The Pritchett and Dunphy families are back!
We see the whole family plus Haley’s boyfriend Dylan go to a Dude Ranch. Once at the ranch, the guide constantly starts hitting on Gloria, Phil is trying his hardest to impress Jay, and Mitchell is trying get in touch with his manly side. Gloria is completely oblivious to the guide’s intentions because her ears are still clogged from the airplane ride, thus she can’t really hear. Jay is more concerned with the guide, so he isn’t even paying attention to Phil. Lastly, Mitchell only gets in touch with his manly when Luke and him blow up a bird house. Then out of nowhere at an evening campfire, Dylan purposes to Haley but Claire says no for her. Dylan then goes missing and everyone goes looking for him. While on the search, the guide touches Gloria’s butt and she isn’t happy about that. Phil and Jay find them and Jay tells the guide off. Claire and Haley find Dylan in the woods and he has decided to become a ranch hand, thus ending Haley and Dylan’s relationship.
In the second episode, the Pritchett and Dunphy families are back in southern California. Mitchell and Cam are trying to ease Lilly into the fact that soon there will be another baby in the house, but they are worried since Lilly keeps saying she will hurt the new baby. Mitchell is convinced Lilly acts this way because Cam constantly coddles her, so Cam starts to ice out Lilly. However, when Mitchell drops Lilly off at preschool it comes that it could because Lilly doesn't like to share - a trait Mitchell has.
Phil and Claire go grocery shopping and Claire is knocked to the ground by a display of peaches. Claire believes that Phil it was Phil’s fault and Phil believes that Claire was just clumsy. Everyone in the Dunphy house gangs up on Claire stating that she always thinks she is right. To prove them all wrong, Claire gets the surveillance footage from the store.
Manny is accused of stealing a necklace from a girl at school and Gloria defends him to the principal, stating Manny is only being accused because he is Columbian. Jay interrogates Manny in the garage and it comes out that Manny did accidentally take the necklace. Manny comes to clean to Gloria only after Jay forces him. However, instead of making Manny face the principal, Gloria breaks into the girl’s locker and puts the necklace inside.
While Cam and Mitchell have everyone over to announce they are adopting another baby, Mitchell comes clean about his lack of sharing being the problem, Manny confesses and tells Jay he never went to the principal’s office, and Claire shows everyone the surveillance footage. Then Mitchell lets it slip they are adopting a boy.
I don’t think this was the funniest hour of Modern Family, but there was some great lines and interesting plots put into place. I thought the nicknames of Old Timer, Cactus Flower and Bossy were great, my friends and I adopted them over the weekend. The other great aspect of the hour long premiere is that we got to see a different sides of Mitchell and Jay. Mitchell was self-conscious and nervous that he couldn’t handle having a son and Jay was insecure about the guide hitting on Gloria. Like the first two seasons, Modern Family really exemplifies a great ensemble comedy and they really use the “mocumentary” filming style to their advantage.
With that said, we did have some issues with it. First, the older Lilly that now has lines brings a new dynamic to the show. I wish they hadn’t made Lilly so mean, she kind of comes off as a dragon lady. Hopefully as the season progresses, we will get to see a softer side of Lilly. Then, the Italian New Yorker and Alex was so weird and out of place. Their story-line wasn’t funny and I am surprised the writers kept it in. I want to see Alex mature and date, but that was not the way to go about it.
Modern Family is a show that audiences of all ages can appreciate. Its one of those rare shows that is funny to everyone because everyone has a dysfunctional family. The expectations are high for this show, but I know that Christopher Lloyd and Steve Levitan won’t let us down.
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