Big Little Lies
Sunday, 9 p.m., HBO
Sunday night’s finale of “Big Little Lies” is one of most anxiously anticipated of the year. Who has Jane Chapman (Shailene Woodley) been chasing on the beach? Who has been bullying Amabella Klein (Ivy George) in school? Who has been ironing Madeline’s (Reese Witherspoon) hair so that it always looks perfect? Most importantly, who has committed the murder so deliciously hinted at in the first episode? And who dies?
The setting is the school fund-raiser. The women come dressed as one of Audrey Hepburn’s screen roles while the men choose one of Elvis Presley’s incarnations. Among the guests is mellow dad Nathan Carlson (James Tupper), who reveals previously unheard musical talent. Tupper, 51, spoke to The Post from sunny California, where everyone was having a good day.
As everyone gets ready to go to the fund-raiser, what’s the prevailing mood?
Well, I think murder is in the air. We shot that scene, it felt like 20 days in a row. We started at dark and went till sun-up. At one point I believed I was dead, and kept doing the scene over and over.
Were certain people barred from the set so they would not see key scenes?
The novel’s available, so we did not have that kind of security. We understood we’re not supposed to say anything. Everyone I know has told me who they think the killer is. I tell them they’re right. No one has actually guessed the real killer.
What is your costume?
Elvis in “Jailhouse Rock.”
What song do you sing?
“How’s the World Treating You?”
Why do Nathan and Ed (Adam Scott) hate each other?
I just take issue with the way he’s raised my daughter.
What was your favorite relationship among the characters?
I was moved by Jane’s relationship with Ziggy (Iain Armitage). The good spirit and love she had was more important than people saying his possible bullying of the girl was genetically based.
What can you tell us about Nicole Kidman that we don’t know?
When you meet her, it’s wild, but she has an aura. You feel like you’re underwater looking up at the light. She’s so centered and she takes you in. She goes through the world like that and it’s kind of profound. It’s very vulnerable and open.
Of the all the houses on the show, which one would you like to live in?
I think [Alexander] Skarsgård’s got it good. I like that view.
And here’s what else to watch this week:
Prison Break
Tuesday, 9 p.m., Fox
Series premiere. Seven years have elapsed since Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller, below left) was presumed dead. He’s not! His brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell, below right), goes to Yemen, where his mates Sucre (Amaury Nolasco), T-Bag (Robert Knepper) and C-Note (Rockmond Dunbar) plan the biggest escape ever. Danger!
Shots Fired
Wednesday, 8 p.m., Fox
Preston (Stephan James) visits Jesse Carr’s fraternity in search of clues in his murder. Ashe (Sanaa Lathan) trails witnesses in the Joey Campbell case. Meanwhile, Governor Eamons’ (Helen Hunt) rival, Penn Moder (Ronald Keith Harris Jr.), seeks the support of Jesse’s mother, Alicia (Jill Hennessy).
Feud
Sunday, 10 p.m., FX
With Hollywood rooting for Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) to win a third Best Actress Oscar for “Baby Jane,” the malevolently sour Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange, inset) and Hedda Hopper (Judy Davis) launch a campaign against her that involves Davis’ fellow nominees, such as Geraldine Page (Sarah Paulson).
The Real Housewives of New York City
Wednesday, 9 p.m., Bravo
Season premiere. Original ‘Housewives’ Ramona Singer and Luann D’Agostino are still kicking. Defector Bethenny Frankel is back, fresh from divorce court. Sonja Morgan spreads ill will. How will newbie Tinsley Mortimer fare in this henhouse?
First Dates
Friday, 8 p.m., NBC
Series premiere. Drew Barrymore narrates this reality show which spies on five first dates happening on the same night in a Chicago restaurant. A hidden camera reveals the awkward and random things that can occur between strangers. At the end of each hour, the daters will reveal to one another if they’d like to see each other again or if they will return to love’s lonely drawing board.
The Son
Saturday, 9 p.m., AMC
Series premiere. In 1849, Eli McCullough (Jacob Lofland) is kidnapped and indoctrinated into a tribe of Comanches. To say this experience toughens him up is an understatement. When Eli grows up and becomes the ruthless patriarch of a cattle empire, he is played by Pierce Brosnan. Prone to power struggles, he makes an enemy of his neighbor, Pedro Garcia (Carlos Bardem). Fireworks ensue.
The Kennedys: After Camelot
Sunday, 9 p.m., Reelz
Series premiere. Following the deaths of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, Jackie (Katie Holmes) and Ted (Matthew Perry) take different paths. Jackie heads straight into the arms of Aristotle Onassis (Alexander Siddig). Ted drives off the bridge at Chappaquiddick with Mary Jo Kophecne (Kelly Van der Burg) in the car. Ten hours later, he tells the police …