# Modern Family 11/7/2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324 "2012-11-08T03:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/1 "2012-11-08T03:32:15Z")
“Help! Help! This boy is having a life-threatening allergic reaction!” “Oh my God, what happened?” “Someone gave him some soy bacon that was so delicious he couldn’t stop eating it.” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/2 "2012-11-08T06:04:54Z")
“What is this, a Solar System?” “They’re molecules.” “No, they’re nerdy balls.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_piglet\_cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@running\_piglet\_cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_piglet_cheese)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/3 "2012-11-08T09:49:48Z")
Mitchell’s reaction to Haley’s room was priceless. Wanting to clean it up when the hearing was just around the corner and then having to wait in the hall to be away from the mess. Loved how Dad let Haley have it and then Claire said, “We’re going to get waffles.” Manny carrying on a correspondence with DeeDee was so Manny. The last hang up by Cam over Claire saying he was a bad baker. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/4 "2012-11-08T13:50:16Z")
Loved the bit about the soy bacon. “It’s faux-con disgusting.” ---
**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:** [November 8, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/5 "2012-11-08T13:50:57Z")
I love the little moments in this show, like this one: Phil: Where are my keys? Haley: Right there, on the makeup table. Claire: Oh, honey. That’s a desk. And it was a new thing to see Phil in a serious moment, when he was yelling at Haley. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/6 "2012-11-08T13:54:31Z")
“I’m taking this man to get some waffles!” ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/7 "2012-11-08T14:19:35Z")
Another hilarious episode. Wife and I had to pause the DVR because we were laughing so hard. The best moment was the soy bacon. “It’s fakin. Actually I make my own so it’s faux fakin…it’s faux-con.” ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/8 "2012-11-08T14:27:00Z")
“It was bound to happen sooner or later.” ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/9 "2012-11-08T15:38:57Z")
This was my favorite episode of the season, so far! Absolutely hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/10 "2012-11-08T15:50:45Z")
One of the best episodes. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/11 "2012-11-08T16:03:10Z")
Really liked this episode but did anyone else think that Ty Burrell was about to keel over from the flu? He looked like death warmed over. It felt like the “Phil is super hungry” story line only got shoved in to help explain how rough he looked. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/12 "2012-11-08T16:18:40Z")
My favorite scene was when Mitchell was trying to tell the difference between the soy and real bacon. “That one.” “That one.” "That one again. " ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/13 "2012-11-08T17:26:30Z")
Another vote for best episode this season. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/14 "2012-11-08T17:30:30Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Really liked this episode but did anyone else think that Ty Burrell was about to keel over from the flu? Yup. He looked like that in the last episode too, when he was trapped under the motorcycle. Especially when his hair flips forward. From the right (wrong) angle, he looks like a totally different, and much older person. Last week I thought it was just something about the odd angle that he was supposed to be filming himself at with his phone, but I noticed it this week too. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/15 "2012-11-08T17:54:22Z")
Anyone else recently read that the young actress who plays Alex (14 year-old Ariel Winter) is supposedly being physically abused and financially manipulated by her mom, who sounds like another Stage Mother from Hell? I guess the family is an acting family (her older sister and brother are also both professional actors) and the mom supposedly did the same thing to them, so Ariel’s sister, who is now in her thirties, has been appointed temporary guardian by the court, so their mom can’t get her grubby mitts on any more of Ariel’s _Modern Family_ money. Pretty sad, but it sounds like the older sister isn’t going to let their mother screw over Ariel the way she allegedly screwed her back when she was younger and was the one raking in the dough. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/16 "2012-11-08T18:00:17Z")
Another little thing that made me laugh- Jay’s ringtone for DeeDee was some ominous-sounding bit of music, like a funeral march. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/17 "2012-11-08T18:44:03Z")
Excellent episode, but I can’t believe they aren’t going to have another scene with Phil and Haley’s roommate- that is just leaving a good interaction hanging again. Even having the dean recognize Phil or a security guard be required to accompany Phil to the room would have been amusing. Above the makeout table there was a large poster of a couple in bed together, was that Haley and Dylan? There was never a clear shot of the poster but it certainly looked like Haley. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/18 "2012-11-08T18:45:23Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > Above the makeout table there was a large poster of a couple in bed together, Makeup table. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/19 "2012-11-08T18:50:53Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Anyone else recently read that the young actress who plays Alex (14 year-old Ariel Winter) is supposedly being physically abused and financially manipulated by her mom, who sounds like another Stage Mother from Hell? > > I guess the family is an acting family (her older sister and brother are also both professional actors) and the mom supposedly did the same thing to them, so Ariel’s sister, who is now in her thirties, has been appointed temporary guardian by the court, so their mom can’t get her grubby mitts on any more of Ariel’s _Modern Family_ money. > > Pretty sad, but it sounds like the older sister isn’t going to let their mother screw over Ariel the way she allegedly screwed her back when she was younger and was the one raking in the dough. The article I read said that the older sister had herself been taken out of that house by the courts and never returned. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324/20 "2012-11-08T18:51:08Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Makeup table. Honey, that’s a desk. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-11-7-2012/640324.md?page=2)