[123rl]

Brilliant episode. Laughing out loud non-stop for the entire episode. "Follow the birthday flag" was the killer line

[sparky2112]

Poor Phil. Three women with synched cycles. I love every time he looks at the camera with abject hopelessness...

[Dunlop]

Poor Phil. Three women with synched cycles. I love every time he looks at the camera with abject hopelessness...

When I was younger I lived with 3 women and their cycles did sync up...oh the fights were epic


also the bathroom was a fucking tampax factory...

[Escape Goat]

I thought last episode came off pretty forced and insincere. The girls really overplayed their PMS drama to the point it just wasn't funny. Luke spilling the blood on him in the bathroom really got me as well as the "Follow the Birthday flag!" "What did you call me...oh." Everything else was pretty boring.

[Clydefrog]

Fantastic episode. What was the meaning behind the dead baby blue whale floating offshore?

[sparky2112]

Oh, god. Luke covered in the blood was pure gold. Man, between that and the Manny/car incident from the last episode, Luke is on FIRE.

[wenis]

To think, the Bundy's did the same episode 20 years ago and there was an uproar



was kinda hoping for a *winkwink*nudgenudge* gag during the epsideo... but alas i left disappointed.

[oatmeal]

Just an FYI, my brother was in Disneyland yesterday and got to watch them film some scenes from an episode this season.

I'm excited to see what they do with a Disney episode. Disney episodes are always some of my favorites.

Like...Step by Step (FLASH!), Family Matters (Tower of Terror), Full House (every guy looks like fucking STEVE), and BOY MEETS FUCKING WORLD (Dana from Step by Step teaches Cory about love).

Fuck yea.

[Pakkidis]

Funny episode but did not really enjoy the whole "women all 'monsterating' (luke) at the same time. Felt a little cliche stereotypical humor that is all to common in sitcoms these days.

[wenis]

Funny episode but did not really enjoy the whole "women all 'monsterating' (luke) at the same time. Felt a little cliche stereotypical humor that is all to common in sitcoms these days.

see my post above... young one

[AlphaSnake]

That is one of the funniest episodes this show has ever had. Without a doubt in my mind.

[Ignatz Mouse]

I saw this twice tonight. Hilarious and packed with subtle (and not subtle) bits.

[big ander]

Shrug. Wasn't anything bad, but it wasn't immensely funny either.

[VGChampion]

Just an FYI, my brother was in Disneyland yesterday and got to watch them film some scenes from an episode this season. I'm excited to see what they do with a Disney episode. Disney episodes are always some of my favorites. Like...Step by Step (FLASH!), Family Matters (Tower of Terror), Full House (every guy looks like fucking STEVE), and BOY MEETS FUCKING WORLD (Dana from Step by Step teaches Cory about love). Fuck yea.

Brady Bunch had a good one as well. Though I can't remember if it was Disney.

[upJTboogie]

That was one of my favorites this season, loved the part with Luke and the blood.

[bpfd]

Brady Bunch had a good one as well. Though I can't remember if it was Disney.

Brady Bunch episode was filmed at King's Island.

[AlphaSnake]

Jay wearing a pink robe acting like a softie was what killed me in this episode, btw. That was so perfect.

[ivysaur12]

Eh.

Follow the birthday flag was good, at least.

[crimzonflame]

Feels like the show is starting to be a little formulaic.

[Loofy]

Feels like the show is starting to be a little formulaic.

Seriously, did they do something with the writers? the show isnt just mediocre, its just plain terrible now.

[i_am_ben]

I just saw the last two episodes back to back and died laughing. They were great. The stories of "that trainwreck Danielle" had me in tears, and Phil's commentary about taking his wife to bed omg. Latest episode was amazing too. That drunk scene :lol and Cam/Mitchell/Lily screaming at the end. :lol :lol

just like to say the danielle comments a few weeks ago also had me in tears

[big ander]

Feels like the show is starting to be a little formulaic.

at a completely different stage than you. I felt that way in early s2. Now, in the end leg of season 3, I've reached the stage where the formula is way obvious but I've learned to live with it. It means the show isn't as high-quality in my eyes, but it makes each episode easier to watch.

[Danielsan]

Don't get the hate after this week's show. It was pure gold.

[Darknessbear]

Seriously, did they do something with the writers? the show isnt just mediocre, its just plain terrible now.

