MONDAY’S BEST PICKS
8 PM _ 9-1-1 In the winter finale, “Breaking Point,” the 118 team is summoned to an airport tarmac when a stressed-out flight attendant snaps with frustration over her demanding passengers. Meanwhile, Athena (Angela Bassett) likewise discovers a couple who have reached the limits of their endurance to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On more personal notes, Maddie and Chimney (Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kenneth Choi) reach a major decision about their baby, while Buck (Oliver Stark) reconnects with an old flame and gets sucked into the middle of Albert’s (John Harlan Kim) new relationship.
8 PM G All American Homecoming King and Queen nominations are about to be announced, but with everything going on around them, Spencer and Coop (Daniel Ezra, Bre-Z) both are in no mood to celebrate in the new episode “Canceled.” Meanwhile, Laura (Monet Mazur) allows Olivia and Jordan (Samantha Logan, Michael Evans Behling) to take a mental health day after noticing that Olivia is becoming more withdrawn. Elsewhere, Billy (Taye Diggs) is frustrated by rules imposed by the interim principal, leaving Spencer to come up with a game plan.
8 PM ( TRAV) The Alaska Triangle In the new episode “Frozen in Fear,” a group of seasoned Bigfoot hunters investigate whether a huge, ape-like beast might be responsible for a string of baffling disappearances in the remote Alaskan wilderness. Another chilling prospect is that a shape-shifting menace of unknown origin could be abducting thousands of humans in the state.
9 PM G Black Lightning As Black Lightning (Cress Williams) departs on a special mission, he does so with the full support of Gambi (James Remar) in the new episode “The Book of
Ruin: Chapter One.” Elsewhere, Grace (Chantal Thuy) tries to persuade Anissa (Nafessa Williams) to let her guard down a little. China Anne McClain, Christine Adams, Marvin Jones III and Jordan Calloway also star. 9 PM ( FOOD) Spring Baking Championship In a delightful new episode called “Spring Bunnies and Chickens, Oh My!,” host Ali Khan challenges the bakers to create beautiful edible eggs incorporating a surprise flavor, with a decorative spring chick to add a further whimsical touch. Later, the bakers try to impress judges Kardea Brown, Nancy Fuller and Duff Goldman with their spectacular “hot cross bunnies.”
9 PM ( HGTV) Rock the Block Some of HGTV’s favorite renovators face off as this hit competition series returns for Season 2. Host Ty Pennington referees the action as two-person teams compete to maximize the value of identical suburban properties, with $225,000 and only six weeks to complete their project. This season’s roster of dueling duos includes Mike Holmes and Chicago renovation and design expert Alison Victoria; designing dads Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent; past “Design Star” winners David Bromstad and Tiffany Brooks; and Florida-based design spouses Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt.
9:01 PM _ 9-1-1: Lone Star As T.K. (Ronen Rubinstein) celebrates a year of sobriety, Owen and Gwyn (Rob Lowe, guest star Lisa Edelstein) may not make it to the end of the week as a couple in “Bad Call,” the winter finale. Meanwhile, Carlos (Rafael Silva) finds himself working a case with his Texas Ranger father (guest star Benito Martinez). On the job, the 126 team responds to calls involving a bank robbery, an apartment fire and a pregnant woman lost in a parking garage.
10 PM ( HBO) The Investigation This critically acclaimed true-crime series from Denmark draws to a close with a finale called “In Dubio Pro Reo,” the legal principle that a defendant should be acquitted in the event of lingering doubts of his guilt. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen (Pilou Asbaek) emphasizes to Jens Moller (Soren Malling) that more solid evidence is needed to ensure a conviction. Maibritt (Laura Christensen) refuses to drop the case, and after nearly six months of hard work she finds the key that might dispel any doubt about the guilt of the accused.