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30 Best Modernistic Family unit Episodes Ranked

"Dance until your anxiety hurt, sing until your lungs hurt, deed until you're William Hurt." Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) is total of spunky bites of wisdom from his book of Phil'south-osophies. And information technology's painfully clear that the patriarch lives by his ain words. Life with the Dunphy and Pritchett families are a bit of an run a risk. While they may seem like average suburban people living in Southern California, they're annihilation merely. Not only is this composite family unit diverse in many ways, they're as well the life of the political party that is ane of Tv set's best sitcoms, "Modern Family."

For those who take seen the show — and permit's hope that is everyone reading this spoiler-filled piece — awkward coincidences, hilarious karmic comeuppances, and the rudimentary but valuable need to experience loved and accepted past family unit are what make "Modern Family unit" the comedic, center-warming sitcom that information technology is. In honor of the series, let's take a look at xxx of the all-time episodes "Modern Family unit" has to offer, ranked.

30. Two Monkeys and a Panda (Flavor 2, 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 concluding name only. Cam's last name is Lily's middle name. The two accept a lengthy, drama-infused conversation over the matter. Merely Mitchell eventually admits he worried about a futurity where he and Cam potentially split when he made that decision. He resolves the problem by committing to giving Lily a hyphenated surname. On that note, Mitchell hilariously confesses that the house is only in his proper name. Cam better not get out him whatever time shortly.

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

29. Chirp (Flavour 2, Episode 7)

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The title of this episode is derived from the incessant chirping racket of a fume detector low on batteries. Claire is sick, and it is up to Phil to manage both her tasks for the mean solar day and his own every bit a existent manor amanuensis. He hears the chirping and replaces the batteries in all of the detectors he tin detect, but the chirping persists. The chirping taunts him as 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-centric furniture shop even though Mitchell opposes the thought. However, Cam's glee over Lily's stardom instantly fades when he sees that those making the commercial dub stereotypical Japanese vocals for baby Lily while set to the backdrop of a Godzilla-like monster (SaveZilla) attacking. When Cam asks for the stereotyping to stop, the director remarks that it's satire. Angrily, Cam grabs the incorrect infant and marches off before realizing his mistake.

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 than promising private by relating the background of the soap opera on television. However, Claire isn't straight and only talks about the show without ever mentioning Dylan by name. In an amusing mix-upward, 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 (Season 4, Episode 6)

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In an endeavor to help Manny (Rico Rodriguez) and Luke (Nolan Gould) raise money for a school charity fundraiser, Jay (Ed O'Neill) and Gloria (Sofia Vergara) hold a garage sale. When the boys try to bring a box from the attic, Gloria angrily takes it from them. Of course, Manny and Luke are curious about what is in the box and endeavour to discover the secret ... which turns out to exist 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 motorcycle, 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 exam drive. Phil tries to prove his manhood by taking the bike out into the canyon. When he stops, the wheel topples over on top of him. While he's stuck, he makes a video for his family in case he dies. Of grade, he manages to go out of the predicament, only upon his render, he's missing his unabridged left pant leg.

During the consequence, Alex is flirting with a male child she likes but Claire believes the male child is gay. She fifty-fifty has Mitchell and Cam confirm he's gay through their own deduction. Claire attempts to put the fling to an end to spare Alex the pain of that discovery. Nothing goes her fashion, even so, and she resigns herself to the fact that Alex will learn on her own.

27. Virgin Territory (Season 3, Episode 16)

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The narrative of this episode is similar one giant Rube Goldberg automobile, just similar the one Luke and Manny set upwardly as a trap to strike dorsum at Lily for consuming all the attention. Instead of Lily, notwithstanding, Cam falls prey to the machine and allegedly "hurts" his back while breaking Lily's favorite doll. In an effort to keep Lily happy, Phil, Alex, Haley, and Lily head to the mall to see if they can get the doll repaired. On the trip, all the same, Alex accidentally reveals that Haley and Dylan were having sexual activity. This puts an bad-mannered strain on the trip, equally Phil tries to cope with the idea that his daughter isn't his little daughter whatever longer.

