"The Bachelor: The Women Tell All": But that doesn't mean any of us have to tune in to hear them. (8 p.m. ABC/2)
"Bates Motel": The "Psycho" prequel returns for a second season, set in the fictional Oregon Coast community of White Pine Bay. According to the show, White Pine Bay has a thriving trade in illegal marijuana-growing. And then, of course, there are those relatively new residents, Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), who have a habit of getting into the kind of trouble that results in dead people. As Season 2 begins, Norman is traumatized by the death of the schoolteacher, Miss Watson. But did he kill her?
The new season premiere finds Farmiga and Highmore as affecting as ever. If only the writing was as consistently good as their performances, which convey a distinctive blend of comedy and tragedy. Plotwise, I'm more interested in conflict arising over the new highway going in, and bypassing Bates Motel (we remember that from the movie, don't we?) than I am in the fallout from Miss Watson's death, and mopey high school student Bradley's campaign to find out who killed her father. (9 p.m. A&E)
"Fashion Police": A special, extra-long, extra-snarky Monday night 2014 Oscars episode, featuring Joan Rivers and her compatriots weighing in on Oscar fashions. Who do you think will be their pick for best-dressed? I'm going with June Squibb. OK, maybe not. (9:30 p.m. E!)
"Those Who Kill": Just what TV needs – another show about a deranged serial killer. And yes, I'm being sarcastic. This one does have the talented and interesting Chloe Sevigny playing the detective on the killer's trail, so that's something. But it's not enough, judging from the pilot. The latest U.S. series to be adapted from a Scandinavian original (this one from Denmark), "Those Who Kill" is a grim slog. Sevigny's Catherine Jensen is another of the flawed-obsessive heroines we've seen so much of lately ("Homeland," "The Bridge"), following in the footsteps of all the flawed heroes we've seen so much of lately.
That doesn't make her very interesting, however. Jensen is another driven cop, and she has help from another civilian, this one a forensic psychologist (James D'Arcy) who seems like a bit of a sicko himself. In this episode, the echoes of other shows -- "Hannibal," "The Following," "The Killing," "Criminal Minds" -- are distracting. It doesn't help that we get more awful scenes of female victims being tormented by a serial killer who's another deviously twisted demon. Compared to all this, "Bates Motel" looks like a romantic comedy. (10 p.m. A&E)
"Bates Motel: After Hours": The show's stars and executive producers – Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin – talk about the show. (11 p.m. A&E)
-- Kristi Turnquist
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