Downton Abbey SERIES FINALE Review
FRIDAY
"House of Cards":Haven"t had enough real-life politics? Season 4 finds Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) pursuing a second term as President, even as his marriage to his equally ambitious First Lady Claire (Robin Wright) is tangled in recriminations and conflict. (Episodes stream beginning Friday, March 4; Netflix)
SATURDAY"MythBusters":After 14 seasons, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman bust their last myth, as the series airs its finale. (8 p.m., Discovery)
SUNDAY"Downton Abbey": Stock up on the embroidered handkerchiefs and strong tea, because the saga of the aristocratic Crawleys and their household staff is ending, with the Season 6 finale. (9 p.m. PBS/10)
"The Walking Dead": So, if you thought the show would turn into a rom-com once Rick and Michonne got together, think again. (9 p.m. AMC)
MONDAY
"Bates Motel": It"s the fourth-season premiere for this show set in the fictional Oregon coastal town of White Pine Bay, which is actually Vancouver, B.C. Young Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga) return, and things are getting scary. (9 p.m. A&E)
"Damien":In this thriller developed by Glen Mazzara ("The Walking Dead") and inspired by the 1976 horror film "The Omen," a grown-up Damien (Bradley James) has to come to grips with the fact that he"s the Antichrist. (10 p.m. A&E)Tuesday
"Of Kings and Prophets":Set a thousand years before Christ, this new Biblical drama centers on King Saul, Samuel and David, with plenty of battles and betrayal. (10 p.m. ABC/2)
WEDNESDAY
"Underground":Aldis Hodge, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Christopher Meloni and Portland native Johnny Ray Gill star in this new historical drama about the Underground Railroad, set in 1857, with slaves on a Georgia plantation working together to escape. (7 p.m., and repeats at 8, 9 and 10 p.m., WGN America)
THURSDAY
"Top Chef":The three top finishers head to Las Vegas as finals begin. (9 p.m. Bravo)
-- Kristi Turnquist
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Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2016/03/tv_this_week_house_of_cards_ba.html