At a breakfast that morn, the family has fun making confessions of one-time misdeeds. Mitchell confesses that long-ago, Jay never actually made his famous pigsty-in-i shot during a golfing match. Mitchell kicked the ball into the pigsty. Jay is injure by the reveal because that hole-in-one has been a part of his identity amid his friends. He even 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 have their own secrets. Mitchell, notwithstanding, walks in during a conversation that leads him to believe Jay confessed — and he stands upwards for his dad inadvertently, revealing the truth to his friends.

While the unabridged family 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 — merely does recover the Tupperware, leaving him elated.

26. Election Day (Season three, Episode xix)

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Claire has been running for metropolis council, and the day of the election has come. Everyone has been given a task on this important day. Laughably, however, they are all unable to complete their tasks. Phil is supposed to drive l senior citizens to their local polling place in order to vote ... simply he barely is able to ship one after using a bunch of time helping the man brand return trips to think his spectacles, food, and medicine. Luke makes wild promises that citizens won't have to pay taxes if they vote for his mom. Alex fails miserably to manage the telephone banks. Jay is simply supposed to just make his vote but after running into a former flame working the polls, she callously refuses to cast his vote.

Claire is attempting to proceeds the necessary press the big solar day requires. Afterward trying to bite off a tag from her suit, Claire loses her fake tooth right before she's supposed to have a photo for the local paper. Losing her tooth as well makes her sound drunk during her radio interview. The unabridged day was an absolute railroad train wreck, but underscored the idea that not everything goes according to plan — specially with a family unit that has a bad history with luck.

25. Smashing Expectations (Season 1, Episode eight)

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In "Great Expectations," Claire and Phil prove us all just how perfect they are for each other, despite their flaws. The couple is celebrating their ceremony, and those who are familiar with the Dunphy clan know that Phil is a romantic and Claire is ... well, she'south not. Beingness what he is inherently makes Phil a stellar gift-giver. Claire, nevertheless, fails in that department fourth dimension and fourth dimension over again. In a hilarious endeavor to subvert Phil'southward expectations for this particular anniversary, Claire hires a the (fictional) bass actor of Spandau Ballet to put on a individual show at their home. The bass histrion, 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 atrocious realization that Phil doesn't like Spandau Ballet and that the song "True" is not the couple'southward special song that was playing during their first kiss. Phil adamantly declares with a perfect retentivity of the upshot that "If You Leave" past Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was their song. While the moment was a humorous disaster, the two however connect simply considering Claire tried.

24. En Garde (Season 1, Episode 7)

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As the title implies, this episode is all about the art of fencing. Manny embraces his "quondam soul" and pursues the hobby, merely attempts to quit when he realizes he has to face off against a girl. Gloria teaches Manny that that's not a skillful reason to quit, and that he should compete just equally aggressively as he would if his opponent were male person.

Of course, both Gloria and Jay's goading to beat the competition comes back to bite them when they acquire that Manny'due south opponent lost both of her parents and is contesting an illness. While Jay and Gloria attempt to attain out to Manny to get him to back downward and let her win, Manny is as well far gone, taking the lesson Gloria taught him to heart. He bests his opponent and talks a little bit of smack forth the way. It'southward not exactly Gloria's proudest moment, and the couple feels a bit of awkward shame for their son touting his win over an bilious opponent.

