How I Met Your Mother: "Garbage Island"- Another so-so episode with a much better ending. Marshall and Lily's subplot was fun, as was seeing the captain again, but he changed character so many times throughout the episode that it was hard to identify him as a real threat to anyone. Regarding the ending, they appear to be writing Wendy out of the show as in the Future Airport (by the way, that far into the future, wouldn't Bob Saget make more sense than Josh Randor?), last time she knew, Ted was dating Zoey and I think we all know, that relationship probably won't make it out of this season.
Chuck: "Chuck vs the Masquerade"- This episode took us back into the overall arc, revealing Volkoff has a daughter. I thought the episode itself was fairly bland (minus the horse stunts, which were just abysmal) but set up a lot of potential for future story lines. I'm curious to see what's in the mysterious special ops vault in Castle and what secret team Casey might be joining. I also find it interesting that Chuck's words about becoming a spy may have turned Volkoff's daughter into the next Volkoff.
Raising Hope: "What Up, Cuz?"- This felt like an episode that shows this show has some serious potential, but sometimes fails to use it. Too much Maw-Maw, too many weird flashbacks, and just a completely ridiculous plotline (even for this show) just felt like the show was taking a giant step in the wrong direction, at least for this week.
Modern Family: "Regrets Only"- I enjoyed this one quite a bit. My previous complaints with the show still stand (Gloria has got to be one of the most obnoxious characters on television) but the plots at least somewhat moved away from 'wacky misunderstandings' to 'slight variants on wacky misunderstandings', which if that is as entertaining as this episode was, then I wouldn't mind, at least for a little while. However, the resolution to the Dunphy storyline was a complete disapointment, even with Hailey's excuse for not having a job tied in.
Community: "Intro to Political Science"- Community is a show hailed for its originality and originality in borrowing tropes from other media. But it seems like they borrowed too many tropes in this episode. It all just felt extremely familiar. Nice person decides to run for a government position at a place where it really doesn't matter, nice, yet tough, friend decides to run as well to show them what politics is really all about. That being said, the episode still had its high points. Pop, pop (gotta love Magnitude, although I can see his character getting wary rather fast), Britta being the only one rejected by the applause o meter, the Dean (and his 'sister's' Uncle Sam costume), Troy and Abed's election coverage, Jeff's Real World audition tape, and especially Abed's subplot, which was just completely original and really well done and suited to the character. Although I doubt it's in the cards, I'd like to see the secret service back again some day.
The Office: "Todd Packer"- Another detour on the "Goodbye, Michael" highway, this time with the return of his best friend Todd Packer. Packer was great, as usual, making off-color comments about all the employees and Holly was great as the suprised middleman. Even with episode like this and last week's, I don't really feel any momentum building towards Michael's departure, so perhaps it's meant to be suprised or perhaps it will start next episode (March 17...dear lord), but there's just not that much there right now.
Parks and Recreation: "Indianapolis"- It was funny. It was sweet. It was a little sad. I feel like I'm saying the same thing about every episode of the show, but it's always true. It was good to see Andy and April together, as it was seeing Ron in his own personal hell ("Give me all the bacon and eggs you have!"), and the cologne subplot was very amusing. This show just functions well on many, many levels.
30 Rock: "TGS Hates Women"- It was social commentary time for 30 Rock this week, tacking issues of female comedians. The cold open was very funny, as was the very end of the episode, tying it back in, and the guest writer was a very funny, albeit obnoxious character to see interact with the staff. Jack's subplot was very fun and holds potential for what I assume will be an ongoing arc (and for some reason, a teenaged girl seems like a much better rival for Jack than Devon Banks, despite the wonderful stylings of Will Arnett). The episode kind of abandoned the social commentary it seemed to be going for towards the end, though, even if the reveal of the fake personality was still very funny. It felt a little cheating.
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