Perception turns to international intrigue
The TV universe is constantly expanding, and new channels and shows vie for attention just as much as old favourites. Here are the best bets on the box.
Perception
In a new episode called Mirror, Pierce and Moretti (Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook) uncover an international scandal while investigating the murders of a Bangladeshi diplomat and a Chicago re por t e r. Moretti struggles to balance the demands of this complex case with the preparations for her upcoming wedding to Donnie (Scott Wolf), so she turns to the obsessively organized Pierce for help. (Bravo)
World’s Funniest Fails
Animals often are good for laughs when it comes to videos that go viral, and many of them are featured in the new episode All Creatures Great and Uncoordinated, the series’ spring finale. Host Terry Crews introduces segments that show a variety of species falling down on the job, so to speak. Comics Tone Bell (Bad Judge), Arden Myrin and Brian Posehn then have to award the Fail of the Week to one of the videos. (Fox, City)
Movie: Coraline
In this stop-motion animated adventure from 2009, Dakota Fanning voices a girl who finds a secret world that is similar her frustrating home but it has sinister secrets. Teri Hatcher plays Coraline’s mother, while John Hodgman (The Daily Show) plays her father. Jennifer Saunders and Ian McShane also star in this film based on Neil Gaiman’s 2002 novel of the same name. (YTV)
Glee
Jonathan Groff (Looking) — who was Lea Michele’s Broadway co-star in Spring Awakening — reprises the role of Jesse St. James in We Built This Glee Club, the new episode that precedes next week’s series finale. Life becomes art in a way here, since Rachel (Michele) has to decide whether to do a Broadway show with Jesse. The sectionals pit New Directions against the Warblers. (Fox, City)
Last Man Standing
Mandy (Molly Ephraim) is surprised when Mike (Tim Allen) and Vanessa (Nancy Travis) return home early from marking their anniversary — mainly because they find Mandy was planning a celebration of her own while they were out — in the new episode Mandy’s Party. Her parents aren’t pleased that her menu included beer for some guests not yet of age for it. Ed (Hector Elizondo) unwittingly rattles Kristin (Amanda Fuller) about her upcoming wedding. (ABC)