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xxx Best Modern Family Episodes Ranked

"Dance until your feet hurt, sing until your lungs hurt, human activity until you're William Hurt." Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) is full of spunky bites of wisdom from his book of Phil's-osophies. And it's painfully articulate that the patriarch lives by his own words. Life with the Dunphy and Pritchett families are a bit of an adventure. While they may seem like average suburban people living in Southern California, they're anything merely. Non only is this blended family diverse in many ways, they're also the life of the party that is one of TV'south best sitcoms, "Modernistic Family."

For those who take seen the show — and allow'due south hope that is everyone reading this spoiler-filled piece — awkward coincidences, hilarious karmic comeuppances, and the rudimentary but valuable need to feel loved and accepted by family are what make "Modern Family unit" the comedic, heart-warming sitcom that information technology is. In honor of the series, allow's take a await at xxx of the best episodes "Modern Family" has to offer, ranked.

xxx. Two Monkeys and a Panda (Season ii, Episode 17)

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The episode's title refers to Cam (Eric Stonestreet), Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), and their adopted daughter Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons). When Cam decides to write a book that celebrates their daughter, he discovers that Lily actually has Mitchell's last name only. Cam'south last proper noun is Lily's centre proper name. The ii have a lengthy, drama-infused chat over the matter. But Mitchell eventually admits he worried about a future where he and Cam potentially split when he made that decision. He resolves the trouble past committing to giving Lily a hyphenated surname. On that annotation, Mitchell hilariously confesses that the business firm is only in his proper name. Cam better not leave him any time soon.

Haley (Sarah Hyland) and Alex (Ariel Winter) discover themselves at sisterly odds over a sweater, while Phil heads to the spa to use a almost-expired coupon. Alex mistakenly tears her sister'due south sweater and Claire (Julie Bowen) attempts to proceed the peace by scouring the clothing stores for an identical replacement. Meanwhile, Phil is getting a fun lesson from the women at the spa on how to validate his wife'south frustrations. While Claire manages to find a sweater, information technology still has a security tag that ruins the sweater with ink in one case removed. After the fiasco inevitably explodes, Phil arrives at habitation in fourth dimension to validate Claire's frustrations putting the new tools he learned to work –- it's a major success.

29. Chirp (Season 2, Episode 7)

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The title of this episode is derived from the incessant chirping noise of a fume detector depression on batteries. Claire is sick, and information technology is up to Phil to manage both her tasks for the mean solar day and his own as a real estate amanuensis. He hears the chirping and replaces the batteries in all of the detectors he tin can find, but the chirping persists. The chirping taunts him equally he attempts to make it through the day. He eventually finds detectors Luke tossed in the attic were the culprit.

Elsewhere, Cam is preparing Lily for her big break in a commercial for a children-axial furniture shop even though Mitchell opposes the thought. However, Cam'southward glee over Lily's stardom instantly fades when he sees that those making the commercial dub stereotypical Japanese vocals for infant Lily while set to the backdrop of a Godzilla-like monster (SaveZilla) attacking. When Cam asks for the stereotyping to end, the director remarks that it's satire. Angrily, Cam grabs the wrong baby and marches off before realizing his fault.

While Claire and Haley are at home sick, Claire encourages Haley to dump her dense boyfriend Dylan (Reid Ewing) and go out with a more promising individual by relating the background of the lather opera on television. However, Claire isn't direct and only talks about the show without always mentioning Dylan by name. In an amusing botch, Haley doesn't make the connection and instead thinks Claire is referring to herself and Phil — and that Claire is lamenting wasting her entire life with a "buffoon."

28. Yard Sale (Flavour 4, Episode six)

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In an effort to aid Manny (Rico Rodriguez) and Luke (Nolan Gould) raise money for a schoolhouse charity fundraiser, Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria (Sofia Vergara) concur a garage auction. When the boys effort to bring a box from the attic, Gloria angrily takes it from them. Of grade, Manny and Luke are curious virtually what is in the box and endeavour to notice the underground ... which turns out to be a ventriloquist dummy. Gloria used to practice ventriloquism and the family eggs her on to perform. Hilariously, the dummy, Uncle Grumpy, looks and sounds just like Jay, and Claire realizes Gloria married her dummy.

Jay decides to sell his motorbike, since he has a new baby on the way. Phil gets a wild hair and thinks he might want to buy the bike after Jay goads him into taking it for a test drive. Phil tries to prove his manhood by taking the bike out into the canyon. When he stops, the cycle topples over on acme of him. While he's stuck, he makes a video for his family in case he dies. Of course, he manages to exit of the predicament, just upon his return, he's missing his unabridged left pant leg.

