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Darren Criss, ‘The Assasination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’- Popcorn with Peter Travers

Organs Go Missing on ‘X-Files’ and ‘SVU,’ ‘American Crime Story: Versace’ Nears End

American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (10/9c, FX): The penultimate episode of the gripping psychological crime drama offers insights into the formative years of future designer Versace, nurtured in a homophobic Italian culture by a mother who advises, “Success only comes with hard work—and it’s never easy.” This is contrasted with the coddled, spoiled upbringing of Versace’s future murderer, Andrew Cunanan, whose conman dad coddles the boy to believe he’s special until the family’s delusional house of cards collapses. By then it’s too late. Living a lie comes way too naturally to Andrew (Darren Criss). When his BFF Lizzie (Annaleigh Ashford) confesses, “I’m an imposter,” Andrew responds, “All the best people are.” Also the worst.

Organs Go Missing on ‘X-Files’ and ‘SVU,’ ‘American Crime Story: Versace’ Nears End

TV Guy: ‘Versace’ returns to the roots of a killer’s troubles

The sins of the father emerge in the powerful penultimate episode of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA).

This emotionally draining series has unfolded one flashback at a time, with characters’ stories emerging in seemingly random order.

Tonight’s episode focuses on Modesto “Pete” Cunanan (Jon Jon Briones), the con man father of serial killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss).

Pete projects a brash belief in the American dream, enlisting in the military so he can arrive as a new citizen from his native Philippines.

His peculiar notion of family values is to lavish all his attention and much of his fortune on Andrew, while his other children languish in a state of emotional starvation.

It’s clear Andrew gets his sense of entitlement (as well as his contempt for his mother) from his old man, who follows a downward trajectory as a financial adviser.

A parallel plot about young Gianni Versace’s choice to defy gender roles and follow his mother’s steps as a seamstress is pretty much overshadowed by the Cunanan backstory.

I was shocked when I read that members of the Versace family complained “American Crime Story” had defamed the designer’s legend.

TV Guy: ‘Versace’ returns to the roots of a killer’s troubles

What’s on TV tonight

American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace
BBC Two, 9pm

Before murdering Gianni Versace, Andrew Cunanan had already killed four men, and the third episode of Ryan Murphy’s “true crime” drama focuses on his third and fourth victims — the Chicago property tycoon Lee Miglin and William Reese, a caretaker. Miglin (Mike Farrell from M*A*S*H) is portrayed as a closeted gay client of Cunanan (his family deny this) and is murdered in a sadistic scene, while Reese is killed for his lorry. If Murphy’s motivation with this Versace-free episode was to add depth to Cunanan (Darren Criss), it fails — we still know very little about why he embarked on his murder spree, other than the fact that he’s a sociopath.

What’s on TV tonight