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‘Amazing’ finish

Where will the surviving teams wind up on the season finale of “The Amazing Race”? They’ve been to the usual pestilence-ridden locales favored by this CBS travel chestnut, but the real fun began in the final episodes. when they had to do synchronized swimming in Moscow, where two episodes were filmed, or dance in Russian police uniforms. Then there was that great interlude in Istanbul, where soft ice cream cone vendors do a kind of performance art. Of course, the teams had their ups and downs as when the rock- star lawyer lost his passport and could never make up the time.

THE AMAZING RACE

Today, 8 p.m., CBS

Crazy at the CIA

Crazy Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) continues her hunt for Abu Nazir (Navid Neghaban), with her suspicion turning to inside the CIA itself. Television reporter/terrorist Roya (Zuleikha Robinson) reveals her true colors under interrogation, as Saul (Mandy Patinkin) finds himself unexpectedly fighting for his career, now that he’s been blamed for covering too long for crazy Carrie. Meanwhile, the Brody family struggles to maintain anything close to sanity. Starring Damian Lewis as Sgt. Nicholas Brody.

HOMELAND

Today, 10 p.m., Showtime

My mother the spy

What to do when Mom turns out to be a spy? Just ask Ruth Gilmartin (Michelle Dockery), a single mother who has been reading mum’s memoirs and just found out that she was a WWII spy hiding behind a false identity for three decades. Sally Gilmartin (Charlotte Rampling) is now convinced her cover has been blown. She sends Ruth to pose as a reporter and flush out Lucas Romer (Rufus Sewell), the man who pulled all the strings in their ring of espionage. During the war, Sally a k a Eva (Hayley Atwell) excelled as an agent. But when one of her colleagues dies in an apparent suicide, she is certain someone is out to silence her too. She wonders if Romer will ultimately betray her. Years later, feeling vulnerable and paranoid, Eva is determined to confront the elusive Romer. Based on the novel by William Boyd.

RESTLESS

Friday, 9 p.m., Sundance Channel

Hipster Christmas

The “New Girl” gang tries to juggle multiple holiday parties in one night and everyone’s a little nervous. Jess (Zooey Deschanel) tries to avoid a remorseful Sam (David Walton). Nick (Jake Johnson) tries to keep up with a ho-on-the go Angie (Olivia Munn) and Winston (Lamorne Morris) panics when he gets a cranberry stuck in his ear. What about Schmidt (Max Greenfield)? Doesn’t he get to do anything in this episode?

NEW GIRL

Tuesday, 9 p.m., Fox

First base

Young Manny (Rico Rodriguez) and Luke (Nolan Gould) get the surprise of their lives when their Little League team unexpectedly makes it to the playoffs. Claire (Julie Bowen, above left) and Cam (Eric Stonestreet) scramble to find a location and decide to do a makeover on a rundown field. Inspired, Claire and Cam want to try their hand at flipping a house while they’re at it, and Phil (Ty Burrell) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) fight over who will be the bad guy to tell them no. Meanwhile, Gloria (Sofia Vergara) tries a bonding technique by using a microphone to sing to her baby in utero, which definitely incites a reaction from her husband (Ed O’Neill).

MODERN FAMILY

Wednesday, 9 p.m., ABC

Cool yule

Oliver (Stephen Amell) discovers that after he and his father went missing, Moira (Susanna Thompson, second from left) and Thea (Willa Holland) stopped celebrating Christmas. Determined to make up for lost time, Oliver decides to throw the family a Christmas party. Meanwhile, Tommy (Colin Donnell) asks Laurel (Katie Cassidy) to spend Christmas with him but she points out that Christmas was also her sister Sara’s birthday and she needs to be with her father (Paul Blackthorne). Meanwhile, Diggle (David Ramsey) tells Oliver someone is murdering the people on his father’s list with arrows. With Colin Salmon.

ARROW

Wednesday, 8 p.m., The CW