During the event, Alex is flirting with a boy she likes simply Claire believes the male child is gay. She even has Mitchell and Cam ostend he's gay through their ain deduction. Claire attempts to put the fling to an end to spare Alex the pain of that discovery. Nil goes her style, nonetheless, and she resigns herself to the fact that Alex will learn on her own.

27. Virgin Territory (Season 3, Episode sixteen)

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The narrative of this episode is like one giant Rube Goldberg machine, simply like the i Luke and Manny gear up as a trap to strike dorsum at Lily for consuming all the attention. Instead of Lily, however, Cam falls prey to the machine and allegedly "hurts" his back while breaking Lily's favorite doll. In an attempt to go along Lily happy, Phil, Alex, Haley, and Lily head to the mall to come across if they can get the doll repaired. On the trip, however, Alex accidentally reveals that Haley and Dylan were having sexual activity. This puts an awkward strain on the trip, as Phil tries to cope with the idea that his daughter isn't his little girl whatever longer.

At a breakfast that morning, the family has fun making confessions of onetime misdeeds. Mitchell confesses that long-ago, Jay never actually fabricated his famous hole-in-one shot during a golfing match. Mitchell kicked the brawl into the hole. Jay is hurt by the reveal because that hole-in-one has been a part of his identity among his friends. He fifty-fifty earned the title of "Ace" for the supposed feat. Jay ultimately decides he doesn't need to pass this new revelation onto his friends because they all take their own secrets. Mitchell, withal, walks in during a conversation that leads him to believe Jay confessed — and he stands up for his dad inadvertently, revealing the truth to his friends.

While the unabridged family unit is out doing their own thing, Cam continues to feign a back injury so that he can stay and search for his Tupperware — which Claire alleges she doesn't have. In comedic twist of fate, Cam manages to actually hurt himself during the search — but does recover the Tupperware, leaving him elated.

26. Election 24-hour interval (Season three, Episode 19)

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Claire has been running for city council, and the solar day of the election has come up. Everyone has been given a task on this important solar day. Laughably, however, they are all unable to complete their tasks. Phil is supposed to drive 50 senior citizens to their local polling identify in order to vote ... only he barely is able to send one afterward using a bunch of time helping the man make render trips to retrieve his glasses, food, and medicine. Luke makes wild promises that citizens won't accept to pay taxes if they vote for his mom. Alex fails miserably to manage the phone banks. Jay is simply supposed to merely make his vote but after running into a one-time flame working the polls, she callously refuses to cast his vote.

Claire is attempting to gain the necessary press the big day requires. Afterward trying to seize with teeth off a tag from her conform, Claire loses her fake tooth correct before she'south supposed to take a photograph for the local newspaper. Losing her molar also makes her sound drunk during her radio interview. The entire solar day was an absolute train wreck, but underscored the idea that not everything goes according to program — especially with a family that has a bad history with luck.

25. Neat Expectations (Season 1, Episode viii)

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In "Bully Expectations," Claire and Phil show us all just how perfect they are for each other, despite their flaws. The couple is celebrating their anniversary, and those who are familiar with the Dunphy association know that Phil is a romantic and Claire is ... well, she'southward not. Being what he is inherently makes Phil a stellar gift-giver. Claire, even so, fails in that section time and time again. In a hilarious attempt to subvert Phil's expectations for this particular anniversary, Claire hires a the (fictional) bass actor of Spandau Ballet to put on a private show at their home. The bass actor, Izzy LaFontaine (Edward Norton), begins to notice that Phil isn't exactly the Spandau Ballet fan Claire talked him up to be. While Phil stumbles unable to produce any song title from Spandau's discography, Izzy becomes offended.

Claire then comes to the awful realization that Phil doesn't like Spandau Ballet and that the vocal "True" is not the couple's special song that was playing during their start kiss. Phil adamantly declares with a perfect memory of the event that "If You Exit" past Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was their song. While the moment was a humorous disaster, the 2 nevertheless connect only because Claire tried.

24. En Garde (Season ane, Episode 7)

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As the championship implies, this episode is all most the art of fencing. Manny embraces his "old soul" and pursues the hobby, but attempts to quit when he realizes he has to face off confronting a daughter. Gloria teaches Manny that that's not a practiced reason to quit, and that he should compete just as aggressively every bit he would if his opponent were male.

Of course, both Gloria and Jay'south goading to crush the competition comes back to seize with teeth them when they larn that Manny's opponent lost both of her parents and is battling an illness. While Jay and Gloria endeavor to reach out to Manny to get him to back downwardly and let her win, Manny is too far gone, taking the lesson Gloria taught him to centre. He bests his opponent and talks a piddling bit of smack along the style. Information technology'due south not exactly Gloria'southward proudest moment, and the couple feels a flake of bad-mannered shame for their son touting his win over an ailing opponent.

