Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows.
Guest stars with familiar faces haunt their old stomping grounds this week:
“Once Upon a Time” (Sunday, 8 p.m., ABC)
Considering this split-personality series is always telling two stories — one of present-day Storybrooke, one of the fairy-tale land that was — when a character gets offed in one world, it doesn’t necessarily spell his demise in the other. So Jamie Dorman, whose good Sheriff Graham was gruesomely killed by Regina (Lana Parrilla) in Season One, has still appeared as the Huntsman in fairy-tale land. But, this week, they’re promising us we’ll see the deceased lawman, although it looks like it’s only a flashback. Co-starring Robert Carlyle.
“The Good Wife” (Sunday, 9 p.m., CBS)
Even though this show has a cavalcade of guest stars each week (here comes Bebe Neuwirth, there goes Audra McDonald), John Shea was particularly memorable as the skeevy, scheming father to Cary Agos (Matt Czuchry). Daddy dearest is the latest in a long line of characters out to hurt Cary, who has evolved over these four seasons from ambitious turncoat into one of the few remaining likable characters worth rooting for — especially after the gelid Alicia (Julianna Margulies) callously stepped right over him to negotiate her opportunity to become a partner at Lockhart and Gardner this season. Co-starring Archie Panjabi, who needs to go to another show already.
“Arrow” (Wednesday, 8 p.m., The CW)
Just as Oliver (Stephen Amell) and his abs are beginning to actually enjoy life again and forgo his vengeance crusade for a couple of minutes to make time with new romantic interest McKenna (Janina Gavankar), up pops his ex, the Huntress (Jessica De Gouw). And wouldn’t you know it, the mob boss’ daughter is back to ruin Oliver’s life with her own vengeance crusade. Co-starring Susanna Thompson and Katie Cassidy.
“Law & Order: SVU” (Wednesday, 10 p.m, NBC)
The “SVU” squad tries to take down a notorious pimp, who gets one of his girls to accuse undercover Det. Brian Cassidy, played by “L&O” vet Dean Winters, of rape. But Det. Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her team may have as many problems dealing with Cassidy and his lawyer — “The Wire” alum Reg E. Cathey — who come up with a defense worthy of Winters’ other famous wily characters: “30 Rock’s” Dennis Duffy, “Rescue Me’s” Johnny Gavin or that Allstate commercial “Mayhem” guy.