BACK TO LIFE 10 p.m. on Showtime. Life for Miri Matteson (Daisy Haggard) post prison hasn’t been easy. Members of her small coastal community have responded to her return by leaving offensive graffiti on her parents’ house, lobbing a brick at her through a window at her new job and sending her a very unpleasant package in the mail. But Miri has soldiered on, trying to convince people that she’s not the monster they think she is, working to repair her strained relationship with her mother, reconnecting with old friends and even testing the waters with a new love interest. In the final two episodes of the first season, Miri confronts the unforgiving residents of her town and learns about the events that led to the death of her friend.

CHRISTMAS 9 TO 5 8 p.m. on Lifetime. The latest installment of Lifetime’s holiday programming touches on a topical phenomenon : the decline of the American department store. Jennifer (played by Tiya Sircar) is an investigative reporter who goes undercover as a store clerk at Desmond’s, an outlet known for its holiday decorations and festivities. There, she starts up a workplace romance with Jack (Joe Dinicol), who informs her that the store will be closing after Christmas. Together they work to restore Desmond’s to its former glory .