1) “Fargo” finale, 10 p.m., FX; repeats at 11:07, 12:13, 1:19. A great show hits all of its odd extremes. The opening minutes are slow and brutal; the cruel Sheriff Tillman (Jon Hamm) prepares for battle as his blinded son wanders and his nasty dad taunts. And the final minutes are pure “Fargo,” with an ending that matches the original movie. In between, Dot (Juno Temple, shown here in the opening episode) tries to flee from Tillman.
2) “Death and Other Details” opener, Hulu. Two kinds of mysteries blend neatly. It’s a vintage tale (rich people isolated in a classy setting) and a modern, high-tech one. On a restored ocean liner, rich people find schemes and sex. A young woman (Violett Beane of “God Friended Me”) and an old detective (Mandy Patinkin) reluctantly link to solve a murder. The twists are sharp and smart.
3) “La Brea,” 9 p.m., NBC. Things were bad enough with ordinary dinosaurs roaming the land; now pterodactyls are swooping from above. This causes loud fusses – “La Brea” tends to have sensible souls overr-react for plot convenience. Meanwhile, Ty has time-trekked to (fortunately) prior to that first big sinkhole. After tonight, he’ll have four episodes to fix things.
4) More NBC. The night starts amiably enough, with comedies: “Night Court” finds its computer has been hacked; “Extended Famiily” finds Jim fuming when his ex-wife’s boyfriend shatters another family tradition. But things end at 10 with the season-finale of “Found,” which has the despicable twist of our heroine keeping her ex-captor in a basement cell. The show has, alas, been renewed.
5) “Only Murders in the Building,” 9-11 p.m., ABC. This opens with a complicated — and wordless — episode, through the perspective of a young, deaf man whose dad (Nathan Lane) is a suspect. After that, the podcast’s “superfans” arrive to help. All of that sets up next week’s episode, which wrapped up the terrific first season.
— Mike Hughes, TV America