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Hospital of Horrors You'll avoid doctors after watching Coma TV by DEAN ROBBINS Ridley and the late Tony Scott have produced an ef- fectively creepy update of Coma, originally a 1977 novel and 1978 film (Monday & Tuesday, 9 p.m., A&E). Lauren Ambrose is plucky and smart as Susan Wheeler, a medical student at Peach Tree Memorial Hospital. Susan notices that an unusual number of Peach Tree's patients are slip- ping into comas, after which they're sent to a mysterious facility called Jefferson. Susan becomes alarmed when she sees a YouTube video purporting to "find out the truth about Jefferson." (I told you it was an update.) The production is blessed with aging character actors who work wonders with their sinister roles. Ellen Burstyn, shuffling with a brace on her leg, is Jefferson's decrepit guardian. Geena Davis is a seductive psychiatrist who's a bit too obsessed with money and power. Richard Dreyfuss and James Woods show up as other suspicious authority figures, adding to your sense of dread about Peach Tree. Also adding to it: doctors hanging themselves, employees disappearing, and strange men hissing "You'll end up in Jefferson, too!" Thanks, Coma — now I'm scared of hospitals. Not to mention aging character actors. Strike Back Friday, 10 pm (Cinemax) terterrorism efforts. Focusing on a top-secret British unit, it features fine act- ing, vivid locations and nonstop intensity. The main characters, a Brit (Philip Winchester) and a Yank (Sullivan Stapleton), are nuanced, and individual scenes can feel like cinema verite. Cinemax's series can lull you into thinking it's a serious look at Western coun- really like to hunt down terrorists on their own turf," Strike Back goes pulpy on you. In this week's episode, the search for a fanatic with a nuclear trigger oc- But come on — this is Cinemax. Just when you start to think "this is what it's Gallery Girls Monday, 10 pm (Bravo) You know how you'll walk into a Manhattan gallery, and the beautiful young woman at the desk ignores you as if you're worthless scum? And you hate yourself for being so paranoid? This new reality series proves that you aren't paranoid after all. That beautiful young woman really does think you (and everybody else who isn't rich and powerful) are worthless scum. Gallery Girls burrows into the subculture of opportunists trying to get a leg up in the art world. The women are snobby and shallow, maintaining a high school level of maturity in their 20s. "Like, I'm not gonna be here if they're, like, rude!" sneers haughty heiress Liz at one of the endless parties the gallery hangers-on throw to see and be seen. Hey, I'm not complaining. Strike Back has fun with the material, offering all the nudity, violence and pro- fanity we feel like we deserve when we plunk down for premium cable. "I do not want a firefight!" screams the commander after her men locate their fanatic. Cue firefight. If the gallery girls are insufferable, the gallery owners are even worse. The por- cine Eli Klein gets his kicks by bossing around an endless parade of pretty interns, going so far as to make them stir his coffee. Does it sound like I hate Gallery Girls? Actually, I love it. These people are in- credibly fun to hate as they look down on the "commoners" (yes, someone really uses that term). Being able to laugh at them from the comfort of your couch feels like the revenge of the worthless scum. FREE PAPERS In your home every week..... 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., Tues. - Thur. 5 p.m. - 10 p.m., Fri. - Sat. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Tues. - Sat. Dinner Lunch Sunday Brunch 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Closed Monday Fri., Aug. 31, 2012 • 6:30 p.m. Seating Murder Mystery Dinner 4 Course Meal at 7:00 p.m. - Reservations Required $50 per person + tax and gratuity Wines to complement each course from Southwestern Australia Reservations Required Thurs., Sept. 20, 2012 • 6:30 p.m. Seating Wine Dinner Featuring Cory Sloan, Guest Presenter 5 Course Meal Begins at 7 p.m. $55 per person + tax and gratuity 1240 Fort Bragg Road • Fayetteville, NC 910.484.6699 www.hilltophousenc.com 20 UCW AUG. 29 - SEPT. 4, 2012 TSCSI WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Your Logo Here 74.4% of readers make their buying decisions from free newspaper advertising and editorial 97.1% receivership 76.9% readership casionally pauses for softcore sex. We get multiple fight scenes, all of them an excuse for square-jawed Anglos to strike heroic poses. R