# Modern Family 2/27 Best Men **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595 "2013-02-28T04:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/1 "2013-02-28T04:14:25Z")
I get why some people don’t like Lily. It’s often obvious that she is just saying the lines they are telling her to say without understanding the context. However, if the line is funny, it still works for me. But in the the last scene of this episode, she was actually acting. And it was hilarious. Come on Lily haters, what did you think? ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/2 "2013-02-28T04:22:36Z")
I loved Lily in that last scene. “She knows what I mean.” I thought this was one of the better ones this season. The Manny story wasn’t much but the other plots yielded some pretty funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/3 "2013-02-28T13:45:36Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > I get why some people don’t like Lily. It’s often obvious that she is just saying the lines they are telling her to say without understanding the context. However, if the line is funny, it still works for me. > > But in the the last scene of this episode, she was actually acting. And it was hilarious. Come on Lily haters, what did you think? Agreed 100%. I really don’t know what people expect from a 6(?) year old actress who has ~1/2 dozen lines per episode. ---
**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 28, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/4 "2013-02-28T13:50:09Z")
The actress was born in June 2007, so she is not quite six years old. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/5 "2013-02-28T13:52:46Z")
You know what he means. 😃 I tell ya, ol’ Jay sure has a lot of good lookin’ women moving through his house. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/6 "2013-02-28T14:28:35Z")
“That’s one mystery solved.” “We’re having dinner with the Flendersons.” ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/7 "2013-02-28T15:18:01Z")
I laughed a lot - good episode. Lily’s last line, when the bride said to her, “I don’t like you…” and Lily whispers back, “I’ll get over it…” ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/8 "2013-02-28T15:59:55Z")
A bit weak this week. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/9 "2013-02-28T16:04:34Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > I get why some people don’t like Lily. It’s often obvious that she is just saying the lines they are telling her to say without understanding the context. I don’t _not like_ Lily. I certainly don’t _not like_ the actress. The actress is cute and I like her deadpan delivery-- this is not the Royal Shakespeare Company and she’s just a little kid. I get that and don’t expect the actress to rise above her material. I just wish that out of the five or six lines per episode that the \*character \*of Lily is given by the writers, one or two of them could be something besides cranky/bitchy/sarcastic. That said, I’ve got this episode on the dvr, but haven’t watched it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/10 "2013-02-28T16:26:11Z")
Such a shame they couldn’t have adopted Quvenzhané Wallis. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/11 "2013-02-28T16:38:09Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > I get why some people don’t like Lily. It’s often obvious that she is just saying the lines they are telling her to say without understanding the context. However, if the line is funny, it still works for me. > > But in the the last scene of this episode, she was actually acting. And it was hilarious. Come on Lily haters, what did you think? Agree. She is quickly becoming my favorite character. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/12 "2013-02-28T16:39:13Z")
Re: Lily. I have to admit, it seems to me that her delivery has gotten better. It feels like she grew up a bit, but enough to put more of an effort into the context of her lines. Last night’s best line for me was one of Phil’s: “Please, you’re at the hands of the master. I think I know how to pick up a 14-year-old girl.” ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/13 "2013-02-28T17:23:38Z")
I appreciate that the writers didn’t make Phil completely lacking self-awareness last night. As soon as he said that 14-year old girl line, he knew it sounded awful, and it he immediately understood the situation at the restaurant with the single mom and was trying very hard to not lead her on (though he did start unintentionally start it with his “date” quip). ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/14 "2013-02-28T17:23:51Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Such a shame they couldn’t have adopted Quvenzhané Wallis. I dunno, I heard she’s a… …nevermind. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/15 "2013-02-28T17:45:24Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I dunno, I heard she’s a… > > …nevermind. > > mmm I demand an immediate public outrage. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/16 "2013-02-28T21:02:39Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > You know what he means. 😃 > > I tell ya, ol’ Jay sure has a lot of good lookin’ women moving through his house. Yes, the babysitter or nanny or whatever, Daliya, is the new MF hottie! Manny has good taste. I thought this week was much better than last. Love snarky little Lily, hope they never soften her. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/17 "2013-02-28T21:17:42Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Love snarky little Lily, hope they never soften her. I don’t want them to “soften” her. I want more breadth and depth in her few lines. She is one-dimensional. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/18 "2013-02-28T21:24:23Z")
Eh, I’m fine with her remaining a marginal character. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/19 "2013-02-28T21:46:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I don’t want them to “soften” her. I want more breadth and depth in her few lines. She is one-dimensional. Five-year-old kids don’t have a lot of depth anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595/20 "2013-02-28T21:56:43Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Five-year-old kids don’t have a lot of depth anyway. Yeah, most preschoolers that I’ve known are pretty much walking Ids. A lot of elementary schoolers for that matter. And more than a few post-graduate schoolers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-2-27-best-men/651595.md?page=2)