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AMC, 10:08 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: This new limited series stars Jason Segel as Peter, a morose but attentive man drawn into what may be either an intricate real-life role-playing game or an alternate reality of sorts. He ends up being teamed with a trio of similarly adrift folks, played by Sally Field, Andre Benjamin and Eve Lindley – all of whom are moved around Philadelphia and elsewhere by a mysterious figure from an even more mysterious corporation. He’s played by Richard E. Grant – and his introduction, in the first 30 seconds of tonight’s premiere, ranks as one of the most inventive and arresting openings of a TV series ever made. Perhaps the most. Don’t miss it. For full reviews, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower, and Mike Hughes' Open Mike.