"Reaper" (7 p.m., WGN-Channel 9): Season finale. Sam (Bret Harrison) challenges the Devil (Ray Wise) to a game of quarters. Guest-starring Ken Marino ("Party Down") -- who always delivers -- as a gay demon.

"Hitched or Ditched" (8 p.m., WGN-Channel 9): Where's the best place to decide if you want to marry someone? At the altar, of course. In the premiere, a couple ponders the question even though every single person they know is against it.

"The Little Couple" (9 p.m., TLC): Newlyweds Jen and Bill met online at a dating site for little people -- they're each under four feet tall. On the premiere episode: road trip!

"Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood" (9 p.m., Oxygen): Say what you will about them, but props for the marriage lasting until at least season four. They've given up the bed and breakfast, and are now preparing for the birth of baby Stella.

Two stars
8 p.m. Tuesday, WFLD-Channel 32

By Paige Wiser, TV Critic
pwiser@suntimes.com

Cross Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" with Robin Williams in "Patch Adams," then take off all their clothes, and you have Dr. Jack Gallagher. We meet the hero of "Mental" as he's struggling with a naked schizophrenic. To win his trust, Gallagher strips down, too.

Because he cares. And because he's a maverick.

Unfortunately, the new series is not as impressive as Gallagher's pectorals. Set in a mental hospital, Gallagher is the just-hired chief who's determined to help his patients with his maverick ways. He's played by Chris Vance ("Prison Break"), who tries to overcome the cheesy script with a British accent and a little dignity. He fails.

How do we know that Gallagher's a maverick?

He dresses down.
He rides a bicycle to work.
He served with Doctors Without Borders.
He makes the staff participate in a three-legged race with the patients.
He does a little breaking-and-entering to track down clues about the state of mind of the naked schizophrenic - which seems illegal even to me.
A worse crime? Gallagher dazzles his colleagues with card tricks in the conference room. If that's not illegal, it should be.

The good:
The premise of delving into the minds of mental patients has unlimited potential. The series uses fancy special effects to show the patients' point of view. We could call it "crazy cam," although that would not be very sensitive.

One guy sees everyone with lizard tails, while an elderly woman fantasizes about having sex with them all. (Doesn't anyone hallucinate about rainbows and sugar cookies?)

Annabella Sciorra flips on her disturbed role in "The Sopranos" by playing the wise hospital chief here. She doesn't have much to do.

I did enjoy Nicholas Gonzalez, playing an intern trying to bed fellow intern Marisa Ramirez, a hot lesbian. They have a nice chemistry going. I'd like to see them recast in an update of "Silk Stalkings."

As for Dr. Gallagher and his card tricks -- I'm rooting for him to lose his license.

By Paige Wiser, TV Critic
pwiser@suntimes.com

There seems to be a distinct theme to many upcoming TV shows. Let's call it "marital agony." Boy marries girl; they go on TV to earn money or fame; and their relationship is tested down to the last shred of affection.

Like most trends lately, this is a disturbing one - and addictive to watch.

"Drama and comedy come from conflict," says Walter J. Podrazik, the Chicago author of Watching TV: Six Decades of American Television. "An unhappy marriage offers opportunities for both."

And if the marriage isn't unhappy yet, the cameras will take care of that.

By Paige Wiser, TV Critic
pwiser@suntimes.com

There seems to be a distinct theme to many upcoming TV shows. Let's call it "marital agony." Boy marries girl; they go on TV to earn money or fame; and their relationship is tested down to the last shred of affection.

Like most trends lately, this is a disturbing one - and addictive to watch.

"Drama and comedy come from conflict," says Walter J. Podrazik, the Chicago author of Watching TV: Six Decades of American Television. "An unhappy marriage offers opportunities for both."

And if the marriage isn't unhappy yet, the cameras will take care of that.

On Bravo's recent "A-List Awards" -- hosted by the divine Kathy Griffin, with her mom Maggie taking on the "Miss Golden Globe" role -- Tori Spelling won an award for her autobiography sTORI Telling.

Some excerpts from her exuberant acceptance speech...