The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Thorne: Sleepyhead/Scaredy Cat

“You don’t need evidence—you’re Tom Thorne!” a colleague remarks in frustration to the titular detective inspector in this pair of dark thrillers adapted from Mark Billingham’s best-selling mysteries. In both, Thorne (David Morrissey of State of Play) pursues killers aided by his only friend, a pathologist (Aidan Gillen of The Wire). Sleepyhead also features Natascha McElhone; Sandra Oh co-stars in Scaredy Cat. Tuesday–Wednesday, June 12–13, at 9 p.m., Encore

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In intimate interviews conducted at his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine, and at his presidential library in Texas, former President George H.W. Bush looks back at both his personal and political life. This affectionate profile includes Bush’s reflections on such events as his World War II service, his vice presidency under Ronald Reagan, and Operation Desert Storm. Thursday, June 14, at 9 p.m., HBO

The Other F Word

What happens when anti-authority musicians have kids? This documentary explores the soft side of the hard-rocking dads in such bands as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182, Rancid, and Pennywise. The musicians talk candidly about such challenges as managing family responsibilities while touring and curtailing their lifestyle excesses for the sake of their children. Thursday, June 14, at 9 p.m., Showtime

Independent Lens: We Were Here

Between 1994 and 1997, the number of yearly AIDS deaths in San Francisco declined to 422 from 1,592. By then, however, 15,548 San Franciscans had died in the epidemic. David Weissman’s intensely moving documentary focuses on five people who lived through that time. Each one—whether caregiver, activist, researcher, friend, lover, or HIV sufferer—has a powerful personal story that evokes a singular passage in San Francisco’s history. Thursday, June 14, at 10 p.m., PBS; check local listings

Falling Skies

What have the aliens done with former history professor Tom Mason? At the close of this sci-fi series’s award-winning first season, Mason (Noah Wyle) accepted an invitation to board a spacecraft belonging to the alien force he’d been battling as a commander in a ragtag resistance army. In the Season 2 premiere, Mason’s fate is revealed. Top-notch special effects—courtesy of producer Steven Spielberg—distinguish this action saga. Sunday, June 17, at 9 p.m., TNT

Other highlights

Suits

Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams return to their roles as a top corporate lawyer and his assistant, a faux attorney with a photographic memory. Thursday, June 14, at 10 p.m., USA

1962 U.S. Open: Jack’s First Major

New interviews with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer highlight this documentary about Nicklaus’s first big title. Sunday, June 17, at 2 p.m., NBC; check local listings

HIV & AIDS: Awareness and Compassion

A look at how various religious groups are working to help people affected by HIV and AIDS. Sunday, June 17, CBS; check local listings for time