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Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst half-hour and one-hour shows.

Three unexpected shows to check out this week:

“Community” (Thursday, 8 p.m., NBC)

The extremely odd community college has suffered this season from the loss of its creator and showrunner Dan Harmon, but they keep trudging on with more outlandish stories. This season, the series was even released from its planned Friday-night purgatory back to its plum Thursday-night comedy block spot, but only because NBC has nothing else to put on its schedule. So in tonight’s episode, Jason Alexander — he of the vaunted “Seinfeld” dynasty — shows up as a mountain man who lives in a forest where the study group crashes a hot-air balloon after they (naturally) have been transformed into puppets. Singer Sara Bareilles also guest-stars, because at this point, the plan appears to be to throw everything against the wall to see if anything sticks.

“Anger Management”(Thursday, 9:30 p.m., FX)

You thought you were done with Lindsay Lohan after that “Liz & Dick” movie on Lifetime. Think again. Take your pick for a reason to watch the continuing train wreck that is Lohan as she guest-stars on Charlie Sheen’s vehicle (and most likely a future train wreck): 1. Look for puke stains on the set (Lohan apparently showed up hung over for one of the taping days and held up production); 2. Spot which outfits and jewelry Lohan was accused of swiping from the set; 3. Witness a possible nuclear-level explosion as the two potent stars exchange caustic bodily fluids; or 4. You can simply feel bad for poor little rich girl LiLo, who cried to David Letterman this week that her newest rehab stint will work.

“Spartacus”(Friday, 9 p.m., Starz)

Even if you didn’t watch this series on a regular basis, the Roman slave-turned-heroic-leader’s finale is worth enduring. Among the many tearful goodbyes, the final conversation between Spartacus (Liam McIntyre) and his reluctant commander Gannicus (Dustin Clare) was surprisingly sweet and heartfelt. And if for no other reason, this is your last chance at checking out the underdressed eye candy that has populated this tragic series.

Spoiler alert — and just in case you missed that day in history class —don’t expect a happy ending for our hero. — Tiffany Wendeln Connors