Suits and Graceland make for enjoyable summer TV
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, June 18. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
Suits/Graceland (USA, 9/10 p.m.): Because we are dumbheads who don’t know how to read television schedules, we completely missed that both of these very fine shows returned last week. We like Suits—with its fast-paced dialogue and oft-entertaining plotting—more than Graceland, but we think both shows together make for the perfect summer night well-wasted. Unfortunately, we are covering neither of them any more, with Carrie Raisler checking in on Suits every so often and our Graceland coverage ascending into the sky in ashes, as is TV Club custom. Valar morghulis!
TV CLUB CLASSIC
Lost (1 p.m.): We should just make Lost the top pick every week, because it should be the top pick every week, no? Anyway, this week, we figure out what was up with Kate in the show’s first proper episode, then get to the staggeringly wonderful “Walkabout.” Todd VanDerWerff has a twist ending for you.
Six Feet Under (3 p.m.): The contemporary reviews of the fourth season of Six Feet Under groused a bit that it had lost a step or two, based on the first handful of episodes sent out to critics. Does John Teti agree with them? We didn’t find out last week, because he was covering E3. But we’ll find out this week!
ELSEWHERE IN TV CLUB
It’s been a bit since we ran a new 100 Episodes column, thanks to the feature moving to Wednesdays. But Todd VanDerWerff brings it back in rousing fashion, with a tribute to The Jerry Springer Show that, among other things, features a lengthy discussion of fetish porn. You know you want to read that!
As it has every day this week, the Tournament Of Episodes continues along its merry way. Today, we’ve smashed up eight different shows into a free-for-all, with four of our writers doing the judging. Go and find out who won, then complain about how it’s all arbitrary.
It’s not up just yet, but if you click on this link after 11 a.m. Central Daylight Time, you’ll get to read our Walkthrough of Fargo’s first season with showrunner Noah Hawley. He’s got answers to all of your burning questions. Okay, some of them. There’s still no news about season two.