23. Undeck the Halls (Season 1, Episode x)

In the first Christmas episode of the series, Phil uncharacteristically lands himself in the role of the Grinch. After Claire finds a burn mark on the couch, the couple deduce that ane of their children was smoking –- a rather extreme conclusion to jump to without any other evidence. This perfectly encapsulates the hapless Dunphy duo, who tend to leap before they look. Regardless, Phil attempts to adopt a firmer opinion equally a parent (which he isn't known to do) and threatens to abolish Christmas unless the culprit steps forward. Somewhen, Alex confesses to the crime and is grounded the week after Christmas. Later, however, the family discovers that a dangling Christmas ornamentation is refracting light and burning the couch. Alex falsely confessed in gild to continue Christmas. Phil feels his own shame and inadvertently promises the family a trip to Italian republic -– a wild, expensive hope Claire isn't happy about.

Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell accidentally get a mall Santa fired when they complained that he didn't look the part. Feeling guilty, they invited him over for dinner. When Cam'south former a cappella group, the Greensleevers, arrives to taunt him for existence kicked out of the group, he gets angry. The mall Santa explains that forgiveness is the style to go, only as he forgave them for getting him fired. Merely when the leader of the group dismisses Cam'southward polite seasons greetings, the Santa decks the vocalist's halls and runs. Sometimes a hefty right claw is appropriate.

22. Moon Landing (Season 1, Episode 14)

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Ever had an awkward moment in locker room where yous mistakenly brushed up against someone while undressing? Well, Jay has the pleasure of experiencing that with his own (hereafter) son-in-law, Cam. The two head to the gym to play racquetball, and while in the locker room they both accidentally press their bare butts together while they are undressing. Cam is perfectly fine with the mishap, recognizing it every bit life in a locker room. He dubs it a "moon landing." Jay, on the other paw, is completely awkward almost information technology and keeps telling Cam to stop talking about it. After Jay mops the flooring with Cam, he hits the showers and and then does the same matter once over again — but with a random stranger who he thinks is Cam. Jay proudly exclaims it doesn't bother him whatsoever more and intentionally presses his butt against the poor guy in one case once again. After Cam waltzes around the corner Jay's eye sinks and he rushes out at that place while nearly of u.s.a. viewers are wiping away tears of laughter.

Also in this episode, Jay, Manny, and Mitchell all have problem against Gloria over her terrible driving. Jay and Manny know Gloria and fright the confrontation with her spicy atmosphere as they endeavour to push Mitchell into taking the estrus. While she gives Mitchell a run for his money, she eventually apologizes afterward crashing her car into a restaurant.

21. The Kiss (Season 2, Episode ii)

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"The Kiss" is, of class, centered around kissing and the emotions associated with it. While Alex may be the brainy daughter, she's notwithstanding immature, and awkward when it comes romantic engagements. Claire finds that her daughter is flirting with a boy at school, and Claire encourages Haley to approach Alex on the subject. Of course, Haley pulls a "big sister" stunt and tells Alex that if she doesn't hurry up and kiss the boy, he'll become the wrong idea and mayhap fifty-fifty think she's a lesbian. Experiencing a sudden sense of urgency, Alex runs to the house of her trounce and unloads her feelings on him and asking him to buss her at the front door ... while the rest of the boy's soccer team listens behind the door. Alex heads abode and unleashes her righteous anger on her sister and female parent for their misguided "help."

Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell are shopping when Cam goes for a kiss. Mitchell declines the kiss, leading Cam to chide his boyfriend over his trouble with public displays of affection. Cam amusingly recounts the fourth dimension that Mitchell high-fived him at a New Year's Eve political party instead of resorting to the holiday tradition of a osculation.

Once the unabridged family gathers for dinner at Jay and Gloria's house, Mitchell rejects another buss from Cam. Then, things get interesting. Jay is defendant of being emotionally closed off, which allegedly led to Mitchell's distaste for PDA. The humorous tension boils over, and Jay kisses both Claire and Mitchell in an try to quit the conversation and movement on.

20. Mother'southward Twenty-four hours (Season 2, Episode 21)

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It's Female parent'southward 24-hour interval and anybody seems to be doing their own affair in order to celebrate the festivities. Claire and Gloria go hiking, and ultimately leave the bickering children behind in an effort to get some peace and repose. When Claire asks Gloria whether Manny gets on his nerves, she opens upwardly that Manny struggles to be outgoing socially and that his poetry is subpar. Unfortunately, Manny is close enough behind to hear everything.

