Tonight in HD: August 11

Couples Retreat (TV3, 8.30)

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R)

Monica desperately tries to figure out a secret cookie recipe; Chandler fails to impress Monica’s father.

Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00)

Tracey and Scotty start their adventure; Ula’s popularity takes a dive; Winston loses control.

Chuck (TV2, 8.30)

After their first real fight, Chuck avoids Sarah by going on a rogue mission that leads him to his mother’s MI6 handler. Timothy Dalton guest stars. Reviews: AV Club, What’s Alan Watching?

Movie: Couples Retreat (TV3, 8.30)

Four couples go to a tropical island and get sucked into the resort’s couples therapy. Vince Vaughan, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis and Kristen Bell star. (2009)

Fringe (TV2, 10.30)

When the Fringe team visits Massive Dynamic’s assembly of doomsday device, Walter becomes concerned for Peter’s wellbeing – so he turns to Nina for help. Reviews: IGN, AV Club, What’s Alan Watching?

Criminal Minds (TV One, 12.20, R)

A man is jumping trains along Highway 99, brutally killing couples in their homes whenever he stops.

Life on Mars (TV3, 12.05, 5.1, R)

A famous newspaper columnist turns up dead and Sam is certain he knows the killer … someone he remembers from another murder case 35 years in the future.