The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Bates Motel

The Bates is open again for business. After a successful season one, the Psycho prequel series returns, with Freddie Highmore’s Norman Bates obsessing over the death of his English teacher, Miss Watson. But did the skinny high schooler kill her? It’s screaming as usual, meanwhile, for Emmy-nominated Vera Farmiga, who gives full throat to the anxieties of Norman’s unstable mother. Monday, March 3, at 9 p.m., A&E

Those Who Kill

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Are serial killers the new zombies? Indie-film darling Chloë Sevigny joins the burgeoning genre by playing a Pittsburgh homicide detective who’s stewing over a family mystery as she teams with a forensic psychologist (James D’Arcy) to stop a murderer’s spree. Only time will tell whether this adaptation of a Danish crime series can distinguish itself from The Following and its kin, but Sevigny makes it worth a watch. Monday, March 3, at 10 p.m., A&E

Chicagoland

Welcome inside a legendary arena of tough-knuckle politics. This eye-opening, eight-part docuseries about governing Chicago begins with an all-access tour of the challenges confronting hard-charging mayor Rahm Emanuel, who’s been tattooed by one local columnist as “Mayor Daley with a circumcision.” As cameras roll, Emanuel clashes with teachers and parents as he pushes to close 54 schools and winds up being upstaged in eloquence by 9-year-old Asean Johnson. Thursday, March 6, at 10 p.m., CNN

Lindsay

Yes, that Lindsay. Finding a fresh way to broadcast her career implosion, former child star Lindsay Lohan allowed Oprah Winfrey’s crew to follow her as she tries to piece together her personal and professional life after multiple trips to rehab and various self-inflicted humiliations. The eight-part docuseries promises to be a bit of a grab bag, blending interviews, footage of Lohan at home and work, and Oprah’s own attempts to play mentor. Sunday, March 9, at 10 p.m., OWN

Transparent

Discover the half-hour pilot that’s putting Amazon on the map as a producer of original programming. Created by Six Feet Under writer Jill Soloway, Transparent’s first episode was made available for streaming Feb. 6 and looks certain to win the prospective series a green light. Jeffrey Tambor stars as an L.A. divorcé who reveals a big secret to his three self-centered adult children. Available for streaming at Amazon.com

Other highlights

Against the Odds

Discovery’s Military Channel is renaming itself the American Heroes Channel, and launching the rebranding with this dramatic docuseries about real-life bands of brothers who fought valiantly in America’s wars. Monday, March 3, at 10 p.m., AHC

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

This excellent animated series, which has atoned for the myth-ruining Star Wars film prequels, moves from Cartoon Network to Netflix for a concluding sixth season. Available for streaming beginning at 12:01 a.m., Friday, March 7, Netflix

The Trip to Bountiful

Cicely Tyson reprises her Tony-winning role in a small-screen adaptation of Horton Foote’s drama about an elderly Texas woman who makes a pilgrimage to her rural hometown. Saturday, March 8, at 8 p.m., Lifetime