Up to this point, the character of Ben Wyatt has been mainly used as the "straight man" in comedic scenes. His character has been pretty much a replacement of Mark Brendanawicz's character who left the series at the end of Season 2. Now, up to this point, you may be watching saying Ben Wyatt isn't much of a better character than Mark was, but after this episode, I guarantee you will change your mind.
The Harvest Festival is just around the corner, and Leslie, Ben, and Tom are out promoting the festival to different media outlets. We see the three at Pawnee's local radio show, Crazy Ira amd The Douche which is what initiates the main plotline. Ben, who is more of a behind-the-scenes guy gets asked a question on air, and he gets super awkward and can barely even answer the simple question that was asked. As we get further and further into this episode we find out more and more about Ben, and he embarrasses himself more and more. Adam Scott does a brilliant job portraying this and he is absolutely hysterical. When I first watched this, it was this episode where I realized the comedic talent that Scott really has. He is not just the "straight man" like Mark was. He can be one of the funniest characters when tasked to do so.
Meanwhile, April is still mad at Andy for kissing Ann. Andy is desperate and he pleads to April that he will basically do anything if it means they can be together. April decides to take advantage of this and basically tortures Andy into doing all her difficult chores. If there is one thing we can learn from this side-plot, it's to NOT piss off April. It's not one of the best side-plots in this season, but the payoff is very good.
Overall, "Media Blitz" is another solid Season 3 episode with great new characters, a story that progresses the overall season arch even more, and a brilliant performance by Adam Scott that fleshes out his character. In my eyes, this is one of the weaker episodes in Season 3, which just speaks to how great the season is, because I still think this is a very good episode.
