# Modern Family, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 -- "Caught In The Act" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334 "2011-01-20T16:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/1 "2011-01-20T16:18:10Z")
No thread yet? Well forgive me for thinking their zesty performances deserve praise. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/2 "2011-01-20T16:29:43Z")
I thought this was one of the best episodes since the birthday party/clown. The Cam/Mitchel story was a little weak. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/3 "2011-01-20T16:52:09Z")
The 3 kids were great - Alex washing her eyes and screaming “I can still see them!”. And poor Phil - I’m surprised the short scene at the end wasn’t him going through Claire’s deleted email and seeing the actual message. Agreed they’re having a tough time working Cam & Mitch into plots. They need more Jay & Cam interaction. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/4 "2011-01-20T17:31:59Z")
So … that scene happened pretty fast … were they doing it doggy style? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/5 "2011-01-20T17:35:43Z")
“he was right behind her” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/6 "2011-01-20T17:58:18Z")
I picked the absolute wrong episode to introduce Modern Family to my in-laws. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/7 "2011-01-20T18:02:17Z")
I was really expecting the closing part would have Claire undeleting the email to sneak a peek at naked Gloria. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/8 "2011-01-20T18:03:51Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I was really expecting the closing part would have Claire undeleting the email to sneak a peek at naked Gloria. Mmm, cupcakes. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/9 "2011-01-20T18:07:01Z")
“We were watching a particularly racy episode of **Hart to Hart** …” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/10 "2011-01-20T22:08:36Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I was really expecting the closing part would have Claire undeleting the email to sneak a peek at naked Gloria. Come to think of it they still think Gloria was offering to have sex with them, don’t they? 😃 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/11 "2011-01-20T22:11:14Z")
No, Gloria and Jay cleared up that misunderstanding. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/12 "2011-01-20T22:26:29Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > So … that scene happened pretty fast … were they doing it doggy style? “Whatever they were doing, it looked like dad was winning.” ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/13 "2011-01-21T01:55:55Z")
“now 40%” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/14 "2011-01-21T14:38:42Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > “Whatever they were doing, it looked like dad was winning.” Best line of the night. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/15 "2011-01-21T15:07:19Z")
I just want to say that I think Claire is just drop dead gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/16 "2011-01-22T00:56:15Z")
Simply one of the best episodes. Hilarious. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/17 "2011-01-22T01:01:23Z")
> [@Electronic\_Chaos](#): > > Mmm, cupcakes. that’s cuupcakes. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-wednesday-january-19-2011-caught-in-the-act/568334/18 "2011-01-23T01:40:47Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > The Cam/Mitchel story was a little weak. They usually are. They can be funny, but work better interacting with the other characters instead of in their own little b-plots.