Meanwhile, afterward Mitchell serves Cam breakfast in bed, Cam begins to worry about beingness considered the "woman" in the relationship. After the two head to the park, the other mothers ask Cam to be in the moving picture as an honorary mom, further stoking his irritation over the upshot. Cam and Mitchell insist that it's insulting when people care for them like women, diminishing their sense of masculinity. The two go on to dispute the issue, leading to some of the hilarious banter that we've become accustomed to from the pair.

Jay and Phil stay home to cook dinner. Phil manages to have Jay arrive touch with his emotional side, every bit he causes him to retrieve a letter Jay wrote when he was ix-years-old to his mom. The patriarch denies that he cried when Phil afterward tells the whole family unit of the moment. But the truth shines forth when Jay begins weeping again after telling a story of his mother.

xix. Treehouse (Season iii, Episode seven)

We've all committed to a project we that ultimately concluded up being more than of a challenge than we envisioned. Phil and Luke find themselves in that predicament as they set out to build a treehouse. After Luke throws in the towel, Phil'south neighbor, Andre (Kevin Hart), offers to assist.

In another part of the Dunphy household, Haley is attempting to write an essay about the biggest obstacle she'south always had to overcome. She struggles establishing her ground for the paper, every bit she recognizes that she'due south lived a pretty comfortable life. Haley blames Claire for making her life and then easy. Then, like whatsoever good mother would do, Claire takes Haley on a quick auto ride and ditches her out in the boonies without money or a phone, proclaiming that Haley'south found her topic for the paper.

Elsewhere, Cam believes a waitress is flirting with him and Mitchell balks at the idea, stating that she clearly just wants to make coin. Offended, Cam sets out to get a adult female's number. He finds Katie (Leslie Mann) and strikes up a conversation, in which he does remember her number. She after finds herself over at Cam'due south house and he confesses that he is a gay man and was simply trying to win a bet. Katie already knew that, and only wanted to detect a gay best friend. Afterwards Mitchell comes home, nonetheless, she puts on a prove — proclaiming her honey for Cam while puckering up and laying a big on him, before yelling at Mitchell to cherish him equally she storms out.

18. The Musical Man (Season 2, Episode 19)

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Phil's antics are a hoot, and this episode's sensational Phil maneuver certainly delivers. As a real estate amanuensis, he decides to advertise his business on his van. Since he declares that his family is his best nugget, he decides to have his family unit represented in the ad. The slogan on the epitome reads "I tin can't be satisfied until y'all're satisfied, let me make your dreams come true." When the wrapped advertisement is applied to the van, however, 1 side of the van shows an image of Claire with the portion of the line that says "I can't be satisfied" while the other side is an epitome of Haley stating "Let me make your dreams come true." Information technology was a hilarious blunder that led to Phil receiving many callers asking if he is selling sex services. Claire and Haley weren't tickled.

Cam recently landed the role of interim music manager at the schoolhouse. Manny complains to Mitchell that Cam is overworking them, pushing them to learn material rapidly. Mitchell already raised that objection to Cam but was criticized for not beingness supportive, then Mitchell doesn't get involved. Afterward developing a stage production that ends with kids holding letters displaying "Nosotros love the globe" alongside "F" (representing Franklin Heart School), a mishap causes Luke to be stuck in intermission. This results in a message to the audience that reads "Nosotros dearest the F word" subsequently the letter F is lowered.

17. Disneyland (Season 3, Episode 22)

Many sitcom families accept experienced the magical kingdom of Disneyland or Disney World. "Black-ish," "Boy Meets World," "The Goldbergs," "The Center", and "Full Business firm" (all of which ran on ABC, which is endemic by Disney) are but a few sitcoms where the star families visited a beloved Disney park. Information technology was only a matter of time before the Dunphy and Pritchett families made the visit, especially since they alive in SoCal. Of form, cipher can ever become smoothly in a sitcom. Otherwise, it wouldn't be whatsoever fun.

Phil starts to panic that he's feeling his historic period and unable to savour theme parks like he used to. Of grade, he later on realizes he has come downwardly with a issues and is relieved that this is all that he is experiencing. Haley runs into her onetime ex-boyfriend Dylan, who Claire despises for his lack of intellect. He is working at the park equally a Dapper Dan. Cam and Mitchell struggle to wrangle Lily as she has a proclivity for running off. When they attempt to use a child ternion, they feel the judgements of those around them. Jay helps them resolve the issue by outfitting Lily with a pair of child-sized high heels that keep her from bolting out of sight. A family vacation wouldn't quite feel like ane if in that location wasn't plenty of family unit problems and drama to go effectually.

