CRITIC’S CORNER
PREACHER AMC, 9 ET/PT
In last week’s episode of the supernatural series, Jesse (Dominic Cooper) spurned Tuilip (Ruth Negga) and Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), instead allying himself with Herr Starr (Pip Torrens). That choice will have big consequences in tonight’s Season 2 finale, as Jesse begins to question his way forward. Tulip discovers a dangerous secret, and Cassidy faces his own difficult truth.
PEOPLE OF EARTH TBS, 10:30 ET/PT
The characters that populate this offbeat alien-abduction comedy hit the road in the newest episode, in which the central group attending an “alien experiencer convention.” Gina (Ana Gasteyer) meets one of her heroes, Gerry (Luka Jones) and Yvonne (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) have their first fight and Richard (Brian Huskey) is intent on convincing Agent Foster (Nasim Pedrad) that aliens really do exist.
BACHELOR IN PARADISE ABC, 8 ET/PT
The reality series was rocked by offscreen scandal this summer, eventually addressed in the series. But the rest of the season has marched on in the Bachelor spinoff ’s usual format, and in the first part of the season finale, the remaining couples have one last chance to stay in “paradise” together, move their relationship into the real world or go their separate ways.