GIRLS
Today, 9 p.m., HBO
THE AMERICANS
Wednesday, 10 p.m., FX
THE BIG BANG THEORY
Thursday, 8 p.m., CBS
RESTLESS VIRGINS
Saturday, 8 p.m., Lifetime
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Worried ‘widow’
Didn’t this show used to star Ashley Judd? Last year it was called “Missing.” This year, it’s called “Red Widow.” In the first of two back-to-back episodes, Marin County homemaker Marta Walraven (Radha Mitchell) has a mobster father. When her drug kingpin husband, Evan, is gunned down in the driveway, she knows she’s going to have to skip a few Pilates classes and protect her youngins. An FBI agent promises justice in exchange for her cooperation, but Marta is on the fence. Her husband’s business partners were involved in the theft of millions of dollars of cocaine from international crime boss Nicholae Schiller. As far as he’s concerned, Evan’s debt is not clear. And now we get to the Ashley Judd part. It is up to Marta, as the widow, to navigate the underworld in order to repay this debt — however Schiller sees fit.
RED WIDOW
Today, 9 and 10 p.m., ABC
Meet the parents
Hannah (Lena Dunham) tries to hide mounting anxiety about her book from her visiting parents (Becky Ann Baker and Peter Scolari). Marnie (Allison Williams) is stunned to learn that Charlie (Chris Abbott) has started a successful app company; Adam (Adam Driver) meets a woman (Carol Kane) who coaxes him into dating her daughter; and Ray’s (Alex Karpovsky) aversion to college parties gives Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) pause. Judy Collins makes a cameo.
GIRLS
Today, 9 p.m., HBO
Carrie sneaks away
Carrie (AnnaSophia Robb) is thrilled when the social event of the season for juniors and seniors provides the perfect cover for a night out in Manhattan with Larissa (Freema Agyeman) and her Interview co-workers — until a surprising encounter turns her night upside down. Maggie (Katie Findlay) and Mouse (Ellen Wong) confront Sebastian (Austin Butler) about his feelings for Carrie and tell him he better make a grand gesture if he wants her to talk to him again. Harlan (Scott Cohen) finally convinces Tom (Matt Letscher) to go on a double date. Meanwhile, Maggie tries to find the courage to tell Walt (Brendan Dooling) about Simon before Donna LaDonna (Chloe Bridges) opens her big trap.
THE CARRIE DIARIES
Monday, 8 p.m., The CW
Mr. and Mrs. Perfect
A mole hunt within the KGB causes suspicion among allies and shatters trust between Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell). Meanwhile, Stan’s (Noah Emmerich) plan to keep his mole safe puts her at even greater risk.
THE AMERICANS
Wednesday, 10 p.m., FX
Parsons in charge
It had to be a true story. A scholarship student and school newspaper editor (Vanessa Marano) discovers that five senior members of the lacrosse team at her snooty New England prep school have made a sex tape with a classmate and she blows the lid off the school by releasing the tape virally. The scandal made national headlines and inspired a nonfiction book account and led to the expulsion of multiple students, including a US Senator’s son. “Restless Virgins” co-stars Timothy Busfield and Max Lloyd-Jones.
RESTLESS VIRGINS
Saturday, 8 p.m., Lifetime