16. Slow Down Your Neighbors (Season 2, Episode xi)

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Infuriated by a neighbor'due south negligence and penchant for speeding through the neighborhood, Claire vows to put an end to it. She prints out several posters directing the license plate number of the culprit to slow down. At one bespeak, Claire even rabidly attempts to chase down the auto on her cycle but still manages to lose sight of the speeder.

All the while, Phil is attempting to sell a house for his client Laura (Jami Gertz). Phil throws an open up firm for Laura ... and discovers that her silver Camaro is the very aforementioned automobile that Claire has been criticizing for speeding. After Claire meets Phil at the open up house by chance after attempting to chase the speeder on bike, Laura agrees to give Claire a ride dorsum home. Phil knows that Claire is almost to discover that his client is her arch nemesis. Claire doesn't even pay attention to the car every bit she is talking and seats herself in the passenger seat. But when Laura references a "neighborhood whack task" and speeds out of her driveway, Claire glances dorsum at Phil every bit she is sped away with a look of both shock and betrayal. Hopefully the one dozen mylar balloons Phil ordered as an amends will suffice.

xv. Airplane pilot (Season i, Episode 1)

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Frequently, new TV series have to discover their footing start earlier truly hooking audiences. However, "Modernistic Family" managed to rope enough of viewers in for the long haul with just the outset episode. That's correct, the pilot episode stands among the all-time episodes in the series. Of course, the pilot introduces us to each member of this sprawling family. Jay shows how self-conscious he is about existence older than his gorgeous newlywed wife. Haley gives Claire and Phil a run for their money as she attempts to have lonely fourth dimension with her boyfriend Dylan.

But the big news of the episode involves Jay'south son Mitchell and his partner Cam, who are only returning from Vietnam with a newly adopted infant girl named Lily. Mitchell misunderstands a passenger who refers to Lily and her "foam puffs" and responds angrily assertive the reference is to Cam and Mitchell ... when it's only virtually the cream puffs Lily is actually snacking on. This won't be the last fourth dimension Mitchell has to insert his foot into his mouth.

14. Political party Crasher (Season 4, Episode 12)

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It's Manny's xiv^th birthday, and Jay and Gloria attempt to throw him a surprise party. Little exercise they know that Manny would actually bring home a daughter and buss her in the nighttime, with everyone watching waiting to jump out and surprise the altogether boy. When the girl flips on the lights, she is shocked to meet all of Manny's similarly shocked family watching. She runs out in embarrassment, and Manny angrily runs to his room.

Meanwhile, Haley is taunting her parents past dating an older guy past the proper name of Kenny (Jason Mantzoukas). Phil is a chip tiresome on the uptake, still, and doesn't realize they're actually dating until much later. When he does finally realize information technology, however, he is enraged and nearly assaults the guy with a pair of gardening shears.

Later, when Manny finally comes out of his room, Gloria's water breaks and she has to go to the hospital. But she commits to not letting the babe out earlier midnight so Manny can keep his birthday all to himself. Manny, however, understands how much she loves him and tells her that it'south perfectly okay if he shares a birthday with his new sibling.

13. Halloween (Season ii, Episode 6)

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Halloween is a huge production at the Dunphy house, thanks to Claire's admiration for the holiday. Every twelvemonth, she puts on a big haunted display, and typically reels in the family to participate and scare trick-or-treaters. Of grade, nothing goes according to plan. Everyone has their consignment in the haunted firm display, just the remainder of the family'due south centre is just not in information technology. Gloria attempts an American accent that is a scrap worse for clothing, while the kids do a terrible job pulling off their characters. Additionally, Jay doesn't initiate the haunted house furnishings until it'southward too late.

The funniest moment of the episode, nonetheless, is that Mitchell finds that his new law firm allows costumes for the holiday. As a big fan of the superhero, Mitchell dresses equally Spider-Man. When he arrives at work, all the same, he finds that he is only ane of three dressed in costume — and overhears other employees mocking that the other two costumed individuals. Mitchell wears a adapt over the costume until he tin take information technology off. He finally finds a moment to grab a bath stall and alter. Haphazardly, he drops his pants in a toilet. He attempts to pull off actual Spider-Man moves and climb down the building from the outside to get the spare adapt in his automobile. Simply every bit luck would accept it, he sets off the auto alarms and turns around to see the whole office watching him out the windows.

12. Hawaii (Season i, Episode 23)

During a family trip to Hawaii, Phil decides to double the trip as a honeymoon that he and Claire never got to have due to the nascency of Haley. Of class, a honeymoon should be spent without children, right? Well, Phil and Claire do their best to push their kids away and let them bask the vacation on their own terms. Of grade, in Haley's instance, if you give her an inch, she'll take a mile. She parties with local youth her age and gets hammered, leaving Claire to assist her through her outset major drunken ordeal.