23. Undeck the Halls (Flavor 1, Episode ten)

In the commencement Christmas episode of the series, Phil uncharacteristically lands himself in the role of the Grinch. Later on Claire finds a burn mark on the couch, the couple deduce that i of their children was smoking –- a rather extreme conclusion to jump to without any other bear witness. This perfectly encapsulates the hapless Dunphy duo, who tend to bound before they look. Regardless, Phil attempts to adopt a firmer opinion every bit a parent (which he isn't known to do) and threatens to cancel Christmas unless the culprit steps frontwards. Eventually, Alex confesses to the criminal offense and is grounded the week after Christmas. Later, nevertheless, the family unit discovers that a dangling Christmas ornament is refracting light and burning the couch. Alex falsely confessed in order to keep Christmas. Phil feels his own shame and inadvertently promises the family a trip to Italy -– a wild, expensive promise Claire isn't happy near.

Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell accidentally go a mall Santa fired when they complained that he didn't await the function. Feeling guilty, they invited him over for dinner. When Cam'south former a cappella group, the Greensleevers, arrives to taunt him for being kicked out of the grouping, he gets angry. The mall Santa explains that forgiveness is the way to get, just equally he forgave them for getting him fired. Just when the leader of the group dismisses Cam's polite seasons greetings, the Santa decks the singer's halls and runs. Sometimes a hefty right hook is appropriate.

22. Moon Landing (Season 1, Episode 14)

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Ever had an awkward moment in locker room where you mistakenly brushed up confronting someone while undressing? Well, Jay has the pleasure of experiencing that with his ain (future) son-in-law, Cam. The 2 caput 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 information technology as life in a locker room. He dubs it a "moon landing." Jay, on the other hand, is completely awkward about information technology and keeps telling Cam to stop talking about information technology. After Jay mops the floor with Cam, he hits the showers and then does the same thing one time once again — but with a random stranger who he thinks is Cam. Jay proudly exclaims it doesn't bother him any more and intentionally presses his butt against the poor guy again. After Cam waltzes around the corner Jay's heart sinks and he rushes out at that place while near of us viewers are wiping abroad tears of laughter.

Likewise in this episode, Jay, Manny, and Mitchell all have trouble confronting Gloria over her terrible driving. Jay and Manny know Gloria and fear the confrontation with her spicy temper as they endeavor to button Mitchell into taking the heat. While she gives Mitchell a run for his coin, she eventually apologizes after crashing her car into a restaurant.

21. The Kiss (Season 2, Episode 2)

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"The Buss" is, of course, centered around kissing and the emotions associated with it. While Alex may be the brainy daughter, she's still young, and awkward when it comes romantic engagements. Claire finds that her girl is flirting with a boy at school, and Claire encourages Haley to approach Alex on the subject field. Of course, Haley pulls a "big sis" stunt and tells Alex that if she doesn't hurry upwards and kiss the boy, he'll get the wrong idea and peradventure even think she'south a lesbian. Experiencing a sudden sense of urgency, Alex runs to the house of her vanquish and unloads her feelings on him and request him to kiss her at the front door ... while the residuum of the boy'southward soccer team listens behind the door. Alex heads domicile and unleashes her righteous acrimony on her sister and mother 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 problem with public displays of affection. Cam amusingly recounts the time that Mitchell high-fived him at a New Year'southward Eve party instead of resorting to the holiday tradition of a kiss.

One time the entire family unit gathers for dinner at Jay and Gloria's house, Mitchell rejects another kiss from Cam. So, things go 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 effort to quit the chat and movement on.

twenty. Mother'due south Day (Season 2, Episode 21)

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It'due south Mother's Mean solar day and everyone seems to exist doing their ain thing in society to celebrate the festivities. Claire and Gloria become hiking, and ultimately leave the bickering children backside in an effort to become some peace and quiet. When Claire asks Gloria whether Manny gets on his nerves, she opens up that Manny struggles to be outgoing socially and that his poetry is subpar. Unfortunately, Manny is shut enough backside to hear everything.

Meanwhile, after Mitchell serves Cam breakfast in bed, Cam begins to worry about existence considered the "woman" in the relationship. Afterward the two head to the park, the other mothers ask Cam to be in the moving picture every bit an honorary mom, farther stoking his irritation over the outcome. Cam and Mitchell insist that it's insulting when people treat them like women, diminishing their sense of masculinity. The ii continue to dispute the issue, leading to some of the hilarious banter that nosotros've become accustomed to from the pair.

