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TV picks: 'The Night Of' finale, 'You're the Worst,' 'Narcos' and more

* THE NIGHT OF. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO. One of the summer's better whodunits wraps up. John Turturro stars as the eczema-plagued defense lawyer whose client (Riz Ahmed) may or may not have committed a brutal murder. What we know about the season finale: It's scheduled to run an hour, 45 minutes.

* THE NIGHT OF. 9 p.m.

Sunday, HBO.

One of the summer's better whodunits wraps up. John Turturro stars as the eczema-plagued defense lawyer whose client (Riz Ahmed) may or may not have committed a brutal murder. What we know about the season finale: It's scheduled to run an hour, 45 minutes.

* THE STRAIN. 10 p.m.

Sunday, FX.

The Guillermo del Toro vampire series returns for a third season. This one's for those who like their vamps ugly and generally unappealing, not suave and seductive.

* FACING ESCOBAR. 9 p.m. Tuesday, National Geographic.

The first episode of a new series profiling larger-than-life figures focuses on the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Future subjects include Saddam Hussein, Suge Knight, Vladimir Putin – and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who must be thrilled by some of the company.

* YOU'RE THE WORST. 10 p.m. Wednesday, FXX.

If you thought the words "I love you" would solve all of Gretchen (Aya Cash) and Jimmy's (Chris Geere) problems, you couldn't have been watching. One of TV's best comedies returns for Season 3 with Samira Wiley (Orange Is the New Black) in a recurring role as Gretchen's therapist.

* NARCOS. Friday, Netflix.

Pablo Escobar again: The hunt continues in Season 2 of the series about the rise and fall of the Medellin cartel leader, played by Wagner Moura.