Yay for Modern Family! This is two episodes in a row that have really stepped it up. "The Musical Man" kept things ridiculous, and with a hearty helping of Luke I'm starting to forget some of the weaker spots of the season's second half. Dinosaur Arms!
Let's see: The Dunphy storyline was kind of about this creepy escort ad that Phil had shrink-wrapped onto their minivan that Haley and Clare were riding around in all day. It was also kind of about Clare feeling insecure as she is aging and wanting to be 19 again so she can go sledding on a stolen cafeteria tray (Been there, done that, it is awesome and you can do it anytime, but really sledding is better with a sled and that is one of the great things about being an adult is you can go buy one)? It was ok, plotwise, but really just a good excuse for some sly jokes and a little more insight into Clare's character. That conversation Phil had on the phone....
The Jay storyline was about his brother Donnie coming to visit and they fight and then there's a predictable illness storyline. But the acting and the actors' chemistry was so great that I pretty much was able to go along with the contrived plot and just enjoy the relationship unfolding. And Gloria got some fabulous lines in along the way. Also, limited Manny AND Manny getting something-blocked by Luke The Magnificent always makes for the best episodes of Modern Family.
But the other show-stealer tonight (besides Luke, who ALWAYS steals the show) was Mitchell (played as always to perfection by Jesse Tyler Ferguson), who had a number of brilliantly-delivered moments that made me laugh out loud and rewind to laugh at again. His GIGANTIC eye roll while Cam is playing his music in the early scene was a quiet but powerfully hilarious tidbit that I missed the first time around. Cam, too, had a number of great lines and faces (his reaction to "Wet dreams" being the most awesome), but tonight was really Mitchell's night. Mitchell has always seemed to have to suffer a lot of Cam's quirkier quirks (although we've seen it the other way 'round, too) but the scene where he bursts outside of the auditorium, unknowingly interrupting Jay and Donnie's bonding moment, and deals with his frustration by having an imaginary outburst at an imaginary Cam is just THE BEST. Sometimes in a relationship you just have to imaginary yell at them and get it out of your system. And then he composes himself. That's love, bitch. Also: "Brava!" Ahahahahaha YES.
I know this episode may not have been the most realistic in terms of basic plot structure. Would Cam really Sue-Sylvester a music teacher for that job? Would anybody like Clare, Phil, or even Alex allow that slogan or that picture to represent anything for anyone ever? Would Jay really not know where his brother lives? Well, maybe that last one. But to hell with realistic plot structure. The characters and the humanity remained true to real life, building on the relationships we, as the viewers, have with them. And totally making us laugh along the way.
Speaking of laughing; Notes & Quotes:
"Medium-five!"
'I can't be satisfied until you're satisfied' is seriously a horrible slogan for anybody or anything, anywhere.
"Why do you have to throw a wet blanket on my dreams? You do it all the time. And you know what I end up with? Wet dreams. " Sorry Cam, I can't just leave it alone.
"One foot in both worlds - wanted by neither."
"We have a Tony! =>"
"Oh, and you all get a dog together - I don't really know who takes care of the dog over the summer - but he's there when you get back!"
"Well, I guess that makes sense if you're planning to flip one"
Cam's maroon velvet blazer/lilac shirt combo is pretty terrific.
"Your staging is all over the place...the kids are exhausted...you're making it all about you - no intermission! Are we animals? I - "
"So, thanks to all the perverts in town, I realized I still have a few good years ahead of me."
"And if we had one person to thank for that, it would be me."
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