TV top picks
6 p.m. on SHOW Twin Peaks: The Return
The mega-hyped reboot of David Lynch’s cult mystery thriller was, like the original, hypnotically fascinating and maddeningly self-indulgent, not to mention intensely polarizing. None of that is why it ends its run tonight in a two-part finale, however: Back even before it premiered earlier this year, this revival was described as an 18-part limited series. No plot specifics have been revealed, but don’t expect much closure as the owls fall silent once more.
7 p.m. on STARZ Power
Events reach a climax in the Season 4 finale “You Can’t Fix This,” which finds Ghost and Tommy (Omari Hardwick, Joseph Sikora) seeking vengeance after tragedy befalls the St. Patrick clan. Tasha (Naturi Naughton) keeps the home fires burning until she realizes it’s up to her to avert further disaster, forcing her to turn to an unlikely ally. Meanwhile, Angela (Lela Loren) tries to find out what Ghost is hiding, as an old friend’s return heralds a call to war.
7 p.m. on TNT The Last Ship
As an assortment of formidable enemies closes in on them from all sides, the crew of the Nathan James conducts a frantic search for one of their own in the new episode “Nostos.” Meanwhile, the usually unflappable
9 p.m. on ABC The ABC Fall Preview Special
Enjoy the rest of summer, since this special proves fall is almost here. Among new series featured: The Good
Doctor, with Freddie Highmore, pictured, as an autistic medical genius;
The Mayor, introducing Brandon Micheal Hall (yes, that’s how it’s spelled) as a newcomer to politics; Ten Days in
the Valley, starring Kyra Sedgwick as a television producer whose daughter disappears; and Marvel’s Inhumans, which gets a debut in IMAX theaters before its ABC premiere.
11 p.m. on FX The Strain
You might think the good guys from this relentlessly intense horror series would be numbed to fresh disasters by now, but the new episode “Extraction” finds the heroes trying to regroup after another shattering loss. Their priority is to find the Master (Robert Maillet) perhaps through his human collaborators. That plan takes them to a blood farm with someone Dutch (Ruta Gedmintas) knows only too well.