Best-bets for April 26: dramas, elegant and audacious

1) “The Forsytes” season-finale, 9 p.m., PBS. Amid all the Victorian-age glamour, there are deep waves of emotion. At work, Jo was right; Soames wasn’t, destroying a client. At home, both men’s marriages are crumbling. Jo left after his wife (they’re shown here) banned him from seeing his long-ago lover and their children. Now come great moments, especially from his grandmother. Read more…

1) “The Forsytes” season-finale, 9 p.m., PBS. Amid all the Victorian-age glamour, there are deep waves of emotion. At work, Jo was right; Soames wasn’t, destroying a client. At home, both men’s marriages are crumbling. Jo left after his wife (they’re shown here) banned him from seeing his long-ago lover and their children. Now come great moments, especially from his grandmother.

2) “The Audacity,” 9 p.m., AMC, rerunning at 10:20. As the wildfires get closer, lives are falling apart. The therapist is lost (literally and figuratively) and two of her patients battle each other. But alongside the failures (and a good deal of humor), this episode includes two major breakthroughs.

3) “Bob’s Burgers,” 8:30 p.m., Fox. After a four-month rest, this will fill out the rest of the season with new episodes. Tina needs an A in her typing class to qualify for a field trip. But she’s using an unorthodox technique; the typing teacher disapproves.

4) “Marshals,” 8 p.m., CBS. It’s time for another shoot-out: With one of their own held prisoner, the marshals — outmanned and outgunned — attack a paramilitary compound. That’s followed by “Tracker” (a teen’s parents are missing) and the second-to-last episode of “Watson,” which won’t be back.

5) Movies, Sundance Channel. Three of the best teen films are back-to-back. It’s the Francis Coppola drama “The Outsiders” (1983) at 5 p.m., the John Hughes comedy “Sixteen Candles” (1984) at 7 and the Amy Heckerling comedy-drama “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1983) at 9.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *