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structure and complex culture of an enter-

prise that’s intrinsically immoral, no better

than a slave plantation, and often just as

lawless. Hesby Farms is a place of trickle-

down desperation and exploitation, from

the beleaguered ownership (Cherry Jones

plays the materfamilias) squeezed by cut-

throat wholesalers to the field marshals

(including Richard Cabral) pressured to

increase the productivity of the hired hands

they manage like pimps.

The comparison to prostitution is implic-

itly made with a parallel plot about Shae, a

deluded teenage sex worker (Ana Mulvoy-

Ten). An unwanted pregnancy—and abortion

laws that limit her agency—activate a sup-

pressed identity and individuality. It also

complicates her potentially redemptive rap-

port with her social worker (Regina King),

a single woman yearning for children and

saving for IVF treatments. Every story in

this constantly evolving season is a gripping

winner. Some wrap quickly, while a major

one gets a delayed start: Episode 4 intro-

duces Timothy Hutton and Lili Taylor as

husband-and-wife owners of a boutique fur-

niture biz who take on an au pair from Haiti.

The most compelling tale belongs to

Felicity Huffman’s Jeanette Hesby. She’s a

woman who grew up poor and married into

the family and has learned not to ask ques-

tions about the morality of their livelihood.

But when tragedy strikes the workers’ camp,

she can’t ignore the prick of conscience that

everyone else in the family, including her

miserable husband (Dallas Roberts), stifles.

Huffman makes Jeanette’s risky bloom from

meek tool to awakened agent of justice

organic and thrilling. She embodies the spirit

of a searing, humane drama that succeeds at

making urgent, artful pop culture by engag-

ing the world, not looking away from it.A

Checking Out AfterBates Motelends, Freddie High-

more will star on ABC’s drama pilotThe Good Doctor.•

Topical TVOn TV Land’sLopez, trans actress Rain Val-

dez will play a trans actress working with George Lopez.

LOGLINES

THREE’S

COMPANY

In addition

to King, these

actors appear

on everyCrime

West (Josh Henderson), whose

lifestyle is stranger than

most—including involvement

in something with the whiff of

Scientology, though E! denies

any real-life comparisons.

“I know what it’s like to be a

struggling actress, but it

was challenging to find a way

to normalize what happens

to her,” she says.

Because what happens

isn’t always going to be easy

to watch. Unlike the movies

Evangelista, 30, dreamed

about as a kid,The Arrange-

mentfocuses on far less sunny

aspects of Hollywood. “[The

show] takes a very, very dark

turn,” the actress says. “It will

reveal a dark side to the price

of fame.”—Samantha Highfill

BIG

BREAKING

With Josh Henderson

onThe Arrangement

WHO

CHRISTINE EVANGELISTA

WHY YOU MIGHT KNOW HER

She plays Sherry, one of Negan’s wives on AMC’sThe Walking Dead,

and was paramedic Allison on NBC’sChicago Fire.

WHY YOU WILL KNOW HER

Evangelista takes on the role of Megan Morrison, a strong yet naive

up-and-coming actress, on E!’s dramaThe Arrangement.

As a kid, Christine

Evangelista read

movies as much as she

watched them. Growing up

in Staten Island, her favorite

after-school ritual consisted of

family outings to Blockbuster

(remember those?) to rent a

movie. But because her father

is hearing-impaired, they’d

turn on the closed captioning,

which in many ways helped

prepare Evangelista for her

future career as an actress.

“Sometimes the words would

come up sooner than they

were spoken, so I would read

them and then hear them and

try to think about how I would

say certain things. My love for

film came from that,” she says.

Evangelista remembers

being about 7 years old when

she started enlisting neighbors

to take part in her own mini-

movies. “I always had some

need to express myself,” she

says. More than 20 years later,

that need has only grown.

Her latest onscreen adventure

is on E!’s juicy new series

The Arrangement(debuting

March 5, 10 p.m.), playing

Megan Morrison, an ingenue

who enters into a contract

marriage with movie star Kyle

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LILI TAYLOR

An advocate

for victims

and then for

her own son

TIMOTHY

HUTTON

Huffman’s ex,

then a coach

BENITO

MARTINEZ

Takes charge

as a dad, later

as a school

administrator

RICHARD

CABRAL

From murder

suspect

to hacker

FELICITY

HUFFMAN

First a grieving

mom, then

a principal

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