What to watch
TUESDAY
May 24, 2022
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
The Responder
BritBox New Series
Martin Freeman stars in this British police procedural that is set in Liverpool and is the first original television project for creator/ writer Tony Schumacher, who formerly worked with the police force in Merseyside, the English county in which Liverpool is located. The Responder holds a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing — sometimes darkly funny, sometimes painfully tragic and always challenging. It follows five nights in the life of Chris Carson (Freeman), a crisis-stricken, morally compromised, unconventional urgent-response officer (aka “responder”) tackling a series of night shifts on his beat. “A responder is someone who never gives you good news,” Schumacher explains, “somebody who kicks in doors, races round
town centers. When I first joined the police, I remember on my second or third night, an old bobby called Colin said to me, ‘You will never knock on someone’s door and tell them they’ve won the lottery.’ You are only ever going to deliver bad news in this job, so it’s a big responsibility to take on — but conversely, it’s incredibly exciting. Occasionally, you do things that change people’s lives.” Amid that tense backdrop, while trying to keep his head above water both personally and professionally, Carson is forced to take on a new rookie partner, Rachel (Adelayo Adedayo), and both of them soon discover that survival in this highpressure, relentless nighttime world will depend on them either helping or destroying each other. The Responder aired in the U.K. earlier this year to mostly positive reviews and has been renewed for a second season. — Jeff Pfeiffer
Sins of the Amish
Peacock New Series
This two-part true-crime docuseries offers firsthand accounts from a group of courageous women seeking justice for the violent crimes they experienced while living as members of the Amish and Mennonite communities. Behind the public guise of an idyllic lifestyle lies a sinister world of abuse and mind control, where a woman’s life is made to center around the needs of men at any cost.
FBI
CBS, 7 p.m. Season Finale
FBI’s fourth season concludes with “Prodigal Son.” Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Jubal Valentine’s (Jeremy Sisto) son Tyler (Caleb Reese Paul) won’t cooperate when the FBI team discovers that one of the deadly robbers who stole a cache of automatic weapons is his classmate. The series has been renewed for Seasons 5 and 6.
Young Rock
NBC, Beginning at 7 p.m. Season Finale Season 2 of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s
semiautobiographical sitcom concludes with back-to-back half-hour episodes.
First, in “You Gotta Get Down to Get Up,” in 1996 Memphis, the WWF sends Dwayne (Uli Latukefu) to Memphis to develop his wrestling skills, and when a booker bullies Downtown Bruno (Ryan Pinkston), Dwayne decides to fight back. Meanwhile, in 2032, candidate Dwayne Johnson’s (Johnson) conflict with Dr. Julien (guest star Sean
Astin) comes to a head. Then, in “Let the People Decide,” 2032 candidate Johnson rides the ups and downs of election day; in 1984, Rocky (Joseph Lee Anderson) and Ata (Stacey Leilua) are at a crossroads with their futures in wrestling; in 1987, teenage Dwayne (Bradley Constant) learns that the family is leaving Nashville; and in 1996, Dwayne’s rise through the WWF doesn’t go as planned. The series has been renewed for Season 3.
This Is Us
NBC, 8 p.m. Series Finale
When This Is Us premiered in September 2016 to 10.1 million viewers, no one could have imagined what a roller coaster of an emotional ride we were embarking on. After six emotional seasons, the beloved drama comes to its conclusion with “Us.” What is the final fate of the Big Three? The only thing
we know is creator Dan Fogelman won’t disappoint.