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TV picks: ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Gotham,’ a Philly-focused ‘Frontline’ on abortion, and more

What's new or noteworthy on television for the week of April 21.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the April 21, 2019, episode of HBO's "Game of Thrones."
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the April 21, 2019, episode of HBO's "Game of Thrones."Read moreHelen Sloan/HBO

Killing Eve. It’s back-to-school night for Eve (Sandra Oh) as she accompanies her teacher husband (Owen McDonnell) to an event. What could possibly go wrong? 8 p.m. Sunday, BBC America, AMC.

Game of Thrones. No, I don’t know what’s going to happen next. But from the pictures HBO has released of this episode, it looks as though Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) might be getting less than a hero’s welcome at Winterfell. 9 p.m. Sunday, April 21, HBO.

Under the Wire. Based on the book by war photographer Paul Conroy, this documentary is about his final assignment with Marie Colvin. Colvin, who was killed in Syria in 2012 while covering the siege of Homs, was also the subject of the 2018 film A Private War, starring Rosamund Pike. 9 p.m. Monday, April 22, Starz.

Independent Lens: Charm City. Director Marilyn Ness first won the trust of the people participating in this look at neighborhoods in Baltimore during a turbulent period in the city’s history by showing up for months without the cameras. Filming began a few months before the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in police custody and continued long after the national news teams left. 10 p.m. Monday, April 22, WHYY12.

Gentleman Jack. From Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax) comes this new historical drama about Anne Lister, a 19th-century Englishwoman who lived by her own rules and left behind diary accounts of her love affairs with women. A co-production between HBO and the BBC, it stars Suranne Jones as Lister. 10 p.m. Monday, April 22, HBO.

Being Mary Jane. Fans of the addictive Gabrielle Union series about a TV newswoman with a complicated personal life won’t want to miss the two-hour movie that wraps up the story. 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, BET.

1969. Premiere of new documentary series about that momentous year kicks off with a look back at the first moon landing, including some of the women who helped put the first two men on the lunar surface. 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, ABC.

Frontline: The Abortion Divide. Thirty-six years after Frontline went to an abortion clinic in Chester to film a story tied to the 10-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the PBS news magazine comes to the Philadelphia Women’s Center to look at the still divisive issue through the eyes of patients, providers, and protesters. It also visits a pregnancy counseling center that steers women away from abortions and offers them support (but not birth control), and a shelter in Upper Darby for pregnant women and new mothers. 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, WHYY12.

Gotham. The series finale of the Batman prequel drama is expected to fast-forward 10 years to the rise of a certain cowled hero. 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25, Fox.

Chambers. Syran Alyra Rose stars in this slow-moving horror series as a teen whose life changes in unexpected ways after a heart transplant. The big shocker here is the presence of Uma Thurman and Tony Goldwyn as the donor’s bereaved parents. Friday, April 26, Netflix.