Jay and Phil stay home to cook dinner. Phil manages to have Jay become in bear upon with his emotional side, as he causes him to recall a letter Jay wrote when he was 9-years-old to his mom. The patriarch denies that he cried when Phil later tells the whole family unit of the moment. Merely the truth shines forth when Jay begins weeping again later on telling a story of his mother.

xix. Treehouse (Flavor 3, Episode 7)

Nosotros've all committed to a project we that ultimately ended upwardly being more than of a claiming 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's neighbour, Andre (Kevin Hart), offers to assist.

In another role of the Dunphy household, Haley is attempting to write an essay about the biggest obstacle she'due south e'er had to overcome. She struggles establishing her ground for the paper, equally she recognizes that she's lived a pretty comfortable life. Haley blames Claire for making her life and then easy. So, like any good mother would exercise, Claire takes Haley on a quick car ride and ditches her out in the boonies without money or a phone, proclaiming that Haley's found her topic for the paper.

Elsewhere, Cam believes a waitress is flirting with him and Mitchell balks at the thought, stating that she clearly just wants to make coin. Offended, Cam sets out to go a woman's number. He finds Katie (Leslie Isle of man) and strikes up a conversation, in which he does call back her number. She later finds herself over at Cam's house and he confesses that he is a gay human being and was but trying to win a bet. Katie already knew that, and only wanted to observe a gay best friend. After Mitchell comes abode, notwithstanding, she puts on a show — proclaiming her love for Cam while puckering up and laying a big on him, before yelling at Mitchell to cherish him as she storms out.

eighteen. The Musical Homo (Flavor 2, Episode xix)

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

Cam recently landed the function of interim music managing director at the school. Manny complains to Mitchell that Cam is overworking them, pushing them to acquire textile apace. Mitchell already raised that objection to Cam but was criticized for not being supportive, and so Mitchell doesn't get involved. Later developing a stage production that ends with kids property letters displaying "We love the world" alongside "F" (representing Franklin Center School), a mishap causes Luke to be stuck in interruption. This results in a message to the audience that reads "Nosotros dearest the F word" afterward the letter of the alphabet F is lowered.

17. Disneyland (Season 3, Episode 22)

Many sitcom families have experienced the magical kingdom of Disneyland or Disney World. "Black-ish," "Male child Meets World," "The Goldbergs," "The Middle", and "Full House" (all of which ran on ABC, which is endemic by Disney) are just a few sitcoms where the star families visited a beloved Disney park. It was only a matter of time before the Dunphy and Pritchett families fabricated the visit, especially since they live in SoCal. Of course, nothing can e'er become smoothly in a sitcom. Otherwise, it wouldn't be any fun.

Phil starts to panic that he'due south feeling his age and unable to enjoy theme parks like he used to. Of grade, he later on realizes he has come down with a issues and is relieved that this is all that he is experiencing. Haley runs into her old ex-fellow Dylan, who Claire despises for his lack of intellect. He is working at the park every bit a Dapper Dan. Cam and Mitchell struggle to wrangle Lily as she has a proclivity for running off. When they effort to use a kid leash, 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 one if there wasn't enough of family bug and drama to go around.

16. Wearisome Down Your Neighbors (Season ii, Episode 11)

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Infuriated by a neighbour's 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 point, Claire even rabidly attempts to chase down the machine on her cycle merely 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 firm for Laura ... and discovers that her silver Camaro is the very same machine that Claire has been criticizing for speeding. Later on Claire meets Phil at the open house past chance after attempting to chase the speeder on bike, Laura agrees to give Claire a ride back home. Phil knows that Claire is about to discover that his client is her curvation nemesis. Claire doesn't fifty-fifty pay attending to the automobile as she is talking and seats herself in the rider seat. But when Laura references a "neighborhood whack chore" and speeds out of her driveway, Claire glances dorsum at Phil as she is sped away with a look of both stupor and expose. Hopefully the one dozen mylar balloons Phil ordered as an apology will suffice.

