Season 1
🎬 24 Episodes 📅 2009 ⏱ 22 min
A simple family dinner becomes a hilarious battlefield when secrets and misunderstandings collide across three generations. Modern Family captures the messy, chaotic, yet deeply loving reality of blended families navigating relationships, parenting, and the endless surprises life throws their way. What unfolds is a genuine tapestry of comedy and heart, where laughter emerges from the everyday struggles that make family bonds unbreakable.
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📊 Season Stats
24
Episodes
2009
Year
22
min / ep
8.8
Watch Hours
1/11
Season No.
⭐ 8.3
Best Episode
Ep. 15 · My Funky Valentine
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🎬 Episodes 24 episodes
1
⭐ 7.7
Pilot
Jay has just recently married his younger, Colombian wife, Gloria, but he's having trouble keeping up with her and her son Manny. Claire is having trouble with her own family, especially with her husband Phil, who thinks he can be hip with his three kids. Also, Mitchell and his partner Cameron adopt…
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Christopher Lloyd
2
⭐ 7.6
The Bicycle Thief
Phil is determined to help Luke prove to mom that he is responsible enough to have the brand new bike they just got him. However Phil ends up being the irresponsible one when a hot neighbor clouds his judgment. Meanwhile Mitchell and Cameron take Lily to their first Mommy & Me class, and Jay…
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Bill Wrubel
3
⭐ 7.7
Come Fly with Me
Phil pushes Jay to go out with him and fly his new model plane. While Manny takes time out to play with Luke, Gloria accompanies Alex in shopping for a dress. Later on, Manny ends up having a heart-to-heart talk with his sister Claire.
🎬 Reginald Hudlin ✍️ Dan O'Shannon
4
⭐ 7.7
The Incident
Claire and Mitchell's mother, Dede, drops in for a surprise visit and is determined to make amends with everyone she offended during what has been deemed "the incident" at Jay and Gloria's wedding. Needless to say, no one is thrilled to see her and everything comes to a head when the whole family sh…
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Steven Levitan
5
⭐ 7.8
Coal Digger
The whole family is invited to Jay and Gloria's for some barbeque and football. However an earlier incident at school between Manny and Luke makes things very awkward for Gloria and Claire, and then things escalate when a not-so-flattering label is uttered.
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Christopher Lloyd
6
⭐ 7.5
Run for Your Wife
It's the first day back at school for the kids and, at the Dunphy house, Phil oversteps when he misreads how Claire is coping with an empty nest. Over at Jay's, he and Gloria are in disagreement over Manny's interesting choice of outfit for his first day of class, and Mitchell and Cameron freak …
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Paul Corrigan
7
⭐ 7.6
En Garde
The whole family comes out to support Manny's newfound interest - fencing. It turns out he's quite masterful in the sport, but Jay's proud enthusiasm triggers an old childhood wound for Mitchell. Meanwhile Phil is determined to find where Luke's hidden talents lie.
🎬 Randall Einhorn ✍️ Danny Zuker
8
⭐ 7.5
Great Expectations
With a history of giving bad gifts, Claire is determined to surprise Phil with an amazing anniversary present: a private performance by one of their favorite musicians, Izzy LaFontaine. However, it turns out to be unexpected in more ways than one. Meanwhile, Mitchell and Cameron call up their "party…
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Joe Lawson
9
⭐ 7.9
Fizbo
Nothing is too big when Phil and Claire decide to throw Luke the biggest and best birthday party a boy could ever want, but when Cameron shows up as Fizbo the Clown, it sets off a chain of events that ends with someone in the hospital.
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Danny Zuker
10
⭐ 7.5
Undeck the Halls
Christmas is in full swing at the Dunphy house until the kids get in some trouble and Phil and Claire threaten to take away Christmas until one of them fesses up. Meanwhile, Jay struggles with wanting to stick to his holiday traditions while Gloria and Manny want to incorporate some of their Col…
🎬 Randall Einhorn ✍️ Dan O'Shannon
11
⭐ 7.4
Up All Night
Gloria is less than pleased with Jay's reaction to the arrival of Javier, Manny's infamously unreliable dad. Meanwhile, Phil is suffering from kidney stones and his dramatics leave Claire no other choice but to call for the hot firemen to rush him to the hospital, and Mitchell and Cameron have a…
🎬 Michael Spiller ✍️ Christopher Lloyd
12
⭐ 7.2
Not In My House
When Claire finds a dirty picture on the computer and assumes it's Luke's doing, a guilty Phil doesn't necessarily correct her. Jay and Gloria disagree over his beloved life-sized dog butler statue, and Cameron gets sucked into their gardener's woes, much to Mitchell's chagrin.
