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Modern Family: Our Children, Ourselves
Claire and Phil want Alex to relax a little about her studies, but then they start questioning their own intellectual drives. Meanwhile, Gloria tries to befriend another nice couple, much to Jay's chagrin, and Mitch and Cam run into and old female flame of Mitchell's, only to make a disturbing discovery.
Source: ABC
Source: ABC
| 7.3/10 (9 Votes cast) |
Episode Info
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Episode number: 2x12 Production Number: 2ARG10 Airdate: Wednesday January 12th, 2011 Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
The scene opens with Alex doing her homework and moving her jaw around. Claire tells Phil that she has been reading and Alex has signs of Excessive Compulsive Disorder. She goes up to Alex and tells her to take a break. Luke tells that she is doing the jaw thing every six seconds. He tries to trow a grape in her mouth and misses and covers it up to the fact that Alex needs to eat and he was doing it out of love. Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell are shopping and Cam tells that he loves the harmonica that Mitchell gave Lily, but Mitchell tells that he didn’t give her one. Cam tells that stealing is wrong to Lily, but tells Mitchell that they are not going way back to the store. Tracey, Mitchell’s high school girlfriend, comes up and Cam tells that he has had a lot of girlfriends. He starts to name off characters from musicals. They reminisce and Mitchell offers to hang out and she leaves. Mitchell tells that on his 10 year reunion, they had sex. Lily has stolen a pair of sunglasses. He calls her a naughty girl and Mitchell tells that is what happens when he has Kalula. ..Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Cameron: I had girlfriends, quite a few, actually. I, too, took my fair share of ladies to the hen house. Literally, I did take them to the hen house. That's the only place you could get some privacy on a farm.
Mitchell: Really? What were these...What were these girls' names?
Cameron: Oh, well, there was Nellie Forbush, Betty Rizzo, Eliza...
Mitchell: Doolittle. These are characters from musicals. You're so gay, you can't even think of real girls' names.
Mitchell: Really? What were these...What were these girls' names?
Cameron: Oh, well, there was Nellie Forbush, Betty Rizzo, Eliza...
Mitchell: Doolittle. These are characters from musicals. You're so gay, you can't even think of real girls' names.
Jay: I never realized that you ever had sex with a girl.
Mitchell: Oh, yeah. Yeah. I kind of got around back then, actually.
Jay: More than one?
Mitchell: Please.
Jay: Well, there was Tracy. Who else?
Mitchell: Uh, Betty Rizzo.
Jay: Don't remember her.
Mitchell: Eliza Doolittle? Nellie Forbush?
Jay: These were classmates?
Mitchell: Well, some were older. Some were younger. Liesel and Gretel Von Trapp. Sisters, obviously... too far?
Jay: I'm not an idiot. You played that record night and day.
Mitchell: Oh, yeah. Yeah. I kind of got around back then, actually.
Jay: More than one?
Mitchell: Please.
Jay: Well, there was Tracy. Who else?
Mitchell: Uh, Betty Rizzo.
Jay: Don't remember her.
Mitchell: Eliza Doolittle? Nellie Forbush?
Jay: These were classmates?
Mitchell: Well, some were older. Some were younger. Liesel and Gretel Von Trapp. Sisters, obviously... too far?
Jay: I'm not an idiot. You played that record night and day.
Alex: Sanjay's dad's a surgeon. His mom's a professor. I can't compete with that. I'll just have to do the best I can with what I was given.
Phil: Good for you!
Claire: We're proud of you, honey.
Phil: She's such a good kid.
Claire: Yeah, she is. Did she just say she was gonna do the best with what she was given?
Phil: I don't know. I was still thinking about all the Sanjays. I don't know any, but I know three Miltons.
Claire: She's saying we're stupid!
Phil: Well, she's... wrong.
Claire: Is she? Honey, look at how long it just took us to figure out that she's insulting us.
Phil: Good for you!
Claire: We're proud of you, honey.
Phil: She's such a good kid.
Claire: Yeah, she is. Did she just say she was gonna do the best with what she was given?
Phil: I don't know. I was still thinking about all the Sanjays. I don't know any, but I know three Miltons.
Claire: She's saying we're stupid!
Phil: Well, she's... wrong.
Claire: Is she? Honey, look at how long it just took us to figure out that she's insulting us.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Christopher Lloyd (2) | Steven Levitan |
| • Executive Producer | Christopher Lloyd (2) | Steven Levitan |
| • Co-Executive Producer | Jeffrey Richman | Abraham Higginbotham | Jeff Morton | Danny Zuker | Bill Wrubel | Brad Walsh (1) | Paul Corrigan | Dan O'Shannon | Ilana Wernick |
| • Co-Producer | Chris Smirnoff |
| • Production Designer | Richard Berg |
| • Editor | Jonathan Schwartz (3) |
| • Casting | Jeff Greenberg |
| • Unit Production Manager | Sally Young (1) |
| • First Assistant Director | James Alan Hensz |
| • Second Assistant Director | Helena Lamb |
| • Staff Writer | Elaine Ko |
| • Music | Gabriel Mann |
| • Costume Designer | Alix Friedberg |
| • Key Grip | Jeff Hinz |
| • Camera Operator | Brandon Mastrippolito | Trey Clinesmith |
| • Set Decorator | Amber Elkins |
| • Location Manager | Matthew B. Chamberlin |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Mike Paventi |
| • Property Master | Rick Ladomade |
| • Production Sound Mixer | Stephen A. Tibbo |
| • Script Supervisor | Iwona Kanclerz |
| • Production Coordinator | Curt M. Pratt |
| • Script Coordinator | Clint McCray |
| • Assistant Editor | Ryan C. Fill |
| • Post Production Supervisor | Kyle Weber |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Lisa Varetakis |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Dean Okrand |
| • Director of Photography | James Bagdonas |
| • Makeup Department Head | Stephanie L. Massie |
| • Production Accountant | Tom Chung |
| • Extras Casting | Carla Lewis |
| • Chief Lighting Technician | Hugo Cortina (1) |
| • Casting Associate | Allen Hooper |
| • Assistant To The Executive Producer | Brian Resnick | Craig Losben |
| • Hair Department Head | Mary Ann Hennings |
| • Second 2nd Assistant Director | Matthew W. Heffernan |
| • Writers' Assistant | Bianca Douglas |
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