15. Pilot (Season 1, Episode 1)

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Ofttimes, new TV serial have to find their footing outset earlier truly hooking audiences. However, "Modern Family" managed to rope plenty of viewers in for the long haul with merely the start episode. That's right, the pilot episode stands amongst the all-time episodes in the series. Of course, the pilot introduces the states to each member of this sprawling family. Jay shows how self-conscious he is well-nigh existence older than his gorgeous newlywed wife. Haley gives Claire and Phil a run for their coin as she attempts to accept alone time with her boyfriend Dylan.

But the big news of the episode involves Jay's son Mitchell and his partner Cam, who are just returning from Vietnam with a newly adopted baby girl named Lily. Mitchell misunderstands a passenger who refers to Lily and her "cream puffs" and responds angrily assertive the reference is to Cam and Mitchell ... when it'southward just well-nigh the cream puffs Lily is actually snacking on. This won't be the last time Mitchell has to insert his foot into his rima oris.

14. Political party Crasher (Flavour iv, Episode 12)

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It'due south Manny's 14^thursday birthday, and Jay and Gloria effort to throw him a surprise party. Petty exercise they know that Manny would actually bring domicile a girl and kiss her in the dark, with anybody watching waiting to jump out and surprise the birthday boy. When the girl flips on the lights, she is shocked to run into all of Manny'due south similarly shocked family watching. She runs out in embarrassment, and Manny angrily runs to his room.

Meanwhile, Haley is taunting her parents by dating an older guy past the proper name of Kenny (Jason Mantzoukas). Phil is a bit tedious on the uptake, all the same, and doesn't realize they're really dating until much after. When he does finally realize it, even so, he is enraged and nearly assaults the guy with a pair of gardening shears.

Later, when Manny finally comes out of his room, Gloria'due south water breaks and she has to get to the infirmary. But she commits to non letting the baby out before midnight so Manny can go on his birthday all to himself. Manny, however, understands how much she loves him and tells her that it's perfectly okay if he shares a birthday with his new sibling.

thirteen. Halloween (Season ii, Episode 6)

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Halloween is a huge product at the Dunphy house, thanks to Claire's adoration for the holiday. Every year, she puts on a big haunted display, and typically reels in the family to participate and scare trick-or-treaters. Of course, nothing goes according to plan. Anybody has their consignment in the haunted house display, but the residuum of the family'southward heart is just not in it. Gloria attempts an American accent that is a flake worse for wear, while the kids exercise a terrible job pulling off their characters. Additionally, Jay doesn't initiate the haunted firm effects until it's too late.

The funniest moment of the episode, however, is that Mitchell finds that his new constabulary firm allows costumes for the vacation. As a large fan of the superhero, Mitchell dresses as Spider-Man. When he arrives at work, however, he finds that he is only one of three dressed in costume — and overhears other employees mocking that the other 2 costumed individuals. Mitchell wears a suit over the costume until he can have it off. He finally finds a moment to grab a bath stall and change. Haphazardly, he drops his pants in a toilet. He attempts to pull off actual Spider-Man moves and climb down the edifice from the outside to become the spare suit in his car. Merely every bit luck would have it, he sets off the car alarms and turns around to meet the whole role watching him out the windows.

12. Hawaii (Season 1, 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 birth of Haley. Of form, a honeymoon should be spent without children, right? Well, Phil and Claire do their best to push their kids abroad and allow them relish the vacation on their ain terms. Of course, in Haley'south instance, if yous give her an inch, she'll accept a mile. She parties with local youth her age and gets hammered, leaving Claire to help her through her offset major drunken ordeal.

