I just ran into a PLEX FAQ that had the following. This looks to be my issue
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Can I get rid of the intermediate filter menu on some of the clients?
After entering a section in some of the clients, you’ll be presented with an intermediate menu with items such as “Recently Added”, “Unwatched”, etc. You currently cannot bypass or modify that filter menu. The developers do have plans to alter and improve that functionality, but it is not yet released.
There might also be a few biased haters here that construe an odd scenario in every god **bleep** thread to make the WDTV look at fault just because they can’t get over their bad experience with the WDTV. Better take their pointless whining with a grain of salt.
Outside of the extra levels of folders that according to the Plex faq is their issue not WD’s, I am having no problems with Plex and WDTV. They appear to be working perfectly together.
I am unsure why that uncalled for post was made especially when it had nothing to do with my original question.