Lauren E. Banks last year in Los Angeles.Willy Sanjuan/Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP
In the pilot episode of Showtimeâs 1990s Boston crime drama âCity on a Hill,â the ambitious new Assistant District Attorney DeCourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge, âHidden Figuresâ) expresses frustration at the hindrances and hidden levels of bureaucracy he faces from the get-go.
A Brooklyn transplant whoâs new to Boston, DeCourcy tells his wife, defense attorney Siobhan Quay (Lauren E. Banks, âManiacâ), that it shouldnât be so difficult for him to put away the bad guys and help the good guys. Siobhan, who grew up in Cambridge, knows better.