Speaking of child difficulties, Cam and Mitchell feel some of their own after they accidentally get out Lily in an elevator. The moment is a bit of a hilarious chaos, as 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 father died in his early 60s due to being unhealthy. All of a sudden realizing his own mortality, Jay begins working out — irritating Gloria, who simply wanted to relax on the trip. Of course, the moment eventually gives way to Jay opening up to Gloria virtually his fears, and the 2 decide to at least savor their vacation together.

11. Nether Pressure (Season v, Episode 12)

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Being the erudite and motivated child in a family unit isn't all it's cracked up to be. Alex understands that all likewise well. Beingness the independent and smart child that she is, she e'er feels pressure to be the best, since that what she believes everyone expects of her. She really goes to see a therapist when she has a meltdown feeling overwhelmed. Meanwhile, the parents are attending an open firm at the school. Claire visits each of Alex's avant-garde classes and gains a new appreciation for her daughter and the workload that she is saddled with.

Elsewhere, Phil and Jay are interim like kids in school once more. They're supposed to be attending Luke and Manny's classes but skip and head to the teacher's lounge to picket football. Riding on a bit of a high after Jay complimented Phil being able to fix the Telly in the lounge, Phil attempts to go bigger and sets upwardly the projector in the gymnasium. Perhaps Phil should have quit while he was ahead — the projector breaks, and the two country themselves in the principal's office.

Equally the gym teacher, Cam prepares a presentation for the parents wants them to play dodgeball. The principal, however, tells Cam that is a no-go. But, when Cam sees that the parents aren't engaged, he breaks out the dodgeballs. Ever the firecracker, Gloria gets a alter to let off a chip of steam during the match.

10. The Wedding, Part 2 (Season 5, Episode 23)

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In typical "Modern Family" manner, Cam and Mitch'due south wedding is an absolute disaster. Their original wedding venue, prepared past their friend Pepper (Nathan Lane), is threatened by a wildfire. Every bit they attempt to continue the anniversary, their officiant and friend Sal (Elizabeth Banks) goes into labor. When Phil volunteers to footstep in, the crowd is told past firefighters that they must evacuate. After shifting to a back-up venue, the wedding is and so put on hold 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 small to accommodate all the guests. Some have to stand up exterior. The couple and then start to believe that maybe the wedding ceremony isn't supposed to happen.

Jay, who has always shown some aversion to Mitch's sexual orientation, shows some real character growth every bit he exclaims that his son shouldn't exist getting married in a house. Instead, he has the wedding moved to his country guild and proclaims that he is proud to accept Cam as a son-in-constabulary. Finally, the hymeneals goes off without a hitch equally both sets of parents walk their sons down the aisle.

9. Schooled (Season four, Episode 2)

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As the championship implies, this episode sees the Dunphy and Pritchett families go to school. Haley heads off to college, only not earlier Phil provides her with a volume full of his cheeky advice titled "Phil'south-osophy." Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria take a class on caring for a make-new babe. While they evidently both have had children of their ain, 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 go out the class early, much to Manny's disapproval.

Lily so heads to her start mean solar day of kindergarten. She gets into her first fight about immediately, and Mitch and Cam come to her aid. They ultimately notice themselves sitting before the master over the incident. The young culprit, Connor, is also joined by his parents –- a lesbian couple. The ii couples begin tossing accusations and stereotyping one another, and the main suggests that they take a playdate for the kids to become to know each other. They listen to the master's advice and the playdate doesn't really go well ... for the parents. The couples bicker and banter, much to our entertainment. In the end, withal, they do hold that they share the similarity of beingness fiercely defensive of their children.

8. Family Portrait (Flavor 1, Episode 24)

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Wrangling a big family together for a family picture can sometimes be daunting -– especially if in that location's enough of drama causing friction between unlike family members from the 24-hour interval's events. Claire, a perfectionist who only wants the best photos of the whole family unit, finds this out the difficult way.

