What’s on TV
WYNONNA EARP 10 p.m. on Syfy. This fantasy western series, based on the comic books by Beau Smith, has been described by its showrunner as “a combination of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ ‘Justified’ and ‘Frozen.’” It follows the adventures of Wynonna Earp (Melanie Scrofano), a distant descendant of Wyatt Earp, who is tasked with protecting the remote plains town of Purgatory from demons. Wynonna does this using Wyatt’s enchanted gun, the Peacemaker, and with a little help from her sister Waverly (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) and Waverly’s girlfriend, Nicole Haught (Katherine Barrell), a Purgatory sheriff’s deputy. As the series enters its fourth season, the Earp curse has been broken, but Wynonna still has to rescue everyone she loves.
HELTER SKELTER: AN AMERICAN MYTH 10 p.m. on Epix. In this six-part documentary series, former members of the Manson Family share their stories, shedding light on the group’s shocking crimes and on their leader, a man whom pop culture can’t seem to get enough of. In the premiere, former cult members, including Dianne Lake, Catherine Share and Bobby Beausoleil, talk about the group’s beginnings, living at a movie ranch in California and hanging out at the home of the Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson. In interviews, the former members paint a picture of Manson as an enigmatic aspiring musician who became more erratic and violent as the ’60s came to a close.
What’s Streaming
THE SWEET HEREAFTER (1997) Stream on the Criterion Channel. Following on the heels of the release of Atom Egoyan’s film, “Guest of Honour,” this streaming service has lined up a slate of the celebrated Canadian director’s work. This movie, based on a novel by Russell Banks, focuses on a town grieving a horrific school bus accident, which killed many of the community’s children. When a big-city lawyer (Ian Holm, who died last month) comes to town to recruit the bereaved parents into a class-action lawsuit, tensions flare and secrets are revealed.
JONATHAN CREEK Stream on BritBox. While there seems to be an endless number of police procedurals on television to choose from, there are also a handful of highly entertaining crime shows that leave the deduction work in the hands of people with rather unrelated professions. This British series falls in the same category as “Rosemary & Thyme,” which follows two gardening sleuths, or “Father Brown,” about a mystery-solving clergyman, but it might have the most outrageous setup. The comedian Alan Davies stars as Jonathan Creek, a man who lives in a windmill and designs magic tricks for a flashy illusionist. Creek gets roped into solving murders with an investigative journalist (played by Caroline Quentin), thanks to his keen understanding of deception. The series offers a fresh take on the classic whodunit format, focusing less on the who and why, and more on how the crime was committed.
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