The pilot show for "Modern Family" serves to introduce the three families that will be the basis of future programs. The three families are as different from one another as day and night.
There are the Dunphys, the happily married Phil and Claire and their three children, Haley, Alex and Luke. Phil is the typical sitcom dad, a good guy, overruled in his own household by a more asserting Claire, as well as the three kids. On tonight's episode, he has to deal with Haley's new friend, Dylan, a senior, clearly much older for her. Claire, who remembers her younger days, is up in arms because Haley's insistence of keeping her bedroom door closed, while wearing a skirt too short for her, obviously.
The second family is composed by Jay, who is Claire and Mitch's father, now married to a younger and sexy Gloria. She comes to the marriage with a child by another man, but they seem to have it together. On the opener Gloria shows her fiery nature while Manny is playing soccer. Jay, who looks his age, sticks out like a sore thumb at the mall where they have taken Manny to see his latest crush.
Mitch and Cam are returning with the Vietnamese daughter they adopted. As Mitch is sitting, most of the passengers admire Lily, the baby, but things change as Cam comes to sit next to him. Cam gets up to make a speech about accepting people that are different than them. He ends up offering to buy headsets for the entire plane. The three families meet as a unit at Cam and Mitch's place, where the infant girl wins all their hearts.
The episode was directed by Jason Winer and written by Stephen Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, the creators of the series. All the principals were on hand as a form of introduction to the audience.
There are the Dunphys, the happily married Phil and Claire and their three children, Haley, Alex and Luke. Phil is the typical sitcom dad, a good guy, overruled in his own household by a more asserting Claire, as well as the three kids. On tonight's episode, he has to deal with Haley's new friend, Dylan, a senior, clearly much older for her. Claire, who remembers her younger days, is up in arms because Haley's insistence of keeping her bedroom door closed, while wearing a skirt too short for her, obviously.
The second family is composed by Jay, who is Claire and Mitch's father, now married to a younger and sexy Gloria. She comes to the marriage with a child by another man, but they seem to have it together. On the opener Gloria shows her fiery nature while Manny is playing soccer. Jay, who looks his age, sticks out like a sore thumb at the mall where they have taken Manny to see his latest crush.
Mitch and Cam are returning with the Vietnamese daughter they adopted. As Mitch is sitting, most of the passengers admire Lily, the baby, but things change as Cam comes to sit next to him. Cam gets up to make a speech about accepting people that are different than them. He ends up offering to buy headsets for the entire plane. The three families meet as a unit at Cam and Mitch's place, where the infant girl wins all their hearts.
The episode was directed by Jason Winer and written by Stephen Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, the creators of the series. All the principals were on hand as a form of introduction to the audience.