Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, May 30. All times are Eastern.
Top picks
Mare Of Easttown (HBO, 10 p.m., series finale): Well, Mare Of Easttown, you’ve been quite a rollercoaster. Here’s Joshua Alston on last week’s “Sore Must Be The Storm,” the penultimate episode of this stellar limited series:
Consequences come hard and fast in Easttown, and the worst-case scenario never feels more than three dramatic beats away. So for as quiet as it is, the final scene packs every bit as much punch as the season’s other deft cliffhangers. Mare is last seen walking with purpose near the Lehigh River, where the Brothers Ross have come for one last fishing trip before Billy reports to turn himself in for the murder of Erin McMenamin. Here’s what we know: Mare is headed to arrest Billy now that the rescue of Katie Bailey has earned her badge back. We know that Mare, true to renegade-cop form, dismissed Chief Carter’s reasonable request that she wait on backup. (Rather than stopping, she actually accelerates after the call.) We know there’s a gun in the tackle box at Billy and John’s fishing trip. We know Chief Carter has possession of a photo that will change Mare’s understanding of the murder. What happens from here is anyone’s guess.
Tonight’s the night that anyone’s guesses might be proven right—but it’s likely to be a finale every bit as gripping as the six episodes that came before. Watch for Joshua’s final recap.
Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix, 3:01 a.m., premiere): In one sense, if you’ve ever watched a Bo Burnham comedy special, you know exactly what to expect from Bo Burnham: Inside, the result of the writer/director/comedian’s personal lockdown project. Some of us cleaned fanatically, some took up embroidery, and some binged all of Murder, She Wrote, while Burnham created a penetrating 90-minute snapshot of what it looks like when you’re stuck inside and somehow summon the will to even attempt to be funny. Inside joins Staged and, well, precious few other titles as an effective and accurately surreal encapsulation of life in These Troubled Times, and while Burnham’s acidic, self-aware and occasionally self-loathing streak may be familiar, the precise mode of its expression is something new. Marrying the remarkable filmmaking skill evident in Eighth Grade with his usual sharply comedic pop tunes, Burnham’s special is a visceral experience, at times wrenching, at others shockingly funny. The filmmaking is inherently and marvelously theatrical, the performance almost uncomfortably vulnerable, all carried off with a shrug that seems to say, “Too soon? Yeah, probably, but fuck it.” One quick content warning: Bo Burnham: Inside repeatedly discusses suicide.
Regular coverage
DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow (The CW, 8 p.m.)
Pose (FX, 10 p.m.)
Lucifer (Netflix, streaming now): Binge coverage continues
Wild cards
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre (History Channel, 8 p.m.): This monstrous and shamefully under-discussed incident has slowly become a more prominent piece of American history over the last several years (thanks, Watchmen). On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the police-backed Tulsa race massacre and the destruction of Black Wall Street, the History Channel becomes the latest to climb over the wall of silence that surrounds the events.
Death And Nightingales (Starz, 9 p.m., miniseries finale): “The show does attempt to cram too much into its three episodes, but the longer runtime gives the actors an opportunity to flesh out their performances. Rhys believably transforms from an alcoholic loner at the start of episode one into someone with a possibly sinister secret; Skelly is grounded and wonderful, especially in their scenes together. Created, written, and directed by Allan Cubitt, Death And Nightingales is intriguing even with its long-winded dialogue.” Read the rest of Saloni Gajjar’s thoughts.
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PBS has a Tulsa documentary tomorrow and I think they usually do a better job than History.
Random youtubers do a way better job than History, it’s a very low bar tbh. 🙂
On that note, there are a lot of really great YTs out there that do historical content.
CBS is airing a special tomorrow as well.
Gayle King, co-host of CBS THIS MORNING, will anchor TULSA 1921: AN
AMERICAN TRAGEDY, a one-hour CBS News primetime special marking the
100th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre, to be broadcast Monday, May 31 10PM
Who knew the Watchmen series would have such a massive impact. While perhaps these specials may have occurred without it, I have my doubts.
What the fuck is going on with these insane pull-down header ads??? I don’t give a shit about Crown Royal, AVClub.
Use FireFox, get uBlock Origin. It will block almost everything, and has an element picker to allow you to put in custom filters. I don’t have a single ad on the page, and it’s amazing.
Oh, but you should. It’s very delicious … trust them.
Oh, but you should. It’s very delicious … trust them.
Your ads will reflect your searches. Also, people have to get paid. Stop hating capitalism. It’s what our ancestors fought over the price of tea for! LOL!
It’s especially annoying when, if on my phone, it takes up over half the fucking screen.
According to my dvr scheduler – which is often wrong (thanks AT&T!) – tonight’s Legends is a rerun of this season’s first episode (not that that matters, even a LoT rerun is way more enjoyable than most new tv).
Mine (RCN/TIVO) says the same. Wikipedia also has a rerun this week.
Mare of Easttown is quite good. As someone who is from Delaware County, knew where every single shot was filmed, and lived literally 150ft away from a few of those places, Kate did a great job on her accent for the show. I thought it was pretty funny when she said the Delco (Delaware County) accent was one of the most difficult accents she’s had to learn, and made her want to throw things. However as a Delco native, she nailed it. Hearing her say “jagiddit?” instead of “did you get it?” had me nodding my head in approval.
So do they ever get to Madison to see the female horse in the mall in Mare of Easttown?
After watching The Nevers and Death and Nightingales, I will say that Ann Skelly is a delight.That is all.
Almost gave up on Mare of Easttown, but thought to give it at least three episodes before I did. Not sure what changed my mind, but the dreary season, small town Pennsylvania vibe was depressing, made worse with almost everyone seemingly having some type of drama. Still, glad I stayed with it, but not sure I see Mare as a renegade more than I do with being bullheaded, though quite good at her job. I am curious to see how it goes, but whatever it is, I hope it doesn’t include a type of cliffhanger involving Guy Pearce’s character as some kind of serial killer. He’s been too much of a non factor that makes me think he ain’t getting paid just to be a kind of storyline distraction.
It’s realistic that they made her not the sharpest tool in the shed. If she were a good detective she would/should have moved on to a big city or the state.
I believe he’s actually substituting for another actor originally cast in the role who had to drop out. Winslet asked him for a favor since they’d worked together before.
Fare thee well, Mare… you boring mess of a show.
Just had to pop in to encourage everyone to watch Inside. Do it. Seriously.