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12th episode of the second flavor of Mod Family unit

"Our Children, Ourselves"
Modern Family unit episode
Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) needs his moment after Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) tells him that he might have an eight year old son
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 12
Directed by	Adam Shankman
Written by	Dan O'Shannon Bill Wrubel
Production lawmaking	2ARG10
Original air date	January 12, 2011[1]
Guest appearances
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Tracy Stephnie Weir as Mrs. Hoffman Adam Kulbersh as Mr. Hoffman Mark Povinelli every bit Bobby Ajay Mehta as Vish Patel Anjali Bhimani every bit Nina Patel
Episode chronology
←Previous "Slow Downward Your Neighbors" Side by side → "Caught in the Act"
Modern Family (season 2)
List of episodes

"Our Children, Ourselves" is the 12th episode of the second flavour of the American television comedy series, Modern Family and the 36th overall episode of the serial. Executive producers Dan O'Shannon & Neb Wrubel wrote the episode, and Adam Shankman directed it. The episode originally aired on the American Broadcasting Visitor (ABC) in the U.s.a. on January 12, 2011. It featured guest star Mary Lynn Rajskub equally Mitchell's ex-girlfriend.

In this episode, the dedication of Alex to learning makes Phil and Claire question themselves. Gloria tries to meet new friends. Mitchell runs into an ex-girlfriend while out with his current boyfriend, Cameron.

"Our Children, Ourselves" received by and large positive reviews from television receiver critics with many praising the "twist catastrophe" to Mitchell and Cameron's storyline. According to the Nielsen Media Research, the episode was viewed by 11.12 million households during its original broadcast, and received a iv.2 rating/10 percent share among viewers in the xviii–49 demographic and became the 2nd highest-rated ABC plan of the original week it aired later on Grey's Anatomy.

Sarah Hyland does not announced in the episode.^[2]

Plot [edit]

At the Dunphy house, Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen) become worried that Alex (Ariel Winter) is studying as well much. The 2 attempt to get her to take a pause and eventually have to force her to do so. Alex eventually gets the second-highest course in the grade, behind a classmate named Sanjay Patel. Alex believes this is due to the fact that Sanjay has a doctor and a professor for parents, while she must practise her all-time with what she was given. This statement offends Phil and Claire, with Claire starting to think they are holding their children back.

Later when they go to the movies, they run into Sanjay's parents who are there to see a French picture. Phil and Claire decide to follow them to encourage their kids. Midway through the pic Phil leaves to watch Croctopus 3D, the motion picture they originally intended to see, since they both are fans of cheesy horror films involving monsters. Phil has fun at his movie while Claire falls asleep at the highly acclaimed French one. After waking her up, Phil tells her that Alex still had one of the highest grades in the class, and dumb parents do not take kids that smart. Claire is reassured and they go out for dwelling house later on seeing that the "bright Dr. Patel" cannot validate his parking ticket.

Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) bump into Mitchell'south ex-girlfriend, Tracy (Mary Lynn Rajskub) at a mall. Mitchell advise hanging out, but she decides against it. Later on, they run into Tracy with what appears to exist an eight-yr-old ruddy-headed child (seen simply from backside), whose gauge age would match the final fourth dimension Tracy and Mitchell saw each other (and the only time Mitchell had sex with a woman). Mitchell tells this to Cameron at dinner, making him broken-hearted. He eventually agrees with Mitchell that they should meet the kid, who they are sure is his son. However, they and so realize that he actually is a little person (Mark Povinelli) and Tracy'southward husband. The state of affairs becomes more awkward when he opens his present from Mitchell and Cameron, a "Niggling Slugger" baseball glove.

