Where we left off

‘Chuck’

Chuck had an identity crisis and quit being a spy for which he got a nice fat check. But then stuff got in the way, like that pesky Intersect and people dying. (Roark and Bryce!) Chuck thought, “Hmm, maybe I was wrong” and used the Intersect one last time, a good thing because it taught him kung fu and he became our favorite spy again.

9 to 11 tonight; 8 p.m. Monday, NBC

‘Big Love’

Bill kicked Nicki out, but then everyone found out that she has a 14-year-old daughter from another marriage and she was welcomed home again because there are never enough wives or children in the Hendrickson household. But what did that kumbaya moment under the stars mean? Are the Greenes gone forever? We don’t know, but Roman Grant sure is. Alby messed up killing his daddy, but Joey nailed it. We’ll miss the Prophet of Juniper Creek most of all.

9 tonight, HBO

‘24’

Jack Bauer, the last time we saw you, you were reflecting on your life as you (gasp!) were dying. We’ve seen the trailers. We know you live. We can’t wait to see you yelling “Patch me through to the president, now!” all over New York City.

9 to 11 p.m. next Sunday; 8 to 10 p.m. Jan. 18, Fox

‘Damages’

Ellen is so tough. She pointed a gun at Patty to coerce a confession out of her, even shot out a security camera for effect. But all along, Patty had been bleeding from just having been stabbed in the elevator and never said a word. Who’s the tough lady now? In the end, after many convoluted complications, Patty was healing, Tom was back at her side as her right-hand man, and Ellen told her dead fiancé that she’s got a new job offer. “Damages” is a pretty good title for this show.

10 p.m. Jan. 25, FX

‘Lost’

It’s quite possible the plane crash never happened and this island we’ve been obsessing over for six years is just a boring tropical slab of terrain in the middle of the South Pacific. Thanks, Juliet.

9 p.m. Feb. 2, ABC

‘Breaking Bad’

Two planes collided midair over Walt, but that was not the worst thing that happened to him. As you recall, Walt, a chemistry teacher, got cancer, so he started dealing meth to support his family. Things went very wrong. Walt lied to anyone who would listen. People died, including Jesse’s new girlfriend, so Jesse fell apart. Skyler had the baby and finally figured out she’s married to Pinocchio. She’s gone.

March TBD, AMC

‘Nurse Jackie’

For a while, life was nice for Nurse Jackie. She had an attentive husband, two lovely daughters, a job she loves, a boyfriend who supplied her prescription drugs, and a witty BFF. Then the boyfriend lost his job, the access to the pills got tougher with a new computer, and the boyfriend discovered she’s a married mommy. Oh, snap! Nurse Jackie caved in and listened to the little doctor’s voice inside her: “Take three morphine tablets and call me in the morning.”

10 p.m. March 22, Showtime

‘United States of Tara’

Why are there so many Taras? We spent all season getting to the bottom of the rape that caused Tara’s dissociative identity disorder only to find out that it wasn’t Tara who was raped. It was her alter teen, T. And now there’s another Tara who likes to pee on people when they sleep? We’re exhausted, and we don’t even live with her.

10:30 p.m. March 22, Showtime

‘The Tudors’

King Henry VIII got married to Anne a month ago and nothing’s happening in the bedroom, if you know what we mean. Anne was patient, but Henry wasn’t. Someone got the bright idea to make over a 17-year-old prostitute and bring her to the king. He was pleased. So was his libido. He decided to annul his marriage on the basis that Anne had been promised to someone else and because he now wants to refer to his wife as his sister. Cromwell was promoted, promptly demoted and hanged while the king and his mistress rolled around on the straw-covered floor. Some things can’t wait.

9 p.m. April 11, Showtime

maria.elena.fernandez@latimes.com