Entertainment Weekly - February 24 - March 3, 2017

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Season Premiere

Bates Motel

10–11PM A&E

“So I finished putting up those new shower

curtains in the motel bathrooms,” Norman

(Freddie Highmore) tells his mother, Norma

(Vera Farmiga), as he expertly knifes his

breakfast in half. “They look great!” This is

disturbing not just because we know what

happens behind shower curtains at the

Bates Motel, but also because, um, Norma is

dead. The show satisfyingly keeps up that

ultra-creepy vibe through the final season’s

premiere, especially with the introduction of

a new woman in Norman’s life—a hardware-

store owner (Isabelle McNally) who has an

eerie resemblance to his deceased mother.

As for Rihanna, we can already sense her

story line will be worth the hype.B+

Season Premiere

The Detour

10–11PM TBS

The dysfunctional Parker family is

heading to the big city. Season 2 of TBS’

uproariously twisted family comedy,

created by husband-and-wife duo Jason

Jones and Samantha Bee, finds Nate

(Jones), Robin (Natalie Zea), and their clan

relocating to New York City. Sure, the story

feels a bit unmoored without season 1’s road-

trip-from-hell premise, but the show’s

willingness to do anything for a laugh—

from clueless son Jared (Liam Carroll)

almost inciting a race war to a disgusting/

hilarious home-birth scene—remains

Go toew.com/what-to-watch for our daily picks ofWhat to Watch as charming as ever.B+—Chancellor Agard

Miniseries Debut

MONDAY, FEB. 27 9–11PM ABC

The LGBT movement comes to broadcast withWhen We Rise, an

emotionally stirring docudrama that speaks to our current

upheaval. From Oscar-winning scribe Dustin Lance Black (see

page 87), this four-part event canvasses 40 years of struggle

through several intertwined lives, including: Cleve Jones (Austin

P. McKenzie and Guy Pearce), creator of the AIDS Memorial

Quilt; Roma Guy (Emily Skeggs and Mary-Louise Parker), San

Francisco women’s rights leader; and Navy vet Ken Jones (Jona-

than Majors and Michael K. Williams, the most compelling

tag-team performance). Black’s chronicle leans into the com-

plexities of intersectionality and coalition politics, forming a

nuanced portrait of fraught community-building, and portrays

the evolution of gay identity with frank intimacy and wisdom.

The dialogue skews civics-lesson-y, but the sensational perfor-

mances and tender direction makeWhen We Rise an essential

epic about love and loss, perseverance and change.A—Jeff Jensen

WHEN WE RISE

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A DAY-TO-DAY GUIDE TO NOTABLE PROGRAMS*BY RAY RAHMAN@RayRahman

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WHEN WE RISE

: EIKE SCHROTER/ABC;

BATES MOTEL

: CATE CAMERON/A&E NETWORKS;

THE DETOUR

: TBS