Park and Recreation, "Summer Catalog"

Summary:

Leslie holds a picnic lunch for past directors of the Parks Department, hoping they'll provide inspiration as she prepares the annual Summer Events Catalog.

B Story: Tom tries to take the cover photo for the catalog with Mark and Ann as a couple with kid. His plans are complicated by Ann looking awkward on-camera.

C Story (really the B story?): April and Andy busy themselves at the picnic. Decide to go out to a bar, which April is to young to get into. Their date is a bust. A picture of them together at the picnic ends up being the Catalog cover photo in the end.

Shutter Island (2010, Martin Scorsese)

All Movie Guide Summary:

Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo DiCaprio team up as a pair of U.S. Marshals who travel to a secluded island off the coast of Massachusetts to search for an escaped mental patient, uncovering a web of deception along the way as they battle the forces of nature and a prison riot in this Martin Scorsese-helmed period picture. Laeta Kalogridis adapts Dennis Lehane's novel of the same name, with Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures splitting production and distribution duties. Ben Kingsley co-stars as the head of the institution where the patient resided, while Michelle Williams portrays Leonardo DiCaprio's deceased wife, whose memory haunts him during the investigation. Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, and Jackie Earle Haley round out the supporting cast.

Community: "Interpretive Dance"

Summary:

Jeff tries to keep his new relationship a secret but the study group doesn't make it easy for him. Elsewhere, Troy and Britta come clean with their own secrets.

The A and B stories are clearly summarized in that description. Troy and Britta's secrets are dance class (! shock!). It was all fairly routine/traditional, with no real feelings being hurt, and no real big changes (maybe Jeff CAN have a relationship with someone). There wasn't a 'C' story. Everything worked out in the end. There were a few laughs. But this episode reaffirms why I still have a few more clogging up the DVR. I'm just not racing to watch them like I do other shows. The show has got a great cast but the stories end up feeling very stock and easily predictable.