No more free rides: season six of Dexter starts on SoHo, and Downton Abbey is "vintage Fellowes".
TV
Dexter
Target (TV3, 7.30pm). They’ve almost finished fighting the good fight for the year, but what bad business behaviour, what naughty tradespersons will Target reveal in its final episode for the season? The edge of our seat? We are on it.
Downton Abbey (Prime, 8.30pm). Episode five is “Vintage Fellowes”, said the Guardian: copious weeping, a melodramatic deathbed wedding and, enter, stage right, the evil Vera Bates (Maria Doyle Kennedy), who would twirl her moustache if she had one. However, Vera has competition in the shape of evil press baron Sir Richard Carlisle (Iain Glen), who is not above a spot of bribery and extortion. Funny that. The Guardian loves, loves, loves Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), who “had to carry most of this episode” and is “utterly, utterly perfect as an actor”.
aimRenderAd(300, 250, '300X250','ContentRect','/POS=POS2'); if(!$.browser.msie){ ContentRect_frame = $("#ContentRect")[0]; ContentRect_frame.src = ContentRect_frame.src; }We Shall Remain (Maori, 8.30pm). This PBS series about Native American history focuses on the famous Geronimo, the leader who fought against the expansion of Mexico and the US into Apache tribal lands. Geronimo was the last Native American leader to capitulate to the US Government, and he became a prisoner of war before, in old age, he appeared in fairs. Benjamin Bratt, a supporter of Native American causes, narrates. Here for more information about this series.
Dexter (SoHo, Sky 010, 8.30pm). There really are no more free rides: all the good stuff is on SoHo and after this month of basic-package-freebie, it is going to be even more inaccessible. Here’s the latest season, No 6, of Dexter, in which our anti-hero is taking on religion: he wants to enrol his son, Harrison, at a Catholic school, and the big bads for the season are two God-botherers, played by that nice Colin Hanks (son of Tom) and Edward James Olmos. In addition, Dexter is going to make a friend.
Criminal Intent (TV3, 11.10pm). The Law & Order iteration that focuses on a “major case” squad in New York City, and examines the motives of the criminals. Unusually, it ends with a confession, rather than heading off to court. The ninth season begins with a bit of a cast shake-up in the opening two episodes, as detectives Goran (Vincent D’Onofrio) and Eames (Kathryn Erbe) investigate a series of murders that stretch from Somalia to Manhattan. This season, Jeff Goldblum and Saffron Burrows join the team – it’s interesting how some fine actors are washing up on these cop shows: Ted Danson has just joined the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, taking over from Laurence Fishburne.
FILM
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (Four, 8.30pm). It turns out I liked this film more than Janeane Garofalo, who starred in it. She usually plays the hardbitten cynic – a role she made her own in 1994’s Reality Bites – and she thought this fresh and rather charming romcom was a sell-out, calling it soft and corny and anti-feminist. It’s a gender-reversal version of Cyrano de Bergerac, in which Brian (Englishman Ben Chaplin) falls for smart, funny radio vet Abby (Garofalo) who pretends she is her gorgeous blonde cliché of a neighbour, Noelle (Uma Thurman). It feels like a small-budget independent film but that’s not enough for the tough little lady who, like Chaplin, is now working in TV (Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a kill-by-numbers crime show that recently played on TV1. Chaplin is in Mad Dogs, currently screening on TV1). Choose your corner or just enjoy the great dane on rollerskates. (1996) 7 – Diana Balham
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