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Weekend TV picks: 'Orphan Black,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary'

* GAME OF THRONES. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO. Where's Arya? The younger of the two Stark daughters (Maisie Williams) wasn't in last week's Season 5 premiere, but she's far from forgotten. This weekend, she finally gets off the boat she boarded in last year's finale.

Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in 'Game of Thrones', which returned to HBO April 12. (HBO)
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in 'Game of Thrones', which returned to HBO April 12. (HBO)Read more

GAME OF THRONES. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO.

Where's Arya? The younger of the two Stark daughters (Maisie Williams) wasn't in last week's Season 5 premiere, but she's far from forgotten. This weekend, she finally gets off the boat she boarded in last year's finale.

ORPHAN BLACK. 9 p.m. Saturday, BBC America.

The storytelling's twistier than ever, and as Season 3 opens Tatiana Maslany continues to dazzle in multiple roles. I might be willing to watch an entire show about her soccer mom clone, Alison (below right, with Kristian Bruun), and yet that's just scratching the surface.

MISSION CRITICAL: HUBBLE. 8 p.m. Sunday, Science Channel.

The Science Channel marks the 25th anniversary of the Hubble telescope with three hours of space-related programming, beginning with this account of the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew's 2009 repairs to NASA's eye in the sky.

WEED: THE MARIJUANA REVOLUTION. 9 p.m. Sunday, CNN.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta continues his reports on medical marijuana with a look at scientists who've found a way around federal roadblocks to research.

ANNE FRANK: BEYOND THE DIARY. 10 p.m. Saturday American Heroes Channel.

Eva Schloss is among those interviewed in this documentary. She's an 85-year-old Auschwitz survivor and childhood acquaintance of Anne Frank, and her very presence serves as a reminder that if the young diarist had survived, she, too, might still be alive to talk aboutwhat happened next.