Meanwhile, the Hoffmans, a couple that Gloria (Sofía Vergara) and Jay (Ed O'Neill) Pritchett met on a holiday, come to visit them much to Jay's openly (and Gloria's more unimposing) chagrin. He eventually tells them his true feelings non knowing that they were spending the night at their house. The couple decides to leave in a cab, as Gloria comes down to repent they give her a copy of Gabriel García Márquez'due south "1 Hundred Years of Confinement" that they had signed past the author peculiarly for her, so she convinces them to stay past telling them that Jay's "heed is going away". In the morning, Jay decides to apologize to the Hoffmans; however, during his apology he drinks from a prank drinking glass that Manny gave him, ending in him beingness covered in orange juice. The Hoffmans exit believing that Jay is mad and admiring Gloria for indelible such a situation.

Production [edit]

Mary Lynn Rajskub guest starred equally Mitchell'due south ex-girlfriend.

"Our Children, Ourselves" was written by executive producers, Dan O'Shannon and Bill Wrubel.^[one] The episode was also directed by Adam Shankman.^[1] This episode was the second script collaboration by O'Shannon and Wrubel, who co-wrote the episode "Aerodrome 2010".^[3] "Our Children, Ourselves" was filmed on Oct 13,^[4] and October 15, 2010.^[five]

In October 2010, Idiot box Guide reported that Mary Lynn Rajskub had been cast as Mitchell'due south ex-girlfriend.^[vi] She filmed her appearance on October thirteen, 2010.^[4] Rajskub later said in an interview on Lopez Tonight that she had gone through the aforementioned feel: "I had this guy, I think I was in 7th or 8th grade... nosotros had this make out session [...] he pulled away abruptly and I never saw him once more. Then 20 years later he facebooked me. Totally gay".^[7]

The episode aired on ABC in the United States on Jan 12, 2011.^[1] When the episode aired, the airtime was pushed 20 minutes later than its usual time slot due to Barack Obama'due south speech almost the 2011 Tucson shooting.^{[1] [8]}

Reception [edit]

Ratings [edit]

In its original American broadcast, "Our Children, Ourselves" was seen by an estimated 11.12 million households and received a iv.two rating/10% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.^[9] This means that it was seen by four.2% of all xviii- to 49-twelvemonth-olds, and 10% of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching tv at the fourth dimension of the broadcast. This made it the highest-rated program on Wednesday, according to the Nielsen Media Research.^[9] The episode received a drib from the previous episode, "Boring Downward Your Neighbors", possibly considering of the 20-minute delay in its starting time.^{[9] [ten]} Despite this, the episode became the 2d highest-rated ABC testify after Grey's Beefcake and the finished seventh in the ratings the week it premiered.^[11]

Reviews [edit]

The episode received mostly positive reviews, with many praising the ending to Mitchell and Cameron's storyline.

Idiot box Squad writer Joel Keller gave the episode a positive review, writing that it had "funny moments", just pointed out that "all of them left me wanting some more information to round things out."^[12]

John Teti of The A.Five. Lodge called it "non a very good episode" and mainly criticized the Delgado–Pritchett storyline, comparing it to "every episode of Three's Company ever." Teti ultimately gave the episode a C+.^[13]

Rachael Maddux of New York praised the episode for letting the characters "out of their primly landscaped domiciles to interact with the other batty folks of the globe".^[14]

Matt Roush of Goggle box Guide wrote that the episode's story lines were "all winners".^[15] Joyce Eng and KMate Stanhope, also from TV Guide, later named the conclusion to Mitchell and Cameron's storyline the best moment of the week, January half dozen to January 13, 2011.^[16]

Entertainment Weekly writer Lesley Savage commented that while the episode wasn't a good follow upwardly to "Slow Down Your Neighbors", the ending to the Pritchett-Tucker storyline was "pretty darn funny, and possibly a fiddling united nations-PC".^[17]

James Poniewozik of Fourth dimension wrote that while the plot came "directly out of the Wacky Misunderstanding School of Sitcomedy" it was withal a satisfying episode calling Phil and Claire's storyline "the well-nigh amusing storyline". ^[eighteen]

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

• "Our Children, Ourselves" at IMDb
• "Our Children, Ourselves" at ABC.com

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