# How Will 'Modern Family' End \[Poll\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070 "2018-01-20T20:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Temporary\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/41 "2018-01-25T00:38:29Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Speaking about insufferable and irritating, how about a spin off called _Lily and Young Sheldon_? This would be the best show ever! It may even inspire me to resent my own siblings less ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/42 "2018-11-11T16:44:18Z")
I’m resurrecting this thread to point out that 2.5 of my predictions have come true (even as the show continues). Claire has indeed merged Pritchett’s Closets and Blinds (with an upstart manufacturer that would otherwise be their competition). Haley is pregnant. And though Jay hasn’t died, DeeDee has, so I’m giving myself half credit for that. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/43 "2018-11-12T00:05:39Z")
I was hoping it would end with guest starring appearances by Cameron Mitchell and Alex Haley. But since they are both dead, that probably isn’t happening. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/44 "2018-11-12T00:46:37Z")
Grandma Claire should be fun. I wonder if we’ll finally get to met any of Dylan’s family. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/45 "2018-11-21T23:28:20Z")
I WAS wondering where tiny Haley was getting the big appetite from in Good Grief. Thought it was just a grieving response, but she didn’t really have a close relationship with DeeDee. Are we sure Dylan’s the father? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/46 "2018-11-21T23:39:02Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I WAS wondering where tiny Haley was getting the big appetite from in Good Grief. Thought it was just a grieving response, but she didn’t really have a close relationship with DeeDee. > > Are we sure Dylan’s the father? Not as of right now (5:38 p.m. Central Time). Don’t know if ABC is airing a new episode tonight. ETA: They are not. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/47 "2018-11-22T00:31:27Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Not as of right now (5:38 p.m. Central Time). Don’t know if ABC is airing a new episode tonight. > > ETA: They are not. MUH! Stupid holidays… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/48 "2018-11-23T19:00:23Z")
I’ve only caught bits and pieces, but I want to see Ed O’Neil wake up with Peggy Bundy and realize Modern Family was all a dream and he’s back in his crappy house with his crappy shoe salesman job. Yeah it’s been done before but oh well. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/49 "2018-11-23T20:02:37Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > It was all a dream… And then Al wakes up next to Peggy and laments going to work at his debt-ridden shoe store which he bought 15 years ago and will never get away from? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/50 "2018-12-08T14:23:48Z")
I’m resurrecting this thread yet again to say that another of my predictions appears to be coming true. On Wednesday’s episode, they began setting the stage for Mitch & Cam to move to Missouri at some point in the future (one of the three main families will move out of LA). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/51 "2019-02-06T14:15:51Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Not this season, but the next, will be the [final season](https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccalerner/2018/01/13/modern-family-to-end-next-season/#756aa8e53a62) of _Modern Family_. Bumped because they announced that the show is not ending after the current, tenth season, but is renewed for an eleventh season. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/52 "2019-02-06T14:55:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Bumped because they announced that the show is not ending after the current, tenth season, but is renewed for an eleventh season. Hey, good news! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/53 "2020-04-10T00:57:13Z")
The final episode of Modern Family aired yesterday. Anyone want to gloat over what they got right? Or complain about how the show’s not been as good as it once was? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/54 "2020-04-10T01:14:54Z")
Let’s see. _Jay will die._ No. (Although word has it there was a discussion about Jay dying, but the producers decided that was just too dark, so they killed DeDe instead.) _Claire will sell/merge/destroy Pritchett’s Closets & Blinds._ Yup. _One of the three main families will move out of L.A._ Yes. _Haley or Alex will get married/pregnant._ Yes. _Luke or Manny will get married/get a girl pregnant._ No, although Luke got into college, which was enough of a shock. _Some other thingl_ Phil and Claire take a cross-country trip in the RV, Alex may hook up with the professor who had a crush on Haley, Gloria gets a job, Mitch and Cam adopt another kid, DeDe and Phil’s father died. In other words, if you predicted any change at all, you had a 3/5 chance of being right. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/55 "2020-04-10T01:52:52Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I could see one or all of the Dunphy kids getting married or moving out/on but I really don’t expect anyone to be killed off or have an unexpected pregnancy or even discuss [no spoilers but I wouldn’t expect a Six Feet Under finale]. Hell, the show is generally feel good enough that not only do I not think Claire would run her business into the ground, I don’t even think she’ll destroy Closets Closets Closets Closets out of business, at least not as the finale. Merging maybe, but not ruining them. > > So, yeah, it’ll end on a feel good note with a super sappy last 5 minutes. Maybe Gloria will murder everyone, but other than that. Haley married. All of the kids moving out. No one killed off. Clare didn’t run Jay’s business into the ground. Ended on a feel good note with a super sappy last 5 minutes. I’m good with that prediction. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/56 "2020-04-10T13:13:04Z")
BTW, the episode where Phil’s father died was much, much better than DeDe’s death, IMHO. Even though it was obvious it was Fred Willard’s last episode, the ending was still a surprise. As much as the last few seasons have descended into farce, I put that one in the top 20, maybe top 10. And the finale was pretty good, if somewhat predictable. All the Dunphy kids move out simultaneously, Cam gets his dream job and they take Hamtrack and Guber to get to their new home in Missouri, Gloria finally lets Manny live his life. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070/57 "2020-04-10T23:19:19Z")
I apparently voted “Haley or Alex will get married/pregnant.” So yay, I got it right. Watching the episode, I thought Claire and Phil were going to go RVing alone. The episode was ok. I didn’t really like it but it didn’t make me angry as some finales do. Like some undermine their entire premise or reach too far. I’m ok with that. I’d rather be like “That was forgettable” than “WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-modern-family-end-poll/807070.md?page=2)