I swear I am not trying to be That Guy, but for me, all 3 of the new episodes so far this season have been decidedly mediocre compared to just about any of the episodes from any of the previous couple of years; Still a few laughs here and there (David Cross had a nice cameo) but nothing really stood out to me…
No, I would agree with you on the one tonight at least. The run away dog bit fell flat, and the adoption agent coming just after they trashed the house I could see coming from the opening bit.
There are still some lines that make me laugh out loud (the dreaded LOL) that I can’t say happens in many other shows (except Raising Hope), but yes, it needs to hit its stride again soon.
Kinda have to agree - the frequency of quality jokes kept me entertained, but it didn’t have that overall tie-together that I look for Modern Family to push it over the edge with.
My favorite was the clip of Phil and Luke paying for the pizza in their underwear. Nice, if that is the right word for it, father-son moment…
The part that really had me laughing was when Mitchell was on the phone to Cam and threatening to make an even bigger mess in the kitchen, and was desperately trying to pour syrup on the floor but just couldn’t bring himself to do it.
And then a final shot of Phil getting bonked in the head with the basketball…
For the initial shot of the basketball–the one that went off Phil’s head and into the basket: CGI? My wife and I were discussing it and that’s my best guess.
The basket was pretty low and he wasn’t that far away so it could have been done for real without too much effort. I didn’t look closely enough to see if there were other tricks that could have been used. But CGI is easy now, why not?
I was wondering about that whipped cream “eye” falling off Cam’s chest like it did. If that wasn’t CGI enhanced, that whipped cream’s got some masterful comedic timing.