Tonight’s first season finale of “Castle Rock” begins with a flashback to Warden Lacy (Terry O’Quinn) feeding White Henry Deaver in his cage below Shawshank. Shawshank’s new warden gets a lot of screentime too. Rory Culkin is back. There’s a fine homage to Kubrick’s version of “The Shining.” Henry remembers.
What else is great? “This shit’s happening all over town.” “Happier.” “6:23. For the wages of sin is death.” “It was the same for you over there.” “Do you need to come inside and sit down or something?” “Deaver Boy.” “I don’t know how much time we have left.” “Your memories will come back too.” “Nick Cage. National Fucking Treasure.” “One Year Later.” “It’s Christmas?” “Look how things turned out for him.”
Hulu says of “Romans”:
Some birds can be caged.
Returning tonight:
Flipping Out (Bravo) Sept. 11
Great American Read (PBS) Sept. 11
Inside The NFL (Showtime) Sept. 11
FX’s “Mayans MC” beat fellow cable newcomers “The Bobby Brown Story” (BET) and “The Purge” (USA), but I’d judge all three debuts successful.
Tuesdays, July 10-Sept. 4, 2018
(adults 18-49; older weeks in parentheses; repeats in gray)
1.8 (1.9) (2.1) (2.1) (1.9) (2.1) (2.0) (2.1) (2.1) America’s Got Talent
1.1 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Mayans MC
1.0 (1.1) (1.1) (1.0) (1.1) (---) (---) (---) (---) Bachelor In Paradise
1.0 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Bobby Brown Story
0.8 (0.8) (0.8) (0.7) (0.7) (0.8) (0.8) (0.7) (0.7) WWE Smackdown
0.7 (0.5) (0.7) (0.6) (0.7) (0.7) (0.7) (---) (---) Beat Shazam
0.7 (0.8) (0.9) (0.9) (0.9) (1.1) (---) (---) (---) Making It
0.6 (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) NCIS
0.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) The Purge
0.5 (0.5) (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) Below Deck
0.5 (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (---) (0.5) (0.4) Bull
0.5 (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) Challenge Reckoning
0.5 (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) NCIS NO
0.5 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Tennis
0.4 (0.5) (0.5) (0.6) (0.7) (---) (---) (---) (---) Castaways
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (---) Forged In Fire
0.4 (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (---) (---) (---) (0.5) (0.4) Haves/Have Nots
0.4 (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (---) (0.5) Love Connection
0.4 (0.3) (0.5) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.3) Rachel Maddow
0.4 (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) (---) (---) (---) (---) Wrecked
0.3 (---) (0.4) (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.3) (---) AC 360
0.3 (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (---) (0.4) (0.4) Deadliest Catch
0.3 (0.3) (---) (---) (0.3) (0.3) (---) (0.3) (0.3) Hannity
0.3 (0.3) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Hard Knocks
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (0.3) (---) (0.3) (---) (0.2) House Hunters
0.3 (0.3) (0.3) (---) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) Married/1st Sight
0.3 (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) (---) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) Outdaughtered
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) (0.3) (---) (0.3) (0.3) Tucker Carlson
0.1 (0.2) (0.2) (0.1) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) The Flash
0.1 (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.2) The Outpost