Phil, Alex, Gloria, and Manny go to a Lakers game. During the result, Phil and Gloria appear on the kiss cam. Of course, they are not a couple and Phil tries to moving ridge it off. However, the crowd isn't too pleased and they boo the couple. Then, Gloria grabs Phil and puckers up for a big one. Meanwhile, Claire's frustrations are already beginning as she attempts to set the broken stair in their domicile for the family pictures. She winds up making information technology worse. Alex tells Phil that Claire is aroused. Of class, Phil believes she saw the kiss on television and is furious about it.

Mitchell has his own battles to fight, namely a pigeon that managed to enter his home. Every bit Mitchell chases the bird around the house, much of the place winds up being destroyed. When Claire asks Mitchell if they can now have the photograph shoot at his house, he declines since his dwelling looks similar the site of a massacre.

The family unit withal gets dressed in matching white attire and prepares for an outdoor photograph. Cam is angry with Mitchell about their house and Phil brings up the buss, which starts drama. Then Jay slings mud later on getting irritated over Claire'south micromanagement. A mud fight ensues, but the motion-picture show is ane that volition be rife with memories.

7. Fizbo (Flavor 1, Episode 9)

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It's Luke's birthday party. Claire and Phil can't seem to agree on the birthday festivities, and then they combine their ideas for 1 wild bash. Of course, Phil is the life of the party, hiring an creature handler and bringing in a bounciness business firm. Claire, on the other paw, is a bit of a wet coating, choosing to set up a craft stand where kids tin can make sheaths for combs.

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

Cam debuts his clown graphic symbol Fizbo in an effort to add to the life of the party. Mitchell has a hard time grasping Cam'south fondness for "clown culture" and isn't shy about letting his partner know it'southward an embarrassment. However, when Cam steps upward to a human bullying Mitchell at the gas station, Mitchell realizes that Cam'south clown exterior is but ane other side of the human being he loves. Hilariously, Phil has a deep-seated fear of clowns, and stumbles his way through the political party anxious at the site of Fizbo. He casually remarks that he has no idea where the fearfulness came from, even though his mother ever told him information technology'due south considering he plant a dead clown in the forest as a young boy.

6. Phil's Sexy, Sexy House (Flavour 7, Episode vii)

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As part of Phil's real estate gig, he sometimes gains access to some killer pads. That is one benefit his daughter, Haley, recognizes about his job. In this detail episode, Phil'southward customer has decadent business firm with several modernistic civilities, including a hot tub. Haley decides to hang out at the house to take some time lonely, though Phil's protégé in the business also happens to be at the habitation to ready for an open up house. The person is none other than Andy (Adam DeVine), Haley's former love involvement. The two ever shared a connection, only never acted on it since Andy had a girlfriend he wished to suggest to. While at the home, the 2 accidentally fall into the tub, dry off, and relax on the couch before hiding after thinking Phil was entering the firm.

Information technology turns out that Cam and Mitch arrived to likewise take advantage of the ritzy home. They plow on some music while making some cocktails. Of a sudden, Phil does arrive, and walks to some other room. Then Luke and his friends testify upwards with a half-dozen-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 place and remain tranquility as Phil dances effectually them playing his virtual reality game. As they endeavour to escape, Claire arrives in a Medieval go-up — thinking she was going to do sexy fantasy office-playing with Phil, not realizing he just 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 one, Episode 15)

Phil and Claire both have fictional characters they portray in an effort to spice up their romantic evenings. The debut of Phil'southward businessman Clive Bixby and Claire's unproblematic housewife Julianna occurs in this episode. For Valentine's 24-hour interval, 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 point, Claire's Julianna excuses herself to get to the bathroom. She emerges in a long glaze, telling her role-playing hubby that she'due south entirely naked underneath. As the couple ride an escalator, Claire's coat gets stuck and she cannot movement or remove her coat without revealing all to the globe. Of class, Gloria later comes to the rescue providing her with a covering to walk abroad unscathed.

Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell attempt to help Manny limited his feelings to a girl he'southward admired from afar. Manny had written a poem for the girl, but another boy plagiarized his work and used it every bit his own landing the girl's amore. Mitchell stands upwardly for Manny and reveals the cant to the girl, but she realizes she notwithstanding likes the other boy after he tells her he used Manny's words because he didn't know how to limited those feelings. Someday, Manny. Your time volition come.

4. American Skyper (Season 6, Episode 24)

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Information technology's Alex's high school graduation and the family is jubilant. Phil joins the family via skype on a mobile robot with the help of Andy. Haley and Andy share a strong connectedness that they ultimate avoid, because 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 girl, and he wasn't sure he should suggest to Beth. Phil encourages him to motility frontward 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 daughter and that they love each other. But a technical malfunction stops Phil from busting the revelation of their love wide open.

In some other chip of drama, Cam believes Mitchell is cheating on him later he sees Mitch acting weird. In reality, Mitch lost his job and is trying get Phil to cancel a bargain they had to buy the apartment above them for guest housing. He'due south afraid to share the bad news with Cam. Eventually, all the same, Cam confronts Mitch and he tells Cam he's been going to the park every day and spending his days with an old human and his pet bird instead of going to work.

three. Fulgencio (Season four, Episode xiii)

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What volition one do to appease a mother-in-law? Jay sets a new standard in that department. Jay and Gloria still haven't managed to pick a name for their newborn son. Leading up to the christening of the baby, Gloria's mother Pilar (Elizabeth Peña), and her sis Sonia (Stephanie Beatriz), visit. Pilar is determined that Gloria and Jay give their son the Colombian family proper name of Fulgencio. Jay hates the proper noun, and he besides finds out that his mother-in-law greatly dislikes him. Ultimately, Jay agrees to calling their kid Fulgencio Joseph Pritchett to appease his mother-in-law. However, he swears to Gloria that they volition not use his first name but will only telephone call him Joe.

Phil is left with the kids, who all seem to have problems with different people. Alex has a classmate who is throwing the same political 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 just keeps running into her poorly-placed tree. Phil even has a os to selection with a shop possessor who is blocking his real manor signs with balloons. When Phil sets out to show them that kindness gets them farther than the more bullish arroyo their mother would accept, he manages to brand things worse.

Phil so commissions Luke to take care of business organization while he heads to the christening of Gloria and Jay'southward baby to be recognized equally a godfather. During the christening, Luke is seen terrorizing those who have wronged them, paying a hilarious homage to "The Godfather."

ii. Caught in the Act (Season 2, Episode 13)

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This episode follows the Dunphy children as they attempt to provide their parents breakfast in bed for their anniversary only to come across the unthinkable -– their parents having sex activity. In the aftermath, the kids attempt to distance themselves from their parents as they endeavour to make sense of what they saw. Luke is a bit young at this point 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 father as a kid.

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

1. Connection Lost (Flavor 6, Episode xvi)

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"Connexion Lost" is the best "Modernistic 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 2 recently had a fight. When she can't get a concur of Haley, she FaceTime'due south Phil, hoping he can tell her what Haley is up to. Phil thinks she is at a friend's house.

Upon realizing information technology's 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's most recent interaction with Haley is when she borrowed a blueish suit. Claire and then sees on Facebook that Haley'due south status has been changed to "married." When Claire accesses her daughter'due south iCloud account, she tracks her phone to a nuptials chapel in Las Vegas.

Similar any mother might, Claire begins to panic, thinking Haley has gone off and gotten married. More evidence appears suggesting that Haley, perhaps, married her contempo beau Andy and that she is maybe pregnant. After Claire breaks down and calls Jay, he helps console her over the thought. Later all, Claire did the aforementioned thing in her determinative years, and she apologizes to her male parent for putting him through that.

Hilariously, the episode ends with Haley finally calling Claire after having woke up ... in her own bed. She was in the house the whole time and there were logical explanations for every bit of evidence Claire uncovered.

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