Modern Family (Ep. 2.17 – “Two Monkeys and a Panda”)

Modern Family got semi-serious this week. Everyone seemed to be fighting—about
things of consequence and others, not. While the episode wasn’t a laugh fest
like last week’s “Regrets Only,” there were some heartwarming moments that
created levity.
Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) is mad because he found out that their daughter’s
adoption certificate reads “Lily Tucker Pritchett” as opposed to “Lily
Tucker-Pritchett.” Cam accuses Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) of leaving out the
hyphen on purpose so that his name got “top billing.”
In the Dunphy household, sisters Alex (Ariel Winter) and Haley (Sarah Hyland)
aren’t playing nice. Alex borrows Haley’s favorite sweater, and Haley is sure
that her little sister will ruin it. Alex does rip the sweater, and it’s up to
Claire (Julie Bowen) to drive all over Southern California to find a replacement
sweater and to keep the peace in the household.
And Jay ( Ed O’Neill) and Gloria (Sofía Vergara) are talking about death (yes,
this is still Modern Family), discussing their end-of-life options. Jay shows
Gloria a crypt—four spots down from Bugsy Siegel is his selling point—where they
can be interred together. Forever. They meet the couple in the crypt next door,
who express their concerns about their age difference. They want to know their
forever neighbors, and if Jay kicks the bucket first, chances are that Gloria
might be buried elsewhere. Gloria has had enough of the death talk. And frankly,
so had we.