Baby Talk on ‘Good Doctor,’ Explosive ‘Will Trent’ Premiere, ‘Quantum Leap’ Finale, A ‘Stewardess’ Revolution

Season Premiere

10/9c

On a new night for its seventh and (prematurely) final season, the emotional medical drama picks up two weeks into Dr. Shaun Murphy’s (Freddie Highmore) and wife Lea’s (Paige Spara) new adventure as parents of infant son Steve (named after his late brother). No surprise that Shaun is controlling when it comes to the baby’s nap schedule. But he takes his eye off the home clock when a medical crisis involving two babies challenges his return to San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. The dilemma directly involves Eden, the adopted daughter of Morgan (Fiona Gubelmann), who Dr. Park (Will Yun Lee) is also helping to raise—when she lets him. Eden needs a new heart, but so does another baby currently under the hospital’s care. Can Shaun come up with a way to save them both? Elsewhere, Dr. Glassman (Richard Schiff)—who’s still not speaking to Shaun—and Dr. Lim (Christina Chang) clash over who’ll take over from the departed Dr. Andrews (Hill Harper) as interim hospital president.

Season Premiere

8/7c

Also in a new time period, last season’s breakout crime drama (inspired by Karin Slaughter’s page-turners) puts the dyslexic GBI agent (Ramón Rodríguez) in harm’s way as he investigates a series of car bombings. This Is Us alum Susan Kelechi Watson guests as alluring Bomb Squad tech Cricket Dawson, who takes a shine to Will in a way that even his trusty Chihuahua Betty might approve. The story picks up six months after Will’s former love interest, APD Detective Angie Polaski (Erika Christensen), was attacked by the serial killer (Greg Germann) who might or might not be Will’s biological father. Her recovery is going more slowly than she would like, but she knows Will, with whom she shares a traumatic foster-care past, will always be there for her.

Season Finale

10/9c

The time-tripping reboot wraps its second season with back-to-back episodes set in the 1970s. First, Ben (Raymond Lee) leaps into the body of a Baltimore firefighter and reunites with his former flame Hannah (Eliza Taylor) and her son Jeffrey (Connor Esterson) while trying to save them from a blazing towering inferno. Then he’s behind the wheel of a racing stock car, where Ben hopes to outpace a threat from the future and save the entire Quantum Leap program.

9/8c

American Experience lifts off with Fly With Me, a captivating two-hour history of female flight attendants—once referred to and marketed as “stewardesses”—as they sought the adventure of world travel while learning “the high cost of conformity.” Initially not allowed to be wed or have children, regularly weighed and forced to retire as early as 32, these high-flying women would eventually fight back against age, racial, gender and wage discrimination to truly earn their wings.

INSIDE TUESDAY TV:

• Crime Nation (8/7c, The CW): A new entry into the crowded true-crime field takes two-hour deep dives into sensational cases, starting with the unresolved 2017 murders of two teen girls in Delphi, Indiana.
• FBI (8/7c, CBS): Jubal (Jeremy Sisto) faces personal and professional pressure when his son is suspended from school, and a link to one of his past cases complicates the investigation into the murder of the president of the NY Fed. Followed by FBI: International (9/8c), where the Fly Team adjusts to their new HQ, then it’s off to Tripoli to rescue an imprisoned ex-agent, and FBI: Most Wanted (10/9c), which sends the Fugitive Task Force after bombers targeting retired NYPD officers.
• Night Court (8/7c, NBC): Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars) guests as an HR rep who catches Judge Abby’s (Melissa Rauch) eye. Will this affect his message about respect in the workplace?
• The Rookie (9/8, ABC): The sixth season opens with the L.A. cops seeking answers to why they were targeted in last season’s cliffhanger, while Nolan (Nathan Fillion) prepares for his wedding to Bailey (Jenna Dewan).
• Little People, Big World (9/8c, TLC): The reality show marks its 25^th season with Matt’s surprise proposal to Caryn, an event upstaged by a crisis when son Zach is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.
• Renovation Aloha (9/9c, HGTV): Married home-renovation experts Tristyn and Kamohai Kalama were born and raised on beautiful Oahu, where they call in members of their huge family (including 87 first cousins!), many with construction experience, to help restore homes in need—starting with a dilapidated property with trees growing through the roof.
• Mike Epps: Ready to Sell Out (streaming on Netflix): The comedian, who stars in the streamer’s sitcom The Upshaws, headlines his fourth Netflix comedy special, regaling a Phoenix audience with his salty observations about fame, misfortune and relationships.