TV tonight: 'Agent Carter,' 'Forever,' 'Justified'

Robert Bianco | USA TODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption Critic's Corner: ABC's 'Forever' is getting off-track USA TODAY's Robert Bianco previews ABC's 'Forever.' In order for the show to live up to its name, the drama series needs to stop adding so many distracting jumps.

Agent Carter

ABC, 9 ET/PT

Peggy Carter goes back to her bigscreen roots, as she's reunited with her Howling Commandos. While that means a welcome visit by Neal McDonough, let's hope the episode doesn't make the usual Marvel mistake of assuming we're all up to speed on the movies and myths — an error the much more TV-savvy DC Comics generally avoids.

Forever

ABC, 10 ET/PT

This fantasy-laden procedural offers one of its better episodes with a murder linked to World War II art thefts and Abe's past as a Holocaust survivor. Unfortunately, the show doesn't seem to realize that Abe's story is enough, wasting time instead on yet another flashback to Henry's past — this one dealing with the slave trade — that pads rather than expands. Forever can be an enjoyable show when it's entrenched in the present. And if it wants to remain part of TV's present, it might want to stay there more often.

Justified

FX, 10 ET/PT

We get our first in-action look at the season's big bad (whom we won't name just in case you haven't figured it out) — and odds are you'll leave this excellent episode confident that you're in much better hands this season. This is a villain and actor who belongs on screen with Raylan and Boyd (Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins), and that's about as high a compliment as one can give.

