"Mother's Day" is the 21st episode of the American comedy television series, Modern Family second season and the entire 45th episode of the series. It was originally aired on American Broadcast Company (ABC) on May 4, 2011. The episode was written by Dan O'Shannon & amp; Ilana Wernick and directed by Michael Spiller.
In that episode, Claire's and Gloria's Mother's Day excursions outdoors with the children turned out to be the mother of all disasters. Meanwhile, Phil and Jay share an awkward moment after Jay discovers the letter he wrote to his mother on Mother's Day ago when they stayed home to prepare dinner for everyone; and Mitchell tries to show his appreciation to Cameron by bringing him breakfast in bed on Mother's Day, causing Cameron to worry about gender roles in relation to Mitchell.
"Mother's Day" received positive reviews from critics with Alan Sepinwall, who was usually critical of the series, calling Ed O'Neill's "extraordinary" performance. This episode also marks an upgrading of the previous episode, "Someone to Watch More Lily". This episode is also classed as the highest-rated manuscript program on Wednesday.
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Plot
Claire (Julie Bowen) and Gloria (Sofa Vergara) want to spend this mother's day outdoors with hiking with the kids, but the quarrels and complaints push Claire and Gloria to the edge. Both could not hear them complain again, so they left them back waiting for the two of them to finish their ascent and then return home. As they climb, Claire convinces Gloria to admit that even Manny (Rico Rodriguez) sometimes drives her crazy. Gloria says that sometimes she needs her own space and that Manny has to go out and play with other kids. He also said that Manny's poetry is not so good, something Manny had not overheard since he followed them in the ascent. Manny was annoyed and Gloria tried to make things right.
Meanwhile, Haley (Sarah Hyland), Alex (Ariel Winter) and Luke (Nolan Gould) while they wait for the others to return, they realize that Claire is always trying to make them feel guilty as a way to apologize to her. They decided that this time they would not do it because if they did, they would let him win once more.
Meanwhile, Phil (Ty Burrell) and Jay (Ed O'Neill) live at home to cook a nice dinner for the family. They make special recipes that Jay's mom used to make. Things got very strange when Phil found a poem that Jay wrote for his mother when he was nine years old and when he read it aloud he witnessed an unexpected emotional reaction from Jay.
At Tucker-Pritchett's house, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) tries to show his appreciation to Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) by bringing him breakfast in bed on Mother's Day, causing Cameron to worry about gender roles in relation to Mitchell. Things got worse when later, when visiting the park, all other families treated Cameron because she became Lily's mother too.
At the end of the episode, the whole family gathered for a special dinner provided by Jay and Phil. Phil tells everyone that Jay cried when they were cooking because he remembered his mother, something that made Jay angry and denied that he was crying. During dinner, when Jay tries to tell the story of his mother, he starts crying again and everyone comes to embrace him. Haley and Alex, seeing Jay cry, apologize to Claire for having destroyed her special day.
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Production
"Mother's Day" was written by Dan O'Shannon and Ilana Wernick, marking the sixth writing and fourth writing writing. This episode was also directed by Michael Spiller, the fourteenth credits for the series. "Mother's Day" features guest appearances from Jean Villepique as Jennifer and Todd Weeks as friends of Roy, Mitchell and Cameron. After the airdate episode, ABC allows fans to create personalized Mother's Day e-cards. Modern Family co-creator Steven Levitan called the episode "one of the best of the season" on Twitter. This episode was then included for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series along with "The Old Wagon", "The Kiss", "Halloween", "Caught in the Act" and "Someone to Watch Over Lily".
Reception
Ratings
In the original American broadcast, "Mother's Day" was seen by approximately 9.90 million households and received a 3.9 rating/10% stake among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. This means that it is seen by 3.9% of all 18- for 49-year-olds, and 10% of all children aged 18 to 49 watch television on broadcast. This marked a slight rise in rank from the previous episode, "Someone Who Watches Lily". "Mother's Day" is the most watched show during the broadcasting week between adults aged 18-49, and the most watched show of the twenty-first among all audiences.
Reviews
This episode received most of the positive reviews from critics.
The A.V. The club author Joshua Alston calls the episode "excellent 'Mother's Day' overall". He especially praised the authors for altering the relationship between Phil and Jay, calling it a "welcome change." He finally gave episode B.
Aly Semigran of Entertainment Weekly calls the episode "funny and touching," writing that "It may not go down as one of the ranks of the Modern Family of all time, but satisfying episodes are the most certain."
Meredith Blake of The Los Angeles Times praised the authors about changing the storyline of Mitchell and Cameron, commenting, "I am delighted that this week, The Modern Family delivered Cameron-Mitchell the storyline that broad-minded, funny and perhaps even a bit brave. ". TV coach Joel Keller gave the most positive reviews episode, but criticized the episode for not reaching its potential. He writes: "It's one of the hardest things to get kidnapped, it could be that most of the plots are a series of funny events to look for the end, but that's mostly because they're not as funny as they can be."
HitFix author Alan Sepinwall writes that while the episode did not match the previous episode, praised Jay's explosion at the dinner table and the authors for playing another plot and called O'Neill's "great" appearance.
Christine N. Ziemba of Paste writes that while " Modern Family has some outlines in this episode" she concludes that "with a full and promising premise," Mother Day "is brought down by a dead climbing storyline before it reaches the trailhead. " He finally gave it 7.1/10 calling it "respectable".
References
External links
- Afterbuzz Discussion on "Mother's Day" on YouTube
- "Mother's Day" in IMDb
- "Mother's Day" on TV.com
- "Mother's Day" at ABC.com
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