Speaking of child difficulties, Cam and Mitchell experience some of their own later on they accidentally leave Lily in an lift. The moment is a bit of a hilarious chaos, every bit Cam hysterically yells for someone to "seal off the island!" Fortunately for the daddy duo, Gloria happened to find Lily.

While enjoying some time in the sun, Jay initially wants to relax and swallow whatever he wanted. However, he is reminded that his male parent died in his early 60s due to being unhealthy. Suddenly realizing his ain bloodshed, Jay begins working out — irritating Gloria, who only wanted to relax on the trip. Of course, the moment eventually gives way to Jay opening up to Gloria about his fears, and the two decide to at least savour their holiday together.

11. Nether Force per unit area (Season 5, Episode 12)

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Being the brainy and motivated kid in a family unit isn't all it'southward cracked up to be. Alex understands that all too well. Being the independent and smart child that she is, she ever feels pressure to exist the all-time, since that what she believes anybody expects of her. She really goes to run across a therapist when she has a meltdown feeling overwhelmed. Meanwhile, the parents are attending an open business firm at the school. Claire visits each of Alex's advanced classes and gains a new appreciation for her daughter and the workload that she is saddled with.

Elsewhere, Phil and Jay are acting like kids in schoolhouse again. They're supposed to exist attending Luke and Manny's classes merely skip and head to the teacher'southward lounge to watch football. Riding on a bit of a high after Jay complimented Phil being able to prepare the TV in the lounge, Phil attempts to get bigger and sets upwardly the projector in the gymnasium. Mayhap Phil should have quit while he was alee — the projector breaks, and the two land themselves in the principal's office.

As the gym teacher, Cam prepares a presentation for the parents wants them to play dodgeball. The main, withal, tells Cam that is a no-become. But, when Cam sees that the parents aren't engaged, he breaks out the dodgeballs. Always the firecracker, Gloria gets a change to allow off a bit of steam during the match.

ten. The Wedding, Part two (Season 5, Episode 23)

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In typical "Mod Family unit" way, Cam and Mitch'south hymeneals is an absolute disaster. Their original wedding venue, prepared by their friend Pepper (Nathan Lane), is threatened by a wildfire. Every bit they endeavour to continue the anniversary, their officiant and friend Sal (Elizabeth Banks) goes into labor. When Phil volunteers to step in, the crowd is told past firefighters that they must evacuate. After shifting to a back-up venue, the nuptials is then put on concord by the couple who scheduled that venue for the mean solar day. Finally, as a last-ditch effort, the wedding ceremony is moved to Cam and Mitch's house which is far too pocket-sized to arrange all the guests. Some take to stand up outside. The couple then outset to believe that maybe the wedding isn't supposed to happen.

Jay, who has always shown some aversion to Mitch's sexual orientation, shows some real character growth as he exclaims that his son shouldn't be getting married in a house. Instead, he has the wedding moved to his state club and proclaims that he is proud to have Cam as a son-in-law. Finally, the nuptials goes off without a hitch as both sets of parents walk their sons down the aisle.

9. Schooled (Season 4, Episode 2)

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As the title implies, this episode sees the Dunphy and Pritchett families go to school. Haley heads off to higher, but not before Phil provides her with a book full of his cheeky advice titled "Phil'southward-osophy." Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria take a class on caring for a brand-new baby. While they obviously both have had children of their own, times certainly do change. Of course, the whole venture turns into a humorous scene of Jay and Gloria attempting to share their wisdom with the rest of the group. They leave the class early, much to Manny'due south disapproval.

Lily then heads to her first twenty-four hour period of kindergarten. She gets into her first fight nigh immediately, and Mitch and Cam come to her aid. They ultimately observe themselves sitting before the primary over the incident. The young culprit, Connor, is as well joined by his parents –- a lesbian couple. The ii couples begin tossing accusations and stereotyping 1 another, and the principal suggests that they have a playdate for the kids to get to know each other. They heed to the principal's advice and the playdate doesn't really become well ... for the parents. The couples bicker and banter, much to our amusement. In the terminate, nevertheless, they practise agree that they share the similarity of existence fiercely defensive of their children.

eight. Family Portrait (Season i, Episode 24)

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Wrangling a big family together for a family unit picture can sometimes exist daunting -– peculiarly if in that location's plenty of drama causing friction between different family unit members from the mean solar day'southward events. Claire, a perfectionist who simply wants the all-time photos of the whole family, finds this out the hard way.

