Worth Watching: Sci-Fi Finales (‘Discovery,’ ‘Wolves’), ‘Welcome to Flatch,’ NCAA First Round, ‘Minx’ and ‘DMZ’ on HBO Max

In the Season 2 finale of one of TV’s most haunting and visually powerful sci-fi dramas, android Mother (Amanda Collin) takes the veil—a sensory filter worn by the revived “Grandmother” robot—so she can confront her serpent offspring “No. 7” in a climactic showdown that could decide the fate of humanity. It gets weirder from there.

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Small-town life is spoofed in a mockumentary based on a British format, relocated to rural Flatch, Ohio (pop. 1,526), where the living is easy if you keep your expectations low. Creator Jenny Bicks and director/executive producer Paul Feig score droll but obvious points in the jokey set-up, introducing best friend/cousins Kelly (Chelsea Holmes) and Shrub (Sam Straley) as “walking disappointments” who are destined to fail once again at Flatch’s annual Scarecrow Festival. (One of several title cards informs us of the “correlation between small-town traditions and community happiness.”) Among the newer Flatch residents: well-meaning pastor “Father Joe” (Seann William Scott) and his ex, Cheryl (You’re the Worst’s Aya Cash), who’s taken over the local newspaper. If you like what you see, the first seven episodes are available for binge-watching on Hulu, Fox Now and On Demand. But as they say in Flatch, what’s the rush?