey confrontation. Ray is once again humilitated, and does what he can to get back on the force.
#20 - Good Times
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2024
State cop Jackie Quiñones is back to her wild partying ways, Ray Abruzzi is top cop after taking down the New York connection, and imprisoned Frankie Cuevas secures a new partner on the outside.
#21 - Rebellion Dogs
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/31/2020
Jackie returns to rehab, but only to help further her investigation. Ray starts closing in on Osito at the same time he and Renee cross the line. Junior takes the first step to becoming a soldier.
#22 - B.F.O.
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/7/2020
Jackie finds out where Krista Collins is staying, but gets pulled back into her own life. Ray comes face to face with Osito. Junior tries to reconcile with Donna's family.
#23 - Love You Like A Sister
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/17/2020
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) agent Jackie Quiñones has a wrench thrown in her fun, free-wheeling, booze-addled life when she uncovers a dead body on the beach, plunging her into the center of a complicated -- and dangerous -- opioid ring investigation.
#24 - Fall Brook
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/9/2024
Tempers boil over and Ray and Alan explode at each other. Frankie learns valuable intel about Osito. Jackie learns there are even more missing or murdered prostitutes.
#25 - I Said No, No, No
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/2024
Jackie fails a pee test and she is off the force - and it wasn’t even her pee! Renee unwittingly lets Frankie back into her life and Osito defends his turf.