I'm pretty sure you have a bad judge of comedy. While the episodes have been fairly flat/formulaic lately, no way is it terrible. Terrible comedies stick out VERY easily, go watch Epic movie (or any of those) that's terrible comedy.

But it is the internet, everyone has to be so extreme.

[leaf_]

I saw the first 7 episodes from the first season and I can't understand how this show has the popularity and critical acclaim it has. It's the worst comedy that I ever saw, characters are stereotypical to the extreme and one-dimensional, situations are predictable and cheap.
The only thing I find really funny is a show with a name MODERN FAMILY has almost the same family structure of the simpsons. A retarded husband, a "normal" wife, one smart kid, one dumb, gay uncles...

[RatskyWatsky]

I saw the first 7 episodes from the first season and I can't understand how this show has the popularity and critical acclaim it has. It's the worst comedy that I ever saw, characters are stereotypical to the extreme and one-dimensional, situations are predictable and cheap. The only thing I find really funny is a show with a name MODERN FAMILY has almost the same family structure of the simpsons. A retarded husband, a "normal" wife, one smart kid, one dumb, gay uncles...

Whaaa? The first season is really fantastic. What are some comedies that you do like?

[big ander]

I saw the first 7 episodes from the first season and I can't understand how this show has the popularity and critical acclaim it has. It's the worst comedy that I ever saw, characters are stereotypical to the extreme and one-dimensional, situations are predictable and cheap. The only thing I find really funny is a show with a name MODERN FAMILY has almost the same family structure of the simpsons. A retarded husband, a "normal" wife, one smart kid, one dumb, gay uncles...

The beginning of the show was great. Clever enough with a decent amount of spicing up traditional sitcom plots and the characters hadn't been reduced to single notes yet.

I will agree, though, that the title is a complete misnomer. Even Cam and Mitchell's relationship isn't actually modern. It's progressive that a homosexual couple is treated normally, but the roles each partner fills are stereotypical.

[Seth C]

It's a "Modern Family" in that it encompasses a "traditional family" with a husband and wife with kids, a family with an older man re-married to a much younger woman with her kid (the same age as his step-father's grand children), and a family of two gay men with an adopted Asian daughter. The idea is that this one family unit includes 3 very different family types.

[AlphaSnake]

It's a "Modern Family" in that it encompasses a "traditional family" with a husband and wife with kids, a family with an older man re-married to a much younger woman with her kid (the same age as his step-father's grand children), and a family of two gay men with an adopted Asian daughter. The idea is that this one family unit includes 3 very different family types.

The other idea is that in today's world, with divorce rates, older men marrying younger and foreign women, and homosexuality becoming more and more accepted...this type of family environment is becoming more and more common, thus "modern".

They are modern because they fit the bill of many family trends in America.

[RatskyWatsky]

No new episode tonight. :/

[RatskyWatsky]

"Your kid forgot his cereal. There's a surprise in the box, spoiler alert! It's diabetes." lol

Sort of meh episode, although everything with Claire and Facebook was gold. "Tear down the wall!" haha

[mantidor]

yeah it was pretty weak, which is troubling because it had Fizbo. I think the problem was that it was too predictable. The Facebook plot could have been great but they played it safe unfortunately

[AlphaSnake]

The ending of the episode could've been an arc for the entire episode, instead of just a last minute bit. Cam and Mitchell problems are boring 90% of the time.

[TripOpt55]

That one was okay. I enjoy the stuff with the Dunphys, but the other two plotlines didn't do a lot for me.

[SteeloDMZ]

I saw the first 7 episodes from the first season and I can't understand how this show has the popularity and critical acclaim it has. It's the worst comedy that I ever saw, characters are stereotypical to the extreme and one-dimensional, situations are predictable and cheap. The only thing I find really funny is a show with a name MODERN FAMILY has almost the same family structure of the simpsons. A retarded husband, a "normal" wife, one smart kid, one dumb, gay uncles...

You are so wrong.

[RatskyWatsky]

Great episode all around. Loved when Cam and Mitchell were driving around yelling at people. I'm also satisfied that Haley didn't immediately get into any colleges. Consistency ftw!

[kaskade]

Are they playing up gloria's voice/accent a bit? I feel like they are and it's kind of annoying. I particularly felt it when she said in. she was like WEEEEEEEIIIINNNNNN.

[RatskyWatsky]

Are they playing up gloria's voice/accent a bit? I feel like they are and it's kind of annoying. I particularly felt it when she said in. she was like WEEEEEEEIIIINNNNNN.

