In Treatment begins its home stretch tonight, with the end of the Sophie story. It seems that almost everything HBO has done lately falls into two categories: misbegotten all the way around (John From Cincinnati) or brave but viewer-challenged. In Treatment is in the latter category, at least for me. I found the time commitment no big drawback, especially considering how often the episodes were rerun, and the various plots, including the overarching story of Paul Weston himself, gained momentum with time. But getting people to watch in the first place proved to be a problem for HBO, perhaps due to the glut of therapy shows they've had lately.

Tonight (9:30 PM), Sophie finally confronts her father, after coming to understand that she is not at fault for the end of her parents' marriage and her father's inability to maintain boundaries. Hopefully, it will be a reasonably happy ending for the patient that most viewers found themselves caring about more than any other. Actress Mia Wasikowska gets most of the credit there; the young Australian is too good to just disappear. And so is In Treatment, although HBO might not agree.

America's Next Top Model (CW, 8 PM): It's never too early to start posing nude, as one woman finds when she wins a pose-off. Also, drama builds in the house thanks to one woman who allows her alarm clock to ring incessantly.

Big Brother 9 (CBS, 8 PM): Either Chelsia or Sharon will be evicted. Chelsia has been picking up the sex slack in there, and now she's in serious danger of leaving. These houseguests think nothing of our entertainment needs.

Donut Paradise (Travel, 8 PM): Seriously, why do they do this to me? A search for the best donuts out there; at an hour, I'm not sure my waist can take it.

Explorer (National Geographic, 8 PM): A look at illegal immigration along the Mexico/US border, from the perspective of both border patrol officers and the immigrants, some of whom are smuggling drugs.

Most Shocking (TruTV, 8 PM): Road rage is even spreading to cyclists now, as a crazed pedaler attacks a cabbie with a knife. Also, a riot at a monster truck rally, which sounds just a bit redundant.

Wife Swap (ABC, 8 PM): An ultra clean mom who raises her daughters to be regimented swaps into a family of carnies that lives in a trailer.

American Idol (Fox, 9 PM): Kimberley Locke, the one five years ago who wasn't Ruben or Clay, comes back to perform tonight, before somebody, hopefully the sweet but badly overmatched Ramiele Malubay, is shown the gate.

Deserving Design (HGTV, 9 PM): A mom who moved across the country for her children's education gets a new dining room.

Ghost Hunters (SciFi, 9 PM): The team investigates a bed-and-breakfast in Gettysburg that once served as headquarters for a Confederate general.

Destination Truth (SciFi, 10 PM): This show is like a comic book come to life. Josh Gates goes in search of a legendary Vietnamese sea monster and an African "bat demon."

Dinner: Impossible (Food Network, 10 PM): Guest chefs from the past pop in to help Robert Irvine prepare a huge gourmet breakfast for the Groundhog Day crowd in Punxsutawney, Pa.

High School Reunion (TV Land, 10 PM): Mike confronts Steve over his having slept with Lana, but then finds a way to make Lana jealous; Matt and Yvette get the overnight hall pass; two classes of women play a game of flag football.

Men In Trees (ABC, 10 PM): Marin finds out that Jack's health is much worse than he's let people know; Ben signs a European hockey player; Annie tries to update her look.

Smash Lab (Discovery, 10 PM): Using fire extinguishers to stop a high-speed car chase, presumably not by winging them at the driver's head.

South Park (Comedy Central, 10 PM): The gang thinks Kenny is on drugs. Well, the trauma of being killed every week would have to take a toll eventually.

Taboo (National Geographic, 10 PM): An examination of extreme rites of initiation, including snake handling.

Top Chef (Bravo, 10 PM): The chefs cater a neighborhood fiesta with Mexican master Rick Bayless on hand to oversee. So far, that "Year of The Woman" angle they were pushing in the pre-season is looking like a giant bust.

Tyler Perry's House of Pain (TBS, 10 PM and 10:30 PM): At 10:00, Malik's friend is injured in a hit-and-run outside the Payne residence. At 10:30, Ella stands in opposition to moving when Curtis is offered a fire chief position in Los Angeles, and C.J. meets Tanya's aggressive friend.

UFO Hunters (History, 10 PM): Tonight brings us an investigation into vortexes, which are allegedly UFO hot spots, and how this all relates to whether travel between dimensions is possible. Sounds like a good companion for the drug talk tonight on Comedy Central's South Park.

Lewis Black's Root of All Evil (Comedy Central, 10:30 PM): Paul Tompkins and Andrew Daly debate the relative evil of beer and marijuana. I have my own thoughts on this, but I would need a waiver of immunity to make them public.

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