🎬 Chris Koch ✍️ Caroline Goddard
13
⭐ 7.7
Fifteen Percent
Mitchell plants the seed in Jay's head that he thinks one of Jay's old buddies might be secretly gay. Jay doesn't believe it for a second... except for all the questionable signs he now keeps noticing. Meanwhile Gloria gives Manny's date a makeover and Claire faces off with Phil's universal remote.
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Steven Levitan
14
⭐ 7.8
Moon Landing
Claire feels slightly inadequate when her old friend, Valerie, visits and is nothing like Claire remembered. Meanwhile Jay has an unsettling locker room moment when he and Cameron go play racquetball, and Mitchell tries to help Gloria with some legal problems
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Bill Wrubel
15
⭐ 8.3
My Funky Valentine
Phil and Claire break from their traditional Valentine's Day dinner date and plan a little "role play" excursion. Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria's ideas of romance clash when he takes her to a comedy show, and Mitchell and Cameron play cupid for Manny.
🎬 Michael Spiller ✍️ Jerry Collins
16
⭐ 7.4
Fears
When Phil and Luke embark on a discovery expedition underneath the house, Phil tries not to let his fear of the dark and of creepy crawlies get the best of him. Meanwhile, Claire takes a nervous Haley to the DMV for her driver's test, Manny's sudden illness before a friend's amusement park birth…
🎬 Reginald Hudlin ✍️ Steven Levitan
17
⭐ 7.5
Truth Be Told
After reconnecting on Facebook, Phil invites his old high school girlfriend to drop by the house, but this friendly visit quickly turns into trouble. Meanwhile Jay accidentally kills Manny's beloved pet turtle, then goes to extremes to cover his tracks, and an overworked Mitchell finally stands …
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Joe Lawson
18
⭐ 7.5
Starry Night
Phil and Claire each tackle one of their kids' school projects; Jay and Mitchell set out on their traditional father-son outing to see the meteor showers, but Mitchell is surprised to see Manny will be joining them; and with the boys gone, Gloria and Cameron go out for some quality bonding time,…
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Danny Zuker
19
⭐ 7.6
Game Changer
It could not be more perfect that Phil's birthday and the release date of a hot new product coincide, and he wants nothing so much as to be one of the first people to get one; this is Claire's mission. Meanwhile, before coming to Phil's party, Mitchell is preoccupied with a new found desire to t…
🎬 Kevin Rodney Sullivan ✍️ Joe Lawson
20
⭐ 7.3
Benched
When Luke and Manny's hot-tempered basketball coach quits in the middle of a game, Jay and Phil both jockey to fill the position. Claire and Gloria each struggle with the realization that they might not be number one in their children's lives anymore, and Mitchell takes Cameron along to meet a p…
🎬 Chris Koch ✍️ Danny Zuker
21
⭐ 7.6
Travels with Scout
Claire is caught off guard when Phil's father shows up in an RV with a little four legged friend, and she becomes suspicious that he might be hiding a larger reason for the visit. Meanwhile, when Cameron hears Dylan is down a drummer in his band, he enthusiastically offers to fill in, and Jay and Gl…
🎬 Seth Gordon ✍️ Paul Corrigan
22
⭐ 7.6
Airport 2010
For Jay's birthday, Gloria gives him the best surprise -- a romantic birthday getaway to Hawaii -- the only kicker is she invited the whole entire family to come along. Everyone arrives at the airport, and it's a maddening scene with forgotten I.D.'s, security breaches and flying phobias.
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Dan O'Shannon
23
⭐ 7.9
Hawaii
Jay could not be more excited to do nothing but indulge and relax in this tropical paradise, but then an unexpected reality check dampens his plans. Meanwhile, Phil is determined to make this trip romantic for Claire, Mitchell and Cameron have opposing views on whether to sightsee or not to sigh…
🎬 Steven Levitan ✍️ Paul Corrigan
24
⭐ 8.1
Family Portrait
Claire painstakingly plans for a new family portrait to be taken, but it seems like everything and everybody is working against her. Gloria and Manny go with Phil and Alex to a Lakers game and end up having a very awkward moment on the jumbotron; Luke interviews Jay for a school project, and Cameron…
🎬 Jason Winer ✍️ Ilana Wernick