Hasn't she always sounded like that on the show? Or irl for that matter?

[Hobbestetrician]

Why on Earth would Haley apply to Wisconsin and Northwestern? And only 5 colleges? If my odds were as bad as her's I would have applied to more than 5 schools and probably a few more of the dozens of schools in California.

[big_z]

Are they playing up gloria's voice/accent a bit? I feel like they are and it's kind of annoying. I particularly felt it when she said in. she was like WEEEEEEEIIIINNNNNN.

She's talks like that in real life. I thought they were playing it up for the show until I saw some interviews.

[VPhys]

Are they playing up gloria's voice/accent a bit? I feel like they are and it's kind of annoying. I particularly felt it when she said in. she was like WEEEEEEEIIIINNNNNN.

She said an interview on Jay Leno that sometimes she doesn't know her own voice because she does play it up sometimes for acting but other times she doesn't.

[ivysaur12]

I saw the first 7 episodes from the first season and I can't understand how this show has the popularity and critical acclaim it has. It's the worst comedy that I ever saw, characters are stereotypical to the extreme and one-dimensional, situations are predictable and cheap. The only thing I find really funny is a show with a name MODERN FAMILY has almost the same family structure of the simpsons. A retarded husband, a "normal" wife, one smart kid, one dumb, gay uncles...

If there ever was a challenge to the "opinions can't be wrong" mantra...

Why on Earth would Haley apply to Wisconsin and Northwestern? And only 5 colleges? If my odds were as bad as her's I would have applied to more than 5 schools and probably a few more of the dozens of schools in California.

Because they probably went around the writer's room and said "who wants their alma mater in the show?"

[Hobbestetrician]

Because they probably went around the writer's room and said "who wants their alma mater in the show?"

Ah yes, that is the likely reason.

[big ander]

Bleh, I didn't like this episode at all. The Cam and Mitch stuff was pretty funny. Phil was alright. Everything else was pretty bad. "Wouldn't it be hilarious if every single one of our characters acted so immeasurably stupid, causing a person they claim to love to lose an election she's worked hard at and the audience has been paying attention to for weeks and weeks?" I'm all for dark endings, believe me, but this episode didn't conclude something like "well, sometimes you try your best and that's not enough, but don't be embarrassed. Effort is admirable." Nobody here put effort in or if they did, they failed miserably (Phil). So the message was "sometimes nobody in the world will help you out, even your family, and they'll fuck you over relentlessly and violently throw your aspirations into a coffin." That's not illuminatingly sad and provides zero catharsis. It's just mean-spirited.

[RatskyWatsky]

this episode didn't conclude something like "well, sometimes you try your best and that's not enough, but don't be embarrassed. Effort is admirable."

Haley's story pretty much did end this way though.

[big ander]

Haley's story pretty much did end this way though.

I didn't feel like it did. She got waitlisted at one school, denied from a handful of others, and continues to be stupider and stupider. As if to say "maybe she's trying, but she'll always be a dunce with no real future prospects."

[RatskyWatsky]

I didn't feel like it did. She got waitlisted at one school, denied from a handful of others, and continues to be stupider and stupider. As if to say "maybe she's trying, but she'll always be a dunce with no real future prospects."

That's the character that they've established though. Any other outcome, and it would have felt dishonest.

[big ander]

That's the character that they've established though. Any other outcome, and it would have felt dishonest.

At times though, they've shown her trying to be smarter and succeeding, albeit to the smallest degree. And that had been the general idea of the entire college plot: Haley's super dumb, but if she applies herself just enough, she can barely clear this educational bar. Then this episode comes along and basically testifies that Haley (and Claire) can't clear those bars. They're stuck forever.

[RatskyWatsky]

At times though, they've shown her trying to be smarter and succeeding, albeit to the smallest degree. And that had been the general idea of the entire college plot: Haley's super dumb, but if she applies herself just enough, she can barely clear this educational bar. Then this episode comes along and basically testifies that Haley (and Claire) can't clear those bars. They're stuck forever.

Well, I'm hoping that in the future we'll see Haley trying harder and eventually succeeding. Perhaps she'll apply to a community college or something? They just need to show more scenes of her really trying, as 3 small scenes spread throughout the entire season just isn't going to cut it.

[kaskade]

She's talks like that in real life. I thought they were playing it up for the show until I saw some interviews.

Yeah, I just watched an interview. It seems like on the show she exaggerates just a bit.

She's pretty damn funny in real life though.