<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Here and Now is an American drama television series created by Alan Ball . The first season consists of ten episodes and premiered on HBO on February 11, 2018 . Starring Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins, the series focuses on a contemporary multi-racial family in the Portland area . The show's plot involves many issues including race, identity and mental illness . </P> <Ul> <Li> Holly Hunter as Audrey Bayer, a therapist </Li> <Li> Tim Robbins as Greg Boatwright, Audrey's husband and a philosophy professor </Li> <Li> Jerrika Hinton as Ashley Collins, adopted by the Bayer - Boatwrights from Liberia, now creator and owner of a retail fashion website </Li> <Li> Raymond Lee as Duc Bayer - Boatwright, adopted from Vietnam when he was five, now a successful life coach and a womanizer </Li> <Li> Daniel Zovatto as Ramon Bayer - Boatwright, adopted from an orphanage in Colombia at 18 months, now a college senior studying video game design </Li> <Li> Sosie Bacon as Kristen Bayer - Boatwright, a junior in high school and her parents' only biological child </Li> <Li> Joe Williamson as Malcolm Collins, Ashley's husband and Duc's best friend, an assistant personal trainer for the Portland women's soccer team </Li> <Li> Andy Bean as Henry, a free spirit who falls in love with Ramon </Li> <Li> Peter Macdissi as Dr. Farid Shokrani, Ramon's therapist </Li> <Li> Marwan Salama as Navid Shokrani </Li> </Ul>

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