Wayward Pines - Matt Dillon shines in spooky M. Night Shyamalan TV series

No eating, no cycling, no ball games, no dogs, no kites, no walking on the grass and, mostly, no damn fun! We live in a city that bombards us with reminders of what we are not allowed to do - but, hey, at least we're not in Singapore. Or the weird and wonderful fictional town of Wayward Pines, where the rules include: do not try to leave; do not discuss the past; do not talk about your life.

Even the most conservative among us would agree, those rules are a little harsh. Harsher still when you consider that if you break one of them, you will have your throat slit by an ice cream-slurping sheriff as your neighbours watch and cheer.

With its beautiful houses, manicured lawns and white picket fences, Wayward Pines (Fox, global premiere on Friday at 9am, repeated at 9.50pm), at first glance, seems to be the perfect American town. However, under the idyllic facade lurks - as you've no doubt guessed - dark secrets. No one here is allowed to communicate with the outside world and once you've entered, you can never leave. Ever.

While searching for two missing colleagues, Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon, above, centre; Crash), a US Secret Service agent with a history of mental-health issues, is involved in a car crash and wakes to find himself in hospital, surrounded by a cast of cheerfully bizarre characters. Dazed and confused, and receiving little assistance from the oddball townsfolk, Burke's paranoia is fuelled by the discovery of a former partner (dead) and a former lover (alive). Is this all in his head or is it a real-life Discovery Bay nightmare?

Based on Blake Crouch's Pines trilogy and directed by M. Night Shyamalan - who, having worked on The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village, knows a thing or two about creepy suspense - this intense, Twin Peaks-esque psychological thriller holds a lot of promise. In his first lead role in a TV series, Dillon is superb as the tortured cop, and is accompanied by a stellar cast including: Terrence Howard (above left; Empire); Juliette Lewis (above right; Cape Fear); and Academy Award winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter) as the wonderfully wicked Nurse Pam. With hints of Lost and American Horror Story, Wayward Pines looks set to be this summer's supernatural blockbuster. Unless, that is, Shyamalan takes the twisting too far and screws it all up - as he has been known to do.

Staying with the extraordinary and the absurd, 7 Deadly Sins, a seven-part documentary series exploring modern-day manifestations of Christianity's cardinal no-nos, continues tomorrow (9.10pm, on Fox Crime). Presented by Morgan Spurlock ( Super Size Me), last week's premiere dealt with gluttony and introduced us to "Dr" Jon Basso, whose Heart Attack Grill, in Las Vegas, serves the Bypass Burger free to anyone who weighs more than 350 pounds.