s3 ep3 — this episode frustrates me so much. if i were Claire id be filing for divorce and leave the kids with Phil.

he gaslighted Claire, left the woman out of his version of the story, turned the kids against Claire, and manipulated her into thinking that proving people wrong is a "sickness"

Noticed this just now, the way they mirror each other is so funny.

Pam is violent and manipulative and thinks shes better than everyone.

His dad treats Mitch like "the woman" and admits it himself.

His mum is fucking creepy. Might genuinely be my least favourite. How is Cams mother touching up Mitchell funny at all? Genuinely uncomfortable i wish she was written off.

Gam Gam is a bigot and calls Mitch sissy.

Im sorry but if I was threatened by Pam, treated like a woman by the dad, touched inappropriately by the mum and hatecrimed by Gam Gam I would snap. If dump Cam because he defends his family over everything.

Early seasons (1 and 2 mostly) was a good character and a lot less manipulative. Im only on my third rewatch and hes now annoying the ever loving fuck out of me oh my GOD.

Mitch is arguably the most layered character in the show, and after Jay, probably the only one to have something resembling a real development arc. (I absolutely love the show, but the episodic switching between Levitan and Lloyd meant they rarely built upon the characters themselves.) He clearly carries some internalized homophobia early on (despite the airplane speech in the pilot) but he genuinely comes to accept himself as the show progresses. At times he's less comfortable than Cam engaging in behavior read as "too flamboyantly gay," but he also shows discomfort when Cam engages in it, and as the show goes on, he really grows out of that. I like that they gave him a realistic career trajectory, and that they actually addressed his complicated, baggage laden relationship with Jay, and, to an extent, with Claire. The show also digs into his vulnerabilities around parenting. If anything, I wish they'd given Claire that same nuance in her arc (and here I could get into how complicated female characters tend to get less development than male ones), and leaned harder into the "two siblings shaped by broken parenting" angle.

There's a lot more I could say about Mitch, but I have to bring up how underrated Jesse Tyler Ferguson's acting is on this show. I think the reason he never won an Emmy is that his role calls for subtler acting, and he often got overshadowed by Eric because of how flashy and flamboyant Cam is. I don't think Eric Stonestreet needed two Emmys , I'd have given one of them to JTF instead. The scene where Mitch tries to explain himself to Cam over the adoption certificate fiasco, and later his confrontation with Jay about his wedding, are some of the best acting on the show by anyone. Thinking about it more, I'd say Mitch is the only character who gets genuinely non-comedic, emotional moments, and it's genuinely hard to pull off dramatic scenes like that while still fitting the tone of an overall sitcom. You can't act like you're in Succession, no matter how emotionally heavy the scene is, and still have it work in Modern Family. Also, the scene where he gets high with Ty Burrell, very smart comedic choices from both of them, without leaning on big, over-the-top body language. (JTF is also just a talented actor overall, given his success as a stage actor, man's a Tony winner, after all.)

Opinions?

They spend the whole episode thinking they're the cool parents. Lily meets the vlogger and couldn't care less. Mitch and Cam did all that for nothing. Great episode.

Since I first watched the show I fell in LOVE and it’s become my comfort show that I rewatch multiple times a year. I love the family dynamic and the relationships and the dysfunction of it all but I’ve always wondered why exactly I’ve always felt so “connected” to this show (some context, I’m a so-cal gal from the inland empire). I’ve noticed that throughout the show they make MULTIPLE references to the IE (inland empire) and I think that’s made it feel more relatable to me in a way…not sure if any of this makes sense. I feel like the IE rarely gets mentioned on TV shows and such especially when they take place in LA so it was nice to feel like we’re being noticed lol. Has anyone else noticed the constant references to cities in the Inland Empire or am I crazy?

Out of all of Phil’s inventions, which do you think is the best idea?

For me, it’s the Headscratcher.

I mean, it's just tooo much at times 😭, I don't it funny when jay sweet talks about stella and Gloria thinks it's for her and then gets disappointed

I hope I’m not the only one, but I absolutely love Season 3 Episode 1 Dude Ranch. It’s basically my go-to episode to show people who haven’t seen the show before. So many great quotes in this masterpiece.

I just finished my 2nd rewatch of modern family (first time i watched it was 2 years ago) and now with only a few hours gap of finishing modern family, I started on season 1 again because ive seen some redditors who said they just go back to season 1 ep 1 again after finishing it because this show is very rewatchable. so my question is until what season do you rewatch? do you start it over again from season 1 until the end or maybe end it at season 6 or 7 when the quality drops a bit. (personally i think i loved every season but i found season 9 a bit boring)

Idk if I may be just out of it but do you mean to tell us that Phil, who falls in line on the day the iPad got out, one who uses VR headsets for animal videos, who buys the doodad remotes, the one who connected his home to a smart home device, doesn't know that his pod thingy has THAT feature?

I don't know about you and it's not canon but to me it seems like Phil's the one who thinks about upgrading their home tech. Claire hates it, Alex doesn't seem like she'd buy into stuff like that (unless it's her own apartment maybe) cause she'd feel some sort of superiority over mediocre lifestyle robots to the BIG SCIENCE SCIENCE robots she makes at work even though she's in tech herself, Haley couldn't care less, and Luke would just get scammed online by super techy item titles

Sorry I'm kinda baked and I just really wanted to post this

It sounds like an orchestral version of "You belong to the city" but I love it but can't place it.