Angels Fall

C

Nothing says romance like electroshock therapy. In this first of Lifetime's four Nora Roberts adaptations, Heather Locklear stars as the girlishly named Reece Gilmore, an ex--psychiatric patient/ex-chef haunted by memories of a bloody massacre at her last job. The hysterics- and flash-back-prone gal is shocked, shocked! when nobody believes she witnessed a murder. Will studly mystery writer Brody (Johnathon Schaech, That Thing You Do!) help her crack the case and conquer her demons? We'll keep you in suspense. — Michelle Kung

SEASON PREMIERE

Two-A-Days

B

It's refreshing to watch high schoolers as old-school all-American as the players on the Hoover (Ala.) Buccaneers football team. In season 2 of the real-life Friday Night Lights docuseries, a new batch of seniors worry about pleasing their coach, beating their homecoming rivals, and getting their hair and ties just right for the postgame dance. But as reassuringly wholesome as it is to see MTV teens who aren't either spoiled, drunk, or having a drunk, spoiled threesome, these realistically bland kids just aren't all that riveting. There's a lesson in there, and it doesn't bode well for today's youth. — Josh Wolk

SEASON FINALE

Top Chef

INSIDE LOOK So ends the era of salt and battery. From Betty's tart tongue to the attempted scalping of Marcel (the hazed pledge in Cliff and Ilan's frat-boy fantasies), this season's unseasoned cooks were wilder, meaner, and brattier than last year's. So what can we expect from this second half of the two-part finale? Surprisingly enough, "great food," says head chef Tom Colicchio. ''When we did the restaurant challenge, it was terrible. When we did Thanksgiving, it was terrible, [but] the four of them really cooked well.'' Which means he may finally have something to take away from this turn-and-burn crew besides indigestion.

1 vs. 100

D

This episode hits the trifecta of obnoxious: There're kids (a segment with cheeky tykes as the game show's ''mob''), corporate shilling (D.L. Hughley pops by the set in a plug for Studio 60), and a sellout host (Bob Saget, sardonic during his Entourage cameo, is all sycophantic blandness). How's this for a dubious superlative: He makes Howie look hardcore. — Paul Katz

LAWYERS IN BRIEFS

Love Is a Four Letter Word

Former Focker Teri Polo and Robert Mailhouse (Sports Night) play divorce lawyers who meet cute then meet again in court.

PREVIEW

Super Bowl XLI

We are the Bears/Shufflin' crew/Shufflin' on down/Doin' it for you... What? Oh, sorry — just flashed back to 1985 for a second. After crushing New Orleans, the Chicago Bears are back in the Super Bowl! Here's hoping they cut another rap song. However, even that would have difficulty drawing attention away from Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning, who finally earned his first Bowl berth with a come-from-behind stunner over the Patriots. With an astronomical passer rating and...oh, sorry, forgot — this is an entertainment magazine. Um...Prince is playing the halftime show! — Whitney Pastorek