Tonight in HD: October 26

V (TV2, 10.30)

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Joey becomes convinced that Monica’s having an affair; Rachel gives her phone number to a guy at a bar; Ross and Mike find they have nothing to talk about. ✫✫✫

Shortland Street (TV2, 7.00) Maxwell puts temptation at arm’s length; Sarah reaches out; Gabrielle’s operation fails to have the desired effect. ✫✫✫

Underbelly: Razor (TV3, 8.30) Phil Jeffs adulterates Kate’s cocaine supply and slashes Tilly’s highest earning girl. “The conflation of sex and violence that has characterised this instalment of the Underbelly franchise reaches a ludicrous apogee in a scene tonight that is part Peckinpah, part video clip, part soft-core porn,” the Sydney Morning Herald said, but acknowledged “the whole thing moves along in an entertaining fashion”. ✫✫✫✫

Harry’s Law (TV One, 9.30) Harry must prove the innocence of an inmate (guest star Steve Harris) who’s been in prison for years, while Adam’s Laundromat case continues to escalate. ✫✫

The Borgias (TV3, 9.30, 5.1) Lucrezia asks Giulia to help her prepare for her wedding day. However, she is devastated when informed of her father’s decision that Vanozza – her mother – is not allowed to attend the wedding. ✫✫✫✫

V (TV2, 10.45) The action continues from last season’s finale when Anna unleashed Red Sky on the planet. Entertainment Weekly thought it “sharper and more focused” and the Philadelphia Daily News, “more fun“. But the New York Post said the premiere “lacks shock and awe” while the Boston Herald quipped it was “stuck in the past of a 25-year-old show. It needs to shed that skin”. ✫✫✫

CSI (TV3, 11.25, 5.1, R) In part three of the three-part CSI trilogy crossover, Ray searches for a missing girl being held hostage by human traffickers. ✫✫