Phil, Alex, Gloria, and Manny go to a Lakers game. During the event, Phil and Gloria announced on the kiss cam. Of course, they are not a couple and Phil tries to wave it off. Even so, the crowd isn't too pleased and they boo the couple. And so, Gloria grabs Phil and puckers upwards for a large ane. Meanwhile, Claire's frustrations are already beginning as she attempts to set up the broken stair in their dwelling for the family pictures. She winds up making it worse. Alex tells Phil that Claire is aroused. Of grade, Phil believes she saw the kiss on boob tube and is furious most it.

Mitchell has his own battles to fight, namely a pigeon that managed to enter his habitation. Equally Mitchell chases the bird effectually the house, much of the place winds up beingness destroyed. When Claire asks Mitchell if they tin now have the photo shoot at his house, he declines since his home looks like the site of a massacre.

The family still gets dressed in matching white attire and prepares for an outdoor photo. Cam is angry with Mitchell about their house and Phil brings upward the kiss, which starts drama. Then Jay slings mud later on getting irritated over Claire's micromanagement. A mud fight ensues, simply the motion picture is one that will be rife with memories.

7. Fizbo (Season 1, Episode 9)

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Information technology's Luke's birthday party. Claire and Phil can't seem to concur on the birthday festivities, so they combine their ideas for one wild fustigate. Of course, Phil is the life of the party, hiring an animal handler and bringing in a bounce house. Claire, on the other hand, is a flake of a moisture blanket, choosing to fix up a craft stand where kids can make sheaths for combs.

Meanwhile, Manny is attempting to woo a daughter from school named Bianca (Kaitlyn Dever). His attempts at beingness a funny human crumble pretty fast, as he botches all of the jokes he attempts to tell her earlier he even gets to the punch line.

Cam debuts his clown character Fizbo in an effort to add to the life of the party. Mitchell has a difficult time grasping Cam's fondness for "clown culture" and isn't shy about letting his partner know it's an embarrassment. Yet, when Cam steps up to a man bullying Mitchell at the gas station, Mitchell realizes that Cam's clown outside is just ane other side of the homo he loves. Hilariously, Phil has a deep-seated fearfulness of clowns, and stumbles his way through the party anxious at the site of Fizbo. He casually remarks that he has no thought where the fear came from, fifty-fifty though his mother e'er told him information technology's because he plant a dead clown in the woods every bit a immature boy.

six. Phil's Sexy, Sexy House (Season 7, Episode 7)

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Every bit part of Phil's real estate gig, he sometimes gains access to some killer pads. That is one benefit his daughter, Haley, recognizes well-nigh his job. In this particular episode, Phil's client has decadent house with several modern civilities, including a hot tub. Haley decides to hang out at the business firm to accept some fourth dimension alone, though Phil's protégé in the business likewise happens to be at the home to set up for an open house. The person is none other than Andy (Adam DeVine), Haley's former love involvement. The two ever shared a connexion, just never acted on it since Andy had a girlfriend he wished to propose to. While at the home, the two accidentally fall into the tub, dry off, and relax on the couch before hiding later on thinking Phil was entering the house.

It turns out that Cam and Mitch arrived to also take advantage of the ritzy dwelling. They turn on some music while making some cocktails. Suddenly, Phil does go far, and walks to another room. And so Luke and his friends prove up with a vi-pack of beer. Phil then bursts into the room, wearing a VR headset and playing a game. Cam, Mitch, Luke, and his friends all freeze in identify and remain placidity as Phil dances around them playing his virtual reality game. As they try to escape, Claire arrives in a Medieval go-up — thinking she was going to do sexy fantasy role-playing with Phil, non realizing he merely wanted her to join him in his VR game instead. The intruders are discovered, leaving Phil to kick everyone out before running off with Claire for some intimacy.

5. My Funky Valentine (Season i, Episode 15)

Phil and Claire both have fictional characters they portray in an effort to spice upwards their romantic evenings. The debut of Phil's man of affairs Clive Bixby and Claire's elementary housewife Julianna occurs in this episode. For Valentine's twenty-four hour period, they "bump into each other" at a hotel bar, where they strike up a flirtation that will obviously lead them to a fun evening in a hotel room. At one indicate, Claire'due south Julianna excuses herself to go to the bath. She emerges in a long coat, telling her part-playing husband that she's entirely naked underneath. Every bit the couple ride an escalator, Claire's glaze gets stuck and she cannot move or remove her glaze without revealing all to the world. Of class, Gloria later comes to the rescue providing her with a covering to walk away unscathed.

Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell effort to assistance Manny express his feelings to a daughter he's admired from afar. Manny had written a poem for the girl, only another boy plagiarized his piece of work and used it as his own landing the girl's affection. Mitchell stands up for Manny and reveals the deceit to the daughter, but she realizes she still likes the other male child afterward he tells her he used Manny'due south words because he didn't know how to limited those feelings. Someday, Manny. Your fourth dimension volition come.

