Here are the shows everyone should take time out to watch this week:
1) Dallas
With the death of Larry Hagman, you knew the passing of J.R. Ewing would have to be addressed. In this episode, titled J.R.'s Masterpiece, friends and foes absorb the enormity of what has occurred, with perhaps one final twist.
When: Monday on Bravo
2) Jack
A two-hour made-for-TV movie about Canadian federal NDP leader Jack Layton, who tragically passed away mere months after his greatest electoral triumph. Rick Roberts plays Layton, with Sook-Yin Lee as Layton's wife Olivia Chow.
When: Sunday on CBC
3) The Client List
Second-season debut of this series starring Jennifer Love Hewitt as Riley Parks, an employee at a massage parlour that offers "extras" to its customers. Turns out Riley's no-good husband Kyle (Brian Hallisay) is complicating her life again.
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