CLEVELAND, Ohio — Second seasons for three acclaimed shows — “The Terror,” “Lodge 49” and “Mindhunter” — are among the top viewing choices for the week:
“Lodge 49” (10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, AMC): This lighthearted and charming cable series returns with the lead character, ever-optimistic ex-surfer Dud (Wyatt Russell), believing he has a new lease on life after surviving a shark attack. When we first met the endearing Dud, he was drifting after the death of his father and the collapse of the family business in Long Beach, California. Dud believed he had found the right direction when chance or fate sent him to a fraternal order known as the Lynx. Packed with whimsy and wisdom, the wonderfully engaging comedy-drama-philosophy mix also stars Brent Jennings as Ernie, Sonya Cassidy as Liz, Linda Emond as Connie, Eric Allan Kramer as Scott and David Pasquesi as Blaise.
“The Terror: Infamy” (9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, AMC): The sensational first season of executive producer Ridley Scott’s horror drama was based on Dan Simmons’ 2007 novel that blended historical facts with supernatural fiction. The 10-episode second season “Infmay,” created by Max Borenstein and writer-producer-show runner Alexander Woo (“True Blood”), explores a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese-American community in an internment camp during World War II. Derek Mio stars as Chester Nakayama, a young man seeking to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible for the killings. Also in the cast are Kiki Sukezane, Naoko Mori and series consultant George Takei (“Star Trek”), who was imprisoned in two Japanese-American internment camps after the outbreak of World War II.
“Mindhunter” (Friday, August 16, Netflix): Based on the nonfiction true-crime book “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit” by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker, the outstanding drama stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany as special agents in the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit. The mesmerizing first season ended with a harrowing encounter for agent Holden Ford (Groff). The second season will follow Ford and Bill Tench as they probe further into the psyches of those who have done the unthinkable.