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My Two Wives TV by DEAN ROBBINS Lone Star (Monday, 9 p.m., Fox) gives me hope for the 2010-11 season. Bob (James Wolk) lives his life as a con artist, with pressure from his dad (David Keith). He’s set up oil-and-gas scams in Houston and Midland, Texas, while also creat- ing fake identities and romantic relationships in each place. The thing is, Bob wants to stop faking it, against dad’s wishes. He wants to go legit — but in both places, with both women. You see the potential problems. Lone Star’s cast is brilliant, including Jon Voight as Bob’s menacing oil-tycoon father in Houston. Wolk is not only devilishly handsome, but devilishly seductive. He’s a guy we can’t help sympathizing with, no matter how badly he acts. We want him to pull off his double life, in spite of his father’s warning: “Son, this is a house of cards. You don’t get to live in it!” It will be fun to watch the house of cards quiver over the next few months. The Event Monday, 9 pm (NBC) We don’t have Lost to puzzle over anymore, but now we have The Event. The pilot leaves you confused, but it’s masterfully managed confusion, with characters who aren’t what they seem and a doozy of a mystery. The Obama-like president of the United States (Blair Underwood) visits a secret prison in Alaska, a young man (Jason Ritter) discovers strange goings-on during a cruise with his girlfriend, and … well, I can’t tell you what happens next. It’s not that I want to avoid spoilers — it’s that I don’t really understand what happens next. Mike & Molly Monday, 9:30 pm (CBS) In this new sitcom, overweight Chicago cop Mike (Billy Gardell) woos overweight schoolteacher Molly (Melissa McCarthy) while Mike’s partner (Reno Wilson) taunts them with fat jokes. The cast is strong and the pace is snappy, but those relentless fat jokes grow tiresome. “I would shoot you right now,” the partner says, “but I don’t have enough chalk to outline your body!” My recommendation for Mike & Molly: fewer girth-obsessed punchlines. Is it possible to put jokes on a diet? American Masters Monday, 10 pm (PBS) Hollywood star Andy Garcia produces a portrait of the late Cuban bassist Israel “Cachao” López, the Father of Mambo. Cachao was still alive during filming, telling stories that date all the way back to the 1920s. He’s such a humble man that you’d never guess he played a key role in the evolution of Latin music. “Humble” isn’t the word you’d use for Garcia. He deserves credit for rediscov- ering Cachao, who fell into obscurity during his exile in the United States. But I’m not sure he deserves as much credit as he gets in the documentary, with interviewees praising him to the sky. Garcia inserts himself as an interviewee, narrator, concert MC and even a bongo player in Cachao’s band. It’s distracting to see the legend of Andy Garcia mixed up with the legend of Cachao. A con man in pushes his luck in Lone Star WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM SEPTEMBER 15-21, 2010 UCW 29