NCB's summer drama Camp may sound like a Ryan Murphy production, but it isn't. It stars Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) as Mackenzie "Mac" Granger, the owner of the Little Otter Family Camp, located somewhere in the Midwest. The specifics of the camp itself are vague: who attends the camp, where it's located, why some of the counselors are parents of the kids there and apparently don't have jobs during the rest of the year, are all left unexplained. The intricacies of everyone's sex lives, though, take up a lot of the premiere episode. NBC ordered the show straight to series last year -- a bold move meaning they would not first see a pilot. This is key when watching the premiere episode, because one imagines if they had, some tweaks might have been made. Hit the jump to see whether to pack your bags or cancel your reservations. Camp starts out feeling largely like a big budget summer film, which isn't necessarily a bad thing if you don't mind incredibly broad-stroke characters in cliche situations saying obvious things, plus crotch shots. NBC wisely included three of the show's first four episode for critic's to view though, because the premiere never breaks out of this expected patter. Here's the gist: Mac's camp is in dire financial straits, and is kind of misfit of the camp scene. There is, naturally, a ritzy camp across the lake that wants to buy her out (the cocky director of which she also has an on-and-off affair with). Mac is recently divorced, and her son Buzz ...
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