TV review: Modern Family season 2 episode 12: Our Children, Ourselves

I just saw an ad that Fox8 will be showing Modern Family in 2012.. Woohoo! Now a chance to really get to know the families from the beginning! I can't wait..

The whole episode was laugh-out-loud hilarious, although the winner would be Cam & Mitchell's story.. This is one of my fave episodes now. Oh my, where to start with this episode?

Pritchett-Dunphy: Alex reminds me a bit of me, I was always competitive when I was in school so I get it when she felt bad about getting the 2nd highest score in class for a test, hehe.. But what was nice about this subplot was Claire & Phil's relationship.. I dunno, I just love this couple. Claire's OC personality is completely matched by Phil's laidback goofiness.. The partnership works and I love them..

Phil: Why do I have to watch a French movie? I didn't do anything wrong.

I loved it that Phil ditched Claire to watch the monster movie instead of sitting through (or in Claire's case, sleeping) a movie that might be highly acclaimed but he couldn't care less for.. Claire stayed, of course, because she wanted to prove a point - she's not a stupid parent.

Claire: Honey, look at how long it just took us to figure out she's insulting us.

There's not a lot of funny subplots for this couple, but I just love them because Ty & Julie just knows Phil and Claire so much and plays them perfectly..

Delgado-Pritchett: Gloria has befriended a couple when she & Jay were on vacation and the couple has now dropped by to see them. Jay was rude with them during dinner and it's caused awkwardness because he didn't know that Gloria invited them to spend the night at their house. Jay's unimpressive golf skills became a subtext to his "deteriorating" mind, a lie that Gloria told their guests because she felt bad about them leaving their house when they took time to get her a book signed by a favorite author.

And the winner in this episode: Tucker-Pritchett: Who knew that Mitchell had a girlfriend in highschool? I loved everything about this subplot: the meeting with Tracey, the dinner confession, especially Cam dramatically sliding against the wall to have his "reaction" and finally, the introduction to Bobby. The last bit just got me practically rolling on the floor with laughter (I can't even stop laughing while writing this because I kept picturing it over and over in my mind). Oh *wipes tears from eyes* Cam & Mitchell, I just love you guys..

Mitchell: You're so gay you can't even think of real girls names.

An episode I won't mind seeing over and over again. Til then!