Amanda Seyfried dons a cop uniform as she fights the opioid epidemic in the Peacock thriller series "Long Bright River." Mickey (Seyfried)'s hometown of Philadelphia has been hit hard by the opioid crisis.

Amanda Seyfried is back in a leading television role following “The Crowded Room” and her Emmy award-winning turn in “The Dropout.” Based on the New York Times bestseller by Liz Moore published in 2020,

The Peacock limited series, based on the bestselling thriller by Liz Moore, follows Mickey (Seyfried) a “police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis,” per a press release. “When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.”