Welcome to Now See This, THR chief TV critic Daniel Fienberg’s weekly viewer guide newsletter dedicated to cutting through the daunting clutter of the broadcast, cable and streaming TV landscape! Comments and suggestions welcome at daniel.fienberg@thr.com.

Running Up That Hillerman

Since his role in the second season of FX's Fargo, Zahn McClarnon has been on a tear and his past year has been particularly good, with an Emmy-worthy supporting role on Reservation Dogs, a memorable guest turn on Hawkeye and now his top-of-the-call-sheet performance as Joe Leaphorn in AMC's  Dark Winds . The adaptation of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn & Chee series doesn't work as well when it's trying to be a mystery, but it's a character-rich introduction to the Navajo-centric books and McClarnon is especially good and understated, blending humor, emotional pain and general inquisitiveness. Dark Winds premieres Sunday, so read Rebecca Keegan's THR cover story about its long development process to whet your appetite.

'Evil' of Destruction

Not one but two shows from my Top 10 list for 2021 are returning this weekend, so don't let anybody tell you that the good TV stopped with the Emmy deadline of May 31. Robert and Michelle King's horror dramedy Evil , which began on CBS but moved to Paramount+, is off to a promising start through the quartet of season 3 episodes I've seen. There are bat demons, spooky urban legends and the sort of aggressive mockery of social media and online influencing that the Kings are known for, plus more of the great Andrea Martin, fantastic overlapping dialogue from Kristen's (Katia Herbers) daughters and, in the premiere, a closing salute to the late Peter Scolari. Evil is genuinely creepy, explosively funny and the deep cast is always a blast. 

'Mankind' Rewind

Also returning for its third season is Apple TV+'s space travel alt history For All Mankind. This run of episodes is built around a three-way race to Mars and continues the show's commitment to brainy speculative fiction, some of the most ambitious special effects on TV and an ensemble so good that the writers refuse to leave them behind — even if, frankly, having some of these characters involved in the space program at their respective ages strains both credulity and the makeup budget. For All Mankind  is a show that loves scientific process and human ingenuity and even if the new season is perhaps showing a few more cracks in the facade than the last, I admire its big swings tremendously.

'Folk' Gets in Your Eyes

Queer as Folk began life as a boundary-breaking Channel 4 drama in 1999 and was adapted into a Showtime series soon after. The brand's latest reimagining comes from Stephen Dunn, capturing the new realities of LGBTQ+ life in New Orleans, following a diverse group of friends and lovers in the aftermath of a Pulse-esque mass shooting. It sounds heavy, but as our Angie Han notes , the show balances "painful excavations of trauma" with "defiant joy." The new Queer as Folk  is now on Peacock and for more on the show's decision to build its story on hopeful rebuilding from tragedy, give a listen to this week's TV's Top 5 podcast interview with Dunn.

Tonys, Tonys, Tonys Have Done It Again

The Tony Awards are Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall and if you're like me, you've seen none of this year's nominees. You can get up to speed by reading or listening to Scott Feinberg's roundtable interview featuring Jesse Williams, Hugh Jackman, Ruth Negga and more. You can also watch Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose's Oscar-winning performance in West Side Story on HBO Max or Disney+ or check out earlier filmed versions of 2022 Tony nominees including  For Colored Girls… (HBO Max), American Buffalo (Tubi) and Macbeth  (Apple TV+). Or just tune in to CBS or Paramount+ on Sunday night and assume you'll be able to figure out what's going on.

This Week's THR Staff Pick

Erik Hayden, executive editor, business, raves, "Apple TV+’s Tehran, a thriller about Mossad agents in Iran, is one part The Americans (how spies live undercover in hostile territory) and another part Fauda (unlikely rescue/sabotage missions in said hostile territory) along with smart plotting and multi-dimensional characters on multiple sides of the conflict, in particular Homeland vet Shaun Toub as an Iranian intelligence officer. Season 2, which unspools its last two episodes June 10 and 17, adds Glenn Close as a shadowy figure central to the cloak-and-dagger theatrics."