Double Click
- Episode aired May 18, 2016
- TV-PG
- 21m
Jay struggles as he returns to the job, and Claire is in a no-win situation having to fire an employee. Mitchell and Cam fight over who keeps Lily for the summer. Meanwhile, Phil and the kid... Read allJay struggles as he returns to the job, and Claire is in a no-win situation having to fire an employee. Mitchell and Cam fight over who keeps Lily for the summer. Meanwhile, Phil and the kids struggle with relationships and change.Jay struggles as he returns to the job, and Claire is in a no-win situation having to fire an employee. Mitchell and Cam fight over who keeps Lily for the summer. Meanwhile, Phil and the kids struggle with relationships and change.
- Andy Bailey
- (as Adam DeVine)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAll entries contain spoilers
- GoofsHere, Cam is portrayed as forgetful, to the point that Mitch writes up a "contract" for how they'll share time with Lily for the summer, and even has recordings of Cam saying things he claims he didn't say. But in Regrets Only (2011), it's the complete opposite, with Mitch being chronically forgetful, including forgetting to mail Cam's invitations for his benefit, while Cam remembers everything, including things that are unintelligible and things Mitch himself doesn't even remember asking for.
- Quotes
Andy: Hey. Got your message. I know you probably didn't mean "Come over right away," but you know how paranoid-y I can be, so...
Haley Dunphy: We should talk in my room.
Andy: [smile fades] O... kay
Phil Dunphy: Andy! Hey, hold on a sec. Um... I know we didn't get to finish our talk earlier because of Alex's surprise pop-in. Listen, if you're not taking that job in Utah because of me, you're making a mistake. I love you and me together, but it would break my heart if I was the reason you gave up this dream career opportunity, because, honestly, I don't know how much of a future there is here. But if our bond is as strong as I think it is... we'll work our way back to each other.
Andy: Okay.
[Phil shakes Andy's hand, then leaves the room]
Haley Dunphy: [tearfully] What he said.
- ConnectionsReferences Casablanca (1942)
- SoundtracksModern Family Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Gabriel Mann
For whatever reason, this show staunchly refuses to let their characters grow or take any creative risks. Now, don't get me wrong...characters like Phil (Ty Burrell) and Cam (Eric Stonestreet) will probably always be funny just because they are so well-conceived. However, not every character in a show can be that way. It usually takes some sort of growth or change to push events forward.
The lack of growth is especially apparent in the younger characters in the show. Haley (Sarah Hyland) is given a love interest in Andy (Adam DeVine)...but then it isn't fleshed out at all until the final episode when viewers are supposed to magically care. Alex (Ariel Winter) is now gorgeous, and started to have an interesting college angle, but neither of those things get the focus they should. Luke (Nolan Gould) and Manny (Rico Rodriguez) have been pretty much just cast adrift. Sure, all these characters can get off a wise crack every once in awhile, but I don't care about them like I did in the early goings of the show.
Another example of a lack of growth/change is how some characters are starting to grow quite stale. Gloria (Sofia Vergara) isn't given anything to do, Jay (Ed O'Neill) is much of the same, & the writers keep playing up the "business" angle of Claire (Julie Bowen) & Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) to little avail.
To put things into perspective, one area where I really gained a lot of respect for "The Office" (probably my favorite sitcom of all-time) was in that show's fearlessness. It wasn't afraid to take a character or plot risk, sometimes playing it out over an entire season. "Modern Family" won't do that. Instead, it is content to make a few good quips each episode and rely on situational humor, all the while cramming each character into every episode and not giving them a chance to expand outward.
"Modern Family" isn't a terrible show now, but any means, but it is just little more than "filler" at this point. I kind of wish it would set an end date (X number of years down the road) so the writers could have a goal to shoot for. Until that happens, I fear that the show will sort of aimlessly drift. Bottom line: this Seventh Season of "Modern Family" is still good for a few laughs, but it really has taken a large step backwards in its ability to make you care about the characters.
- zkonedog
- Jul 3, 2019
Details
- Runtime21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD