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Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
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"Under Pressure" - The high school open house puts the parents in a bit of a time warp when Claire finds herself stressed out by all the pressure, Gloria encounters a "mean girl" mom (guest star Jane Krakowski) and Jay teaches Phil how to play a little hookie. Elsewhere, Mitchell gets defensive when he encounters his judgemental, environmentalist neighbor (guest star Jesse Eisenberg) and Alex goes to see a therapist (guest star John Benjamin Hickey), on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. |
Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
That was truly horrible. Make poor Alex see a shrink. There's so much humor in depression.
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
I actually really enjoyed this episode a whole heck of a lot. I felt it made up for last week's crappy episode and I felt the storyline with Alex was very poignant. It reminded me of when the show hit its stride and could actually mix touching elements with humorous storylines.
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
For your Emmy consideration...
I enjoyed it too. Felt like a different show for a while there. |
Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
Hilarious episode, I didn't think Modern Family could still be this funny. I laughed out loud hard several times. Good use of guest stars too.
And for a welcome change I really liked Mitch and Cam's stories this episode, they need to split them up more often. The Alex stuff felt odd compared to the usual tone of the show but I thought they handled it well. |
Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
Originally Posted by JimRochester
(Post 11978949)
That was truly horrible. Make poor Alex see a shrink. There's so much humor in depression.
But the rest of the episode was hilarious. |
Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
I thought the whole sequence with Alex was also some sort of meta comment on the situation with her mother.
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
Originally Posted by RocShemp
(Post 11979077)
I actually really enjoyed this episode a whole heck of a lot. I felt it made up for last week's crappy episode and I felt the storyline with Alex was very poignant. It reminded me of when the show hit its stride and could actually mix touching elements with humorous storylines.
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
It did feel like a different show for a while, but it was a good episode. Hope they continue to go in this direction.
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
I hated the Alex intro because it just seemed over the top. The rest of it I liked though.
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
They finally put together a solid story that worked for awkward teen Manny and Luke. They should pair them together more.
"I'm not proud about what happened next." "I am!" :lol: |
Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
But it did give a funny line to Phil... "She's like a self-cleaning oven." :lol:
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
Wasn't that a CFL game Jay was trying to watch? Can't remember offhand, but looked like the Argos and Alouettes maybe? Or am I losing it?
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
Probably was a CFL game. It is super expensive to license NFL or even college games. They probably just got whatever was cheapest.
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
Yea, it was an Argos/Alouettes game. A couple other episodes Jay was watching a Hamilton Ti-Cat game.
Funny episode, and I liked the Alex stuff - it was a nice change of pace. Luke: You gotta switch with me Manny: We can't do that Luke: They're twins - they'll never notice Manny : You realize we're not twins, right? |
Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
No montage sequence featuring the Queen/Bowie song? Automatic fail.
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Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
Originally Posted by Canis Firebrand
(Post 11980380)
But it did give a funny line to Phil... "She's like a self-cleaning oven." :lol:
Loved Jay turning on Phil with the flask. Phil - "We can't go in there, we're not teachers." Jay - "You're a teacher. Right now you're teaching me how to be a little bitch." rotfl The Jesse Eisenberg cameo was weird but I liked it. |
Re: Modern Family - "Under Pressure" - 1/15/14
What was Mitchell's line of thinking? "I'll leave the least responsible member of my family to clean up this mess while I got get the trophy that I need at this very moment, for some reason"?
Even for a sitcom character that seemed dumb. |
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