4. American Skyper (Season 6, Episode 24)

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It's Alex's high school graduation and the family is celebrating. Phil joins the family via skype on a mobile robot with the assistance of Andy. Haley and Andy share a strong connexion that they ultimate avoid, considering Andy has a girlfriend to whom he plans on proposing. However, he does feel a bit of confusion internally and asked Phil for advice — telling him that there was another daughter, and he wasn't sure he should propose to Beth. Phil encourages him to motion forrad with the proposal if he has feelings for her. Then Phil has a conversation with Haley, and after Andy and Haley share a goodbye hug, Phil realizes that Haley is the other girl and that they love each other. Only a technical malfunction stops Phil from busting the revelation of their love wide open.

In some other bit of drama, Cam believes Mitchell is adulterous on him subsequently he sees Mitch interim weird. In reality, Mitch lost his job and is trying get Phil to cancel a deal they had to buy the flat above them for guest housing. He's afraid to share the bad news with Cam. Eventually, however, Cam confronts Mitch and he tells Cam he's been going to the park every day and spending his days with an old man and his pet bird instead of going to work.

3. Fulgencio (Flavour 4, Episode 13)

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What volition i practice to appease a mother-in-law? Jay sets a new standard in that department. Jay and Gloria still oasis't managed to selection a name for their newborn son. Leading up to the christening of the baby, Gloria's mother Pilar (Elizabeth Peña), and her sister Sonia (Stephanie Beatriz), visit. Pilar is determined that Gloria and Jay give their son the Colombian family unit name of Fulgencio. Jay hates the name, and he also finds out that his mother-in-law greatly dislikes him. Ultimately, Jay agrees to calling their child Fulgencio Joseph Pritchett to appease his mother-in-police force. Nonetheless, he swears to Gloria that they will not use his beginning name but will but phone call him Joe.

Phil is left with the kids, who all seem to take problems with dissimilar people. Alex has a classmate who is throwing the same party she wants to throw for her upcoming birthday party. Luke's friend told everyone that he called the teacher "mommy." Haley was hired to park cars for a lady but keeps running into her poorly-placed tree. Phil even has a bone to pick with a store owner who is blocking his existent manor signs with balloons. When Phil sets out to show them that kindness gets them further than the more than bullish arroyo their mother would take, he manages to make things worse.

Phil then commissions Luke to have care of business while he heads to the christening of Gloria and Jay's infant to exist recognized as a godfather. During the christening, Luke is seen terrorizing those who have wronged them, paying a hilarious homage to "The Godfather."

2. Caught in the Act (Season 2, Episode thirteen)

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This episode follows the Dunphy children every bit they try to provide their parents breakfast in bed for their anniversary merely to see the unthinkable -– their parents having sex activity. In the aftermath, the kids endeavour to altitude themselves from their parents every bit they try to make sense of what they saw. Luke is a flake young at this bespeak and even explains that he isn't sure what he saw. The moment is especially traumatic for Claire, who experienced the same moment with her own mother and male parent as a child.

The children leave the business firm to discuss the next steps. Ultimately, the awkwardness of talking about sex with their parents is a topic to be avoided. They settle on a new idea for an ceremony gift, notwithstanding. The children produce a lock for their parents door that should hopefully ease the trauma they had simply suffered, knowing it shouldn't likely happen again.

ane. Connection Lost (Season half-dozen, Episode 16)

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"Connectedness Lost" is the all-time "Modern Family" episode for its originality, unique presentation, and smart humor. The entire episode takes place on FaceTime screens. Claire is attempting to reach out to Haley because the two recently had a fight. When she can't get a hold of Haley, she FaceTime'southward Phil, hoping he can tell her what Haley is up to. Phil thinks she is at a friend's firm.

Upon realizing it'south Mitchell's birthday, Claire calls her brother. After wishing him a happy altogether, she asks about Haley since she had babysat Lily recently. Cam and Mitchell'due south most recent interaction with Haley is when she borrowed a blue suit. Claire then sees on Facebook that Haley's status has been changed to "married." When Claire accesses her daughter's iCloud account, she tracks her phone to a wedding ceremony chapel in Las Vegas.

Like any mother might, Claire begins to panic, thinking Haley has gone off and gotten married. More evidence appears suggesting that Haley, mayhap, married her recent fellow Andy and that she is possibly pregnant. After Claire breaks down and calls Jay, he helps console her over the thought. After all, Claire did the same affair in her determinative years, and she apologizes to her father for putting him through that.

Hilariously, the episode ends with Haley finally calling Claire afterward having woke up ... in her own bed. She was in the house the whole time and at that place were logical explanations for equally of prove Claire uncovered.

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